it's absolutely horrible - terminating pregnancies! i think with abortion gone, there would be less teenage pregnancies, because teens would be more careful. they would think "okay, i have to watch myself because this time, i dont have abortion to lean on."
If it not for the fact that I will have to suffer too, I would take joy in all the Obama supporters getting what they asked for. Us McCain supporters saw it coming.
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Abortion will never be gone.
With legal abortion gone, though, there'll just be a lot more cases of appendicitis or some such.
"i think with abortion gone, there would be less teenage pregnancies, because teens would be more careful. they would think 'okay, i have to watch myself because this time, i dont have abortion to lean on.'"actually
i think with abortion gone, there would be less teenage pregnancies, because teens would be more careful.
Because nobody ever got pregnant out of wedlock before Roe vs. Wade.
Here's a hint, did you know that there were more WWII widows than there were men who died in WWII? Just move to a new town, buy a ring say hubby died in action. You automatically went from whore to war hero.
"i think with abortion gone, there would be less teenage pregnancies, because teens would be more careful."
Yeah, I know every time I'm about to do an attractive female, I stop and think "Is this going to cost me later?"
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No, banning condoms and prohibiting abortion is no match for the stupidity of horny teenagers. Our best effort is contraceptives, and if it comes to it, abortion.
Well, as history teaches us, once we look back without blinders on, there was always teen pregnancy. It was just covered up whenever possible and followed by extremely young marriage when it wasn't.
I'd like to think people would overall be rational about sex, but we aren't. Look back at the days before there was any reliable contraceptive, STD protection or abortion... and you'll still see tons of bastards and STDs even among royalty. Look at how many kings, princes and the like have been suspected of having syphilis. Hormonal high schoolers with poor impulse control don't really have much of a chance.
There is actually a correlation between the crime rate and the abortion rate. I won't bore you with details, I'll just say that the reasons why woman choose abortion are the same reasons that "produce" young criminals. (inabillity to take a proper care for the child {young single parent that's living and working in a bad part of the city}, lack of love for the child etc.). I can give you a name of the book, if you like...
No one sees abortion as "something to lean on." And if they do, they need counseling.
Abortions cost money. And your body needs to heal afterwards. It isn't like taking a pill.
@The Outsider
well, actually...
but of course, that has NOTHING to do with a teenagers sex drive. nothing compares to a teenagers sex drive. its insurmountable.
it's absolutely horrible - terminating pregnancies! i think with abortion gone, there would be less teenage pregnancies, because teens would be more careful. they would think "okay, i have to watch myself because this time, i dont have abortion to lean on." "
Errrm, WRONG . Better sex education would cut down on teen pregnancies. But Sex education is wrong, isnt it? /sigh
"well, actually...
Spend a day watching the corner by my house and you'll see what utter rot that is. I'm afraid to even cross the street to get the mail because the assholes fly around a blind corner at the speed of light since there is no stop sign.
Sure, like teen pregnancy was almost unknown in the fifties.
Oh, wait, teen pregnancy rates peaked in the late fifties, didn't they?
You honestly think banning something because you hate it will stop people from doing it? You poor, naive soul. What a low opinion of young people you have. You think they're so stupid they won't see through the BS when you tell them sex is bad, don't do it mmkay, and cross your fingers hoping for the best?
Teens do not think ahead. Their brains have not fully developed yet. More specifically their frontal lobe has not fully developed yet. You know, the part of the brain required for higher level thinking. The prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain used for future planning, has also not reached its potential. So, teens really should not be expected to be making adult decisions.
i think with abortion gone, there would be less teenage pregnancies, because teens would be more careful. they would think "okay, i have to watch myself because this time, i dont have abortion to lean on."
Yes, that's EXACTLY what was going on before Roe v Wade.
i think with abortion gone, there would be less teenage pregnancies, because teens would be more careful.
This is the very thinking that has led to high rates of teen pregnancy in the Bible Belt: fear as a tool to force abstinence.
"it's absolutely horrible - terminating pregnancies!"
Most do it on their own you fucking moron. It's called spontaneous abortion and it's a lot more common than you seem to think.
"i think with abortion gone, there would be less teenage pregnancies, because teens would be more careful. they would think "okay, i have to watch myself because this time, i dont have abortion to lean on."
Riiiight .
"If it not for the fact that I will have to suffer too, I would take joy in all the Obama supporters getting what they asked for."
I can only hope we will get what we asked for since what we asked for was an intelligent, thoughtful, effective and all around useful leader for the country.
"Us McCain supporters saw it coming."
You McCain supporters saw nothing but four more years of what you've had for the last eight. Sadly, you were all for it.
No, with abortions gone there would be more teenage mothers and women dying due to back alley abortions. People aren't going to stop having sex if abortion is outlawed. It didn't stop them before it was legal, so what makes you think that will change now?
Oh please, if you want someone to blame, blame yourselves yourselves. On a general level, you people fight against sex education being taught, teach that condoms are bad, and try to bury your heads in the sand with Just Say No crap that doesn't work. On an individual level, parents who think like you don't make themselves approachable to their children to not only talk with them but provide them with birth control if, after honest dialogue, you realize that they are determined to have sex in the near future.
I just fucking love how--even for educated people--it's all the teens' fault. Oh, those goddamn horny teens! They can't think straight! They obviously never even think or plan or practice safer sex, they're just fuckin' each other like rabbits!
Adults, on the other hand, are automatically responsible human beings who make safe sexual decisions based in their minds and not in their genitals. Because we all know that when you reach the magical age of 18 your hormones stop existing.
Somehow, I think you're wrong. There would be the same amount or even more due to the way human nature works. Unfortunately, we wouldn't figure that out until, well, the 5th time or, never figure that out. Besides, condoms do not work the way they're suppose to, sometimes. Even if you use a condom you can still get pregnant, and even if you're on the pill you can still manage to get pregnant. Funny how that works, eh?
i think with abortion gone, there would be less teenage pregnancies, because teens would be more careful.
Because that was always such a successful deterrent.
@Fera
Ask the teenagers in Malta, Poland and Ireland; no-one ever becomes pregnant without planning to there, no siree.
All the Obama supporters are asking for a more stable economy, to keep the current abortion laws, that more people have access to affordable health care, less discrimination, perhaps even gay marriage in the future. They would probably be happy to get what they asked for, stupid.
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