• waow@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    The abortion debate in the US is psychotic. On one end you have prolifers that want to ban Plan B and some would definitely like to ban contraceptives too.

    On the other end you have rabid prochoicers who support the idea that abortion should be an elective procedure with (almost) no limits.

    Whereas, in most of Europe, we seem to have figured it out. Set a sensible limit somewhere around 12-14 weeks, allow a lot exceptions when the mother’s health in threatened or for cases of rape and incest, and that’s it. It works.

    But, something else is at play here, which is that many extreme feminists don’t want any kind of equality but power. The demand to be able to terminate a pregnancy with no limits is a demand to be solely in control of human reproduction.

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      9 months ago

      Oh fuck you, stop lying. The vast majority of Americans agree on reasonable abortion restrictions.

      “When asked about the legality of abortion at different stages of pregnancy, about two-thirds of Americans say it should be legal in the first trimester (69%), while support drops to 37% for the second trimester and 22% for the third. Majorities oppose abortion being legal in the second (55%) and third (70%) trimesters.”

      https://news.gallup.com/poll/321143/americans-stand-abortion.aspx

      • interolivary@beehaw.org
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        9 months ago

        No but but but both sides are equally bad, and what about them eXtReMe FeMiNiStS??!!??!!¿¿

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      Whereas, in most of Europe, we seem to have figured it out. Set a sensible limit somewhere around 12-14 weeks, allow a lot exceptions when the mother’s health in threatened or for cases of rape and incest, and that’s it. It works.

      Like hell it does. Women in Europe do not have bodily autonomy. You don’t need a special justification to decide what happens to your own body.

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      9 months ago

      Chomping at the bit for a both sides false equivalency? Interesting that you’d find it when the basic rights of a whole class of people are on the line.