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I'm going to express my opinion on this matter, and I'm not going to respond to comments because I've had A LOT of exposure to this topic, and I'm only posting for those who want real advice.

My mother would take me to protests to speak out against Planned Parenthood (PP). I remember these rallies vividly, especially since I would directly ask people why they wanted to kill babies (I was 5).  My mom believed they threw away baby carcasses in the dumpster and wouldn't let me near them.  She would then show me pictures of aborted fetuses, usually the "vacuum" method.

I also feel the need to say my father worked in Hospice and watched A LOT of infants die throughout my own childhood.  This was very hard on him, and for much of my childhood he was cold, distant, and angry.

As I've matured, I've read about miscarriage rates, the amount of infants who've died because of disease, the reality that my grandfather's first wife could have lived if she had an abortion, and that my mother's own disability is probably due to the births my brother and I put her through.

Oh yeah, and the bible's pro-abortion messages (yep, the bible is actually pretty pro-abortion, you're allowed to kill a baby up to about 6 months of age according to God).

Ultimately, I feel this game hits it right.  When you carry a child, you have hopes for what your child will be.  But the reality is, nature doesn't care. And until you've been in the position to watch a child or loved one die due to a poor pregnancy, you don't get to have an opinion, period.

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Wow Boolean, that was a story. Thank you for sharing it with us. It's a complicated topic and it can be hard to find easy answers. But I think your voice is good for this discussion. How it is in the place where you are living? 

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I moved to a primarily blue state where there are a lot less protests and more open minded people. My immediate family will not talk to me about the topic,  but my nieces and nephews have opened up to me about their pro-choice journeys,  so I can be a shoulder for them. 

If I may piggyback on what you said about "easy answers" though.  My transition was not easy.  And that's the biggest reason I share these tough stories.  I don't think there is an easy answer because every abortion is for different reasons.  That's part of why I like this game, it illustrates that very fact.

Life was never a gaurantee. People with uteruses still die during childbirth, a lot.  Children died consistently from disease,  and Anti vaxxers brought back those very diseases. People have forgotten this. Abortion was never a way to end life,  but help save it,  and you can't claim to be pro-life and anti-abortion.

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" until you've been in the position to watch a child or loved one die due to a poor pregnancy, you don't get to have an opinion, period." 

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because obviously being emotionally invested in something makes you make a better decision


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u can undest bcs u not be that gne gne...

people have empathy and can understand a situation and reason about it


3) you can't have an opinion ... democracy and everything around it don't agree


4) beliefs and the Bible are irrelevant


5) i haven't noiticed that was posted 2 years ago