Should women who get abortion be eligible for the draft?

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  1. kazenatsu

    kazenatsu Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Should a woman who gets an abortion be eligible for the draft?

    With all this modern talk about gender equality and possibly making women eligible to have to go to war, just like men, maybe we should consider this proposal as a sort of middle ground compromise.

    Conservatives tend to believe women should not go to war. Progressives say they want to create absolute gender equality. Well, okay, what better way to send progressive women off to war while allowing conservative women to stay at home and do their pro-life gestational duties?

    Conservatives tend to be reluctant about the idea of sending women off to war, since it could be dangerous for them. But, for women who've committed abortion, sounds like this could be just punishment.

    If pro-choice women do not want to save the life growing inside of them, perhaps they can save lives in other ways.
     
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    FreshAir Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    everyone should have to sign up for the draft

    the problem right now is so many men are not healthy enough to be drafted even if needed
     
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    So, who looks after their OTHER kids?

    ANNND once more it is proven that underpinning “abortions is eeeeebil is the false idea that the one women seeking abortions are slutty young teens who will be single mothers

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    60% have at least one child already
     
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    No-one 'signs' up for the draft. That's a contradiction in terms.
     
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    You post is based on a logical fallacy i.e. that the only legitimate way anyone can act to 'save lives' is to volunteer for (presumably) front line duty in the armed forces. In reality countless men and women do this every day as part of their carers or indirectly as a result of those careers.

    In your own country, every single day EMS workers (both male and female) do their utmost to save lives. As do Police Officers, Doctors and Nurses. There are thousands, if not millions of scientists, engineers and other specialists working as I write on projects that will 'save lives'. I could go on, but whats the point?
     
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    it's called registering for the draft, but all men over the age of 18 have too
     
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    Sort of my point.
     
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    FreshAir Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    in the modern age, not sure why anyone has to register, as they know who we are... could just be automatic

    I think it was more for other reasons than just getting a list though, more to change minds
     
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    Punish women for having a legal medical procedure ??? Misogyny at it's best.




    Hardly "modern"...it's been talked about for years..

    Women have gone to war for thousands of years....AND remember, it's the righties who do NOT think women are capable of fighting.




    IF you want women to act just like men then they should retain their right to bodily autonomy JUST LIKE MEN and abortion shouldn't be banned.






    LOL, and what about the conservative women who


    A. had an abortion.


    B. want to join the armed forces

    C. don't want to stay home and do nothing but breed for a man




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    Baloney.......funny how YOU like the idea .....

    Why should women be punished for having an abortion?

    Why do you dwell on punishing women?


    If ANY woman doesn't want to gestate they can get an abortion.....NO one is under obligation to save lives....


    How have YOU saved lives lately???
     
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    ???? Women should be required to the same as men.....can't stomach that....THEN ELIMINATE IT ALTOGETHER, PERIOD!!!!
     
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    The point was, if females are going to made eligible for the draft, we could start with this group.
    Rather than being an idea in favor of instituting a female draft, it was more of an idea for compromise and cutting back, if females were ever to be made eligible, and there was a big push towards that direction.

    Besides, these days it's becoming much more common for fathers to take care of children instead of the mother.

    Presumably women who've gotten abortions will statistically be likelier to have fewer children than those who haven't.

    Oh, also one more little plus: if the woman gets raped on the battlefield getting an abortion won't be that big of a deal for her.
     
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    kazenatsu Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    If we sent all the women who've gotten abortions off to Afghanistan, imagine how much of an improvement that could create for women's rights over there. It could benefit millions of women.
     
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    kazenatsu Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Men have an obligation to save lives... Just saying...
     
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    LOL Ya, we did real well in Afghanistan....LOL (sarcasm alert)
     
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    Who said so? Where? When?....and why only men????
     
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    Why a total load of sexist, misogynistic claptrap...


    Thank you for proving once again that Anti-Choicers care only about punishing women...and don't give a damn about a fetus :)
     
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    I agree.
     
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    kazenatsu Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Well, why can't we have a compromise? Somewhere in between how things are now and how they "should be".

    We don't have to only support proposals that we entirely agree with 100%.
    We can also support proposals that, although we may not agree with them entirely, will get us closer towards where we want to go.

    For those who believe "women should be eligible just like men", this proposal elaborated in this thread would probably be palatable to many conservatives and have an easier and more realistic chance of getting passed.

    It's also fair, in a way. Women would be able to pick and choose which duties they wanted to fulfill.
    We keep hearing from the pro-choice side "Men will never know what it's like to be a woman; this is a woman's issue". Well okay then, how about give these women a choice whether they want to be treated like a woman or treated like a man.
     
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    This has to be one of THE almost insensitive hideous idiotic statements I have ever seen on this board and THAT a is saying something
     
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    kazenatsu said:
    The point was, if females are going to made eligible for the draft, we could start with this group.
    Rather than being an idea in favor of instituting a female draft, it was more of an idea for compromise and cutting back, if females were ever to be made eligible, and there was a big push towards that direction.

    Besides, these days it's becoming much more common for fathers to take care of children instead of the mother.

    Presumably women who've gotten abortions will statistically be likelier to have fewer children than those who haven't.

    Oh, also one more little plus: if the woman gets raped on the battlefield getting an abortion won't be that big of a deal for her.""""""

    :applause::applause::applause::applause: Sure does highlight the misogyny of Anti-Choicers....
     
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    Well, don't you think it's a very very bad idea to be forcing pro-life women out on a battlefield? (especially some place like the Middle East)

    You're not able to see how, in the unfortunate event of something like a pregnancy resulting from sexual assault after being captured, that would be so much worse for them?
     
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    Why do you think it's bad to force Pro-life women but enjoy other women being forced?


    BTW, did you know that sexism and misogyny are wrong ?

    They are as wrong as racism....

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    Well... if a woman's already had five abortions, it's a fair chance that one more additional sexual encounter won't be all that "unimaginable".

    You don't want to admit it, but just admit there's a difference here.
     
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    Why are you diving women into “pro-life and “pro-choice”?
    Unwanted pregnancy is not the only adverse outcome of rape. Are you not aware that trauma both physical and psychological can and do accompany rape?
     
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    No one should have to sign up for the draft... I have no idea why you post this question in the abortion sub and not in the Women's Rights sub though since I cannot find any connection at all between the two issues... Other than you seeing the draft as a punishment and looking for ways to punish women who have had abortions of course.

    Pfffft. Everyone can see through she bs you are spitting here. You want to punish women who have abortions.

    Not because they care about women or have any concern for Individual Rights, but rather because they are just as collectivist as the Left and think women, as a group, are too weak and cute to be in battle.

    What about Republican women who have abortions?

    Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, called it! :laughing:

    Only life that is their responsibility is their own and if they do not want motherhood, abortion is the right thing to do and if they do not want to be soldiers, no one should force them to be.
     
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