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[wildestranger]

Note to self: Do not read the BBC forums on abortion. Rage is bad for thesis. *fumes*

In view of all the people saying that women should not abort unless they've been raped - that the choice to have sex implies the possibility of pregnancy, and therefore women who choose to have sex should be prepared to have babies - I would like to present a modest proposal suggested by my friend B. today.

Men who oppose abortions? Shouldn't be having (heterosexual) sex.

ETA: Abortion limit remains at 24 weeks. I may have done a fistpump of joy.

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[wildestranger.livejournal.com]

they're the ones who treat children as a punishment for sex. There's no reconciling the logical fallacy of calling women who have unplanned pregnancies are irresponsible and insisting they should be forced to undertake the responsibility of motherhood.

Yes. And don't get me started on how single mothers are treated as sluts who selfishly have children just to be a burden on society. And how pregnancy is just a problem for women, and their fault for not bothering with contraception - not that men are involved in any way.

[shaggydogstail.livejournal.com]

Yeah, women just can't win with these people. They're selfish if they have children, they're selfish if they have an abortion, they're selfish if they expect support from the fathers of their children, and they're selfish if they chose never to have children. (And, of course, SAHM don't contribute anything, while working mothers are heartless hussies.)

Years ago I read an op-ed by a man complaining that IVF would allow women to have children without having the responsibility of a husband. I doubt he had any idea how telling his comments really were.