SoftBonds -> RE: Go Fuck Yourself, Mississippi. Why do you hate women? (4/6/2012 7:04:55 PM)
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In my experience there are three types of folks on this issue. I call them pro-choice, pro-life, and anti-abortion. Why the distinction? Well... Imagine a 17 year old girl in your church gets pregnant, and you are in a church (such as the catholic church) that opposes abortion being legal. Ask yourself how you treat that girl. In my experience, a lot of folks in conservative parts of the world (or Alaska at least) treat that girl very badly. They make her life miserable. Of course, if she gets an abortion before they find out, then they don't treat her badly at all. So if these folks are going to reward a girl for having an abortion, and punish her for having a baby, why do they oppose abortion? Because they don't want to reward her for the abortion, they want to punish her for the sex! Pro-life folks generally make exceptions for rape and incest, and are willing to feel sorry for a girl who feels she needs an abortion, they oppose it, but won't try to demonize the girl. Anti-abortion folks want to make the girl a "slut," "harlot," "sinner," etc. I say this from experience with close female friends in the Alaska Catholic and Baptist churches, and what they told me about their experiences. If I was a girl in one of these churches and I got pregnant, I'd find a clinic, a coat hanger, or if I couldn't do either, just hang myself, that is how vicious these folks are.
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