You believe that individuals should have the autonomy to make decisions about their own reproductive health and bodily integrity.
The "Pro-Choice" political ideology is a belief system that supports the right of individuals to make decisions about their own bodies, specifically regarding reproductive health and abortion. This ideology asserts that decisions about pregnancy, including the choice to terminate it, should be left to the individual, typically the woman, rather than being dictated by the government or any other external entity. Pro-Choice advocates argue for the legal right to access safe and legal abortion, as well as comprehensive sexual education and access to contraception.
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@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
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@9KBPQM72yrs2Y
If teenagers are forced to keep their baby even when they're not ready, it could cause some serious feuding between the families.
@9KCXSKX2yrs2Y
Teenagers are children. They shouldn't be forced to carry a child, ever. They have the ability to make truly informed decisions. Parents should not make that decision for them.
The baby is a human being, from conception. Your feelings, your personal grief, your age, the circumstance from whence he was conceived, has nothing to do with it whatsoever. I don't care how hard it is for you to carry the child, that doesn't give you an excuse to kill him. You have a moral obligation to him as his mother and as a fellow human being.
@9KBQWR82yrs2Y
There is a difference between killing, and murder. Killing in cold blood is murder. So unless there is a genuine threat to the mother or the child, abortion should not happen.
@9KBPXJTRepublican2yrs2Y
@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
What are the implications of denying people the right to make their own reproductive choices, in your view?
@9J6S6HM2yrs2Y
You save the lives of babies. Unless in cases of tape and incest you shouldn’t be allowed to get an abortion
@9J6YWT32yrs2Y
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@9J6YT3Q2yrs2Y
They see a fetus as a living being. However, if one is unwilling to give birth for any reason. It can negatively affect the baby's development as an individual, such as familial problems. It also violates someone's right to make a choice for themselves. The choice may lead to one less ruined childhood.
@9J6SFHK2yrs2Y
They are robbing people of the right to make their own decisions about their own body, they are robbing their free will and of their freedom which is what this whole country was built upon
The constitution provides the right to privacy. There are few matters that should be more private than a woman’s health care decisions.
@9J6S4NR2yrs2Y
I think people should be able to choose what they can and can’t do with their bodies. I don’t think the government should be able to tell someone what to do with their body.
@9J7HX9B2yrs2Y
to remove a persons free choice over themselves is to remove a large piece of integral freedom from them.
@9PHZPF82yrs2Y
What about rape? That's certainly not a choice. This is why abortion DOES need to be a choice: there are extenuating circumstances. Additionally, sometimes birth control methods fail, even in consensual sex. Some people also don't have access to birth control methods due to poverty or other reasons, which implies that babies would not be given a proper and healthy life because of these circumstances. Hence, abortion MUST be an individual choice. Who are you to determine what someone can do with their own body?
@9J665KPRepublican2yrs2Y
I think people should be denied the choice to have an abortion since they are the ones that chose to put themselves in that situation.
What about rape? That's certainly not a choice. This is why abortion DOES need to be a choice: there are extenuating circumstances. Additionally, sometimes birth control methods fail, even in consensual sex. Some people also don't have access to birth control methods due to poverty or other reasons, which implies that babies would not be given a proper and healthy life because of these circumstances. Hence, abortion MUST be an individual choice. Who are you to determine what someone can do with their own body?
@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
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@9J4Z8PZ2yrs2Y
Other people's choices that don't directly affect you shouldn't matter. If you don't believe in abortions you don't have to get one, but that doesn't mean someone else shouldn't be able to get one if they want or need it. As for the "transgender movement", it's not a movement, more of an awareness. Transgender people have existed for a very long time, dating before ancient Egypt, we didn't just pop up out of nowhere, we are simply trying to bring awareness and normalize being transgender.
It will determine where I can and can not live; as a woman with PCOS, this directly threatens not only my health but my life and freedom... especially since the right to birth control was also on the precedent of Roe V Wade
@9J3F9RC 2yrs2Y
Women who are pregnant will be carrying the baby, and if they do not want it, they should not be forced into having the baby. Outsiders of their lives do not know their situation and therefore cannot judge what they do with their fetus. That fetus inside their body is theirs, and until it has passed a certain time, it shouldn't be classified as a baby.
@9PHZPF82yrs2Y
Truth is, it's a human child, it is a baby. All humans should have the right to live, especially the smallest and innocent. Murder is wrong, not debatable. So people use different terms to cover up the actual truth.
Yes, freedom of choice... Does the child in the womb have a choice? Murdering babies is a $$$ moneymaking business $$$ Women have a choice whether or not to have sex. No sex, no baby. Having sex will usually result in pregnancy.
Adoption is the best option.
@9J36QC82yrs2Y
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@9KDL3YR 2yrs2Y
Pro-choice is giving women the right to make decisions with their own body. We don't require vaccines to prevent diseases that endanger the lives of others, but we force women to have a child when they don't feel at all prepared and, in addition, force a child to be born into a potentially unstable or dangerous situation??
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@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
Imagine how future generations might view the reproductive rights debates of today; what do you think they would say?
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@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
How do you think popular culture and media representation affect public opinion on reproductive rights?
@9J36DH22yrs2Y
I believe that birth/abortion is a deeply personal, and circumstantial issue that should never be resolved through propaganda or coercion (i.e., media representation/popular culture). Reproductive rights should be private, like any other health care matters. Just as all of the personal responsibility (risks, costs, care/support) for that birth will be borne by the individual, so, too, should the reproductive decision itself.
@9J36K3T2yrs2Y
We're sorry we hurt your feelings – we didn't realise speaking about against murder would bother you this much. We Pro-Lifers will have to stop, because compared to your feelings and your emotions, to industrialised extermination of tens of millions of innocent unborn children annually is utterly insignificant. Thanks for the reminder, we forgot you're the centre of the universe. We'll try to remember that next time
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@9J36S7C2yrs2Y
Reproductive options are important for our entire society to consider. Empathy is important, and also facts. Pro-choice should be implemented everywhere for the the Mother/ body whom carries the child/ owner of embryo through surrogacy, regardless of opinion. Mothers whom are in a contract pregnancy should also have rights until the baby is born, they should be able to ensure ( with an official opinon as well such as a moral or govermental agency) that the baby will be in a safe home.
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@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
What are the potential long-term impacts on society if reproductive rights are fully acknowledged and protected?
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@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
What implications might a lack of reproductive choices have on someone's life goals and personal development?
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@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
How do you feel about the argument that access to reproductive healthcare is a social justice issue?
@9JD7KQX2yrs2Y
Reproductive justice is a framework, movement, and vision. When reproductive justice is achieved, each person will have the power to make their own informed decisions about their body, sexuality, and future regardless of race, income and class, sexual orientation, immigration status, or other factors.
@9JD75ZB2yrs2Y
@ISIDEWITH3yrs3Y
How can having control over one's reproductive choices affect a person's mental and emotional well-being?
@claireemilycookSocialist 3yrs3Y
I am a young woman. I am tired of having to rephrase and justify my hurt and outrage over not being entitled to charge of my own body legally. Too many of us have explained this to too many unsympathetic ears. Too many of us have lost our lives, our health, our freedom. It all takes a toll. Too many of us know personally or by a degree removed the consequences of choice being taken. It is tiring. We are tired.
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@ledopmiConstitution 2yrs2Y
Executing innocent babies, preborn or post born, is not a private matter. Decent, rational humans live by the 'due no harm' principle. Ending a life is as far as one can go to violate that principle.
A woman choosing to keep her legs together if she doesn't want to reproduce is entirely up to her. Once she has been impregnated, the choice has been made. Reproduction has occurred. Reproduction doesn't occur at the moment of birth.
Remember: With all animals, females are responsible for reproduction. They make the decision whether sexual intercourse happens or not. The male can beg, plead, even lie as he tries to convince the female to allow him the privilege of mating with her but in the end, she makes the final decision. The female holds the power, and the choice must be made before the result is realized.
@9J3772XProgressive2yrs2Y
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@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
In what way does storytelling and sharing experiences influence the conversation about reproductive rights?
@9J3Z52Q2yrs2Y
Different experiences, different opinions. If someone close to you had some some sort of issue arise and require an abortion, you would likely support that and be "Pro-Choice." On the other hand, if someone close to you was very against abortion and had some good argument i can't think of, you might be "Pro-Life."
@ISIDEWITH3yrs3Y
Do you feel that someone else's personal beliefs should influence another person's access to reproductive healthcare?
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