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Dycel
said, 4 months ago
Interesting does anyone else believe that these are the true clinics the self righteous anti-abortionists believe in after all their belief in the sanctity of life outweighs even their lords beliefs of ending pain, suffering and merciful death.
Their crusades to protect life in a world that is choking itself to death by poisoning it with toxic human refuse and ignorance is another misconception of biblical proportion.
It should make us think about which beliefs support mankind and which destroy it.
ConserveGov said, 4 months ago
Is this toon from 20 years ago?
As much as Barry doesn’t want to talk about his horrible record on the economy, the record number of people unemployed and underemployed might like some of his attention.
Alvin Anderson
said, 4 months ago
Dear Con Gov: I am 65 and I remember the slaughter of women during the religious domination of medical treatment. It’s either live by the rules of certain religion or endure the punnishment of infection, mutilation, death of dealing with a birth that the parent is unable to deal with. And should a woman then give birth and not be married, then she was further punished for being “bad” while the man was patted on the back for “being a real man”. I have women friends who had to have hystorectimies because of bad back alley abortions when they were in their teens or early 20’s. With the “record number” of unemployment do we really need more children born to parents who cannot afford or want them? Besides that, the groups that oppose abortion largely oppose sex education and birth control that would greatly lessen the need for abortions. You Cons are are all alike.
Tue Elung-Jensen said, 4 months ago
Please like this would ever happen – these days it would be done at home.
Kingoswald
said, 4 months ago
If you want to know what would happen if Roe v Wade was repealed, watch the movie “Vera Drake”.
Respectful Troll said, 4 months ago
Repeal abortion on demand then, : Make it a crime to fornicate. Prosecute men who fail to use condoms with their married wives if a child is not being planned. Ban Viagra as a “gateway” drug encouraging unwanted pregnancy. Provide chastity belts for parents to lock onto their daughters. Ban make up and clothing that makes a woman/man attractive unless they are married. Censor tv shows and movies that are too sexual. Burkahs for everyone!!!
While the above is sarcastic and unreasonable to me, there are several commentators on this board who believe those enabling, receiving, or failing to report an abortion should be arrested, incarcerated, and/or executed for this ‘crime’. I know others whom I love and admire who would agree with my first paragraph.
We cannot stop “sin” in others, we can only resolve moral conflicts within ourselves. However, I suggest that if you want to see an enormous reduction in abortions, the following-
Recognize the value of a stay at home parent to supervise children/young adults returning from school. Give children who are already born love, access to education and healthcare, and the knowledge they are valued and important to their society, thereby increasing a sense of self worth they won’t want to lose to an unwanted pregnancy. And permit access to birth control medicines for those who are legal adults and sexually active.
I grieve at the abortion of a viable potential human being. I detest the apathy shown to the needs of living children born into poverty or hardship. It is the children who walk among us that need our immediate love and attention before they grow up to be angry and frustrated men and women who have no loyalty or sense of belonging to the nation in which they were born.
We do not have the infrastructure to support the millions of infants that would be born with needs should abortion be repealed. Also, I once read that fifteen years after Roe v Wade was law, crime rates in major cities began dropping. This was accredited to the reduced numbers of unwanted children on the streets. If this is true, then 15 years after abortion is banned, we could well see a rise in crime rates in addition to the cost of schools, healthcare, food, etc.
Be careful what you wish for, my anti abortion neighbors…
Your nation is not prepared to get it.
Respectfully,
C.
TheTrustedMechanic said, 4 months ago
@Respectful Troll
“…If this is true, then 15 years after abortion is banned, we could well see a rise in crime rates…”
Just think of all those newly convicted prison inmates. We’s ahve to build more jails. For-profit jails, run by private corporations that control costs with substandard food, inadequate force of guards, and law enforcement agencies “on the take” to get more inmates because they charge per head, more inmates equals more $$$ from the taxpayer to special interests, a republican utopia. No wonder the republicans have no respect for the First Amendment want to trample it.
TheTrustedMechanic said, 4 months ago
@ConserveGov
Um, President Obama isn’t talking about abortion Not near as much as the republicans are screaming about ad nauseum. I know you are factually challenged but please do try harder next time. Your “Obama bad no matter what” meme is getting really old. Especially since almost everything is a fabrication or a gross distortion of the truth.
ARodney said, 4 months ago
Do not mistake name calling for reasoned debate.
jerry6665 said, 4 months ago
@ConserveGov
sadly, this toon isn’t from 20 yrs ago. the war against women has been ramping up during those 20 yrs. morin has succinctly summed up those 20 years of stripping women of their rights over their own bodies. how do you think we’d feel if the govt told us we had no choice in having kids by law and, if we chose to NOT have a kid, we would have to have tubes and metal probes shoved up our privates before we could even make that choice. besides, we don’t have much right to say anything. after all, our part is pleasurable and their part is horribly painful.
oh, and just in case you were unaware, about 30% of fertilized eggs are naturally aborted. i guess God does believe in abortion.
Adrian Snare said, 4 months ago
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“rightisright”….When you grow up you will learn that there is no such thing as a liberal baby…
Now, ideally, I feel that abortion is the killing of a baby…
Not good, but “ideally” exists not !
Respect is lacking, this we must work on..
Adrian
Adrian Snare said, 4 months ago
@ConserveGov
And exactly what original idea do you have for our President ?
And, I do not wish to hear “lower taxes, fewer regulations”.
This does not work, never did, IMO.
Greed is the problem, that and ignorance.
China(for one) is taking advantage of our greed.
Adrian
Jase99 said, 4 months ago
I am personally against abortion, but I am for keeping it legal. Why? Because I know that making abortion illegal won’t stop it from happening. It only makes it more dangerous to the woman receiving it.
What gets me is that so many of the anti-abortion rights advocates don’t want to address the underlying factors that affects a woman’s decision to get an abortion. Sex education that includes both abstinence and birth control use can reduce the number of unintended pregnancy. Affordable birth control continues where sex education leaves off. Lifting woman and families out of poverty and making sure they have quality, affordable health care also steers women away from abortions.
We will never completely end abortion. That’s a pipe dream. But we can reduce the numbers with practical measures.
onguard said, 4 months ago
@Jase99
Your first paragraph is right on, the second has hits and misses….over all you got it.
onguard said, 4 months ago
@Mr. King
Please support your 70% number. Thanks.