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Originally Posted by BBKing
It's rude to use 'some people' as part of your argument. If you can't address people by name don't expect a reasoned answer. Likewise, setting up possible straw men by referring to 'some groups' falls under the same banner.
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Rude ? I don't think so at all. Some people are in denial about HIV/AIDS but I don't have to name Tabo Mbeki and his Health Minister to make that point or get a reasoned answer do I? If so, every time we have any form of debate on here we're all going to have to name all those we're referring to and you'll have to stop using the general term 'the Tabloids' when you're referring to particular newspapers you despise.
I used the term 'some people' because in addition to groups like those I referred to there are no doubt others who are in denial about how some people misuse abortion either because they're plain stupid or because it doesn't suit their argument to accept the fact.
As for those arguing against abortion per se (
who you haven't identifed in your post BTW) - please don't include me in their numbers. I've made it quite clear where I stand and I think what's required is to get to the root of why, despite all the advice, contraception etc. freely available out there, so many people are having multiple abortions.
* awaiting your exhaustive list of hate filled anti abortion groups
(not that it will add to your point).
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Originally Posted by Xaccers
I've never met anyone with the attitude of "Oh well, I can always get an abortion"
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Well you've never met 99.999% of the World's population and you don't have to have done so to know that there are some people out there who have the strangest attitudes to all sorts of things, some who are stupid and some who are just plain reckless.
I suspect that if you asked some of these young women if they think like that about abortion when they're in a more reflective mood they'd confirm what you're saying. However, if you did so after, for example, they'd been binge drinking all evening you'd probably get a very different answer. You'd also get a different answer from those who knew the risks and went ahead with unprotected sex on the basis that pregnancy simply wouldn't happen to them or who were pressurised into it by their peers and/or partners.
The people I'm referring to and worried about are not those sensible women who make a reasoned choice in difficult circumstances but those who get themselves into the situation through one mistake or another and then have to resort to abortion, all too often more than once. I'd really rather they never got into that sad position once let alone several times and being in denial about the existence of this proportion of women isn't doing anything to help them.