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50. I'll check it out. Ty

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Sat Dec 9, 2023, 01:43 PM

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Dear women: if you're voting to inflict this on other women, [View all] onecaliberal Dec 2023 OP

I get men voting Republican, but I don't get why so many women do. On so many issues, not just abortion. dutch777 Dec 2023 #1

Republican womwn DO NOT GIVE A SHIT ProudMNDemocrat Dec 2023 #9

Exactly. They vote for what they believe helps their husbands make money Iris Dec 2023 #48

A common reply from Republican Women I know: DENVERPOPS Dec 2023 #77

And that's 'cause you're in Colorado peppertree Dec 2023 #82

Bored, frustrated princesses who didn't get the bougie life they expected. haele Dec 2023 #94

Never buy a woman a watch BOSSHOG Dec 2023 #90

Oh good lord Rebl2 Dec 2023 #93

I don't get why men vote repuglican SouthernDem4ever Dec 2023 #23

People - men and women both - vote Republican... dchill Dec 2023 #27

I don't get it! Hope22 Dec 2023 #24

Same. It's unforgivable. onecaliberal Dec 2023 #36

Most of it is religion Tree Lady Dec 2023 #45

But the christian bible says nothing about abortion as murder. It never once uses the word abortion. ancianita Dec 2023 #66

Of course we know that Tree Lady Dec 2023 #70

Cool. Who's "we"? Some posts here don't seem to. ancianita Dec 2023 #75

I guess I was saying "we" as most of us Tree Lady Dec 2023 #89

I thought they ultimately depended on "Thou shall not kill" CrispyQ Dec 2023 #84

A simple law re another fully formed human life, sure. And simply applied as ancianita Dec 2023 #98

I think for a good chunk of the anti-abortion people, especially the men, it is not about murder. Sky Jewels Dec 2023 #78

uh, no Skittles Dec 2023 #91

I don't understand Rebl2 Dec 2023 #92

Remember the SNL bit called Church Lady? They are all her. Oblivious to their own hypocrisy and no empathy ZonkerHarris Dec 2023 #95

For many white women, white supremacy is a stronger draw than sisterhood. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2023 #2

This makes me so sad. Yet, it is true. AllyCat Dec 2023 #39

You hit the nail on the head. Abigail_Adams Dec 2023 #47

Sisterhood isn't a thing anymore than brotherhood TheKentuckian Dec 2023 #85

Why would a husband let the mother Captain Zero Dec 2023 #105

Hell, if I know? I support choice. I was discussing TheKentuckian Dec 2023 #106

Conservative people in this state are really fucking stupid gay texan Dec 2023 #3

I can think of Rebl2 Dec 2023 #12

They are everywhere... bsiebs Dec 2023 #17

Insanity recovering_democrat Dec 2023 #4

Middle and upper class women know the abortion prohibitions don't apply to them. Irish_Dem Dec 2023 #5

+ 1,000,000,000,000 RandomNumbers Dec 2023 #8

Same thing they did during Covid. Irish_Dem Dec 2023 #68

The proven grifter... llmart Dec 2023 #102

Every Democratic candidate needs to be saying that Republicans are not pro life. Lonestarblue Dec 2023 #6

Voting for Republicans means poisoning the planet upon which all life depends Martin Eden Dec 2023 #26

Yep, pro-life so let's risk the life of the mother and the fetus. LoisB Dec 2023 #7

The fetus might be a boy! RandomNumbers Dec 2023 #10

A lot of women are against abortion for several reasons. We are not all the same. Autumn Dec 2023 #11

That is fine Rebl2 Dec 2023 #15

Yes but is it really the fault of the woman who votes? As far as I know abortion is not up for a vote. Autumn Dec 2023 #22

Many women are voting for these politicians. RandomNumbers Dec 2023 #37

Politicians and religion. Perhaps to go along with the lack of control over their bodies women should also not Autumn Dec 2023 #41

Hmm .. a bit of a tangent ... but what alternative do you propose? RandomNumbers Dec 2023 #43

Tangent? No just random musings on the problem. It's not my job to solve it. In an ideal world the politicians Autumn Dec 2023 #46

I was responding directly to this part of your post: RandomNumbers Dec 2023 #52

It's rather self explanatory. As for expecting politicians to care? They know what we want and need Autumn Dec 2023 #58

Well, I deal in solutions. Workable solutions. RandomNumbers Dec 2023 #61

Solutions for the private sector are much different from political solutions. One side of the political Autumn Dec 2023 #63

100% agreement there! nt RandomNumbers Dec 2023 #64

*Republican* politicians have no interest in saving the only planet we have much less our democracy. ShazzieB Dec 2023 #59

Thank you! nt RandomNumbers Dec 2023 #62

We have a big problem pollution wise womanofthehills Dec 2023 #71

How are they for legal abortion in any practical sense TheKentuckian Dec 2023 #86

Because like it or not the facts are that there are republican women who support legal abortion just as there are Autumn Dec 2023 #88

Then they don't have to get an abortion. They have NO BUSINESS pushing their agenda on anyone else. onecaliberal Dec 2023 #30

It's the politicians pushing and legislating the anti abortion agenda, with very little push back. Full stop. Autumn Dec 2023 #33

Uhm, they are voting in those politicians to do what they're doing. onecaliberal Dec 2023 #55

Exactly! cksmithy Dec 2023 #51

head of household et tu Dec 2023 #13

I'll never understand it mcar Dec 2023 #14

Religion... Hope22 Dec 2023 #25

Religion is part of it, yes mcar Dec 2023 #28

The book 'A World Lit Only By Fire' will explain a lot! N/t Hope22 Dec 2023 #40

I'll check it out. Ty mcar Dec 2023 #50

👍😊 Hope22 Dec 2023 #54

That stupid fking story about Adam and Eve was the birthplace of misogyny. OMGWTF Dec 2023 #38

The talking snake MorbidButterflyTat Dec 2023 #65

Eve and Mary are the only two major women characters in those stupid mythologies. Sky Jewels Dec 2023 #79

please, please, please ... Rise Up!! sarchasm Dec 2023 #16

Why hasn't DownriverDem Dec 2023 #18

They are kept poor. The man has his knee on their neck. onecaliberal Dec 2023 #31

Perhaps she is willing to be the test case RandomNumbers Dec 2023 #35

I wonder as well. Abigail_Adams Dec 2023 #49

Why haven't you? WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2023 #60

We think we understand Marthe48 Dec 2023 #19

That is so true MorbidButterflyTat Dec 2023 #67

As bad as those Republican men are in Texas, none of them could have been elected without a lot of women voting for them patphil Dec 2023 #20

K&R, with a note that we men certainly bear no less responsibility than women do. n/t Mister Ed Dec 2023 #21

Lots of reasons drmeow Dec 2023 #29

"THEIR abortion is DIFFERENT . . . " Collimator Dec 2023 #73

Unconscionable IndyPepper Dec 2023 #32

This is some serious bullshit. And I quote, flashman13 Dec 2023 #34

The life is already lost.... I fucking hate these pricks. onecaliberal Dec 2023 #57

It's monstrous MorbidButterflyTat Dec 2023 #69

How about framing abortion as self defense in Texas? world wide wally Dec 2023 #42

The life under republican control. republianmushroom Dec 2023 #44

Women are human, and being such... The Unmitigated Gall Dec 2023 #53

your last sentence is missing a word and says the opposite of what happened Kali Dec 2023 #56

Republicans are all in for the subjugation and abuse of women dlk Dec 2023 #72

Taking women's rights away, bit by bit, is certainly one way to do it. calimary Dec 2023 #76

More like 3rd class. Sky Jewels Dec 2023 #80

Yep. That's more accurate. calimary Dec 2023 #81

Women bdamomma Dec 2023 #87

Abso-freakin'-lutely! calimary Dec 2023 #100

We are already there dlk Dec 2023 #96

Which is why we have to overwhelm 'em at voting time. calimary Dec 2023 #99

Exactly dlk Dec 2023 #103

Strength in numbers bdamomma Dec 2023 #104

A woman once expressed apathy to abortion laws. Yet when she was pregnant she kept it secret Demovictory9 Dec 2023 #74

👆👆👆👆👆 Rebl2 Dec 2023 #83

I don't get the stay swong19104 Dec 2023 #97

It's the christian nut jobs (Dominionist) behind this shit, and just about everything else the repugs Hotler Dec 2023 #101