You can be personally against abortion without imposing that belief on every woman legislatively.
Being pro-choice is inclusive for those that want to be personally against abortion …..it just affords other people the ability to choose. It’s easy.
(*edited for clarity)
Republicans will 'lose huge' without finding 'middle ground' on abortion, Nancy Mace says-
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/nancy-mace-republicans-lose-huge-middle-ground-abortion/story?id=98777224
@TonyStark This is so annoying. I remember anti-choicers lecturing Dems about how they need to "make room for pro-life Democrats." NONE of the nuance in your Toot was ever expressed. The national discourse is driven by the media, and the media just unthinkingly adopted conservatives' narrow framing on what "pro-life" means: NO ABORTION FOR ANYONE THE END.
Meanwhile, they're fine with launching wars, denying food stamps and healthcare, executing prisoners (some of whom could be innocent.), etc.
@Litzz11 Those points are really important. We all know when most abortions take place statistically- well over 90% are early on. And exceptions should be available for the rare cases. That’s both decent and pro-life.
The media loves to adopt conservative framing. It’s one of our biggest obstacles.
If anyone wants to be taken seriously as pro-life, they indeed should be doing all of the things you say and more. What conservatives are supporting now is extremism.
We will not accept this. Our wombs are not the property of the state. Feed & clothe need people and stop guns from tearing young bodies apart in places where they should be safe. That’s really “pro-life.”
@MJ @TonyStark @Litzz11 Against the will of not only the majority of American women, but even against the will of the overall majority of Americans, today's so-called corrupt & insurrectionary "Republicans" are intentionally running a despot's mega-truck over women's right to self-determination, the Constitution & all of Abraham Lincoln's legacy.
They deserve to be banned from U.S. Congress.
Btw: How much money did "GOP" senators get (offered) for the confirmation of today's SCOTUS majority?
#SaveLives #WomensRights #SelfDeterminationRight #HumanRights #AbortionRights #DefendAmerica #DefendTheConstitution #DefendDemocracy #DefensiveDemocracy #Democracy #BanTheGOP #Insurrection #Despotism #Corruption
@LGmedia @MJ @TonyStark @Litzz11 Search for @potus via "Explore" & you'll find a number of President Biden bot accounts mirroring his posts on the birdsite.
Annoyingly that search will also return "president Trump" fan accounts.😬👹
I also wish govs of the free world would flee their birdsite cage & establish their own Mastodon instances...
@ArenaCops @LGmedia @MJ @TonyStark @potus
Thanks, easy to block the Trump fan accounts, so I'll give that a try
@TonyStark @MJ @Litzz11 Are you following @marcelias, Tony? If not, I'd suggest you do, to understand, that he's at the very frontline in the battle for democracy & voting rights, without which it will be impossible for caring democrats to vote the anti-democratic despots out.
Support Marc, the fearless & feared superhero of the legal battle for American democracy! As much as you can!
#DefendDemocracy #DefensiveDemocracy #DefendTheConstitution #DefendAmerica #YourVoiceMatters #YouMatter #Democracy
@TonyStark @MJ @Litzz11 @ArenaCops We can’t “vote them out” with so many voting restrictions in place!
It’s going to take heroic efforts at this point, so Dem’s better be all hands on deck.
@grammasaurus @TonyStark @MJ @Litzz11 That's what I'm thinking, too.
The "GOP's" fraudulent acts to supress voters & their voting rights must be met with the full force of the laws in the first place.
The "Republican" popular minority mustn't be allowed to use fraudulent methods rigging elections to pretend it were in any way representing the majority of the American people.
Even the FBI classifies voter suppression as a crime — while its definition of what constitutes voter suppression neither captures the whole range of "GOP" voter-suppression practices nor is it up to date as needed.
#DefendTheConstitution #DefendDemocracy #DefensiveDemocracy #Democracy #YourVoiceMatters #YouMatter #VotingRights #ElectoralFraud #VoterSuppression #Gerrymandering #Disenfranchisement #VoterIntimidation #BanTheGOP #Insurrection
@ArenaCops @MJ @TonyStark @Litzz11 A “Pro-Human”, radical moderate, abortion strategy: reform the system so that women won’t normally feel the need to abort.
https://mastodon.sdf.org/@KashifShah/110244425187789227
#ProHuman #radicalmoderate
#NoHumanRightsNoAmerica #TeamFreedom
#UNUDHR
edit: fixed link
edit 2: maybe not, possible iOS app bug; if interested, dig into the hashtags
@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] The #humanrights that are universally defined in #UNUDHR make it clear that this issue is an issue of social security, more than it is about a right to abort out of fear or want. Article 25: “2. Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.”
@TonyStark @Litzz11 @ArenaCops @MJ Have some time and care to make a more complete statement?
Where is #humanrights missing the point? And no what?
@ArenaCops @MJ @TonyStark @Litzz11
Exactly!
See…
https://apple.news/AjhMj_tdjTvuyeEd2QgMX9w
#tedcruz
#corruption
#harlancrow - a “Dickinsonian” name, if ever there was one!
@SusannaShakespeare @ArenaCops @MJ @TonyStark
"In an interview with the Dallas Morning News, Crow said he considers himself a “center-right Republican” that believes in bipartisanship and a good debate..."
Just a reminder, when a Republican says "bipartisan" they mean doing everything exactly as Republicans want, and hoping a Dem or two go along with it for some reason.
@SusannaShakespeare @ArenaCops @MJ @TonyStark
This was TN Republican Monty Lankford almost exactly 15 years ago to the day:
"“Well I’d certainly like to work with any of them that work with our ideology. I’m not willing to compromise our values..."
Neat trick! Stake out your position, refuse to budge, call it "bipartisan" and hope some folks on the other side sign on. Presto, bingo, shiny-sparkly bipartisanship!
@Litzz11 @SusannaShakespeare @MJ @TonyStark 😎 That's an open invitation to a free kick:
What's today's "Republicans'" "bipartisanship" but single-party schizophrenia?
#DefendDemocracy #DefensiveDemocracy #DefendTheConstitution #Democracy #BanTheGOP
The Repubs are NOT Pro-life; if they were, they'd be passing bills that would help childcare, food for hungry kids, etc. They don't support any of that. It is just a catchy slogan for them to capture the far right religious types.
@MugsysRapSheet @TonyStark @Litzz11
that is truly all encompassing. Hard to put on a bumper sticker though...ha
@TonyStark Every Friday Ari Melber does his "who needs to fall back" panel. Last night one of the guests said anyone using the term "pro life" needs to fall back. "They are not pro life!"
100% agree and the mainstream media needs to expunge that term from its vocabulary.
Thing is, there is no middle ground. You're either pro-choice, or a misogynist.
@TonyStark As far as I can tell, the teachings of Jesus Christ don't imply a religious tyranny imposing the will of despots on women & men.
So what makes pseudo-religious "GOP" tyrants think they're entitled to oppress women & men like the Romans oppressed the jews?
#WomensRights #HumanRights #AbortionRights #BanTheGOP #Slavery #Hypocrisy
@ArenaCops @TonyStark If I may answer that question, having disregarded or held contempt for #UNUDHR is what lets the demokkkrats and republikkkans think that they have the right.
https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights
@KashifShah @TonyStark Please abstain from misleadingly & spitefully mixing Dems & KKK, when the discussion about abortion rights mainly concerns "Republican" efforts to deprive women of their right to self-determination & whether to become a(nother) mother or not, also depending on various factors like health risks.
Besides, ICYMI: “The future must see the broadening of human rights throughout the world,” ***Eleanor Roosevelt*** [wife & inspiration to Democratic President Franklin Delano Roosevelt] told a crowd in September 1948 at the Sorbonne in Paris. “People who have glimpsed freedom will never be content until they have secured it for themselves… People who continue to be denied the respect to which they are entitled as human beings will not acquiesce forever in such denial.”
No one, repeat, NO ONE can talk about Democrat Eleanor Roosevelt's "contempt of" or "disregard" for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights!
#HumanRights #WomensRights #CivilRights #AbortionRights #UDHR #EleanorRoosevelt #BanTheGOP
@ArenaCops @TonyStark We can certainly speak to the collective, historical disregard or contempt for #UNUDHR being perpetrated against the American people by both the Democrats and the Republicans for not yet having enshrined it into our education system over the last 75 years.
And if we are to ignore the history of the KKK and the Democratic Party, are we not doomed to repeat it?
Furthermore, is it not spiteful that you put quotes around Republican?
@TonyStark Pro-Human, radical moderate, abortion strategy: reform the system so that women won’t normally feel the need to abort.
https://mastodon.sdf.org/@KashifShah/110244879539523809
@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] to try to paraphrase myself: it’s like, there’s no need to choose to abort out of fear of being able to provide for a child, because you and the child have the right to be provided for by society, by virtue of the #UNUDHR.
@TonyStark doo what??
Ponder Articles 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 12, 16, 18, 22, and 25 for a moment and then, if you would be so kind, reply.
https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights
@TonyStark
I believe that my body is a reflection of God's image, that it was created from.
I don't believe that God's image should be "tagged" or defaced with grafitti.
I don't believe in tattoos.
I think they are ugly and could be evil.
But my beliefs are my own.
I won't try to impose my beliefs on others.
And I will defend the RIGHT of anyone to get a tattoo, even though I don't believe in them.
THIS is how the anti-abortion debate should be stated.
> another bill introduced in [South Carolina] that could impose the death penalty on women who have abortions
So.. let me get this straight... these people are so "pro-life" they want to kill women for not wanting to be pregnant?
@TonyStark
> They’re not “pro-life.” Never have been
Indeed. What they are is pro-natalist. Usually with a racial bias, ie much more concerned with making white women have babies, because of "Great Replacement" paranoia.
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