Posted on 10/05/2014 7:51:15 PM PDT by right-wing agnostic
Katha Pollitts Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights is a deeply felt and well-researched book which argues that abortion, despite what any of its opponents might claim, is a palpable social good. Progressives, Pollitt says, can and must treat abortion as an unequivocal positive rather than a necessary evil; there is no ethical, humane way to limit abortion rights. The fact that Pollitt needs to make this argument in 2014, however, seems to indicate that pro-choicers have long been a little too nice for our own good.
Which is something Pollitt herself points out, many times. There are the obvious truisms about abortion ideally being safe, legal, and rare, sure. Pollitt also cites Roger Rosenblatt's formulation of permit but discourage, which makes it sound like reproductive autonomy is a form of social faux pas, like taking the last slice of pizza at the pizza party. Not criminal, sure, but are you sure you need it?
But the language of apology for abortion has seeped ever deeper into our language:
Anywhere you look or listen, you find pro-choicers falling over themselves to use words like thorny, vexed, complex and difficult. How often have you heard abortion described as 'he hardest decision, or the most painful choice a woman ever makes, as if every single woman who gets pregnant by accident seriously considers having a baby, only a few weeks earlier the furthest thing from her mind, and for very good reason?
(Excerpt) Read more at inthesetimes.com ...
Liberals just want abortion to be safe, legal, and really really common.
She needs to meet the gal below, if they’re not one-and-the-same:
PIV is always rape, ok?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/3108209/posts
“Slavery Isn’t A Necessary Evil. It’s Great.”
“Genocide Isn’t A Necessary Evil. It’s Great.”
sick freaks
Haven’t these people figured out yet that the reason we have to import tens of millions of illegals into this country is because we’ve killed tens of millions of children who would otherwise have grown up to be American citizens?
"Gimme a baby to kill! I love killing babies!"
You forgot the BARF ALERT.
What an incredible article.
Liberals have no concept of reductio ad absurdum.
They’re completely insane.
She argues in favor of mass killing of babies and wants to convince people that it is good for society to treat human beings like trash?
lol
Just substitute euthanasia for abortion — that is next.
Soon.
Ughhhhhhhh.
About 20 years ago there was an article in Time about genetic research. Scientists suggested that one day they may be able to determine personality traits from fetal DNA. They specifically mentioned propensities toward criminal behavior and homosexuality as examples. If there really is such a thing as a “gay” gene or a “mean” gene, all the hand wringing and pontificating over medical ethics from the ADA or CDC, as well as any resolutions passed by the UN or WHO will not prevent someone from letting the cat out of the bag. Sooner or later someone will spill the beans. Then it will only be a matter of time before a woman seeks an abortion only because her doc told her the “unviable tissue mass” in her may turn out gay, or a serial killer, or both (think John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer, etc). THEN watch the pro-choicers turn into pro lifers.
Sure. Supporting child rape and killing blacks is good as far as the left is concerned.
Haven’t you heard? We are but one regrettable but necessary massacre away from Utopia.
BUMP
File under insanity.
Men don’t get women like these pregnant. Keep your pants zipped up.
she looks a lot like margaret sanger.
Good line!
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