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ginga_bread42 t1_jeaod8h wrote

Do they think everyone getting an abortion is throwing all caution to the wind and are unmarried? A lot of women getting abortions are married or in long term relationships and/or already have a kid.

It's also still weird as hell to think that children are a punishment for having sex.

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ibbity t1_jeapiba wrote

Oh, I'm not saying that this mindset isn't completely bonkers in fuckin younkers. But yes, they do assume that nearly all abortions are because some single party girl partied a little too hearty and is now trying to "avoid consequences" (you would not believe how many times they will say that word, it's like their favorite.) And the thing is that if you get one of them alone and talk to them rationally (which is a trick in itself; there's very little if any rationality in this mindset, even if it does have its own coherent internal logic), you can sometimes get them to open the door just a millimeter or so to almost acknowledge that sometimes it is necessary. But it never sticks. And you can't explain to them that "children as a punishment for sex" is fucked up, because they will just tell you that "murdering babies" is much worse.

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torpedoguy t1_jeb9swx wrote

No they think everybody ELSE other than themselves, is a slut who needs to be punished. "The only moral abortion is MY abortion". It's all about the inequality.

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