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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:13 PM Original message |
Would you be happy if you had a truly affordable health plan that covered 99% |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. Nope, by its very definition, an abortion demands |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 02:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. So does a nose job or liposuction. Should that be included, too? |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:09 AM Response to Reply #6 |
18. This is pathetic. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:00 AM Response to Reply #18 |
29. Some women selectively abort healthy fetuses of the wrong gender. |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:32 AM Response to Reply #29 |
46. Are there some stats on this?? |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:05 PM Response to Reply #29 |
70. So what? |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:15 PM Response to Reply #70 |
78. "medical proceedure" =/= "elective medical proceedure" |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. What is it you do not understand about the RIGHT OF PRIVACY. |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #81 |
91. Right of privacy? |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:41 PM Response to Reply #91 |
95. Yeah, you're right! |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 02:17 PM Response to Reply #95 |
101. Who said anything about outlawing abortion, coat hangers, or R.vW. ?? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #95 |
105. If a valid health care reform measure passes, then it will free up enough financial |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #91 |
97. Privacy: it's a woman's right to make private decisions about medical procedures. nt |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #97 |
102. I dont see how who's paying the bill interferes with the privacy of the choice |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:09 PM Response to Reply #91 |
119. Let me type more slowly, OK? |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:24 PM Response to Reply #119 |
122. Explain. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 12:42 AM Response to Reply #119 |
149. And nothing will be changed. Women would still be able to |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #78 |
88. How about if somebody's face got smashed to pieces in a car accident. |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 02:04 PM Response to Reply #88 |
100. in my opinion, it is the most fair and fitting option. |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 12:54 AM Response to Reply #100 |
153. boob jobs? hookers? D cups? |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 08:29 PM Response to Reply #29 |
137. That's not your business |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 12:47 AM Response to Reply #137 |
152. In an ideal world that wouldn't happen. But what if it means we can pass |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:40 AM Response to Reply #152 |
162. But you went out of your way to try to stir up disgust at the procedure in order to |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #162 |
167. No, I just answered people who were trying to sidetrack the question. |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:57 AM Response to Reply #6 |
27. Any abortion becomes a medical necessity since every single pregnancy |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:01 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. There is no medical necessity to selectively abort a healthy female fetus. n/t |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:16 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Wrong....the risk of death and permenent injury still exist. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:22 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. There is no more risk to give birth to a female baby than to a male. |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:24 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. The risk still exists, whether it is for a decision you don't personally approve of or not. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:28 AM Response to Reply #39 |
44. There is no additional risk from a pregnancy with a female fetus, |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:35 AM Response to Reply #44 |
48. The medical reason exists because of the pregnancy itself. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #39 |
56. ...but voluntary versus necessary |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:18 PM Response to Reply #56 |
84. So reproductive rights are "voluntary?" |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #84 |
110. A pregnancy in those cases would threaten the mental health of the mother. n/t |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:06 PM Response to Reply #110 |
118. IMO.... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 12:36 AM Response to Reply #118 |
147. I'm pro-choice. I'm also urgently in favor of major health reform. |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:29 AM Response to Reply #147 |
161. Who then makes the decision of "medical necessity?" |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:06 PM Response to Reply #161 |
168. The doctor. Which means it probably wouldn't be hard for most women |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 01:00 AM Response to Reply #110 |
155. come on. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #84 |
170. Everyone here assumes that rape or incest pregnancies would be covered |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #31 |
89. Where are your statistics on this? I call BS since I have never heard of an American woman |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 12:56 AM Response to Reply #31 |
154. is that your deal? you don't want women to abort female fetuses? |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:00 AM Response to Reply #6 |
30. Abortion is not cosmetic surgery. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:03 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. That's not the point. The point is that getting health care reform passed |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:27 AM Response to Reply #32 |
43. But then it's not a question of whether or not abortion is the equivalent of a tummy tuck. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:28 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. It's about giving up the 1% in order to get the 99%. n/t |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:06 PM Response to Reply #43 |
71. +1....n/t |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
112. comparing abortion to cosmetic surgery is very telling |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:01 PM Response to Reply #112 |
125. Bingo. nt |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 12:38 AM Response to Reply #112 |
148. Of course that situation is not cosmetic. |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
87. I'll second getting taxes owed the US from off-shore American held accounts. |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 11:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
144. Good gawd I love this human being!!!! STRAIGHT to the point. |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. if we would just stop building crappy useless aircraft carriers |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 02:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. +1 |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. Can't carve out an exception for non-payment of abortion. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 02:05 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. That's why I said in cases where it was NOT medically necessary, even for |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:14 AM Response to Reply #8 |
20. Really? Who are those people? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:25 AM Response to Reply #20 |
40. I know a California grad student who was under great pressure |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #40 |
72. What the hell relevance does that have? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #72 |
109. You could have answered your question yourself if you'd bothered to read |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
98. No. Our taxes should not pay for abortions of females in China |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 08:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
136. Even for mental health reasons? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
4. Well, I have that, but I'd like to see others have it, as well. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 02:07 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Except that we would all be paying for the abortions through our taxes. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 02:10 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. We kill people in other countries with our taxes. Your point? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 02:13 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. My point is that if women can get affordable lifetime health care, then they'll |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 11:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
143. You're right, pnwmom |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 02:22 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Again, that's not your business or mine. If the womb isn't yours, you need to stay out of it. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 02:50 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I'd be happy to stay out of it. But I won't be happy if health care reform |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:07 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. It isn't for you to determine if the procedure is "medically necessary." |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 11:42 PM Response to Reply #17 |
145. Further liking your p.o.v. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 02:29 AM Response to Reply #145 |
156. My attitude in a nutshell: If you do not like abortion, by all means, do not have one. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:23 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Because abortion is reproductive health. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:53 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Abortion isn't necessary to reproductive health for most women. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #25 |
77. Once you are pregnant, it's going to be resolved one way or another. |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #25 |
92. And they should home birth or field birth too. |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #25 |
93. Neither is birth control by some definitions - are you willing to exempt that from health care |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
103. Because, as has been explained |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #9 |
73. And I am uncomfortabe paying for viagra.... |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. Weapons of mass destruction are something I'm uncomfortable out my taxes paying for. |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:15 PM Response to Reply #75 |
79. Yes.... |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #79 |
83. Yup. |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #83 |
86. Hey, but guys make GREAT decisions ~~ |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #86 |
90. Nobody's comfortable with a flaccid member, but I have a compromise. |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:05 PM Response to Reply #90 |
117. Ooooooooooooh, yes |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
5. While I think abortions should be covered |
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kevinbgoode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 02:20 AM Response to Original message |
12. No...because the wingnuts would continue to find something else |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 02:23 AM Response to Original message |
14. WTF?? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 02:51 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Do you think it should cover nose jobs, tummy tucks, liposuction? |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:30 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. No, but I think it should cover vasectomies and tubal litigations |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 08:30 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. I find this to be a bigoted comment |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:55 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Some women selectively abort healthy female fetuses. |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:22 AM Response to Reply #26 |
37. I find this a bigoted comment. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:34 AM Response to Reply #37 |
47. You don't know that there is a growing problem around the world of |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:35 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Women are burned for infidelity in other cultures around the world, too. |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 11:39 AM Response to Reply #47 |
55. Way to go there - just tack right off in a different direction. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #55 |
104. Actually, I'm pro-choice. But not to the extent I think it's worth giving up |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
74. Sure.... |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:26 AM Response to Reply #14 |
42. well put. |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:10 AM Response to Original message |
19. YOu do realize that pregnancy is a potentially life-threatening condition for EVERY woman, right? |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:34 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. In more ways than one. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:58 AM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Yes, I do. But it goes back to my question. |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:19 AM Response to Reply #28 |
35. IF people need to see that issue in terms of public dollars ... |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #28 |
76. None of your fucking business.... |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #19 |
52. You're giving her way too much credit. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
34. In the world of politics 99% is pretty high. |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
36. I think all italians should be excluded |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
41. Nope. Not if the 1% exclusion is related to my gender. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #41 |
80. There's that, isn't there? Funny how this topic keeps coming up - |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #80 |
96. If we're going to chose an area of men's health to exclude |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #96 |
113. No. Something life-threatening, not something they THINK is life-threatening. My vote is prostate |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #113 |
116. Heck most men would probably welcome that since they hate them |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:05 PM Response to Reply #80 |
139. Viagra |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
50. It never ceases to amaze me how quickly women are willing to sacrifice other women |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:18 PM Response to Reply #50 |
85. Exactly |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 12:46 AM Response to Reply #50 |
151. I'd be perfectly happy to pay taxes to fund health care that included abortions. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
51. I would not be happy about the exclusion at all, but I want to get somewhere first. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 11:58 AM Response to Reply #51 |
57. access to "regular" care |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. I am astounded at the attitude on display here. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #60 |
108. Perhaps because you didn't take the time to read for comprehension. |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #108 |
114. Oh I read quite well thanks. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 06:04 PM Response to Reply #114 |
132. I've had two abortions and I have no religious agenda. Perhaps clicking for accuracy then? |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 06:46 AM Response to Reply #132 |
157. Which is why when I responded to you I referred to the OP and not you. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #57 |
107. Of course reproductive care is "regular" care. Regular also means consistent. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #107 |
111. Cancer care isn't "regular" care |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #111 |
131. Go back, read again. What did I say? |
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Kid Dynamite (307 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
53. I would be happy with less contrived hypotheticals |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
54. fffffffffffffffffffff |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
58. Your point is well taken |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 12:09 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. So those unable to afford this medical procedure should do what? |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 12:13 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. How do they pay for it now? |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. That fat fuck Hyde made it not so. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Almost everybody here, including me, would prefer that the government pay for abortions |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 12:51 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. and thus toss the poor women under the bus |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. So millions will remain uninsured and thousands of people's lives put in danger |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. I do not accept that abortion is the difference between success and failure |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. ...but this choice is a very real possibility |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #67 |
94. Self-delete. Didn't read post properly. |
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Ewellian (302 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #61 |
135. More than 86% of employer provided |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:11 PM Response to Reply #135 |
140. Better a politician than a $12.hr |
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Ewellian (302 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:18 PM Response to Reply #140 |
141. "hmo telephone operators" |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
64. I would *accept* it for the moment, but wouldn't be *happy* with it... |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
65. I would. But that is only because I am not rich and cannot afford my own insurance |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #65 |
82. I oppose any warfare against a class of people |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
99. Who are you going to have decide if it is "medically necessary"? Have you ever read Roe v Wade? |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #99 |
121. 2 answers + bonus |
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lefthandedlefty (247 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
106. I don`t think it should cover anything elective |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
115. this reads as anti-choice |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #115 |
120. +1...n/t |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #115 |
123. Elective abortions are not critical medical proceedures. |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:04 PM Response to Reply #123 |
126. Every single pregnancy can end in death or permenent injury. |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:33 PM Response to Reply #126 |
130. And that is the risk inherent in pregnancy. |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 11:07 PM Response to Reply #130 |
142. I'm betting you won't ever have to risk your life with a pregnancy. |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:03 PM Response to Reply #126 |
138. and every time I drive my car it can end in death or permanent injury. |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
124. Yes, it sounds like a good deal |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:05 PM Response to Reply #124 |
127. >>as long as reasonably-priced abortions were legal and available in medical settings |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
128. All abortions are necessary even if not for biological reasons. No woman |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
129. No, because there's no logical reason to exclude them. |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
133. If the medically necessary includes mental health... |
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JustAnotherGen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
134. Yes |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
146. I paid for mine. It was well worth it. |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
150. If a woman wants it, it's medically necessary. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
158. If men will give up the non-medically necessary use of Viagra, |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 07:32 AM Response to Reply #158 |
159. "non-medically necessary use of Viagra"? Is there any other kind? |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 07:35 AM Response to Reply #159 |
160. Actually, Viagra was discovered by accident when it was given |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
163. I am blown away by the topic and some of the replies. |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 10:11 AM Response to Reply #163 |
164. Not very wrong, but the OP question wasn't about Roe v Wade |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 10:15 AM Response to Reply #164 |
165. Define elective abortions. |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #165 |
166. I'm not sure how a repub defines abortions... |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:15 AM Response to Reply #165 |
171. My definition: Elective = Choice |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #171 |
173. If a woman chooses to have an abortion |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:10 PM Response to Reply #163 |
169. You can't read |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
172. What, compared to overpriced healthcare that covers nothing, or none at all? D'uh, of course. |
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