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[–] [email protected] 54 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

68% of people believe in made-up numbers. 71% even, if the numbers sound random enough.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 6 days ago (3 children)

This is erasure of the like, 1 maybe 2, trans men that are anti-abortion

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I wish it was that few, but sadly trans people can have some really atrocious politics too. I doubt they're a significant factor on this particular scenario, though.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago

trans men that are anti-abortion

Well, allow me to be inclusive and say that both cis- and trans men who oppose aborion deserve a very equal kick to the face.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Yeah I kind of thought the statement was somehow obliquely anti-trans, but I didn't want to open that can of arsenic.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Plenty of men support abortion - it removes financial responsibility from them, after all. Protests at abortion clinics are often held by women as much as men.

The more important demographic here is that most opposed to abortion are strongly religious.

Look outside the US and you'll see that countries that do support choice are less influenced by the Church. It's not coincidence.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 days ago

And many of the men who oppose abortions, are massive fucking hypocrits who will gladly have their mistress get an abortion somewhere else.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (5 children)
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[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Doesn't really matter because the supermajority of Americans think abortion should be legal anyway. It's a small minority of the population that we have allowed to dictate domestic policy for their religious agenda.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago (4 children)

It's not even religious. Their religion says all kinds of really important shit that they completely ignore. They just pick this one specific issue because they hate women and it's a lot easier to say "Uhhhh it's because of my religion, you're discriminating against me!" than it is to say "I hate women and want them to suffer".

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Oh come now. They don't hate women, they just want to punish women for having sex outside of marriage because it's against...their... religion...

...hm.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

Their motivations are still religious. Scripture and belief/practice often do not coincide or outright contradict each other.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 days ago

And of the women, probably 1/3rd of them are post-menopausal and won't have any more kids either

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 days ago

Reminds me of how some at the GOP was making a joke that it makes no sense for women over 50 to even care about abortion rights cause it doesn't apply to them anymore.

Yet he saw no problem with him, as a man who can never carry a child, having an opinion on abortions.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago (7 children)

If men could get pregnant, there would be drive-through abortion clinics every 5 miles

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago

But statistically 50% of the aborted fetuses will be male! Checkmate!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

And those 79% should never get an abortion if they do become pregnant and leave everyone else the fuck alone.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Our, maybe try a slightly less sexist approach and look at the religion these people follow. In my experience, abortion has never been a man/woman issue, it's a religious one

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