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SunSeeker

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4. Of course, rich women will still be able to get abortions any time.

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Thu Oct 5, 2017, 12:13 AM

Oct 2017

They'll just fly to Canada or Sweden or any country of their choice where the abortion is legal, like they did in the 50s and 60s. These laws really only affect middle class and, especially, poor women...women who need abortion the most.

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House GOP says Las Vegas massacre inspired them to crack down on reproductive rights [View all] turbinetree Oct 2017 OP

Wow, that's a stretch, even for these idiots! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2017 #1

It's not for them atreides1 Oct 2017 #23

It is beyond my understanding. syringis Oct 2017 #2

The Pro-Death Party thbobby Oct 2017 #3

I think you just wrote..... KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2017 #21

Of course, rich women will still be able to get abortions any time. SunSeeker Oct 2017 #4

I have thought of that often Angry Dragon Oct 2017 #12

Well of course, the answer to every problem mountain grammy Oct 2017 #5

So ladies, by the time they are done with this Doreen Oct 2017 #6

I have believed that for a while now. BigmanPigman Oct 2017 #18

Prepare for genetic indexing, too. KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2017 #22

I swear the news sounds more and more like the Onion every day marylandblue Oct 2017 #7

I looked for the Onion tag Angry Dragon Oct 2017 #9

Same here... dhill926 Oct 2017 #13

Let non-fetuses live burrowowl Oct 2017 #8

That's just what I was ready to post. Granny M Oct 2017 #16

But.. but, we were asked not to enter politics into the tragic event in Las Vegas.. question everything Oct 2017 #10

now is not the time to politicize abortion Angry Dragon Oct 2017 #11

FYI Motownman78 Oct 2017 #14

"If we hide all the guns in our vaginas, Congress will HAVE to regulate them!!! DesertRat Oct 2017 #15

ouch Ligyron Oct 2017 #31

Gotta keep their goddamned guns-a-blarin' CousinIT Oct 2017 #17

Dear God, what jerks! BadgerMom Oct 2017 #19

And from there, nothing screams tax cuts like saving blastocysts! mjvpi Oct 2017 #20

They really had to contort themselves to come up with this. n/t Chemisse Oct 2017 #24

Killing babies did not seem to bother republicans when Texas (repub gov) deliberately killed living keithbvadu2 Oct 2017 #25

That makes as much sense as Trump deciding to marry Marla Maples AFTER she gave no_hypocrisy Oct 2017 #26

It's almost like they want to ensure more targets HAB911 Oct 2017 #27

I seriously thought this was an Onion or Borowitz headline bitterross Oct 2017 #28

Another false comparison fallacy from the right. J_William_Ryan Oct 2017 #29

At first, I thought this was written by The Onion Wednesdays Oct 2017 #30

Fab response on twitter mainer Oct 2017 #32

Yes, because all of us, old, white, GOP males, see "potential" lives as sinkingfeeling Oct 2017 #33