International Women's Day Strike In Capital Federal

[nikad]

I would have loved to go but I do not support abortion ( nothing to do with religion ).

 

[jantango]

Those supporting a woman's right to a safe and legal abortion will meet at Bme Mitre and Callao at 16,30 hs and join the march. I'll be carrying this message: SAFE AND LEGAL ABORTION ON DEMAND and STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN.

This is my first march ever. I decided what I wanted to say on a large sign that I'll carry. I went to the stationary shop to buy the materials I need -- a white poster board and a black dry marker.

It's not to late to make yours. Draw your message in pencil on the folded poster board. Use the marker to make it readable. Tape the top and side edges closed with wide tape. Insert a plastic broom handle inside the fold and tape it to the posterboard. Seal the bottom edge with more tape. You have a sign with handle to carry during the march from Congress at 17 hs to the Plaza de Mayo with thousands of women.

 

[camberiu]

I would have loved to go but I do not support abortion ( nothing to do with religion ).

Hey, don't ruin the narrative. We are told that every woman must support abortion.

I have ambiguous feelings on abortion, but nothing to do with religion. I think abortion is acceptable up to a certain point of fetal development. But I do not support unrestricted and unconditional abortion rights. To me, aborting a 7 month baby with a defined and developed central nervous system murder. Aborting a bunch of cells without a clearly discernible central nervous system is not.
Claiming that a fetus is not a person until birth is as absurd as to claim that a human life starts at conception.

 

[RodalfoWalsh]

I have ambiguous feelings on abortion, but nothing to do with religion. I think abortion is acceptable up to a certain point of fetal development. But I do not support unrestricted and unconditional abortion rights. To me, aborting a 7 month baby with a defined and developed central nervous system murder. Aborting a bunch of cells without a clearly discernible central nervous system is not.
Claiming that a fetus is not a person until birth is as absurd as to claim that a human life starts at conception.

Every fetus develops differently there are only two lines you can draw which are not completely arbitrary. Conception and Birth.

 

[Somewhereinba]

I used to be all for abortion however have changed my views after having a child and researching the development of the fetus. I'm sorry but once you can detect a heart beat (close to 6 weeks) then it goes from being a bunch of cells to a living being. I would only support abortion under extreme cases like rape. We consider something 'dead' when it no longer has a heart beat for a sustained period.

 

[RodalfoWalsh]

I would only support abortion under extreme cases like rape.

Do you recognize the ridiculousness of that? Seriously. That is the typical bullshit sexist answer.

If you think abortion is murder then how is murdering an innocent baby begotten by rape acceptable? There is no difference between the fetuses. The only difference is how justified you feel in forcing a woman to undergo pregnancy against her will.

Product of Rape = "That wasn't her fault, let's let her off", Product of Consensual Sex = "That slut needs to learn that actions have consequences"

 

[Somewhereinba]

Do you recognize the ridiculousness of that? Seriously. That is the typical bullshit sexist answer.

If you think abortion is murder then how is murdering an innocent baby begotten by rape acceptable? There is no difference between the fetuses. The only difference is how justified you feel in forcing a woman to undergo pregnancy against her will.

Product of Rape = "That wasn't her fault, let's let her off", Product of Consensual Sex = "That slut needs to learn that actions have consequences"

A woman who has been raped should be responsible enough to take a morning after pill and ensure that if she becomes pregnant and wants it aborted it should be done as quickly as possible before it develops and has a heart beat. I do not support abortion by a rape victim if they neglected to do everything in their power to find out if they were pregnant and act early on before the fetus developed (heart beat and brain development).

Lets be clear that women today who have the opportunity to abort using the latest methods also have the ability to use contraception, take a morning after pill and ensure if they do fall pregnant it is aborted before heart and brain development. An ignorant woman who instead fails to stop the pregnancy at any of those opportunities and chooses to abort later on after heart and brain development is sick and mentally damaged.

 

[RodalfoWalsh]

A woman who has been raped should be responsible enough to take a morning after pill and ensure that if she becomes pregnant and wants it aborted it should be done as quickly as possible before it develops and has a heart beat. I do not support abortion by a rape victim if they neglected to do everything in their power to find out if they were pregnant and act early on before the fetus developed (heart beat and brain development).

Lets be clear that women today who have the opportunity to abort using the latest methods also have the ability to use contraception, take a morning after pill and ensure if they do fall pregnant it is aborted before heart and brain development. An ignorant woman who instead fails to stop the pregnancy at any of those opportunities and chooses to abort later on after heart and brain development is sick and mentally damaged.

Ok so as long as you recognize your ideas are centered around the woman and her "responsibility" and not the baby's life, because that doesn't change at all between rape victims and non rape victims.

 

[jeff1234]

I believe that there are times when putting the word 'life' above everything else is wrong, cruel and idiotic:

-church groups that are strongly against birth control or the sale of morning after pills because they believe that semen and ova together are 'potential life'.

-requiring a woman to let a few unwanted cells become a fetus to be carried, then become a baby that needs to be cared for, then a child that needs to be nourished.

-requiring a family to add a severely damaged child.

-promoting violence against doctors and nurses because you are 'pro-life'

While I'm on the subject, people who are suffering and who will probably never get well, should not be required to stay alive just because some loudmouths think that these poor people are a 'life', not a sentient human with the right to end their own suffering.

 

[jantango]

Those supporting a woman's right to a safe and legal abortion will meet at Bme Mitre and Callao at 16,30 hs and join the march. I'll be carrying this message: SAFE AND LEGAL ABORTION ON DEMAND and STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN.

This is my first march ever. I decided what I wanted to say on a large sign that I'll carry. I went to the stationary shop to buy the materials I need -- a white poster board and a black dry marker.

It's not to late to make yours. Draw your message in pencil on the folded poster board. Use the marker to make it readable. Tape the top and side edges closed with wide tape. Insert a plastic broom handle inside the fold and tape it to the posterboard. Seal the bottom edge with more tape. You have a sign with handle to carry during the march from Congress at 17 hs to the Plaza de Mayo with thousands of women.

I arrived around 2:30 at Congress where I joined a mother and her two daughters, all holding signs for women's rights. They were interviewed and photographed by news media. A five-year-old somehow attracted attention. She was quiet and calm throughout the afternoon. I stood and watched as the crowd grew larger as the time for the march approached. I don't like noise, but it didn't bother me. I was there for a reason.

All I can say is it was a nice experience being with the group of women I joined at Bme Mitre and Callao. We all wore green scarves with these words -- CAMPANA NACIONAL POR EL DERECHO AL ABORTO LEGAL, SEGURO Y GRATUITO. Educacion sexual para decidir, anticonceptivos para no abortar, aborto legal para no morir. The leaders kept us together and had us singing songs they wrote for the event. It was wonderful being with so many young women who support this campaign. There was a young mother with her three children walking with us; her youngest daughter is one year old and wore the scarf on her head. A leader had the foresight to start walking down Hipolito Irygogen to the start of Avenida de Mayo. This way we bypassed lots of groups standing along Rivadavia. The walk was slow and the afternoon sun was hot. We slowly made our way down to the other side of Nuevo de Julio. Afternoon traffic was rerouted around the march. I decided to leave at march at this point. I was out of water after five hours and hadn't eaten since the morning.

It was a peaceful march, and lots of people were along the route observing and taking photos.

Was anyone else on this forum at the march?