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ck4829 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 07:52 PM
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Would there be a debate about Abortion if...
Men got pregnant instead of women (But, they still have the usual roles of masculinity)?
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 07:53 PM
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1. If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament nt
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China_cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 07:58 PM
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2. And we'd see the birth rate go down
Fast.
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Greyhound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-05-05 07:15 PM
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9. LOL beat me to it. n/t
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Proud2BAmurkin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 07:59 PM
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3. Men wouldn't allow laws forcing them to give birth after sex
I don't know why women do.

:shrug:
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melody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 08:00 PM
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4. No - the debate about abortion isn't about abortion
It's about control of women.

A quick glance at the criminal profiles of some infamous anti-abortion activists makes that obvious.
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Burning Water Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-05 08:24 PM
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5. Thank God that
is not the case. I'm worried about what men would use as a birth canal.
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Geoff R. Casavant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 12:11 AM
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6. Well, accepting the premise
would imply a different set of plumbing. At least I hope, 'cause, anyone here ever passed a kidney stone the size of a bowling ball?
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Burning Water Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-05-05 07:12 PM
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8. That was sorta my point.
But then they'd be women. Makes your head spin.
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CornField Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-05 12:14 AM
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7. Hell, can you imagine the paid healthcare system for that?!
Us women, of course, would be granted several months of 'family leave' so we could help care for our poor, pregnant men.
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