Poll: What does "pro-choice" mean to you?

[tx_dem41]

In light of the several threads pertaining to the woman having her 16th baby, it became apparent to me that it means different things for different people.

Warning: This could be a drive-by poll since I am about to leave for home. My apologies in advance.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

1. freedom to choose what she wants to do with her reproductive system

even if i personally disagree with her choices

[Pacifist Patriot]

2. Exactly

[trotsky]

3. Clearly a leading poll.

Liberal concerns also include issues like overpopulation, children being given adequate attention and love, etc.

Because we're liberals, we feel the need to weigh the pros and cons of just about any situation. Thus your desire to try and label some pro-choice liberals as hypocrites because they don't agree with someone bringing 16 children into the world is unfortunate.

[tx_dem41]

5. That's why I provided an "other" option.

And thank you for explaining your feelings.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

6. while i disagree with her choices

i dont know if i am comfortable saying that i would want a law to limit her right to reproduce...its a tough call balancing the right of the individual vs the good of the society/world at large

[eggman67]

8. And those issues need to be addressed

by means other than telling a woman what she can do with her body.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

9. i think education is about the most you can do

for people to respect the environment/overpopulation/birthcontrol and other such issues


but i would not ever support a law legislating the number of children one can produce

[trotsky]

12. The scary part is,

we may just reach a point where the only option IS to legislate how many children one can have. I'd prefer just about anything other than that, but the reality of the situation might just leave us no other way.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

13. i just dont think liberals are doing much on the education front

i think conservatives have cornered that market and we need to get it back...

[trotsky]

16. It's so much easier for them.

"It's an adorable BABY! Don't you want MORE of them?!?"

vs.

"Right now the carrying capacity of this planet has been stretched beyond sustainable levels. Everyone would do better to please not have as many kids so we don't have to put a strain on the environment and blah blah blah blah..."

For people to buy into our arguments, they actually have to think of someone other than themselves. Which means they probably wouldn't be Republicans!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

17. i mean education in schools and high schools

that including subjects like environment..sex ed...

i just see other countries that try to legislate number of children born and it leads to female fetuses being aborted etc...its not pretty

[trotsky]

18. Taboo stuff for Repubs!

Sex ed?? Eeek! Just say no! :)

No, it's not pretty what has happened in places like China, but famine and widespread disease aren't pretty either, and those will affect even the families who make responsible reproductive choices.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

19. well see the problem is

we will never get that particular piece of legislation passed if we cant even manage to get sex ed taught in class rooms

[Demobrat]

4. Other.

Choice is about a woman having control of her own body, yes, but it goes a bit beyond that for me. Choice also encompases a woman's right to stay home with her kids should she choose to have them and be treated with the same respect, and enjoy the same rights as career women.

[Faygo Kid]

7. She is free to have 26 children, if she chooses. Or none.

Wish her well either way. Women are the ones who bear children. Men have to step up to their responsibility, either way, but it's not their call. I know; went through the decision with my girlfriend myself. We decided not to abort. That worked for us, but it was HER call, ultimately. Now, daughter is 29 tomorrow, and I feel really old. But that's another issue.

[catzies]

15. Yes, and stay home with them or go to work. PRO CHOICE MEANS ALL CHOICES

:)

[dbonds]

10. The world has limited resources.

This will be a detriment to everyone if there are no resources to support the population growth. It is not like there is a shortage of humans on the planet. There needs to be limits for the common survival of all.

[WildClarySage]

11. Adding- Reproductive Choice to me includes the ability to access

and utilize reproductive technologies to make pregnancy happen for infertile couples. Since I'm half of one, now expecting, this is a no-brainer for me. :)

[ignatius 2]

14. Since I didn't see the it means no more hangers for poor,pregnant

girls, I voted B.

[CatholicEdHead]

20. Other

Keeping Abortion legal and REGULATED, so it is not done on the streets. You cannot reach out to people in those situtations, but can help them if they try to come in and present other options (idealy adoptive and government money help for the baby).