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Tue May-03-05 03:46 AM
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DU this poll: "Should foster kids be allowed to abort pregnancy?" |
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Tue May-03-05 03:51 AM
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what they're doing in FL. Forcing a child to have a child. The circumstances could be rape, molestation, etc. And who's to say what effects having a child at that age would do to both the mother and the child.
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Tue May-03-05 04:11 AM
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2. I love the idiot who voted |
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I'm not sure. I don't understand people who do that. Vote yes, no or don't vote.
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Tue May-03-05 04:15 AM
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Yes. They're in charge of their bodies and what happens to it. 36 votes (86%) No. They're too young to decide on issues like that. 5 votes (12%) I'm not sure. 1 votes (2%) 42 people have voted so far
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Tue May-03-05 04:27 AM
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4. Well that's more MSM at it's finest ... |
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Love how they got this language thing down to a frickin science:
Should foster children be granted permission to have abortions? Yes. They're in charge of their bodies and what happens to it. 43 votes (88%) No. They're too young to decide on issues like that. 5 votes (10%) I'm not sure. 1 votes (2%) 49 people have voted so far
Your vote was Yes. They're in charge of their bodies and what happens to it. on 5/3/2005 5:25 am
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Tue May-03-05 04:42 AM
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5. The response choices are too simplistic but I voted yes anyway |
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A foster child is not "in charge of her own body" or she wouldn't be thirteen years old and pregnant.
However, as I've noted before at DU, she's way, way too young to be having a baby at all, and not just emotionally. At her age there's a much higher risk of maternal death or injury, and a much higher risk of extremely premature birth, defect, or death of the infant.
This qualifies hands down as a medical reason for an abortion: as in, "the life and health of the mother are in danger."
But I don't expect the extreme religious right to understand that. Her pregnancy is also evidence of statutory rape of a minor. Are any of the brilliant, moral minds of Florida pursuing that angle, or are they too busy punishing this little girl?
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Tue May-03-05 05:33 AM
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6. 71 out of 79 total votes |
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said that a child in foster care should have control over their own body.
In Florida, that would be the only person in control, as their DCF section appears to lose kids quite a bit....
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Tue May-03-05 05:37 AM
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Should foster children be granted permission to have abortions? Yes. They're in charge of their bodies and what happens to it. 75 votes (88%) No. They're too young to decide on issues like that. 7 votes (8%) I'm not sure. 3 votes (4%)
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Tue May-03-05 06:56 AM
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8. 88% saying yes when I clicked "respond." |
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Only 138 people have responded so far, though, including me.
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Tue May-03-05 06:58 AM
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Should foster children be granted permission to have abortions? Yes. They're in charge of their bodies and what happens to it. 125 votes (89%) No. They're too young to decide on issues like that. 13 votes (9%) I'm not sure. 3 votes (2%) 141 people have voted so far
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Tue May-03-05 07:55 AM
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10. I think we should actually ask the question of... |
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how did a 13 year old become pregnant? I wonder if it was from the foster system? Is the system trying to protect someone?
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Tue May-03-05 10:06 AM
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11. Done: 83% yes, 14% No |
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Should foster children be granted permission to have abortions? Yes. They're in charge of their bodies and what happens to it. 277 votes (83%) No. They're too young to decide on issues like that. 47 votes (14%) I'm not sure. 8 votes (2%)
332 people have voted so far Your vote was Yes. They're in charge of their bodies and what happens to it. on 5/3/2005 11:06 am
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