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loganberrybunny

In which Logan rants about Americans

Jan 29, 2011 00:43

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Not all of them, I hasten to add! Just a particular group of Americans, in particular politicians, as I shall explain.

Although I make political posts quite a bit, I very rarely comment on the issue of abortion. Reasons? Well, first and foremost, as a man, I'll never have to take that decision myself. I can't feel it in the intensely ( Read more... )

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queenmartina January 29 2011, 01:00:31 UTC

A surprising number of people in Great Britain don't realise this, but the Abortion Act 1967 does not apply to Northern Ireland

And this will *never* change. As you rightly state it is most likely the ONLY issue our out-of-touch politicians will always agree on, playing their respective 'Christianity' cards. Such old fashioned patriarchy makes me mad!

Early on in secondary school we were force fed a pro-life agenda and regularly exposed to graphic images of aborted foetuses, etc. with NO lip service paid to the pro-choice argument whatsoever. (This wasn't exclusive to Catholic schools, BTW.) I have no idea if this still goes on in local schools...I'd like to think not. All their propaganda managed to do was make yours truly and the majority of my peers take a staunchly pro-choice viewpoint from a young age. So they failed miserably.

silent_o January 29 2011, 01:02:30 UTC

Mostly Republican politicians. They're almost all regressive chauvinists.

Don't get me wrong, the Democrats are nearly as useless. I propose a study to find out if they are, in fact, vertibrates.

Gah! I f'ing hate modern politics!

roguebelle January 29 2011, 01:12:44 UTC

Abortion is available on the NHS, the public broadly supports its legality (by 57:19 among women in the most recent poll I can find, from 2009) and we don't, thank Frith, have people killed for going to abortion clinics.

This? Makes me want to just hug GB.

How did y'all get there? I'm so envious.

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roguebelle January 29 2011, 15:35:39 UTC

I knew it! ;)

xolo January 29 2011, 01:23:40 UTC

On principle I'm pro-choice, but this particular bill I support. It's got a reasonable chance of passage, and if it does, then its effect will be to pretty much outlaw abortion entirely in the United States, since ObamaCare means that federal money will be involved in most medical care going forward. It's a terrible law in and of itself, but it helps to apply pressure to overturn ObamaCare. It's worth it on those grounds.