tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395646.post9061242727494692559..comments2024-03-06T19:21:15.708-05:00Comments on RealChoice: Call for information "safe" and "unsafe" definedChristina Duniganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04785550737493692252noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395646.post-36882791822616855602008-11-19T12:32:00.000-05:002008-11-19T12:32:00.000-05:00Yeah, it's definately a "Heads I win, tails you lo...Yeah, it's definately a "Heads I win, tails you loose" for them. If she's dead, well it was from "unsafe abortion" and they need more power and less oversight so they can promote "safe abortion". And if she survives, why fight "safe abortion"? Do you want women to DIE?!?!?!Christina Duniganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04785550737493692252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395646.post-78207542629481384902008-11-19T08:20:00.000-05:002008-11-19T08:20:00.000-05:00Christina,It seems that this is an obvious attempt...Christina,<BR/><BR/>It seems that this is an obvious attempt to obfuscate the real question. By no longer speaking of "legal" and "illegal" abortions, it becomes easy to say that every woman who dies at the hands of an abortionist is due to "unsafe" abortion, while every woman who does not die had a "safe" abortion.<BR/><BR/>See? in one fell swoop, all of what you do -- all the attention you draw to women who have died from abortions, legal or illegal, were because they were "unsafe" abortions, so all that needs to happen is to make abortions "safe" or "safer" and *poof* it disappears. The women who died from back-alley butchers are suddenly lumped in with the women who died at the hands of legal abortionists.<BR/><BR/>It would almost seem as if you've won the debate, by showing them that "legal" does not equate to "safe." Yet, of course, they cannot admit that you are right, so they change the terms of the debate. They probably recognize on some level what they are doing, but the average person will not. The typical man or woman on the street will hear "unsafe abortion" and assume "illegal", and hear "safe" and assume "legal." So they're playing the game of "heads, I win; tails, you lose." Sucks.<BR/><BR/>"Unsafe abortion" is one of the leading causes of maternal mortality around the world. Not having to classify these deaths as "unsafe legal" deaths or "unsafe illegal" deaths makes it easier. Just leave it for the ignorant guy or gal to assume that "unsafe" equals "illegal" and they win again.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10118292622669944944noreply@blogger.com