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I'm generaly opposed to plastic surgery on children when there's no medical need. There's a growing voice in America advocating letting boys chose for themselves when they turn 18. There are pros and cons on both sides of keeping the forskin and having it removed.
 
I don't believe I said anything about the public interest.

I said it, like all medical procedures, is the public's business.
How are you defining the OP's use of 'business' in this context?
 
How are you defining the OP's use of 'business' in this context?
I don't know what you're asking. It's a pretty common phrase, "non of your business", or "mind your business", braking it down may be overthinking. Voters should be informed on topics so we can support or oppose policy. Knowing the reasons why people seek various medical procedures is part of that. I hope that answers your question.
 
I'm generaly opposed to plastic surgery on children when there's no medical need.
But why do you think your opinion about such should apply to everyone?

There's a growing voice in America advocating letting boys chose for themselves when they turn 18. There are pros and cons on both sides of keeping the forskin and having it removed.
This is an observation of a trend, not a reason it should be anyone else’s business. It’s certainly not the government’s business to make such decisions. Same with abortion.
 
I don't know what you're asking. It's a pretty common phrase, "non of your business", or "mind your business", braking it down may be overthinking. Voters should be informed on topics so we can support or oppose policy. Knowing the reasons why people seek various medical procedures is part of that. I hope that answers your question.
Well, do you believe that the public must be required to know who and why any particular woman seeks an abortion?
 
You cant stop people from having sex...historically not possible...and accidents do happen since no bc is 100% effective.

So what you are doing in denying women abortions is creating single mothers. Just let me know that you realize that, OK? You are creating the very thing that you are sitting there typing away at, denigrating...and yet would deny them the means to avoid it. :rolleyes:

The right blames many of society's ills on single mothers...and yet here you are, proposing foisting more on society :rolleyes: More illogic.

People arent going to stop having sex...you are using that excuse to hide your own judgmental agenda behind. And as you continue disrespecting women, you illogically want these "irresponsible" women to now raise children. :rolleyes:

Your posts dont include a single sensible premise.

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I would never want to stop people from having sex.
Sex is the dessert of life.
I raised both my children with this concept. Prohibition of thought never works. Ever.
Instead - you use common sense and inform the young.
It is the same with alcohol as an example. Teens are fascinated with it. They so much want to "act older" - but they have no inhibitions. So they drink till they are drunk over and over. And many are killed themselves, and kill others.
Instead - introduce alcohol when they are well before that stage. I did with my children at 12. Talked about how much better a pleasant buzz is than getting shit faced drunk. Both of them never drank much at all as teenagers. It was not a big deal to them, and peer pressure didn't work because I taught them about that as well.
Abortion is not the answer in dealing with unwanted pregnancies. Education and common sense - IS.
 
Well, do you believe that the public must be required to know who and why any particular woman seeks an abortion?
I think a responsible citizen would learn as much as they can about a topic before taking a position, and more importantly, be willing to change their position as new information becomes available...information like who seeks the procedure and why.

Information also helps burn away lies and propaganda, such as when the Right tries to say it's just poor black communities when in fact it's lower-middle class married white people; or when the Church tries to say it's just unbelievers when in fact the majority of women seeking an abortion identify as Christian.

Knowledge is power.
 
I think a responsible citizen would learn as much as they can about a topic before taking a position, and more importantly, be willing to change their position as new information becomes available...information like who seeks the procedure and why.

Information also helps burn away lies and propaganda, such as when the Right tries to say it's just poor black communities when in fact it's lower-middle class married white people; or when the Church tries to say it's just unbelievers when in fact the majority of women seeking an abortion identify as Christian.

Knowledge is power.
Seems you're referring to (otherwise anonymous) statistics rather than personal disclosures. The OP's reference to 'nobody's business' refers to the latter.

Do you agree that it's nobody's business as to the reason why any particular woman chooses an abortion? (As opposed to the procedure in general)

Seems you've misrepresented the OP due to this equivocation.
 
“But why do you think your opinion about such should apply to everyone?“
I care about the health and welfare of children.
How about that. Me too. Lots of people do. Most people. That does not mean that your opinion should determine how everyone else takes care of their children. That only means your opinion should apply to your own children.
 
By that logic, your opinion about my opinion only applies to what you do with your opinion and not what I do with my opinion :p :coffee:
That’s funny, but in all seriousness, personal liberty should remain personal. Not governmental. If you want a vasectomy or an abortion, it’s no one else’s business.
 
Public policy is what will protect her access to it, too.

To say abortion shouldn't be public policy is to say there should be no legal protection for it.
Naw, that doesn't fly. A lot of countries have a "right" to healthcare policies in their constitutions but the US or A isn't one of them. Abortion bans are oppressive, not protective. They're controlling and preventing reproductive care because conservatives have brought their religious bias into American politics and are using it against women.

Women are being treated like a child, or worse yet a pet.
 
Naw, that doesn't fly. A lot of countries have a "right" to healthcare policies in their constitutions but the US or A isn't one of them. Abortion bans are oppressive, not protective. They're controlling and preventing reproductive care because conservatives have brought their religious bias into American politics and are using it against women.

Women are being treated like a child, or worse yet a pet.
I agree and I make it my business by opposing anti-abortion policies.
 
“That’s funny, but in all seriousness, personal liberty should remain personal. Not governmental. If you want a vasectomy or an abortion, it’s no one else’s business.“
Thank you for sharing your opinion. I disagree.
That’s too bad. Whenever you or anyone in your family is contemplating either, you should put up a poll and have everyone reading weigh in.
 
OPs meme refers to the former, read his posts to me in this thread, he doesn't think anyone should be reading anonymous data.
Wrong. You seem confused.
The OP's Hari Sheldon posted twice since the OP, none to you, while not referencing anything close to what you're alluding to.
 
Wrong. You seem confused.
The OP's Hari Sheldon posted twice since the OP, none to you, while not referencing anything close to what you're alluding to.
Apparently I was confused on that. Thank you for the correction.

Just regarding the OP, a parody of statistical data...it refers to the former.
 
Apparently I was confused on that. Thank you for the correction.

Just regarding the OP, a parody of statistical data...it refers to the former.
No, it doesn't.
 
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