I REALLY want to take "Pro-Life" away from the Conservatives

[ck4829]

I'm Pro-Life, and that's why I support Stem Cell Research, raising the Minimum Wage, and keeping Bush's grubby mitts off of the Social Programs that we have in this country.

[threadkillaz]

1. I'm Pro-Life, End the War.

nt

[Occulus]

2. They are pro-PREGNANCY

It is the only human status they revere. Women seem to be, to them at least, fertile ground.

Men, after all, carry the 'seed' of life.

:puke:

[Stargazer99]

8. Since initally Bush put a Veternarian in charge of women's health

I'd say conservatives consider women cows.

[rubberducky]

3. I think they have proved they are anything but, pro-life.

In thier wake they leave death and destuction, muder and mayhem. Would any sensible person call them pro-life? NO!!! Pro-womb but, not pro-life.

[TahitiNut]

4. Yep. It's why I'm against capital punishment.

It's also why I'm pro-choice - human life deserves respect.

[BrklynLiberal]

5. They are pro-control, and that is all. If they were pro-life, they would

be anti-war, pro-prenatal and early childhood health care, pro school meals for the underprivileged, pro decent living wages for all workers, pro universal health care, anti death penalty, and supportive of all the other programs that make life bearable and livable for those that are not born to privilege and wealth.

[silverweb]

6. They're NOT "pro-life" ...

They're ANTI-CHOICE. They want to keep people in ignorance and under their dominion, not just with regard to reproduction, but with regard to everything.

Call them that: ANTI-CHOICE.

[Mynameissalvatore]

7. They aren't pro-life

I hate that phrase anyway because then they make it like the other side, the pro-choice people, are anti-life. there has to be an opposite of the opro side. If anybody is anti it is they who are anti-choice then. Nobody likes abortion but the point is don't let the govt decide for you if you can have one. They make it out like pro-choice means throwing abortion parties.

[newyawker99]

10. Hi Mynameissalvatore!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Mynameissalvatore]

12. Thanks

I have actually been lurking here for about 5 years but only recently began posting. I'll still accept the welcome though, thanks!

[countmyvote4real]

9. I am pro sustaining life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

There is no happiness in an unwanted pregnancy if you can’t raise a child as a teenager or rape victim. It is a personal decision that should be made by both partners if they still have a relationship and not by the State. Especially when the State these days no longer educates students on safe sex initiatives and alternatives other than abstinence. There is no law that can control a human hormone. Much like ME diplomacy it has to be acknowledged, illuminated and negotiated with safe alternatives for all.

Most importantly: There IS NO happiness in an abortion. It is not a holiday or free-ticket to anywhere. And yet it still remains a choice for women and their bodies under any circumstance.

The GOP “culture of life” is pure bullshit. How many people died under the governorship of *? How many innocent Iraqis have been bombed for his illegal and profane invasion and subsequent occupation of their sovereign land? How many of our own troops have to die for this lie?

Oh so ironically, Mr. “culture of life” has vetoed stem cell research that has the potential to save thousands of lives across the board of ideologies. And yet this is the first veto from this POTUS in his entire term in office. I guess he knows some Saudies that would rather privatize their research for profits and kickbacks.

It’s hard for me to say, but I hate these fascists that sell out our Constitution for people that want to destroy us by making us pay for all their tax cuts and a deficit that raises our interest rates. (The largest ever in the history of this country.) The largest ever if you combine all the debt from preceding Presidential administrations.

Likewise, the Republican controlled House and Senate have shifted their oversight role of government to their government’s oversight of morality. It would not be so sweet if it were not so out of step with the times. And they know it and do it anyway, cause they are human when they aren’t on the floor.

That’s why they actively gained control of electronic voting machines and the PROPRIATARY software that controls them. Even more ironically, the fourth estate (the media) knows how we vote from exit polls, but they are either too afraid or too imbedded to tell us the truth.

I know, another song to the choir. But we need all the singers we can get

[Toots]

11. Anytime Pro is attached a possitive connotation is also attached

That is why we are anti-war instead of Pro-Peace and why they are Pro-Life instead of Anti-Abortion which is the real deal. They support the tobacco industry, the death penalty, war, guns , guns, increased speed limits, guns, guns, corporations over environment, guns, guns, guns, most things that cause death yet claim the mantle of "Pro-Life" because Newt told them to. Newt gave them a list of words to use to describe both them and us and that has turned out to be a very successful list of words for them.

[lonestarnot]

13. Why bother with that? They did it for you by supporting the

War of Lies and continue to support death in any nation that can't be bulldoged.

[Warren DeMontague]

14. They're not pro-life, they're anti-sex.

Time for some honesty.

[Vinca]

15. Pro-life is universal health care. nt

[Cleita]

16. Call them anti-abortionists, which is what they are.

Being pro-life is being anti-war too.

[TMA1]

17. something I dont understand.

Why is it that fiscally, Democrats in some ways are extremely conservative? I believe in a welfare state, and believe that so many people in this country fall through the cracks. If you work in a poor paying blue collar job, you will find that so many people have given up hope when it comes to even the smallest things. People in these positions often times cant take their kids to the doctor because they cant afford any kind of insurance. Minimum wage cannot support a family, even if minimum wage is raised it wouldnt do much to help. It seems that both parties only care about the grand "middle class" and nobody looks towards helping the underclasses of our society. It seems like many of those who are of a libertine state of mind are even against things that can help the underclasses from moving purely away from a life of subsistance. It doesnt seem to me that anyone is "pro-life". America in general seems to be a pretty selfish culture. Would rather buy that new 60 inch plasma than to give that money away to local charities. Would rather go on that expensive cruise than to help the family next door who has a son or daughter with a terrible disability. makes me sick.