Anonymous asked: RE: The baby shower video: I'm so totally going to request that kind of theme at my shower when/if I conceive, just to piss off the anti-choicers. : D
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chopdawg asked: There are people who claim to be "survivors" of saline abortion procedures that were performed at 6 or 7 months gestation... and now they are adults who use their stories to get support for the pro-life movement. Are their stories true? Have the facts been investigated at all? An example is Melissa Ohden.
I am familiar with stories like the one you mentioned, I’ve written about others and the stories always seem to have gaps and, of course, very little evidence.
Plus the way the saline procedures that they “survived” are described aren’t accurate. Usually they talk about how the saline burns the fetus which just isn’t true. Saline induces a miscarriage but it isn’t caustic and can’t cause burns. Saline is what they give you in an IV bag when you are dehydrated. If it burned skin, it wouldn’t be safe to give as IV fluids.
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Anonymous asked: What is the general consensus in the pro-choice movement about whether or not the man should have to be forced to pay child support for a child they don't want? I agree that he has no right to dictate to a woman that she should keep it or be rid of it, but I am really torn about forcing the man to pay for years and years of child support, especially if the baby was initially an unwanted accident.
I don’t know that there is a general consensus and I don’t speak for everyone who identifies as pro-choice but I think this quote pretty much sums up that way I, personally, feel about this issue:
“Yes, individuals can be made to pay money to support their children, even when those children are unwanted. But as a matter of common sense, the mandating of financial payments, however burdensome, does not rise to the level of imposition upon bodily integrity implicated by pregnancy.”
I read this on STFU, Conservatives awhile ago and it goes to a CNN article that’s a great read.
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Anonymous asked: Hello! Did you ever find out the situation with the woman who miscarried following police brutality at an Occupy demonstration? The last I heard, there was speculation that she had made up the story, but I haven't heard anything about it since then, and can't find any follow-ups.
I also, can’t seem to find any updates about the situation. Maybe some of my followers know what happened with that story.
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Anonymous asked: I am curious if you have seen the story of the 'mentally-ill' woman who was ordered by a judge in Massachusetts to have an abortion? I tried to include a link to msnbc about it, but it wouldn't let me. I'm sure you could do a search and find it. Please, what are your thoughts on it?
I don’t need to read the article to give you my thoughts on it.
As someone who is pro-choice, I am absolutely supportive of people being able to choose to terminate their pregnancies. I do NOT support people being forced to terminate their pregnancies.
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