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[ladygaia]

"study links abortion to distress"uhg. I hate studies like these. in the first place, having an unexpected/unwanted pregnancy is distressing, and then not to mention that at least in the US women are bombarded with anti-abortion, guilt inducing media

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[natrix]

I couldn't agree with you more on this subject.
It's unreal how information can be manipulated in such a way... even in a scientific setting.

[vvvvv]

Plus it's kind of, I dunno, a stressful procedure, outpatient or not. I'm sure that people find having, say, moles removed a little stressful as well, and they don't have to walk past people protesting their decision on the way into the clinic.

Ergh.

[vvvvv]

Heh, I'm a huge wimp about that stuff.

I just cannot believe how bullshit this study is.

[ladygaia]

also, it pisses me off b/c i would say a more valid study would be comparing the stress of abortions to stress when women have children that are 'unwanted'/ were pressured into not getting abortions by family.
at least i think so.

[gaspanic]

No, I'm gonna have to disagree with you here. The study made no claims about the results, they simply reported it

[vvvvv]

While abortion can be (and is) a very difficult, somber, and emotionally fraught experience for some women, that is not the experience every woman has. If one doesn't believe that a zygote is a person, having an unwanted one removed is not necessarily any more distressing than any other invasive medical procedure. There are plenty of women who have no problems with their choice, and no regrets.

Implying that abortion is always a very difficult decision and one that will likely be regretted is a common rhetorical weapon amoung anti-choicers, and frankly, I don't pay it any mind.

[gaspanic]

Are you kidding me? You think that any discussion of abortion being difficult is rhetoric

[vvvvv]

I have been pregnant, and I did have an abortion. I was in high school and the circumstances were pretty extreme. I don't feel the need to talk about this very often, except when people like yourself try to tell me how I felt about it.

The emotional connection a woman has to a child is universes different than how she feels about a mole or a tumor.

No, it wasn't. Because it wasn't a child, it was a collection of cells.

My point is, I think it cheapens the female experience to say that pregnancies can happen and end without emotional impact.

Yes, it did. And I don't feel that my "female experience" has been cheapened in any way.

I don't care to continue this conversation.

[streea]

Studies also link living life, breathing, having to clean the snow off of your car and around it, AND RAISING CHILDREN to distress. Hell, anything a person does that involves a choice leads to distress...

[mzmel]

omg, what a bunch of dumbasses!