Comments on: Oh, the Humanity http://www.mahablog.com/2006/03/04/oh-the-humanity/ Exposing the ugly truths about the Bush Administration. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:18:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 by: The Mahablog » Some Things Can’t Be Legislated Away http://www.mahablog.com/2006/03/04/oh-the-humanity/#comment-321937 Sat, 13 Oct 2007 12:45:50 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/03/04/oh-the-humanity/#comment-321937 [...] However, outlawing abortion can have the effect of driving it so far underground that many people (unless they work in hospital emergency rooms) can pretend it isn’t happening, even though it is. And pretending is better than reality for righties. Of course, there is also the daughter effect — having a daughter of reproductive age tends to have a liberalizing effect on a man’s views on reproductive right, generally. (See also “Oh, the Humanity” — the anti-abortion rights position is based on an assumption that women aren’t real people — especially women who get abortions.) [...] […] However, outlawing abortion can have the effect of driving it so far underground that many people (unless they work in hospital emergency rooms) can pretend it isn’t happening, even though it is. And pretending is better than reality for righties. Of course, there is also the daughter effect — having a daughter of reproductive age tends to have a liberalizing effect on a man’s views on reproductive right, generally. (See also “Oh, the Humanity” — the anti-abortion rights position is based on an assumption that women aren’t real people — especially women who get abortions.) […]

]]> by: The Mahablog » The Daughter Effect http://www.mahablog.com/2006/03/04/oh-the-humanity/#comment-4730 Fri, 10 Mar 2006 17:56:32 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/03/04/oh-the-humanity/#comment-4730 [...] I wrote recently that “whether one is pro-choice or anti-choice does not depend on whether one thinks embryos are human beings. It depends on whether one recognizes that women are human beings.” The study seems to corroborate this. [...] […] I wrote recently that “whether one is pro-choice or anti-choice does not depend on whether one thinks embryos are human beings. It depends on whether one recognizes that women are human beings.” The study seems to corroborate this. […]

]]> by: sb_gypsy http://www.mahablog.com/2006/03/04/oh-the-humanity/#comment-4603 Tue, 07 Mar 2006 16:59:01 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/03/04/oh-the-humanity/#comment-4603 It's not about sex, or life - It's about PRIVACY. If they can drown Roe v Wade, they can do whatever they want in our homes, our bedrooms, our workplace, our doctor's offices. It’s not about sex, or life - It’s about PRIVACY. If they can drown Roe v Wade, they can do whatever they want in our homes, our bedrooms, our workplace, our doctor’s offices.

]]> by: The Moderate Voice http://www.mahablog.com/2006/03/04/oh-the-humanity/#comment-4547 Mon, 06 Mar 2006 17:15:32 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/03/04/oh-the-humanity/#comment-4547 <strong>South Dakota and abortion</strong> Welcome to South Dakota, vanguard of the counter-enlightenment in reproductive rights. From PBS: "Already, South Dakota is perhaps the most difficult place in t... South Dakota and abortion

Welcome to South Dakota, vanguard of the counter-enlightenment in reproductive rights.

From PBS: “Already, South Dakota is perhaps the most difficult place in t…

]]> by: Cass http://www.mahablog.com/2006/03/04/oh-the-humanity/#comment-4539 Sun, 05 Mar 2006 22:07:51 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/03/04/oh-the-humanity/#comment-4539 To force them to put all the cards on the table - next time you talk with an anti-abortion person ask them (very sweetly, with wide eyes if you can manage it) what is the appropriate punishment for a woman who has an abortion. If abortion is murder, it is certainly pre-meditated. If they support the death penalty, shouldn't women who have abortions be executed? If not, how many years should they spend in prison? Isn't murder usually 20+ years? Try not to laugh aloud while they squirm and ooze out their inevitably misogynistic answer. Nothing invigorates like making a person who thinks they have all the answers notice, if only in their reptilian brain, that they really don't. To force them to put all the cards on the table - next time you talk with an anti-abortion person ask them (very sweetly, with wide eyes if you can manage it) what is the appropriate punishment for a woman who has an abortion. If abortion is murder, it is certainly pre-meditated. If they support the death penalty, shouldn’t women who have abortions be executed? If not, how many years should they spend in prison? Isn’t murder usually 20+ years?
Try not to laugh aloud while they squirm and ooze out their inevitably misogynistic answer.
Nothing invigorates like making a person who thinks they have all the answers notice, if only in their reptilian brain, that they really don’t.

]]> by: Britwit http://www.mahablog.com/2006/03/04/oh-the-humanity/#comment-4538 Sun, 05 Mar 2006 21:16:23 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/03/04/oh-the-humanity/#comment-4538 comment 9 - maha - oh, so he is tongue-in-cheek. Thanks for correcting me. Sorry-I don't want to shoot the messenger!! That explains why comment no 8. My husband buys on eBay and I hop on computer when he is off and I must have read too quickly. comment 9 - maha - oh, so he is tongue-in-cheek. Thanks for correcting me. Sorry-I don’t want to shoot the messenger!!

That explains why comment no 8.

My husband buys on eBay and I hop on computer when he is off and I must have read too quickly.

]]> by: maha http://www.mahablog.com/2006/03/04/oh-the-humanity/#comment-4535 Sun, 05 Mar 2006 19:25:37 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/03/04/oh-the-humanity/#comment-4535 elohimus -- I'm not sure what you mean by "young people." According to Alan Guttmacher <a href="http://www.guttmacher.org/media/presskits/2005/06/28/abortionoverview.html" rel="nofollow">56 percent</a> of American women who obtain abortions are in their 20s. Only <a href="http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/fb_induced_abortion.html" rel="nofollow">19 percent are teenagers</a>. Other facts: A majority of women who have abortions have at least one child already. Pregnancy and childbirth are medically dangerous for younger teens. elohimus — I’m not sure what you mean by “young people.” According to Alan Guttmacher 56 percent of American women who obtain abortions are in their 20s. Only 19 percent are teenagers.

Other facts: A majority of women who have abortions have at least one child already.

Pregnancy and childbirth are medically dangerous for younger teens.

]]> by: elohimus http://www.mahablog.com/2006/03/04/oh-the-humanity/#comment-4532 Sun, 05 Mar 2006 18:40:00 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/03/04/oh-the-humanity/#comment-4532 maybe we should start thinking about how we as a collective society put so much pressure on young people (who are the ones having the most abortions) to not have that baby. If we think abortion is so bad, why do we make socially, financially, and morally unacceptable for babies to be born to young people? maybe we should start thinking about how we as a collective society put so much pressure on young people (who are the ones having the most abortions) to not have that baby. If we think abortion is so bad, why do we make socially, financially, and morally unacceptable for babies to be born to young people?

]]> by: renate http://www.mahablog.com/2006/03/04/oh-the-humanity/#comment-4531 Sun, 05 Mar 2006 18:26:38 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/03/04/oh-the-humanity/#comment-4531 lets stay on message: It is NOT about LIFE, it IS ALL about SEX. lets stay on message:

It is NOT about LIFE, it IS ALL about SEX.

]]> by: maha http://www.mahablog.com/2006/03/04/oh-the-humanity/#comment-4530 Sun, 05 Mar 2006 18:00:15 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/03/04/oh-the-humanity/#comment-4530 Britwit -- you are misreading Digby. He's on our side. Britwit — you are misreading Digby. He’s on our side.

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