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just heard they are giving fliers lying about connection of abortion with Cancer. They will go anywhere just to get what they want. Conservatives are depicable!!!
Wow, this is a really old tactic (and disproven)!
Back when I was in junior high (1979), we had a program in which a Catholic lay teacher (&, I think, a nun) came in to speak to my class. I'm not really sure what they're topic was supposed to be, I'm assuming it was a pro-abstinence thing what I do remember about it was learning about abortion. We were told that abortion was very dangerous because it caused cancer and scarring that it leads to infertility. Within a span of a few minutes we were told that one abortion significantly decreased a woman's chance of ever getting pregnant and that women who had abortions were immoral and usually had 5 or 6 abortions. I was 12 or 13 at the time and you can imagine the reaction I got when I blurted out something the the effect of "if each abortion does that much damage and causes infertility, how are these women getting pregnant and having all those abortions?"
Why do I tell you this stupid story? Well, I went to public school and, aside from not knowing anything about abortion, was completely confused as to why they were discussing the issue and using such extreme scare tactics. I became a lifelong advocate for choice that day
Back when I was in junior high (1979), we had a program in which a Catholic lay teacher (&, I think, a nun) came in to speak to my class. I'm not really sure what they're topic was supposed to be, I'm assuming it was a pro-abstinence thing what I do remember about it was learning about abortion. We were told that abortion was very dangerous because it caused cancer and scarring that it leads to infertility. Within a span of a few minutes we were told that one abortion significantly decreased a woman's chance of ever getting pregnant and that women who had abortions were immoral and usually had 5 or 6 abortions. I was 12 or 13 at the time and you can imagine the reaction I got when I blurted out something the the effect of "if each abortion does that much damage and causes infertility, how are these women getting pregnant and having all those abortions?"
Why do I tell you this stupid story? Well, I went to public school and, aside from not knowing anything about abortion, was completely confused as to why they were discussing the issue and using such extreme scare tactics. I became a lifelong advocate for choice that day
Just in case someone doubts it was mentioned at the CNFN one of CNN news channel on Nov 13. dont remember time.
The government of Texas was given fliers to women in the period of waiting before an abortion is done, telling them that there is proben link between abortion and cancer....Cancer society denies the claims.
The government of Texas was given fliers to women in the period of waiting before an abortion is done, telling them that there is proben link between abortion and cancer....Cancer society denies the claims.
"Compassionate" conservatives? Especially given the likelihood that someone in her waiting period had lost a family member to actual cancer!
Believe it or not, there is a higher rate of breast & uterine cancer among Catholic nuns than the rest of the female population of the US*. I don't suppose the state of Texas will start warning women of the significant health risks to becoming a nun, will they?
* there is a positive correlation between the # years between onset of menarche and first pregnancy (related to normal hormal changes women experience and the potential protection that progesterone increase during pregnancy), nuns generally don't get pregnant so the population was studied.
* there is a positive correlation between the # years between onset of menarche and first pregnancy (related to normal hormal changes women experience and the potential protection that progesterone increase during pregnancy), nuns generally don't get pregnant so the population was studied.
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