Abortion Rights isn't Men vs Women. It's Privacy vs Control.

mondo joe

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Tue Mar-07-06 11:56 PM
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Abortion Rights isn't Men vs Women. It's Privacy vs Control.

The Pew Research Center has posted the findings of their national survey on a variety of issues at http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=253

There is only a minor statistical variation between men and women in support for abortion rights.

A much greater divide is between those with more or less education.

But the greatest divide is between the secular and the Christians.

These are the forces that oppose privacy and autonomy -- they don't think YOU own your body - their god does.

Sling mud, if you will, but at least sling it at your real opponents. Please.

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jpgray

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Tue Mar-07-06 11:57 PM
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1. I like the abbreviation "Mod/Cons Dem"

Must be a Jam fan in that survey group

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Texacrat

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Wed Mar-08-06 12:03 AM
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2. Its freedom v. control

The Republicans support less government, or so I thought ...

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FreedomAngel82

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Wed Mar-08-06 12:12 AM
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4. And I thought they were for privacy too?

But they proved that wrong with Terri Schavio. :(

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Erika

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Wed Mar-08-06 12:06 AM
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3. The right wingers think they can mandate their theocratic will

on the general populace. This will backfire as it did in the Schiavo case. Families don't need the government involved in private decisions.

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FreedomAngel82

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Wed Mar-08-06 12:12 AM
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5. But what about the fundies?

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shance

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Wed Mar-08-06 01:47 AM
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6. I would agree, and yet look at those who lead the "pro-life" movement

Edited on Wed Mar-08-06 01:49 AM by shance

95% of the Anti-Abortion "leaders" are men. They are not women.

Is this not a curious statistic to begin with? Does it not spell out control and attempted ownership in a rather voluminous Dolby sound?

Why are they overzealously protective of a fetus, when they cast aside the children in foster care and/or adoption?

Why are they not worried about the children living, who need the proper guidance, supervision, support and money for a college education, not to mention elementary through high school education?

Those are the individuals all of us need to be focusing on. Not a fetus who has not even taken his/her first breath.

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