People, haven’t any of you been reading what’s been said before you jumped in and declared your point of view as right??? We have a person here who is telling us that she honestly had no choice in the abortion, and that it wasn’t her fault. Her boyfriend was abusive, and sex (protected or not) was not one of her options. She didn’t have enough money to feed herself and take care of herself, let alone a child. Don’t tell her that there’s always a choice.
In terms of the law, I had a teacher once tell me (at that impressionable young age of 13) that abortion is evil and there should be a law against it. I was the only one in the class to argue against her with it, and I lost a grade (I received a B instead of an A in her class. My mother was not happy with her). IMHO, a law against abortion would be discrimination against women. It only applies to women, therefore it is not legal.
And as wrong as it is to kill a child, two wrongs don’t make a right, and this should not be paraded around the highway. The children that see it, the accidents that may happen; they are not worth it.
(And please don’t call me pro-life. I much as I enjoy life, I believe a choice should be available, altho it is wrong. Circumstances, you see.)
milroyj, I have no idea if anyone has gotten into an accident yet over the abortion truck or any other controversial sign. But I can guarantee you that if there is a sign that is distracting enough that it is a contributory factor in the accident, the owners of the sign WILL be held responsible. You don’t need something to happen to predict the outcome if it does.
But, just for you, I’ll research it on Monday and see what I can come up with. You’re welcome.
Um, I asked (as politely and considerately as I could) if she had been raped. Now I could be wrong, but based on her “answer” I seriously doubt she was actually forced into having sex. Most women who have been raped say “I was raped”; most women who say “I had an abusive boyfriend, he never wanted to use protection, blaa, blaa, blaa” are simply trying to play the “I’m was a victim/poor little me/it wasn’t my fault” act.
OK Crafter_Man and milroyj, here you go:
I got pregnant when I was sixteen. I had unprotected sex with my boyfriend several times, believing the whole time that I would not get pregnant becaue “that just wouldn’t happen to me.” I was irresponsible, yes. I then hid my pregnancy for 10 weeks from my parents scared of what to do. I finally had an abortion at about 12 wks. That was 10 years ago. You want more? When I was 20, I had an honest-to-god condom-break episode with my fiance, whom I was living with an having sex with of my own free will. Again, I had an abortion, but at 6 wks. this time.
So go for it. Beat me up, yell at me, curse at me, call me a killer. Print this out and jerk off to it and rub your moral superiority all over your face when you’re done. Just quit picking on stella. She was in a much worse situation than I was ever in my life.Have fun with my personal little tragedies and get off her back. Please.
Should I not respond to you immediately if you ask any questions, please do not assume I have abandoned or run from the board in shame. I am currently remodeling my house and rarely post lately due to a lack of time. You see, I have a five month old child now. He wasn’t planned either but I am in a situation where I can care for a child and I love him with all my heart. I just thought I would mention him so that you know I don’t go around getting knocked up and getting rid of them without alot of thought going into it.
kellibelli - I have in the past referred to or though of abortions compared to a cancer. I am sorry and I promise not to do it again. I didn’t realize it could be so hurtful. I wasn’t thinking. I am sorry for what your mom is going through.
Oh I see. This is your third child, but you’ll “keep” him this time because now it’s convenient for you. What a convenient attitude towards human life, bitch.
Crafter_Man (and now milroyj), your message got through.
There are those who can make their points without passing judgements on other people’s lives and actions - to their face, even. Your attitude does you little honour.
Forget the religious/politico posturing, abortion is NEVER casual. Scare tactics and visual gross-outs degrade everyone.
I’m revolted by cheap ballhoo, trucks carrying pictures of aborted fetuses. What’t the point? Other trucks (or billboards or whatever) with graphic pictures of women dead from botched, furtive abortions? Moms who die, leaving their living kids motherless from hopeless, duty-bound obligation to carry a fetus their bodies can’t deliver–but too scared/shamed to even ask? Doctors afraid of assassination or just bound by PR-driven corporate medical conglomerate du jour.
Let’s go for the cheapest, facile common denominator. Forget the real, human men and women behind the labels. The biggest shock value wins.
Can we get back to essentials? Forget posturing, we’re talking CHILDREN. Real, possibly unmarketable CHILDREN who need at least two decades of love, patience, sleepless nights, expense, more patience, more love…
Forget socio/religious/political posturing. CHILDREN are not theoretical. Glossy shock value anti-abortion tripe usually has much more to do with self-righteousness than messy details like actual children.
“Boy, I hate being right all the time.” – Jeff Goldblum as “Ian Malcolm,” Jurassic Park
I like to think that anyone who calls himself a Christian, yet honestly believes that there are not women out there in relationships for whom when/if/how they have sex is not something they have control over, has a nice, comfy spot right up front in Hell. As it happens, I don’t believe in Hell, so all I can do is think that they are complete jackasses.
Anyone who gets their moral superiority kick by looking down on me or anyone else who’s had an abortion is in dire need of a more productive hobby.
A stunning number of teenagers still don’t understand about contraception. Health & Human Services have approved 17.7 million dollars in abstinence-only education. Kids still don’t know how to protect themselves, the Bush administration apparently thinks telling teenagers not to fuck each other is the only advice they need to offer…and there are actually folks in here who think sending tractor-trailers with pictures of bloody fetus limbs hurtling down the road is a GOOD way to teach people about the realities of abortion?
If any of you actually give a rat’s ass about these aborted babies, you will do everything in your power to educate, not to gross out. Calling me (or stella or anyone else vile names for having HAD an abortion is not going to stop anyone ELSE from having an abortion.
“Oh shit, some moron called that girl a whore because she had an abortion 10 years ago…I’m going to keep this baby now!!”
I’m teaching my kids and stepkids that the only SURE way to prevent pregnancy is abstinence…and that if they can’t manage that, they need to use condoms AND spermicide…and if I have my way my daughter will be raised fully understanding that even if she’s on the Pill she had better be using condoms, because the Pill is not 100% effective and does not prevent disease.
Y’all are probably the same kind of people who feel morally superior to AIDS patients, people with herpes, and people who have been sterilized by Chlamydia (they should overjoy you…no abortions for them!) because they were fucking around and it’s their own damned fault.
You can FEEL morally superior to me all you want. Beat a drum in front of my house and wear a placard that says, “Hamadryad is a dirty whore” on one side and “One of the Morally Pure” on the other. Because of your very ATTITUDE toward morality, I know I’ve already won.
Most people who oppose abortion do so because they believe it is murder.
So let me ask you: Do you feel morally superior to Jeffrey Dahmer? How about Susan Smith? Andrea Yates?
We all do.
I see no difference with abortion. Murder is murder. Yet, for some inexplicable reason, many people think abortion as being “Murder Lite - 1/3 less calories than a regular murder.” Not me. Murder is murder, whether it be drowning your child in a bathtub or sucking your unborn baby through a straw.
You know, there are a bunch of girls out there being eaten out, giving guys head, and being fucked in the ass on a regular basis…and they all insist that they are virgins.
I call this the “Jesus says it’s okay if you do me in the ass” syndrome.
Are they still virgins, merely because they have not experienced vaginal penetration with a penis? Are all Kinsey-6 lesbians virgins because they have never had intercourse with men?
How much sexual activity does one have to participate in before one is no longer a virgin? There’s no halfway, right? You either are or you aren’t, right? So these girls can take half of the football team in the ass and the other half down their throats, while giving handjobs to the coaches, but they’re still virgins, right? RIGHT?
Comparing murder to virginity is utterly ridiculous.
