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Roe v Wade

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Millbrook Tue 03-May-22 08:12:15

The USA’s Supreme Court have approved a (draft) judgement to overturn Roe v Wade decision. If this is passed, abortion (no matter what the circumstances) immediately becomes illegal in at least 22 states.

They don’t hate abortion. They hate women. Misogyny is at the heart of every right wing movement. Trump’s Republicans and Johnson’s Tories.

I am so glad I am old because this world is becoming unbearable to live in.

Galaxy Tue 03-May-22 20:02:57

So some children matter and some dont is that how you see it theodora? Thats incoherent.

Blondiescot Tue 03-May-22 20:04:33

TheodoraP - so, let's just say for the sake of argument, would you have a woman who had been raped forced to carry and give birth to her rapist's baby then? Making abortion illegal does not stop it - a desperate woman will resort to any measures if she feels driven to it. Is it not better that she has access to safe, legal methods instead of backstreet abortions?

TheodoraP Tue 03-May-22 20:04:34

Ridiculous comment Galaxy

volver Tue 03-May-22 20:05:41

volver

TheodoraP

Try saying that this is not a fully formed living Breathing baby

I am sorry to say that abortion is nothing other than selfish murder

That is not a fully formed living breathing baby.

Oh look, I said it. hmm

OK. ??‍♀️

TheodoraP Tue 03-May-22 20:07:29

Blondiescot I appreciate what you are saying totally but is it the baby's fault that he or she was conceived in that way, should the baby be punished by not be given a chance to live, what about children that have rapists as Fathers should they take the blame for their Fathers actions

TheodoraP Tue 03-May-22 20:09:49

volver if you are going to contribute to this discussion please keep it civil and Adult

Whitewavemark2 Tue 03-May-22 20:10:51

So have you just come on to talk about this subject?

It is quite interesting because we have had hundreds over the years who just turn up to discuss what is normally a contentious issue and they are usually from the far right politically. They turn up, create chaos for a bit then disappear.

Quite fascinating - is there a school for all one issue far right people?

TheodoraP Tue 03-May-22 20:12:55

I don't even know what far right means I have no interest in politics and have never voted in my life

volver Tue 03-May-22 20:15:40

So tempting, so tempting...

TheodoraP Tue 03-May-22 20:16:14

volver are you ok

TheodoraP Tue 03-May-22 20:17:03

volver look we have a difference of opinion and that's ok smile

Whitewavemark2 Tue 03-May-22 20:19:10

My last word on the subject.

No law will stop abortion.

No one has the right to tell a woman what to do with her womb or to take that human right away from her.

You have every right to choose for whatever reason or belief that you may have to decide not to have an abortion, but you don’t get to decide for any other woman.

Blondiescot Tue 03-May-22 20:20:29

Whitewavemark2

My last word on the subject.

No law will stop abortion.

No one has the right to tell a woman what to do with her womb or to take that human right away from her.

You have every right to choose for whatever reason or belief that you may have to decide not to have an abortion, but you don’t get to decide for any other woman.

Thank you. I was about to post something very similar.

TheodoraP Tue 03-May-22 20:21:14

What about the babies right can you answer that

Whitewavemark2 Tue 03-May-22 20:21:39

Barack and Michelle Obama

Statement

TheodoraP Tue 03-May-22 20:22:32

I agree that the law will never stop women from making silly life threatening decisions

Whitewavemark2 Tue 03-May-22 20:23:32

TheodoraP

What about the babies right can you answer that

The answer is no.

A Foetus is not a separate entity from its mother until it is born.

Whitewavemark2 Tue 03-May-22 20:24:40

volver

So tempting, so tempting...

???

Germanshepherdsmum Tue 03-May-22 20:24:48

Theodora, may I ask if you have ever known anyone whose baby was, at a late stage in pregnancy, diagnosed with a condition which meant they would only have a short and miserable life, unable to see, hear or communicate? That happened to a friend of mine who already had two healthy children. She and her husband were practising Christians and making the decision to have an abortion was devastating for them. I hope you have never had to make that decision. If you haven’t, try walking in the shoes of someone who has.

TheodoraP Tue 03-May-22 20:24:55

Watch the video I put up showing what a baby looks like at 20 weeks Fully formed

TheodoraP Tue 03-May-22 20:25:53

If a mother died whilst carry a baby of 20 weeks doctors could perform a cesarean and the baby would live

Blondiescot Tue 03-May-22 20:26:09

TheodoraP

Watch the video I put up showing what a baby looks like at 20 weeks Fully formed

But incapable of existing outwith the womb...

Whitewavemark2 Tue 03-May-22 20:26:09

TheodoraP

Watch the video I put up showing what a baby looks like at 20 weeks Fully formed

Why have you never voted?

TheodoraP Tue 03-May-22 20:27:21

germanshepard as previously said that is such a different matter to aborting a healthy baby

Blondiescot Tue 03-May-22 20:27:53

TheodoraP

If a mother died whilst carry a baby of 20 weeks doctors could perform a cesarean and the baby would live

What planet are you living on? A baby born at 20 weeks will not survive.