2018 March for Life Social Media Snark Thread

[Destiny]

I think the only inappropriate ad that's ever really floored me was a pro-Trump ad during the election. I'm glad they wasted money, but it definitely proved the limits of current technology to me. (I suppose the "equal air time" thing might have played into that one.)

It’s like Google bot doesn’t even go here! (Or maybe it only read one of the many iterations of PPS’ posts?)

[smittykins]

I once got an ad for the NRA in a gun-control thread.

[Toothfairy]

Hey guys. I just want to say I'm upper class. I can pay for an abortion by going to my doctor or a private clinic. No questions asked. My state is liberal. Well parts of it. We have put of state women coming here all the time for abortionsbecause they are easier to get. Also, as a foster and adoptive parents stop saying just give it up for adoption. We have many kids waiting to be adopted and women aren't incubators to fulfill a need. Most women who don't abort parent. Maybe prevent the need for aborting in the first place. 

Talking to kids about sex is evil but talking about abortion is fine. 

[dairyfreelife]

1 hour ago, smittykins said:

I once got an ad for the NRA in a gun-control thread.

I got an ad for PureFlix.com on a video with atheists talking about science and evolution once. Ads are funny like that sometimes. 

[47of74]

I always want to show up to these things with a mobile blood donation vehicle and set up a sign with the old Red Cross motto "give the gift of life" and see how many pro-lifers are willing to donate. 

Or go around with a bucket asking for funds for victims of gun violence and their families. Or victims of sexual assault. I bet cash money the Reich to life types will scatter at the first sign of it.

I fucking loathe these Reich to life idiots. One of the most liberating things about leaving the Roman Church was no longer having to pretend I liked them.

[Black Aliss]

On 1/17/2018 at 2:53 PM, Toothfairy said:

Omg. I'm excited. I hope it snows. 

Rememer when Donald Trump said he will ban abortion. Well it' been a year

I wonder how many abortions he's (or his father) paid for andr "encouraged" women to have since he first became sexually active.

On 1/18/2018 at 11:25 AM, EmiGirl said:

I will say it again:

I will gladly eat a sock if someone can prove he has never ever paid for or offered to pay for an abortion. 

I will eat the other one from that pair.

[Briefly]

On 1/17/2018 at 4:53 PM, Toothfairy said:

Omg. I'm excited. I hope it snows. 

Rememer when Donald Trump said he will ban abortion. Well it' been a year

I am pro-life in the sense that I would not personally have an abortion. But I'm not going to make that decision for anyone else.  I remember when he said that, and I wondered just how he thought he would manage it.  It's a law that it be available, I don't think it would be easily undone.  I have a few questions for him, for one thing is he going to personally go stand at the door of every clinic? Is he going to help each woman/family that makes that decision because they feel they have no other option? It's not up to him!

Also, I did see an article that reported he wanted his then-wife to abort at least one of their children.  But I guess that is different, because it's him? He is, among other things, a huge hypocrite.

[Toothfairy]

Abortion will will never be illegal. The republicans use abortion for votes. Look at gay marriage. Do they complain about it like they use to? Even if abortion is illegal, women who miscarry will be jailed too. I mean a D&C is an abortion.

[mydoggoskeeper]

Frankly, I saw more people in Caps jerseys than Pro-life gear yesterday.  I saw a few priests and Notre Dame students wandering about but it was pretty light for a protest.  

[47of74]

12 hours ago, Black Aliss said:

I wonder how many abortions he's (or his father) paid for andr "encouraged" women to have since he first became sexually active.

Probably more than a few.  Seems to me that many of these reich to life types are all opposed to abortion when it involves other people, but when it's someone they got preggers outside of marriage all that opposition goes away.

Guys like Tim Murphy or Scott DesJarlais immediately come to mind here.

[HereticHick]

So is there any social media indication of any Bates attending the DC March? Its kinda odd if none of them went.

[dramallama]

17 hours ago, Black Aliss said:

I wonder how many abortions he's (or his father) paid for andr "encouraged" women to have since he first became sexually active.

I will eat the other one from that pair.

I will consume an entire shoe store if it's not AT LEAST half a dozen.

[Toothfairy]

This always pisses me off. Don't abort the child could cure cancer. But what if a poor child or a foster child wants to cure cancer? They can't do that because they don't have resources. You cut resources. And what if the child turns out to be a mass murderer? 

 

Also, taking care of kids with a disability is hard. Due to budget cuts many families can't get their child help. 

 

 

Someone please tell me how one survived an abortion? Most prolifers  are lying through their teeth ehen they talk about abortion. Babies aren't ripped apart or aborted at 9 months. 

[Briefly]

7 hours ago, Toothfairy said:

Someone please tell me how one survived an abortion? Most prolifers  are lying through their teeth ehen they talk about abortion. Babies aren't ripped apart or aborted at 9 months. 

 

The person I know is a surviving twin, where the mother didn't know she was carrying twins.  One was aborted, the other was carried to term. The mother realized after the abortion that she was still pregnant.  I don't know how common it is, but it does happen sometimes.

[Alisamer]

On January 19, 2018 at 10:56 PM, Black Aliss said:

I wonder how many abortions he's (or his father) paid for andr "encouraged" women to have since he first became sexually active.

I will eat the other one from that pair.

IMO he's anti-abortion for exactly 2 reasons:

1 - it gets him votes from pro-lifers who will overlook anything else ever if he just says "sure, I'll ban abortion. Pay no attention to that long line of mistresses and porn stars rolling their eyes."

and

2 - he's rich. If anyone associated with him wants an abortion they can and will get one, no matter whether it's legal or not. Private doctors, hush money, "vacations" out of the country where abortion is available... there are plenty of ways the super-wealthy can get abortions, no matter whether they are legal or not, and they're generally way safer than the ways poorer people can get them when they aren't legal. 

[Black Aliss]

On 1/21/2018 at 6:43 AM, Toothfairy said:

Someone please tell me how one survived an abortion? Most prolifers  are lying through their teeth ehen they talk about abortion. Babies aren't ripped apart or aborted at 9 months. 

 

Her sign says she survived her "mother's abortion appt.". Presumably her mother made an appointment to terminate the pregnancy but didn't keep it. Well, lah-di-dah!

[AmericanRose]

https://www.popsugar.com/moms/Donald-Trump-Says-Baby-Born-Ninth-Month-Wrong-44512821?utm_campaign=desktop_share&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=popsugar

 

I was originally horrified that he was speaking at the March. Now I'm just embarrassed. Can I pretend to be Canadian?

[Briefly]

23 hours ago, AmericanRose said:

https://www.popsugar.com/moms/Donald-Trump-Says-Baby-Born-Ninth-Month-Wrong-44512821?utm_campaign=desktop_share&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=popsugar

 

I was originally horrified that he was speaking at the March. Now I'm just embarrassed. Can I pretend to be Canadian?

I'm pretty much horrified every time he opens his mouth!

[HereticHick]

I'm beginning to think that NO Bates or Duggars attended the DC March Against Choice this year

[nickelodeon]

Yeah, it's weird that IBLP booked the Bates to be at the "Family Week" conference and the Duggars to be in Australia/NZ on the same weekend as the March for Life. Which I assume is a pretty big event for fundies who want to let loose once a year, schmooze with like-minded bigots, and subvert their suppressed rage by yelling at strangers.

[Toothfairy]

On 1/23/2018 at 8:43 PM, AmericanRose said:

https://www.popsugar.com/moms/Donald-Trump-Says-Baby-Born-Ninth-Month-Wrong-44512821?utm_campaign=desktop_share&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=popsugar

 

I was originally horrified that he was speaking at the March. Now I'm just embarrassed. Can I pretend to be Canadian?

Yes you can. Canada is a few hours away from my house. 

I'm shocked big name fundies weren't there. 

On 1/23/2018 at 5:02 PM, Alisamer said:

IMO he's anti-abortion for exactly 2 reasons:

1 - it gets him votes from pro-lifers who will overlook anything else ever if he just says "sure, I'll ban abortion. Pay no attention to that long line of mistresses and porn stars rolling their eyes."

and

2 - he's rich. If anyone associated with him wants an abortion they can and will get one, no matter whether it's legal or not. Private doctors, hush money, "vacations" out of the country where abortion is available... there are plenty of ways the super-wealthy can get abortions, no matter whether they are legal or not, and they're generally way safer than the ways poorer people can get them when they aren't legal. 

Many republicans votedfor Trump because he is pro-life. Gotta save the babies. 

 

Many prolifers don' realiaze rich women and rich / upper class people will always abort. They have money. I can pay out of pocket for my daughter's  to abort. No questions asked. So banning abortion means poor people can't get safe ones. 

[Hane]

Several months ago, my UU church hosted a panel discussion to which we invited community leaders who are people of color. The point was for us (a majority-white congregation) to listen to what they had to say. One Puerto Rican town councilor, an evangelical Christian, expressed frustration over low-income evangelicals voting against their own interests: He cited statistics indicating that 86% of evangelicals voted for Trump, overwhelmingly because they saw him as anti-abortion. “Pro-life” continues to be a single-issue voting priority 45 years after Roe v. Wade.

[FundieFarmer]

I’m the family black sheep here because I believe that “pro-life” is unsustainable unless the child is going to be cared for through their childhood, with a good family and not thrown into a situation where mom & dad weren’t prepared. Otherwise, we’re only advocating for birth and tossing life out. When someone says they’re “pro-life”, I usually correct to “pro-birth”.

The solution to this is more sex ed, providing contraception, etc. “But people shouldn’t have sex before they’re married anyway so that’s not my problem.” Shut up Karen, it is too. Because then you bitch about welfare and PP and WIC because you wanted the babies born instead of supplying preventive measures. Cut your bullshit.

[Ozlsn]

8 hours ago, FundieFarmer said:

I’m the family black sheep here because I believe that “pro-life” is unsustainable unless the child is going to be cared for through their childhood, with a good family and not thrown into a situation where mom & dad weren’t prepared. Otherwise, we’re only advocating for birth and tossing life out. When someone says they’re “pro-life”, I usually correct to “pro-birth”.

The solution to this is more sex ed, providing contraception, etc. “But people shouldn’t have sex before they’re married anyway so that’s not my problem.” Shut up Karen, it is too. Because then you bitch about welfare and PP and WIC because you wanted the babies born instead of supplying preventive measures. Cut your bullshit.

And even if they're married - contraception and sex ed are still useful. Not all marriages last, not all couples have the resources to house and feed lots of children, most couples want to be able to space children. I really don't understand this "sex ed teaches kids to want sex" mentality, let alone the "we're pro-life so we won't support contraception". 

[imokit]

On 21/01/2018 at 2:43 PM, Toothfairy said:

 

 

Actually with the late term abortions (the ones they hate the most) which are normally due to foetal disability, some of those babies would be dead.  There are horrific stories of mums knowing they have a diagnosis incompatible with life such as anencephaly (no brain) and having to carry to term and go through labour to hold their baby in their arms while it dies, because they couldn't get an abortion.

Also some families who got an awful diagnosis which was compatible with life, but still awful and couldn't get/didn't want an abortion do hold their babies and 5 year olds who've known nothing but pain and have minimal quality of life and wish they'd had an abortion.

Some mums with normal babies and children, look back and wish they'd had an abortion because how ever much they love their child, that pregnancy was the tipping point for a family on the edge to spiral into poverty or domestic violence or other nasty circumstances.

 

Most people attending the march, have enough affluence that they can travel to DC and stay there, they would probably make an unplanned pregnancy work.  They're not representative of the general population,