Yeah buddy, not listening to bigots makes me self absorbed. As my bio says, I am honest. Reconsider how much you appreciate the truth being told.

You are "only 14", but old enough to voice that you think a rape victim should be forced to carry the fetus of the man that violently raped her, risk her life to carry and birth it...because...you are so wise in your 14 years that you understand the nuance of child rearing? And think that a 8 week old zygote with literally no brain is more important than the rest of that, living, breathing woman's life? You have MUCH to learn, grasshopper.

Yea buddy, automatically calling anyone with an opinion differing from yours a bigot is being self absorbed

Okay, I think I found the problem. You don’t know what being self absorbed means and you don’t know what a bigot is. For the sake of time, I shall only explain the latter. A bigot is a person who is obstinately or unreasonably attached to a belief, opinion, or faction, especially one who is prejudiced against or antagonistic toward a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular group. Being anti abortion is sexist, because it seeks to control what women can do with their bodies. In this case, that sexism is misogyny. That is a bias against people on the basis that they belong to the group of women, which is bigotry. Capeesh?

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No. I'm passionate about giving a voice to the unborn

Then how about advocating for people that are actually people, Hank? If you’re so passionate about advocating, I’m sure the oppressed and downtrodden would appreciate your efforts.

A voice to a clump of cells...?

Don't you think it's rather arrogant of you to elect yourself as that voice? How can you imagine that you know what something that doesn't exist wants? Are you aware of the rising number of suicide in teens? I'm sorry, you are not giving a voice to the unborn, you are just voicing your opinions!

They can't make noise in there, you know. Just saying.

No, it’s nowhere close to fascism. Fascism is a form of far-right, authoritarian ultranationalism characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition and strong regimentation of society and of the economy which came to prominence in early 20th-century Europe.

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A form of fascism is oppressing your opposition so that they may not voice an opinion which is not in line with the ruling class. Telling somebody to mind their own business is an example of this. From your response, I guess that you also disagree that healthy debate is the way forward?

I literally typed the definition of fascism, how are you still failing to understand what it is? He’s not being oppressed ffs, he’s just being told that he’s wrong. That is debate. It’s not a very good debate, seeing as he has no idea what he’s talking about, but it is debate nonetheless.

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I am well aware of the definition, which is exactly why I used the term. 'Suppression of opposition' pretty much covers 'mind your own business'.

No, no it doesn’t. Hank is being told that if he does not want an abortion then he shouldn’t get one, which can be rephrased as ‘mind your own business’. He is not being oppressed. Also, no one here is a ruling party, so by your own logic your argument makes no sense.

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I never mentioned a 'party'. The ruling class here is the majority. All I'm doing is standing up for the right to have an opinion. So shoot me.

Jesus Christ you’re melodramatic. No one is taking away his right to have an opinion. However, he is being told it is a stupid opinion to have. Stop misusing the term fascism to make it seem like you know what you’re talking about.

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Gonna check out now we've started the name-calling.

Whatever you say ;-)

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Boing boing, now we have a dictionary commenting!

Oh please just go away you horrible, judgemental troll and keep your opinion to yourself because nobody else wants to hear it. Her life, her body, her decision. Women are people with lives and futures, not just ovens. Her decision has not impacted your life, so how about you butt out and mind your own damn business.

Wow! 9th grade biology! Oh we bow down to your superior knowledge!

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And a baby has a life and a future. It's not just a choice. Ignoring the attrocity of abortion would be like ignoring the Holocaust. It didn't impact my life personally but that doesn't make it any less evil.

If you're so against abortion, why don't you adopt a child that was born to crack addicted parents and is disabled with foetal alcohol syndrome? ​You could be it's full time carer. Why don't you volunteer at children's homes for all the abandoned kids, try to keep them off the streets, off drugs and lives of crime because they are damaged because they weren't wanted? How about you pay the tuition fees for a teen mother who wouldn't be able to go to college because she is busy caring for a baby and the dad ran off? You could give money to the single mum who works 2 jobs, minimum wage, but still lives in poverty and squalor and worries about putting food on the table for her child? Or perhaps you can have a teenage mother live with you, rent free, so that she can attend college and better her employment prospects so she can actually provide for her child? Or, you could volunteer to babysit her child 8 hours a day so that she can work a job?

UNLESS you are willing to do any of the above, your stance isn't helping anyone. You think you have the moral high ground aBoRtIoNs ArE Bad HuR dUr but you don't care what happens after. You don't comprehend the hardships, sacrifice, poverty, lack of options, desperation that can come about when someone has a child they can't care for. You are utterly clueless and do not offer actual solutions to actual problems.

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You're making a lot of assumptions about me that I don't help anyone for any reason. The truth is that many many times I volunteer my time and money to 2 organizations that do many of the things you referenced. And let's just say I'm lying. I still pay my taxes. The US government has many programs to help people that are in difficult situations. And even if that didn't exist, there are many private organizations that provide that assistance. I don't accept the argument that no one cares about pregnant women in bad situations. Many many many people offer help.

CowboyHank, what if you had a child in your womb (if you are a guy, pretend your a woman, if your a woman, then keep being a woman?) but you had a medical issue. If you do not abort this child then you will not survive. No matter what you do this child won't survive, so do you have an abortion, ar die. If you die, the kid dies, if you have an abortion the kid dies. what do you do? Or what if you don't want children, or your SO doesn't want children? What do you do? Do you keep the kid that you don't want, probably giving them trauma, and have to go through the pain of childbirth for something you don't want or do you have a non painful abortion? If you don't have an abortion something bad will happen. You probably have the abortion. Don't judge other people for aborting. YOu have no clue why. If they can't afford, have a medical issue, or if they don't want kids, if they don't abort then the child grows up in poverty, the mother dies along with the child, or they don't feel wanted.

What would you do?

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I get this question often in my debates on this subject. If I concede that abortion should be legal in cases of rape, incest, or if the mothers life is it risk, will you concede that people shouldn't be killed just because they live in poverty?

Stem cells, which are human cells, are used in a lot of medical research. Is this research taking a potential human life because they're using human cells that are alive. Hence human life?