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MineralMan

(148,180 posts)
Thu Dec 20, 2018, 02:10 PM Dec 2018

Somewhere, this very minute, a young woman is dying from a complication [View all]

of pregnancy. A woman who did not want to become pregnant, but who did not have access to the means to prevent that pregnancy or terminate it. Whatever minute you read this, this is true.

You know who to thank for that sad fact, too. No institution other than religion has set up or pushed for such rules. It is a simple thing to understand. Where Christianity is the dominant religion, the blame is on Christianity. Where other religions promote such control over women's lives, the blame is on those religions.

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K&R!!!!! Ernesto Dec 2018 #1
But Boston Atheists were mean to a Trumpist Act_of_Reparation Dec 2018 #2
Weirdest thing ever in this group. MineralMan Dec 2018 #3
Poverty is a huge factor. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #4
hey... uriel1972 Dec 2018 #5
Yeah, whatabout that Major Nikon Dec 2018 #6
Why should poverty have anything to do with denying MineralMan Dec 2018 #7
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