Let's Rethink This




Sing it sister! While she makes complete and utter sense it still comes down to "I am an individual citizen of this country. Allow me to make the best choice for me". 
Meanwhile....I think that I may have found cartoon this on fellow blogger Bob's site, I Should Be Laughing. His blog is fun, cheeky and covers a wide variety of subjects. Check it out.


How is it that people are blind to the shortsightedness of  "You must have it, now you are on your own and do not expect help from us."?




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  1. Margaret (Peggy or Peg too)May 22, 2019 at 5:53 AM

    Oh I so don't understand this. Wait until the kid goes to school, they can be shot and killed then it's okay. Kill 'em once they are out we don't care. But before they are more than a blob it's important to have the child you can't afford or opps the birth control didn't work. I will never understand religious zealots or crazy right wing folks. They never make sense, they normally are also not the brightest bulbs in the box (see Alabama)

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    1. LindaMay 22, 2019 at 8:14 AM

      ~When Senator Clyde Chambliss, a Republican, for example, was asked if the law would allow for incest victims to obtain abortions, he responded: “Yes, until she knows she’s pregnant.” He did not elaborate on how someone would have an abortion before she knows she’s pregnant, outside of claiming, “It takes time for all the chromosomes to come together.

      ~There is also Texas state Representative Dan Flynn, a Republican, who believes abortion requires cutting into a woman’s uterus, or Vito Barbieri, the Idaho state Representative, a Republican, who thought you could give a woman a remote gynecological exam by having her swallow a tiny camera.

      ~When Alabama Senator Bobby Singleton, a Democrat, pointed out that Alabama’s new law could punish those who dispose of fertilized eggs at an IVF clinic, Chambliss responded, “The egg in the lab doesn’t apply. It’s not in a woman. She’s not pregnant.”

      Morons!

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  2. Harry HamidMay 22, 2019 at 6:04 AM

    The word "pro-life" does seem like it should cover more ground than just the legality of abortion, doesn't it? I mean, even the Catholic Church's meaning is more comprehensive than that.

    But particularly with the new folks on the Supreme Court, the issue is hot again and no one is thinking two steps ahead.

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  3. ColetteMay 22, 2019 at 6:17 AM

    I love that quote from the good sister.

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    1. LindaMay 22, 2019 at 8:16 AM

      Yes, it broadens the topic ever wider, with more compassion and understanding and also accountability.

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  4. Marie SmithMay 22, 2019 at 8:48 AM

    I can’t understand the logic of life at all costs its life is so undervalued when a child is born. I have never heard anyone who is “pro life” explain it. Thing is, it can’t be explained!

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  5. anne marie in phillyMay 22, 2019 at 11:07 AM

    GOPricks are hateful asshats!

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  6. BillMay 22, 2019 at 12:43 PM

    The cartoon says it all, very sad but true.

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  7. Debra She Who SeeksMay 23, 2019 at 7:59 AM

    The answer to your final question is -- because "pro-life" is not about "protecting" children but about controlling women.

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  8. BarbaraMay 23, 2019 at 2:17 PM

    So absolutely true. I would like to see all the money and energy used to prevent abortions put to work taking care of children.

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  9. JeanieMay 23, 2019 at 3:38 PM

    Yes, yes, and more yes.

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  10. My life so farMay 25, 2019 at 11:17 AM

    It's hypocrisy and it's disgusting.

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  11. My life so farMay 25, 2019 at 11:18 AM

    I meant the cartoon, just to be clear:)

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