# Mmmmmmm...abortion doughnuts
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmmm-abortion-doughnuts/481656
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [January 16, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmmm-abortion-doughnuts/481656 "2009-01-16T20:24:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmmm-abortion-doughnuts/481656/1 "2009-01-16T20:24:24Z")
[Krispy Kreme](http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2009/01/pro-life_group_up_in_arms_over.php) is offering everybody a free doughnut on Inauguration day. They put out the following press release:
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> “Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. (NYSE: KKD) is honoring American’s sense of pride and freedom of choice on Inauguration Day, by offering a free doughnut of choice to every customer on this historic day, Jan. 20. By doing so, participating Krispy Kreme stores nationwide are making an oath to tasty goodies – just another reminder of how oh-so-sweet ‘free’ can be.”
What does that have to do with abortion, you ask? Well look really close. See how they use the word “choice?” That’s got the lifers up in arms.:
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> The following is a statement from American Life League president Judie Brown:
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> "The next time you stare down a conveyor belt of slow-moving, hot, sugary glazed donuts at your local Krispy Kreme, you just might be supporting President-elect Barack Obama’s radical support for abortion on demand - including his sweeping promise to sign the Freedom of Choice Act as soon as he steps in the Oval Office, Jan. 20…
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> …"Just an unfortunate choice of words? For the sake of our Wednesday morning doughnut runs, we hope so. The unfortunate reality of a post Roe v. Wade America is that ‘choice’ is synonymous with abortion access, and celebration of ‘freedom of choice’ is a tacit endorsement of abortion rights on demand.
So now the use of the word “choice” in any context is to be taken as synonomous with support for abortion rights.
I think I might have to make a doughnut run on tuesday.
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### Author:  [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmmm-abortion-doughnuts/481656/2 "2009-01-16T20:30:56Z")
Can I come with? I’m thinking of picking up a 12-pack just to piss the pro-lifers off. Just when I thought they couldn’t get any more ridiculous…
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmmm-abortion-doughnuts/481656/3 "2009-01-16T20:33:46Z")
And “sense of pride”? That’s gay talk.
Obviously Krispy Kreme is using this money to pay lesbians to have abortions.
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### Author:  [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmmm-abortion-doughnuts/481656/4 "2009-01-16T20:33:51Z")
Wouldn’t an “abortion donut” actually be a doughnut hole?
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmmm-abortion-doughnuts/481656/5 "2009-01-16T20:33:52Z")
And I thought PETA was nuts.
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### Author:  [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2009, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmmm-abortion-doughnuts/481656/6 "2009-01-16T20:40:52Z")
I work across the street from a Krispy Kreme but rarely visit. I may have to get my free doughnut on Tuesday, though.
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### Author:  [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2009, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmmm-abortion-doughnuts/481656/7 "2009-01-16T20:46:57Z")
From a quick perusal of the American Life League’s website, I’d wager that they’d get their panties pretty seriously wadded up if somebody said “Hey, look, it’s Tuesday.”
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### Author:  [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmmm-abortion-doughnuts/481656/8 "2009-01-16T20:49:38Z")
This is the first time I’ve felt good about eating those things.
Do they have a quote from Roe v Wade under each coffee cup? 😛
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### Author:  [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2009, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmmm-abortion-doughnuts/481656/9 "2009-01-16T20:57:19Z")
I’m going to roll the donut so the Right to Lifers can take a flying fuck at it.
Robin
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### Author:  [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmmm-abortion-doughnuts/481656/10 "2009-01-16T21:09:05Z")
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> And I thought PETA was nuts.
They are, the ALL folks just come with 25% more nutty.
I’m gonna go out of my way to buy as many donuts for my staff as I can on that day, and I’ll even use my lunch money. What asshats.
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### Author:  [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmmm-abortion-doughnuts/481656/11 "2009-01-16T21:13:00Z")
Krispy Kreme has an established tradition of cryptic promotion of abortion.
Why, everybody knows that [Krispy Kreme terminated their franchise agreement with Great Circle Family Foods](http://cll.bizjournals.com/losangeles/stories/2006/01/02/daily25.html) in 2006.
How much more in-your-face can they get? IT’S RIGHT THERE, PEOPLE!
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### Author:  [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmmm-abortion-doughnuts/481656/12 "2009-01-16T21:13:58Z")
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> The unfortunate reality of a post Roe v. Wade America is that ‘choice’ is synonymous with abortion access
Just another reminder that Bush isn’t the only Humpty Dumbass who makes up new meanings for words in an effort to fuck them up for everybody else.
I’m going to start a campaign to start referring to munchkins as donut fetuses. Who’s with me?
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### Author:  [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmmm-abortion-doughnuts/481656/13 "2009-01-16T21:14:21Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#):
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> Wouldn’t an “abortion donut” actually be a doughnut hole?
Jelly donut, actually. (Eww!)
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### Author:  [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmmm-abortion-doughnuts/481656/14 "2009-01-16T21:15:33Z")
Krispy Creme should do a special promotion with Planned Parenthood:
“Free abortion with every order of a dozen or more donuts with fillings removed.”
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### Author:  [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmmm-abortion-doughnuts/481656/15 "2009-01-16T21:18:16Z")
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> The unfortunate reality of a post Roe v. Wade America is that ‘choice’ is synonymous with abortion access
“Our special tonight is roast duck with a mango salsa; and that comes with an abortion access of rice pilaf or potatoes au gratin.”
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### Author:  [@bathsheba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bathsheba)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmmm-abortion-doughnuts/481656/16 "2009-01-16T21:18:25Z")
No Krispy Kreme here. It’s the norm to grab a dozen at Sydney or Melbourne airport when travelling home. And whaddya know - I have lots of trips to Melbourne this year…I’ll take two dozen!
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### Author:  [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2009, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmmm-abortion-doughnuts/481656/17 "2009-01-16T21:20:21Z")
Well, at least now I know why all those multiple CHOICE tests over the years made me feel so uneasy.
All those poor little answers who never realized their potential.
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### Author:  [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2009, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmmm-abortion-doughnuts/481656/18 "2009-01-16T21:26:23Z")
> [@billfish678](#):
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> Well, at least now I know why all those multiple CHOICE tests over the years made me feel so uneasy.
Every time you check “Somewhat agree”, God kills a tiny little baby.
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### Author:  [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2009, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmmm-abortion-doughnuts/481656/19 "2009-01-16T21:27:23Z")
If I squint my eyes and turn my head, I can kind of see their point, with my pro-lifeness making me charitable. We don’t really talk about “freedom of choice” with regard to electing a president, we talk about the right to vote. It’s 99% clear that Krispy Kreme wasn’t referring to abortion, but they might have chosen a better phrase, given Obama’s intent to sign that legislation.
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### Author:  [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmmm-abortion-doughnuts/481656/20 "2009-01-16T21:29:36Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> Obviously Krispy Kreme is using this money to pay lesbians to have abortions.
So what’s their problem? I thought these loonies didn’t want queers having children anyway.
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