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Originally Posted by Dezzy

Pro Choice, I often find that Pro Life is often a misnomer. A lot of hardcore pro lifers do not care about the life of children, they only care about foetuses which is why they seek to pass laws like this one, which has just recently been passed in Arkansas.



It's a barbaric law and one that solidifies my earlier point as Arksansas has over 20,000 homeless children, where are the pro lifers that pushed through this bill when it comes to the huge amounts of homeless children already on Arkansas' streets? Oh right, they're children not foetuses so these people don't give a ****.

That makes absolutely horrific reading.. parents being able to force under 18s to go through with pregnancies too..just awful.

I am prochoice. I would say that the limit should be lowered possibly, but I wouldn't really label myself as 'mixed' because of that tbh.

I do not understand how on earth we could police the 'someone I know had 5 abortions last year' stories either as forcing women to go through with pregnancies doesn't sit right with me, nor does forced sterilization. But using abortion as a contraceptive...whilst vanishingly rare, does exist as yes unfortunately, a few sick people are like that...is also really wrong.

As mentioned by others in the thread, I also find it rather weird that the most pro-life of people also tend to be vehemently against said children once born being supported. Its all well and good saying abortion should not be allowed except in cases of rape..its not a view I agree with but its a view I cqan understand, but I find it a little contradictory to then go on to accuse (for example) young mothers of 'breeding for benefits' and such. Unless the ultimate message is...females just should not have sex period unless purposely trying for a child? Which is a little bit of an old fashioned view but its the only thing that can make any sense whilst holding both positions simultaneously.