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Ina Hughs: Pro-life advocates should take responsibility
Knoxville News Sentinel ^ | June 24, 2011 | Ina Hughes

Posted on 06/24/2011 3:17:52 AM PDT by don-o

I'm not pro-abortion. I'm pro-choice. For those who think ending a pregnancy is a crime, I hope life treats them well enough that it never becomes an issue. Any woman who'd never make that choice under any circumstance has my total support and respect. But it is not the government's right to assume control of any woman's reproduction rights. That is a private matter between her, her conscience, her own core beliefs and the people she wants to confide in.

Here's what I wish most of all: I wish there was as much passionate concern, the same raging commitment for unwanted children already here as there seems to be for the ones who might be.

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Here's another slick dehumanization of the unborn: The writer casts a doubt as to whether they are even "here."

Then, there's the tired, old and made up declaration of "reproduction rights." Never forget that that was made up from whole cloth by Roe v Wade. There is no such thing.

1 posted on 06/24/2011 3:17:55 AM PDT by don-o
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To: wagglebee

ping


2 posted on 06/24/2011 3:18:40 AM PDT by don-o (Please say a prayer for FReeper Just Lori.)
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To: don-o
Here's another slick dehumanization of the unborn: The writer casts a doubt as to whether they are even "here."

That's par for the course when attempting to defend permissive abortion policy without suffering severe qualms.

3 posted on 06/24/2011 3:20:38 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Hawk)
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To: don-o

Go ahead, kill your unborn baby, or if you prefer “terminate your pregnancy”.......just don’t make me pay for it.


4 posted on 06/24/2011 3:46:53 AM PDT by Fred911 (YOU GET WHAT YOU ACCEPT)
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To: don-o

God created “Reproductive Rights” and it is these low-life rationalists that are taking it away.


5 posted on 06/24/2011 3:53:07 AM PDT by mazda77
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Those who do it are suffereing in their own little hells but are usually too damned afraid to admit it. McCorvey is the peerfect example in that it finally got to her and now she is doing everything she can to undo it.


6 posted on 06/24/2011 3:55:31 AM PDT by mazda77
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To: Fred911

Amen Brother.


7 posted on 06/24/2011 4:13:12 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: don-o
Here's what I wish most of all: I wish there was as much passionate concern, the same raging commitment for unwanted children already here as there seems to be for the ones who might be.

What a bunch of tripe. First of all, the unborn children are here just as much as the born one (otherwise, there could be no abortion).

Second, people desperately want children; wouldn't it be great if those children were available for adoption instead of being dismembered and thrown in a trash can? (And, on the flip side, if the children were available, would so many couples spend thousands on fertility treatments--possibly guaranteeing that whatever medical conditions prevented them from being able to conceive naturally are passed on to their children?)

Third, it is the pinnacle of selfishness for the mother to rationalize looking out for her convenience by claiming that the kid will have a rotten life if she doesn't kill it. The time to think about whether a kid is convenient or not is before getting pregnant, not after. But I guess avoiding pregnancy is just too inconvenient, as well.

8 posted on 06/24/2011 4:16:50 AM PDT by exDemMom (Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
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To: don-o

I guess this woman does not realize that the religious and the conservative are the most generous contributors to private charity and the group as a whole dedicated to adopting children.


9 posted on 06/24/2011 4:16:55 AM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
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To: don-o
“But it is not the government's right to assume control of any woman's reproduction rights.”

I think she means “any women's” choice to kill another human being that resides in her womb...As far as I know there are not any current laws telling an adult, sane, woman how many children she can have, who she can have intercourse with, or how many times....assuming she keeps the action within the human species.

10 posted on 06/24/2011 4:26:40 AM PDT by BilLies (r)
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To: don-o

To the stupid author who thinks that those of us who don’t have abortions are “being treated well by life,” she can just stuff it. Life hasn’t always been kind to me but I had - at the very least - the strength to avoid having an abortion. And I think of Sarah Palin - knowingly carrying a Down Syndrome baby for 9 months - and refusing to abort him. Has life always treated her so kindly?


11 posted on 06/24/2011 4:27:35 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (FR haters of Sarah Palin are wearing me out)
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To: don-o
This same writer makes her ideological caucus with the people critical of Michelle Bachman's involvement in the foster care system.

My conclusion is the Leftwingtards hate babies.

12 posted on 06/24/2011 4:42:44 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: don-o

“But it is not the government’s right to assume control of any woman’s reproduction rights.”

Why, you goofy sack of rat crap. Nobody has a right to kill an innocent human being.


13 posted on 06/24/2011 4:52:46 AM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: don-o

Ina, guess what...you’re a baby-killer. Nice try


14 posted on 06/24/2011 4:58:33 AM PDT by veritas2002
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To: don-o

“unwanted children”

Wait until you’re an unwanted old person.


15 posted on 06/24/2011 5:00:10 AM PDT by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down!)
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To: don-o
it is not the government's right to assume control of any woman's reproduction rights

I would remind the writer that no one has ever sought to assume control of any woman's reproductive right. When a woman has an abortion it doesn't prevent her from becoming pregnant in the future. In fact, many women have multiple abortions.

The opposition to abortion is to prevent the death of an innocent human being. It could be easily proven that a preborn in the womb is indeed a unique and separate individual human being by doing a DNA test between mother and the preborn. But you'll never find a liberal with the guts to do the test.

16 posted on 06/24/2011 5:04:35 AM PDT by libertylover (The problem with Obama is not that his skin is too black, it's that his ideas are too RED.)
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To: don-o
I'm not pro-abortion. I'm pro-choice.

Baby-grinder. Just say it, there's not enough words to hide the fact...

17 posted on 06/24/2011 5:38:59 AM PDT by Caipirabob ( Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: muawiyah
It's not that the leftists hate ONLY babies,or all babies;the leftists just hate anyone and anything that interferes with their selfish desires.

It is why the leftists admire state communism and islam ,because they all secretly wish for dozens of slaves forced to bow to them and fulfill their base wants.They care not a whit for the wants or needs of those they would enslave.

18 posted on 06/24/2011 5:40:26 AM PDT by hoosierham (Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a credit card?)
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It is why the leftists admire state communism and islam ,because they all secretly wish for dozens of slaves forced to bow to them and fulfill their base wants.They care not a whit for the wants or needs of those they would enslave.

They also lack the mathematical reasoning skills to figure the odds of their being a slave rather than a ruler, in any such system. 100 losers to 1 winner? 10,000 to 1? It depends on the size of original population, I suppose.

19 posted on 06/24/2011 5:48:20 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Yes, I woke up in a Grump.)
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To: don-o

Typical liberal. Do what you want with no consequences, and if conservatives demand that there be consequences they should have to foot the bill. Why should I have to pay you for your child because you wouldn’t keep your legs together?


20 posted on 06/24/2011 5:50:27 AM PDT by Scotsman will be Free (11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
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