December 2011
Anonymous asked: if pro-lifers stick themselves into uteruses of women, does that make them fetuses?
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Anonymous asked: Maybe if more people were enjoying sex and were decent people there'd be less anti-choicers in the world.
mirandaadria asked: I thought the exact same thing yesterday; that some of these anti-choice blogs MUST be trolls. I really, really don't want to believe anyone could be that callous, cold-hearted, and evil.
wonderfullydefined asked: I assume you've read permuration's reply to your reblog, so I just want to double-check that I'm reading it correctly... Did they honestly try to use, "I wrote an essay, therefore I'm right" as an argument, or am I just being silly in my sleepiness?
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After CraftyChristianMama's post about how...
The post: http://craftychristianmamma.tumblr.com/post/15049160534/ectopic-pregnancy-still-a-life
afunnyfeminist replied to your post: What’s your least favorite pro-choice argument? Mine is “Don’t like an abortion don’t get one/my body my choice.” Pro-lifers believe that abortion is murder, so these statements are irrelevant. I love the pro-choice community, but I think a lot of declarations are useless. We need new tactics - personally I think the fact that no living creature - fetus, baby,...
Anti-choicers: "Don't terminate any ectopic...
tehsunshine:
Ok, that’s seriously my last post about callousness and ectopic pregnancy for tonight. Promise.
Do Pro-Lifers actually care about people?
Anonymous asked: "Why not put the baby up for adoption?" Like that's so easy? Do these people not even use their brains? I would be quite fine with having an abortion if I became pregnant - I do not want a child. But if I had to continue the pregnancy? Terminating the development of a few cells is totally different to giving your sentient, born child away. Adoption is perfect for some people. But I...
Catapultam Habeo: On Why Most Pro-Lifers Are Not... →
permutationofninjas:
I see a lot of stuff come by regarding abortion rights, and particularly the actions of people who are “pro-life”. The most common thing I see is people describing them as “misogynist bigots who want to take away women’s rights”. Unfortunately, while these people are indeed a huge problem this…
While I can see where you are going, I still can’t agree. You are...
prolongedeyecontact asked: Well what if I hit someone in the abdomen and ruined their kidneys? I still wouldn't have to provide them with my own. I would go to jail for assault because that's a crime. But sex [which could result in an embryo needing my organs] isn't a crime like assault. And when, on average, the risk of preg is approx 0-30% from a single act of unprotected sex I wouldn't consider that a...
askaliberal asked: Hi! I've been following you for a long time and finally made my own tumblr. I think I remember you posting a bunch of awesome tumblrs a while ago but I can't find it in your archives. Do you mind sending it to me? I need people to follow!
Anonymous asked: Why not put the baby up for adoption??
Anonymous asked: But then again I guess an anti-choicer could say "but the person who needs a kidney doesn't need it as a direct result of your actions." Damn it. Sorry for the multiple questions, I just value your input.
Anonymous asked: their kidney to an adult, so why forcing me to let a fetus use my lungs any different?
Anonymous asked: What's your least favorite pro-choice argument? Mine is "Don't like an abortion don't get one/my body my choice." Pro-lifers believe that abortion is murder, so these statements are irrelevant. I love the pro-choice community, but I think a lot of declarations are useless. We need new tactics - personally I think the fact that no living creature - fetus, baby, or adult -...
Anonymous asked: Do you think most pro-life people are ignorant/misinformed, like they don't know the harm they are doing? (I suppose "saving babies" sounds good if you don't know much of the issue). Or do you think they are really scarily regressive, misogynistic, aware they are hurting women, sex-policing... and don't care?
Let’s break this down Hannahology:
Nothing you posted even remotely built a case for how a person can be a feminist and anti-choice at once.
I don’t need to. Supjeffreydahmer opened with 5 arguments as to why someone cannot be. My job is simply to refute those arguments. If you’d like me to make an affirmative case, my job is easy. The argument for me would boil down...
Anonymous asked: Pro-life keeps using my aunt as an example of why you shouldn't get an abortion and how it ruins your fertility in their propaganda. She received an abortion, and now she's infertile. They left out the part of how she's had 7 and 5 of them were not done safely in America. Also, yes, seven abortions... yes, they were all irresponsibility. This happened from when she was 13-25 until...
Niko's Nature: In response to supjeffreydahmer's... →
hannahology:
nikosnature:
hannahology:
supjeffreydahmer:
nikosnature:
SupJeffreydahmer posts 5 arguments why feminism and prolife efforts cannot coexist. I will present each one of his arguments as I found it, and write a rebuttal underneath.
1. The current wave of feminism has the purpose of ending oppression across all areas. bell hooks defines oppression as…
Haha, no.
1. A fetus...
lyinne asked: I thought I've seen all the ridiculous nonsense pro-life people do, but this guy (presumably), stateless-crusader takes sex-policing to the next level. Wow. Seriously. BAH /sorry, end rant/
purplebeards replied to your post: Just curious here… the question of allowing exceptions for victims of “rape or incest” is common in the reproductive rights debate, but what exactly is meant by “incest”? If you were forcibly impregnated by a family member, that’s rape. If you consent to pregnancy with a family member, you wouldn’t want someone forcing you to have an abortion. I just don’t get...
Anonymous asked: I'm not the most knowledgeable on this, but I had always assumed that when saying "or incest," it meant that the two family members both gave verbal consent to the relationship and then got pregnant. Of course, pregnancies as a result of incest carry a higher risk of problems for the potential baby, so maybe that's why people say "rape or incest"?
Anonymous asked: Maybe it's the same reasons anyone else would have an abortion (not ready for children yet, financial issues, etc.) with the added bonus of "Oh yeah, I'm sleeping with my brother" or "Oops, I didn't know my boyfriend* was actually my half-sibling."
radishson asked: Just curious here... the question of allowing exceptions for victims of "rape or incest" is common in the reproductive rights debate, but what exactly is meant by "incest"? If you were forcibly impregnated by a family member, that's rape. If you consent to pregnancy with a family member, you wouldn't want someone forcing you to have an abortion. I just don't...
The GOP’s 10 Most Extreme Attacks On A Woman’s...
2011 marked a banner year in the Republican war on woman’s health. Close to 1,000 anti-abortion bills sped through state legislatures as the GOP-led House led a “comprehensive and radical assault” on a federal level. But in surveying their arsenal this year, 10 bills stood out as particularly perturbing and far-reaching efforts to stymie women’s access to abortion services, birth control, and...
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Theory of Revolution: kfadich: Stfu, Pro-Life!: I... →
kfadich:
kfadich:
Stfu, Pro-Life!: I also wonder about how anti-choicers think getting pregnant is a gift.
kicking-edgar-allan-poe:
stfuprolife:
Not everyone wants that kind of gift. If I got pregnant, I’d want the receipt.
I think the dangerous thing about starting to call…
The thing to remember though is that they want to remove choice. They want uterus bearers to be confined to...
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my-heart-of-paradise asked: You probably already know this, but I've never heard it mentioned anywhere. Studies have shown that when abortion is legal, crime rates go down. It's because the children are wanted as opposed to a mother who just puts up with the child, and so the child is better taken care of, and given all the best opportunities etc. So they don't turn to gangs etc. I think I'm...
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I just had a thought, how bout we leave the...
(But women aren’t the only ones who can get pregnant. I understand what you mean though.) If only certain people would get their heads out of their misogynistic asses and stop telling others what to do with their bodies, we wouldn’t be having this issue.
Theory of Revolution: I also wonder about how... →
stfuprolife:
kicking-edgar-allan-poe:
stfuprolife:
Not everyone wants that kind of gift. If I got pregnant, I’d want the receipt.
I think the dangerous thing about starting to call pro-life people “anti-choicers” is that they can pay you back with the same coin. You’re…
Oh, I totally understand what you’re saying. I do. I get that it’s just their perspective on this,...
rakaizombie asked: The pro-choice vs. anti-choice arguments always go something like: "Emotional appeal!" "Well, statistics and evidence." "More emotional appeal! Babies!"
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lyinne asked: The more I think about CPCs, the more I don't get it. Doctors get sued for giving wrong information, why don't CPCs? If they aren't doctors, why do they get to give harmful medical information? (non-existent) Risks about breast cancer, depression, these are scientific facts, not opinions, so how do they get away with it?
I also wonder about how anti-choicers think...
kicking-edgar-allan-poe:
stfuprolife:
Not everyone wants that kind of gift. If I got pregnant, I’d want the receipt.
I think the dangerous thing about starting to call pro-life people “anti-choicers” is that they can pay you back with the same coin. You’re basically putting “pro-death” on a silver platter for them, and that sounds way worse than “anti-choice.”
It actually doesn’t...
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I also wonder about how anti-choicers think...
Not everyone wants that kind of gift. If I got pregnant, I’d want the receipt.
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People with really negative views on sex make me...
The slut shaming and sex policing is suffocating.
Anonymous asked: I'm simultaneously laughing and crying at someone using "feminist" as an insult... Laughing because I wear it proudly and crying because, oh my god, someone thinks its an insult
shinkirou-hana asked: Okay, I'm just going to point this out because a lot of anti-choice supporters don't seem to get it: Saying you are pro-choice does NOT mean you think every pregnant person ever should get an abortion. It's not like we hate babies (though, personally I'm sure some of us do, but that has nothing to do with the arguments), it's that we value the mother's life over the...
kfadich asked: One approach I have started to take with anti-choicers is to point out that an unwanted pregnancy causes health risks for the fetus. I have been able to use anecdotal evidence because I am an adult adoptee who has health problems that stem from my birth mother not caring. My adopted sister does do. In fact, she has debilitating issues that stem from her birth mother being denied the choice to end...
Anonymous asked: 'By being pro-life/anti-choice, people are basically saying, “Yeah, I don’t care about my mother, sister, friend, cousin, brother, father, teacher, or peers. I think people’s bodies should be owned by the government because fetuses matter the most.”' yeah that's the prolife stance, not saving defenceless babies or anything. you daft feminist
There's a pro-choice saying that mentions keeping...
prolongedeyecontact:
bebinn:
They’d be rarer if certain people didn’t discourage comprehensive sex education in schools and shame people for having sex. Fear goes a long way in promoting ignorance of our bodily functions, negotiating sexual relationships, and taking care of ourselves.
I found one clinic’s breakdown of their fees, which I thought was interesting:
The fee includes blood and...
msandrogynous: