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Buckeyeblue

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21. I think the answer is easier

Fri May 15, 2026, 01:41 PM

May 15

No one likes abortion. It means something went wrong. Regardless of the reason, many people need to have an abortion, which is why it needs to be legal and accessible.

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Hillary - Here are the facts: People have always had and will always have abortions in all 50 states. [View all] Swede May 15 OP

Not people Hillary. Women. Women have always had and will always have Autumn May 15 #1

Are women not people? People who aren't women also get abortions. WhiskeyGrinder May 15 #3

Only women are impacted by abortion or the lack of safe abortions. It's not a people thing. Autumn May 15 #4

I can assure you men and nonbinary people also get abortions. WhiskeyGrinder May 15 #5

I can assure you no man has ever had an abortion. Men may be a bystander in a woman's abortion Autumn May 15 #6

Having helped men and nonbinary people get abortions, I feel sorry that you live in such a narrow world. WhiskeyGrinder May 15 #9

so the man had a uterus ? dave99 May 15 #27

some men do WhiskeyGrinder May 15 #45

The only sexual organ that matters for gender identity is the brain. Zelda_Orchid May 16 #49

Only human beings with x only chromosomes can create and carry babies questionseverything May 15 #26

Not true. Pregnancy is possible in women with Swyer syndrome (46,XY) WhiskeyGrinder May 16 #52

Google says they would need a donated egg, if so my point would stand questionseverything May 16 #55

There is a documented study of a woman who had a normal pregnancy with her own eggs with that condition. So no. WhiskeyGrinder May 16 #57

You mean the boxer, right? questionseverything May 16 #58

No, why? WhiskeyGrinder May 16 #59

Just curious as to the " documented" case questionseverything May 16 #60

"." WhiskeyGrinder May 16 #61

Categorically untrue LearnedHand May 15 #20

Do you think anyone reading this edhopper May 15 #7

JK Rowling? nt LexVegas May 15 #11

Egads, I hate that harridan wolfie001 May 16 #48

My whole family can not watch any of the movies based on her work LetMyPeopleVote May 17 #64

This is why Democrats don't win. hamsterjill May 15 #14

I'mWithYou+your statement. I'mWithHer(Hillary) oasis May 15 #30

Post removed Post removed May 15 #32

Oh, ffs. 🙄 QueerDuck May 15 #17

Women are people Cirsium May 15 #34

I know. QueerDuck May 15 #41

I'm hiring a brass band... Cirsium May 15 #42

Oh dear... lapucelle May 15 #43

The GOP doesn't believe in facts. nt BootinUp May 15 #2

My Favorite Abortion Quiet Em May 15 #8

I think the answer is easier Buckeyeblue May 15 #21

People do, in fact, like abortion. It's a solution that works for them. WhiskeyGrinder May 15 #22

I don't know a single woman who is happy to have Phoenix61 May 15 #28

this is such an ignorant statement electron_blue May 15 #35

How so? nt Phoenix61 May 15 #36

cuz... electron_blue May 16 #54

I stand by what I said. Phoenix61 May 16 #56

You're still missing the point and it seems like you have not been in that situation electron_blue May 16 #62

You're not alone. MorbidButterflyTat May 17 #65

I know many people who were happy to get an abortion and did not find it disruptive. WhiskeyGrinder May 15 #46

Yes!! Hope22 May 15 #38

Thank you Madame President. niyad May 15 #10

I am in my eighties. Abortion was never legal when I was single and birth control was hit or miss. appleannie1 May 15 #12

Also young women who needed abortions and couldn't get them safely FakeNoose May 15 #13

and public hospitals had abortion wards, mopinko May 15 #19

Allow me to recommend a book about that! ShazzieB May 15 #23

i'm old enough to remember those days. fortunately never had to face that myself, but mopinko May 15 #24

Oh my goodness! This is bringing back horrible memories FakeNoose May 15 #37

i find myself always pointed out that the men who make these laws mopinko May 15 #39

Even the Bush family was pro-choice after a family friend died from a back-alley abortion. OMGWTF May 15 #29

I've heard that abortions are on the increase Ilsa May 15 #15

Part of it's the economy, but it's more because the abortion pill protocol makes it easier to end a pregnancy, WhiskeyGrinder May 15 #16

Kitchen tables ... oldsoldierfadingfast May 15 #44

But this is not about reality, it is about the control of women. Other methods have been used and have killed women. efhmc May 15 #18

As usual, Hillary is right dlk May 15 #25

We can do so much better than rusty coathanger abortions,..and then sepsis,.... magicarpet May 15 #31

i'm so grateful for these meds. mopinko May 15 #40

I am stunned by some responses. karynnj May 15 #33

Mahalo to you and Hillary, Swede. Cha May 15 #47

Before modern times, and now again, women will have to "Call Jane" TomWilm May 16 #50

Yes, but only those who are in the upmost echelon should be able to have one. OldBaldy1701E May 16 #51

Hillary intentionally used the word people, likely because of Republicans concerted efforts to dehumanize women dlk May 16 #53

Hillary warned us LetMyPeopleVote May 17 #63