Comments on: Why I’m Pro-Choice – Blogging for Choice Part 2

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Sat, 27 Jan 2007 17:43:06 +0000

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By: Official Shrub.com Blog » Blog Archive » Blog For Choice Day - Links, and a story of my own.

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 01:18:32 +0000

[...] table. Talk about a woman’s right to self-determination and that means something to her. Why I’m Pro-Choice – Jill (Feministe) I am pro-choice because it’s th [...]

By: fiercelyfab

fiercelyfab — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 21:55:12 +0000

I am pro-choice because I believe that children should be wanted, their entrances into the world joyous occasions — that they should never be considered punishment

Yes, yes, and yes to everything said, but especially this here.

By: Clicked : Checkers and balancers

Clicked : Checkers and balancers — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 04:10:50 +0000

[...] the story after all.
I finally figured out that the reason I keep seeing pro-choice blog entries is that we’re in the midst of the [...]

By: bluefish A

bluefish A — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 22:56:50 +0000

amazing post. just brillant.
i think a new pro-choice slogan should be centered around the “trusting women” meme. b/c that’s really what this issue is about.

By: the procrastinators handbook

the procrastinators handbook — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:03:14 +0000

More Blogging for Choice

Blog for Choice day was a huge success – hundreds of pro-choice bloggers posted their thoughts on the importance of reproductive rights (according to the official Blog for Choice site, about 500 bloggers signed up on the official site, with more bloggers

By: River

River — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 08:33:21 +0000

Mine's here. I've linked to yours without asking; hope that's OK. Thank you for this truly excellent post. I'll be referring back to the source links repeatedly, I'm sure.

By: Robinitaface

Robinitaface — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 05:38:33 +0000

Fabulous. Well said.

By: ako

ako — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 05:03:34 +0000

Laurie #27 (that work to differentiate?),

I get that you feel a loss. I actually think it’s fine that you feel a loss, here. The big distinction between pro-choice and pro-life isn’t that one side likes abortion and the other doesn’t; there’s a lot of different ways to feel about the loss of a fetus. You don’t have to be happy about it, and you’re free to miss what might have been.

The real essence of being pro-choice is not wanting to force pregnancy on people. And it does come down to forcing pregnancy on people. If you want examples, look at any of the entries in this sentence of the original post;

I am pro-choice because I see what places look like when “pro-life” policies are the rule of law. I see it again and again and again.

So if you don’t like the choices of someone else in your family, and you feel you’ve lost something, that’s okay. Not everyone’s going to agree with you, but you’re free to think that. I hope you understand though, that there’s human pain and suffering, and human lives that will be lost through denying abortions. So there’s a great deal of concern that women don’t have to answer to the police for doing what your sister or sister-in-law did. And even if you don’t agree with her, I doubt you want her imprisoned.

By: Jill

Jill — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 03:10:47 +0000

No worries, Laurie! I can’t speak for other commenters, but I figured that the other Laurie was someone different — that comment just didn’t sound like you, based on all the other things you’ve had to say here. But thank you for the clarification.