[lbo-talk] abortion poll

[John Thornton]

Dennis Claxton wrote:
> John wrote:
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>> Wouldn't a radically pro-abortion supporter give no thought to why a
>> woman wished to have an abortion?
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> I would think a radically pro-abortion supporter would give a lot of 
> thought to this.  It's those who are anti-abortion who don't think 
> about the reasons a woman would want to have an abortion.  As far as 
> they're concerned there is no reason to have an abortion so there is 
> no reason to think about it.
>   
That depends on how you mean "no thought". I am not made comfortable or 
uncomfortable for whatever reason a woman chooses to have an abortion.
It is none of my business. There are no valid and invalid reasons, only 
valid reasons. Since they are all valid I give them no thought in the 
sense that I pass no judgments on them.
That does not mean I do not care about whatever suffering the decision 
making process may be for someone or that I do not care a persons well 
being.
What difference should it make to me if a woman in Iowa wants an 
abortion because she just ended a relationship with a man and no longer 
wants their child or a woman in Oregon wants an abortion because of a 
failed birth control method. Why they want the abortion is unimportant 
in deciding the "validity" of their desire to have one.


>> What makes you uncomfortable about "for the hell of it"?
>> Are there good and bad reasons to choose abortion?
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> I think the point is there are good and bad ways of expressing a 
> pro-abortion position.  Abortion "for the hell of it" is not going to 
> win friends and influence people.
If Doug meant that using the phrase "for the hell of it" as a pro-choice 
slogan makes him uncomfortable I have no issue with that. Tactically 
that slogan would be a huge error. If Doug had meant he was personally 
made uncomfortable by the idea of abortion for the hell of it that is 
another thing entirely. I see that Doug has clarified his position to 
mean he opposes the phrase as a slogan of some sort. I don't however 
know if the idea makes him uncomfortable or not. I can think of no good 
reason it should.

John Thornton
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