So, getting an abortion is funny now.

[DrLeftover]

'Got a quickie aborsh': Comedienne Sarah Silverman supports pro-choice debate, tweeting 'before-and-after abortion' photos

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/a...o-choice-debate-tweeting-abortion-photos.html

 

[Jazzy]

many people are applauding the high profile personality for using her trademark sarcasm to directly comment on the possibility the Roe vs Wade decision may be overturned in the U.S.



Roe vs Wade was a landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court on the issue of abortion.



The Court ruled on January 22, 1973, in favour of a woman's right to have an abortion in the early stages of pregnancy.



However Presidential candidate Mitt Romney has vowed to work to reverse Roe vs Wade, leaving the issue up to individual states to decide, and then eventually the Supreme Court.



On the decision's anniversary, January 22, 2012, Mr Romney said: 'Today, we recommit ourselves to reversing that decision'.



Roe vs Wade was a landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court on the issue of abortion.

While it was a hoax and done in poor taste, she did manage to bring attention to this matter. In my opinion, the decision to get an abortion is up to the woman not the government.

 

[DrLeftover]

While I absolutely agree that it is up to the woman, her 'male friend', her doctor, her priest, and whoever else is in her life, I don't think that there is anything humorous in the entire debate.



You are ending an innocent human life. Period.

 

[Jazzy]

I don't find anything humorous about this debate either. Mitt Romney wants to reverse Roe vs Wade 39 years after the landmark decision was made. What I do find humorous is the fact Mitt Romney is even running for presidency. What else does he want reversed? Maybe slavery? Basically yes because he feels a woman is a slave and should be told what she can or cannot do with her own body.

 

[Fatal Dawn]

That's bad what she said. I wouldn't even joke about something like that.



Personally I view abortion as legalized murder and nothing more. Why can't the woman give away to adoption? It can't be slavery if the woman has other options besides abortion.

 

[Jazzy]

Personally I view abortion as legalized murder and nothing more.

Is it also your view a woman who has been raped or a victim of incest should be forced to NOT have the choice of abortion?

 

[Sinon]

That's bad what she said. I wouldn't even joke about something like that.



Personally I view abortion as legalized murder and nothing more. Why can't the woman give away to adoption? It can't be slavery if the woman has other options besides abortion.

Are you against the death penalty, or is it just certain forms of legal murder you disagree with?



Also, why can't men who aren't affiliated with the woman who wants an abortion butt out of her life and let her make her own choice instead of demonizing her? You've never been through pregnancy or childbirth, so you have no scope of the pain, both physically and mentally, it can cause. (And if anyone says it's like being kicked in the balls, they're stupid.) Besides which, adoption agencies and care homes are already full and ready to burst, do you really think putting MORE kids in there is a good idea?



I mean, if you want your tax dollars to go towards paying for someone else's kid, then by all means send me your weekly check. I'll make sure it gets used properly, lol.

 

[Katatonia]

Is it also your view a woman who has been raped or a victim of incest should be forced to NOT have the choice of abortion?

Did you know that rape cases account for less than one percent of total abortions? While I wouldn't judge people in that sort of position, it seems like most other people just use abortion as some type of birth control.

 

[Jazzy]

Did you know that rape cases account for less than one percent of total abortions?

Could you please provide me with a link that proves that stat? Thank you in advance.

 

[Fatal Dawn]

Is it also your view a woman who has been raped or a victim of incest should be forced to NOT have the choice of abortion?

That's a gray area where my own opinion does not matter there. I wouldn't punish the child for a disgusting rapist, though. I certainly don't approve as treating abortion as a form of birth control like how the comedienne crassly put it.

Are you against the death penalty, or is it just certain forms of legal murder you disagree with?

I don't agree with the death penalty when there's a chance you are executing an innocent person. Other than that you can't equate the two - abortion is taking a life which has done nothing wrong.

Also, why can't men who aren't affiliated with the woman who wants an abortion butt out of her life and let her make her own choice instead of demonizing her?

So I suppose the woman's partner - the father of the child - deserves no say? Sometimes you need to listen to people's advice because they have been there.

You've never been through pregnancy or childbirth, so you have no scope of the pain, both physically and mentally, it can cause. (And if anyone says it's like being kicked in the balls, they're stupid.)

And you honestly believe abortion is painless? There are definitely physical and emotional health effects.

http://www.americanp...naleffects.html

http://www.abortionf...ature_928YC.asp

Besides which, adoption agencies and care homes are already full and ready to burst, do you really think putting MORE kids in there is a good idea?

I mean, if you want your tax dollars to go towards paying for someone else's kid, then by all means send me your weekly check. I'll make sure it gets used properly, lol.

How do you know the child won't go to a loving home where the parents are sterile? Even McCorvey (Roe v Wade) ultimately placed her child up for adoption. I'd rather use my money to support adoption agencies than abortion clinics.

 

[Katatonia]

Could you please provide me with a link that proves that stat? Thank you in advance.

http://realweb.ifastnet.com/stats.html

 

[Jazzy]

http://realweb.ifastnet.com/stats.html

See this comes from the experts: http://realweb.ifastnet.com/whoweare.html

 

[Katatonia]

Yeah nvm I just realized other sources say 4.7%. I guess you can't know for sure, so, my apologies.



Still, I wouldn't judge rape victims or if the child's birth endanger the woman's life. Other than those exceptions...I don't know. It's just such a touchy subject. :\

 

[Evil Eye]

I don't quite like the thought of it... but I do support it as a right.

Though it shouldn't be abused...

Personally, I'd rather see families where the child is actually wanted.

It's just such a touchy subject. :\

Indeed.

 

[Sinon]

I don't agree with the death penalty when there's a chance you are executing an innocent person. Other than that you can't equate the two - abortion is taking a life which has done nothing wrong.

It's still taking a life, though. Innocent or guilty, it's still killing. Besides, from a religious standpoint (to clarify right now, I'm not religious. Just using this as an example) Christianity states that we are all sinners, even the unborn children. Sinners are not innocent.



Additionally, when does the fetus become alive to you? Most commonly, a fetus' heart develops and starts beating between six and eight weeks. Since the lack of a heartbeat (and other motor functions, of course) nullify the claim of it being truly alive, is abortion fine before this period?

So I suppose the woman's partner - the father of the child - deserves no say? Sometimes you need to listen to people's advice because they have been there.

Of course not. If the partner is around/wants to be involved, he should of course have a say in the event the woman desires an abortion. However, there are many events where the male is the one pushing for an abortion. But at the end of the day, it is the woman's body. Until the child is removed, it is a part of her body and therefore ultimately her choice.

And you honestly believe abortion is painless? There are definitely physical and emotional health effects.

http://www.americanp...naleffects.html

http://www.abortionf...ature_928YC.asp

Obviously it isn't painless, and of course there are health implications. However, I can counter this.

http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mentalheal...ostnatalmentalhealth/postnataldepression.aspx

http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=51734

http://www.babycentre.co.uk/pregnancy/complications/

How do you know the child won't go to a loving home where the parents are sterile? Even McCorvey (Roe v Wade) ultimately placed her child up for adoption. I'd rather use my money to support adoption agencies than abortion clinics.

There are far more children in adoption agencies than there are loving parents waiting to adopt. Otherwise there wouldn't be so many kids who have to grow up knowing their parents, their birth parents simply don't want them. Wouldn't that be a horrible thing to have going around in your head? That you were simply a mistake, or that you were unwanted.



But as I said, ultimately it is up to the prospective mother and father. You, me, Newt Gingrich or even Batman should have no say in the life of someone else, unless it directly has an effect on us.

 

[Temerit]

Abortion should be legal and safe and should be a very last option.



Also, the entire point of this stunt is to ridicule the idea that conservatives have that women use abortion as birth-control and without second thought.

 

[DrLeftover]

My point was that she thought it was a topic to use as a source of humor.



I don't think anybody who is pro-choice finds the subject funny.

 

[Jazzy]

Just a question: How does any woman who gets an abortion effect your life?

 

[Temerit]

I don't think anybody who is pro-choice finds the subject funny.

I agree.

 

[DrLeftover]

Damn. First I agreed with T in another thread and now he agrees with me in this.



Maybe the world will end this year.