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Dec 12, 2005 11:13

"study links abortion to distress"uhg. I hate studies like these. in the first place, having an unexpected/unwanted pregnancy is distressing, and then not to mention that at least in the US women are bombarded with anti-abortion, guilt inducing media ( Read more... )

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gaspanic December 12 2005, 18:27:54 UTC

No, I'm gonna have to disagree with you here. The study made no claims about the results, they simply reported it ( ... )

vvvvv December 12 2005, 18:37:38 UTC

While abortion can be (and is) a very difficult, somber, and emotionally fraught experience for some women, that is not the experience every woman has. If one doesn't believe that a zygote is a person, having an unwanted one removed is not necessarily any more distressing than any other invasive medical procedure. There are plenty of women who have no problems with their choice, and no regrets.

Implying that abortion is always a very difficult decision and one that will likely be regretted is a common rhetorical weapon amoung anti-choicers, and frankly, I don't pay it any mind.

gaspanic December 12 2005, 21:15:37 UTC

Are you kidding me? You think that any discussion of abortion being difficult is rhetoric ( ... )

vvvvv December 12 2005, 21:34:54 UTC

I have been pregnant, and I did have an abortion. I was in high school and the circumstances were pretty extreme. I don't feel the need to talk about this very often, except when people like yourself try to tell me how I felt about it.

The emotional connection a woman has to a child is universes different than how she feels about a mole or a tumor.

No, it wasn't. Because it wasn't a child, it was a collection of cells.

My point is, I think it cheapens the female experience to say that pregnancies can happen and end without emotional impact.

Yes, it did. And I don't feel that my "female experience" has been cheapened in any way.

I don't care to continue this conversation.

gaspanic December 12 2005, 22:29:15 UTC

wow, um, I don't recall telling you what to think or how to feel. I do believe that all I did was express my side of the argument.

Hence the reason in my original post I said I wasn't looking for a debate.

vvvvv December 12 2005, 22:47:16 UTC

Many of the things you said are usually interpreted to mean "everyone" or "all," i.e. "the emotional connection a woman has to child", etc.

*shrug*

Ok, no debate here...

vvvvv December 12 2005, 22:47:40 UTC

Oops, accidental italics.

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