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In reply to the discussion: Hillary - Here are the facts: People have always had and will always have abortions in all 50 states. [View all]Buckeyeblue
(6,436 posts)21. I think the answer is easier
No one likes abortion. It means something went wrong. Regardless of the reason, many people need to have an abortion, which is why it needs to be legal and accessible.
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Hillary - Here are the facts: People have always had and will always have abortions in all 50 states. [View all]
Swede
20 hrs ago
OP
Only women are impacted by abortion or the lack of safe abortions. It's not a people thing.
Autumn
19 hrs ago
#4
I can assure you no man has ever had an abortion. Men may be a bystander in a woman's abortion
Autumn
19 hrs ago
#6
Having helped men and nonbinary people get abortions, I feel sorry that you live in such a narrow world.
WhiskeyGrinder
19 hrs ago
#9
Only human beings with x only chromosomes can create and carry babies
questionseverything
13 hrs ago
#26
People do, in fact, like abortion. It's a solution that works for them.
WhiskeyGrinder
15 hrs ago
#22
I know many people who were happy to get an abortion and did not find it disruptive.
WhiskeyGrinder
5 hrs ago
#46
I am in my eighties. Abortion was never legal when I was single and birth control was hit or miss.
appleannie1
18 hrs ago
#12
i'm old enough to remember those days. fortunately never had to face that myself, but
mopinko
13 hrs ago
#24
Even the Bush family was pro-choice after a family friend died from a back-alley abortion.
OMGWTF
13 hrs ago
#29
Part of it's the economy, but it's more because the abortion pill protocol makes it easier to end a pregnancy,
WhiskeyGrinder
17 hrs ago
#16
But this is not about reality, it is about the control of women. Other methods have been used and have killed women.
efhmc
17 hrs ago
#18
We can do so much better than rusty coathanger abortions,..and then sepsis,....
magicarpet
13 hrs ago
#31