To you, is abortion an option in case of an unwanted accidental pregnancy?

@OogieBoogie To clarify, I don't mean "glad they had an abortion" but "glad they were able to have an abortion." Just like any other major event, I'm sure many women think "what if I'd had the kid," same as many women wonder what their lives would have been like if they hadn't had kids or married someone else or moved to London to manage an art gallery.

That being said, many women don't regret their abortions at all.

https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/01/416421/five-years-after-abortion-nearly-all-women-say-it-was-right-decision-study

@LeopoldBloom im sorry, one study of 667 women who volunteered does not, in my book, define a decent conducive statement for all womankind who have gone thru this experience.

Im very grateful for your fill support in this issue.
I just dont think such a small study, done of university students who evidently have the money, resources and education to get top quality timely care, and be working towards more elite futures, can at all, paint an accurate picture of the vast majority of women that go thru the diverse quality of such procedures, in circumstances more vaired than i can even imagine.

I really appreciate your wonderful empathy. I truly do🤗

But i do fully believe that the psychological and/or emotional damage is greater than you percieve.

@bijouxbroussard this

@bijouxbroussard Yeah. And why it’s ever been some guys decision makes no sense to me. Especially some guy that’s not even the father. Some random guys making laws. Makes no sense.

@ShadowedWhispers Agreed.

@Torsten Since the fetus isn’t inside the father’s body, the only “rights” he should have are the ones the mother gives him. If that doesn’t work for you, I can think of a few dialysis patients who would love to have one of your kidneys.

@Pinkstarburst Honestly your original comment was the best one.

@NerdyPotato I didn't hear that. I heard him say he doesn't want to talk about it because it happens in a minority of cases.

@Matt85 How were you affected by abortion? Were you pregnant and forced to have one?

@Matt85 Depression aside, you will never be as affected as someone facing going through a nine month pregnancy and childbirth. 🥺

@softspokenman simp

@SamInAZ Since pregnancy is a continuous process, consent must also be continuous. Anything else is rapist philosophy. You sound like the guy who says he can force himself onto a woman because she let him buy her dinner and came up to his room afterwards.

Think of it like hiring someone and they turn out to be a bad employee. The fact that you hired them doesn't obligate you to keep paying them. By the same token, a woman who has sex isn't obligated to give birth.

Just curious, how would you enforce this? Test women monthly for pregnancy, and if the test is positive, lock them up under 24 hour watch to make sure they give birth?

@Torsten Women have to pay child support if the father is the custodial parent, so both are treated equally.

@ABCDEF7 GOP representatives in US government, including the governors of many of our southern states.

@bijouxbroussard I am not an American citizen. I don't know them and can't say anything specifically about what I don't know.

@ABCDEF7 Yes. And things have changed here. So some of the things you suggest are no longer available as options everywhere, unfortunately.

@fanuc2013 Sure, when men can get pregnant they should have a choice.

@KingofBones1 Yup, drugs are not taxable so the govt has an issue with it which is pretty much it. People been arrested for finding ways to their own water and electricity but the issue is taxes. If they can't tax, it's illegal.

@fanuc2013 Actually in a lot of cases the father may want the woman to get an abortion too. In some cases the woman may not even want an abortion but the father does. It's not always the female who doesn't want kids.

@LeopoldBloom im saying if she keeps getting pregnant and having abortion after abortion thats wrong. Abortion shouldn't be used as a form of birth control

@MyMonstersAreReal Well I think I would like the stats of women using abortion as a form of birth control, let's see if that's honestly the truth. Because I couldn't imagine someone having the money to do that.

@SW-User Oh, dude, I've got plenty of interesting stuff to say, bro. It's you who are being boring.

@LordShadowfire Who are, or who is? There is only one of me...or is there?

@SW-User Okay, good question. Grammatically speaking, when I refer to you, that's second person. That requires the word are. If I were to say, "It's you who is", that would technically be the same thing as saying "You is".

@softspokenman I would not shed any tears if they did.

@sladejr It is isnt it?
Wouldn't you'd think men would be more considerate, and think of the potential life long repercussions 🤷

@sladejr 😏😉

@CrazyMusicLover Yep, just suck it up with a vacuum like a bug before it gets too big 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

@NativePortlander1970 Exactly. Before it takes any recognizable form.

@Magenta perhaps substituting unintentional is more appropriate. Not all sec is intended to produce a pregnancy. Sex can be the most beautiful, ultimate form of love.

Almost all, I use the almost to prevent arguments, types of contraceptives have a risk of failure. Alternatives mentioned are sort of "cop outs," such as the morning after pill, or such contraceptives like IDs, which both work by preventing a fertilized egg from implanting in a uterus.

@samueltyler2 I wasn't asking.

@softspokenman Nobody should have to explain to anyone why they want an abortion.

@softspokenman After age 40, people do not often feel like they owe an explanation for their actions.
Besides, trying to have a brand new baby after age 40 does present some problems. I will be 50 soon and cannot imagine trying to deal with a 9 or 10 year old.

@CountScrofula which birth control pill are you on?

@SW-User As for tge abortion supporters, they always block when they're losing the argument.

@sladejr I read the statistics on an abortion provider page some years ago, it said only 3% were for heinous sexual violations, while 1.4% were for valid medical reasons, which would likely vary year to year, but those are the annual averages. That makes actual valid reasons less than 5%, the other 95+% are for cold blooded convenience.

@missyann Oh, don't you start with that.

@missyann The main reason for abortion is the woman doesn't want to be pregnant or give birth. There are a handful of exceptions, like late-term abortions where the woman's health won't permit her to complete the pregnancy, or the fetus is severely deformed and abortion is the most merciful option.

@Fundayafternoon It's always an option unless you place all pregnant women under 24 hour guard until they give birth.

@tenente it's still murder.

@sladejr @SamInAZ this is the way 🙏

@SamInAZ You clearly never knew a pregnant woman. If you think giving birth is "convenient," please donate one of your kidneys to a dialysis patient. You can live with one kidney and will recover from the surgery in 6 weeks, you selfish POS.