“Pregnant Iraqi women
By on Jun 19th, 2007 at 3:17 pm
“Pregnant Iraqi women
who have been forced from their homes by worsening violence are obtaining illegal abortions because they are unable to get medical care for themselves and their unborn, according to a new report by a national humanitarian group. … Rape, theft and drug addiction have also become ‘commonplace’ among the displaced.”
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In other words, all is going as planned.
June 19th, 2007 at 3:24 pmAll this must be happening before they greet us as liberators and throw flowers at our feet, right?
June 19th, 2007 at 3:25 pmAnd what do the family values crowd say about this? Or are pregnant Iraqi women different from American women?
June 19th, 2007 at 3:29 pmIs this simply just collateral damage?
I am a pro-choice person, I always have been, but the self-righteous and sanctimonious reichwingers who would deny women’s freedoms, and preach with authority and condemnation are full of hypocrisy.
That we have destroyed a country, and along with it their social, medical, economic, educational, political fabric, is all right with many of the self-righteous because they have no compassion for others who look, talk, and dress diffferently – and besides that, our oil is under their sand.
Bush is bringing ‘em the “American Way of Life”. Lots of American women find themselves in the same situation. God Bless America. Praise Jesus.
June 19th, 2007 at 3:29 pmIf only the abstinance classes could have taken hold. If only.
/sarc
June 19th, 2007 at 3:36 pmHeckuva job, chympie. Got any barbed wire layin around the ranch?
June 19th, 2007 at 3:36 pmYou could use a good colonic scraping to remove some of the stuff you’re full of.
The Repukes are responsible for forced abortions again.
Just as the were in the Marianas,
June 19th, 2007 at 3:40 pmBegin distraction protocol 1A1 immediately!
June 19th, 2007 at 3:47 pmBringing Red State family planning to the Middle East!
Yay, Freedumb™!
June 19th, 2007 at 3:51 pm.
‘I’m a war president’
‘I’m the decider’
‘I’m the commander guy’
‘Freedom, is on the march !’
Let there be swift justice for these war pigs.
June 19th, 2007 at 3:53 pmAnother sign of success in Bushworld.
June 19th, 2007 at 3:56 pmI was beginning to wonder when progressive “pro-aborts” would start making “choice” an Iraq issue…..
June 19th, 2007 at 4:21 pmThis is “liberation” according to The Decider and his sub-30%ers.
June 19th, 2007 at 4:27 pmIf only Valiant Anus had pro-choice parents…the world would have been a quieter, gentler place.
June 19th, 2007 at 4:39 pmOh please, don’t start crying how abortion is bad after defending it ‘on-demand’ for so long. Maybe these women aren’t lacking medical care….maybe they’re just liberated women…..their body..their choice. Go Feminism! LOL
June 19th, 2007 at 4:41 pmMore evidence of the Pro-Islamic bias in the media.
June 19th, 2007 at 4:51 pmHonestly who cares?
What about the 2 Million Christiands that were killed in the Sudan between 1982 and 2002?
The Muslims killed Christian Children and raped Christian woman!
Why the silence on that.
Don’t fgall for the Muslim controlled media!
Looks like the U.S. is successful in exporting another wonderful set of their Family Values to an unwilling partner.
June 19th, 2007 at 4:56 pmThank you, George and company.
The Church and Religious Right are very supportive of this action. Remember the these groups thought it was ok to kill babies of slaves if they didn’t look strong enough to work the fields. So under the Christian Bush policy at lease no more Iraq babies is a good thing. Fred Thompson must likely will look to over seeing that situation as he is in favor of getting rid of Woman’s Rights in the US. Like Mitt said who cares if the Mother dies or both Mother and child. Rape is ok too as far as the GOP is concerned. Now what is strange is the Religious GOP and Republicans think Fingers Foley molesting kids as he used the government website is another thing.
June 19th, 2007 at 5:11 pmI wonder how many more kids Fingers Foley has molested since he left his spay vacation other wise called treatment center.
I was beginning to wonder when progressive “pro-aborts†would start making “choice†an Iraq issue…..
Comment by valiant venus — June 19, 2007 @ 4:21 pm
No, you weren’t. You just stopped by to leave a pile of shit on top of these women’s miserable situation. You’re worse than a f*cking vulture picking the meat off the bones of the dead.
June 19th, 2007 at 5:30 pmDon’t fgall for the Muslim controlled media!
Comment by The Joker — June 19, 2007 @ 4:51 pm
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
AHH ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
Oh, The Joker – you truly live up to your name. Muslim controlled media indeed!
June 19th, 2007 at 7:47 pmWhat is an illegal abortion? The left says all are legal!
June 19th, 2007 at 7:48 pmWhat is an illegal abortion? The left says all are legal!
Comment by m12 — June 19, 2007 @ 7:48 pm
The kind performed without the help of a doctor. That’s an illegal abortion, and that’s what Iraqi women are resorting to because they can’t get adequate health care to bring their child safely to term.
June 19th, 2007 at 7:57 pmThe kind performed without the help of a doctor. That’s an illegal abortion, and that’s what Iraqi women are resorting to because they can’t get adequate health care to bring their child safely to term.
Good for them, exercising their right to an abortion. Quite silly really to require a doctor when it can be done by cheaper means. Pro-choice, right?
June 19th, 2007 at 8:06 pmGood for them, exercising their right to an abortion. Quite silly really to require a doctor when it can be done by cheaper means. Pro-choice, right?
Comment by m12 — June 19, 2007 @ 8:06 pm
Do you even have an ideology any more, or do you just pick talking points out of a hat and string them together?
June 19th, 2007 at 8:33 pmWhat is an illegal abortion? The left says all are legal!
Comment by m12 — June 19, 2007 @ 7:48 pm
As one of the biggest advocates of civility here, I must say go pound sand. Having worked with young people for my entire adult life, you clearly are clueless. No one want wants more abortions. We simply have seen the circumstances which make some abortion needed. Why not work toward a social service system which addresses the root causes of these problems rather than attacking the unpleasant but sometimes needed solution. I will let my own mother be the guide. She is in her seventies and saw what women of her era were subjected to. Although unpleasant, abortion is a private matter between a women and her medical provider. Otherwise let’s just line up the private flights for the rich to terminate the ackward dinner conversations while the have nots get preached to about morality
June 19th, 2007 at 8:56 pmI was beginning to wonder when progressive “pro-aborts†would start making “choice†an Iraq issue…..-valient megan methaphrdoite
spare us your faux intellectual curiosity, its quite obvious you dont think through the ramifications of either your beleifs or your words. those who oppose abortions are esentially saying that what the world needs is more unwanted children. ethically, there is no discernable difference between an early stage abortion and removing a tumour.
and the rest of you idiots yammering about “dont you like abortions”….when a woman is forced by circumstances to have an abortion, we think thats bad..see…we think women should have CHOICES about what she continues to have attached to her body.
June 19th, 2007 at 9:03 pmAs one of the biggest advocates of civility here, I must say go pound sand. Having worked with young people for my entire adult life, you clearly are clueless. No one want wants more abortions. We simply have seen the circumstances which make some abortion needed. Why not work toward a social service system which addresses the root causes of these problems rather than attacking the unpleasant but sometimes needed solution. I will let my own mother be the guide. She is in her seventies and saw what women of her era were subjected to. Although unpleasant, abortion is a private matter between a women and her medical provider.
Bull f***ing sh*t! Many lefties have investments and jobs in Planned Parenthood and company, even if you don’t.
Gotta love the lefties trying to have their cake and eat it too….fighting like zealots to maintain the right to *choose* and whining that it’s unpleasant at the same time!
June 19th, 2007 at 9:11 pmDo you even have an ideology any more, or do you just pick talking points out of a hat and string them together?
I have no problems with legalized abortion. It probably results in less liberal voters.
June 19th, 2007 at 9:11 pmBull f***ing sh*t! Many lefties have investments and jobs in Planned Parenthood and company, even if you don’t.
Gotta love the lefties trying to have their cake and eat it too….fighting like zealots to maintain the right to *choose* and whining that it’s unpleasant at the same time!
Is this an intelligent response?
June 19th, 2007 at 9:13 pmBy the way never say Bull f***ing sh*t! when my mom is involved. Stupid ass family values pretenders
June 19th, 2007 at 9:15 pm#29
There’s certainly nothing intelligent about crusading for a right to an abortion then whining when a bunch of Arabs use it.
June 19th, 2007 at 9:36 pmOh please, don’t start crying how abortion is bad after defending it ‘on-demand’ for so long. Maybe these women aren’t lacking medical care….maybe they’re just liberated women…..their body..their choice. Go Feminism! LOL
My guess is the unhappy lefties aren’t fortunate enough to be abortion profiteers.
I know several people in Minnesota, where some judge in PP’s pocket established an abortion of demand rule forcing the state to provide funding. The cash is flowing. That’s probably the biggest reason they opposed the PBA act: PBA’s are expensive!
June 19th, 2007 at 9:46 pmBull f***ing sh*t! Many lefties have investments and jobs in Planned Parenthood and company, even if you don’t.
Comment by m12 — June 19, 2007 @ 9:11 pm
Planned Parenthood is a non-profit organization. How does one invest in a nonprofit, exactly?
And don’t try the “people have jobs there” line cause nonprofit jobs pay shit and you know it.
June 19th, 2007 at 10:02 pmm12:
June 19th, 2007 at 10:36 pmYou still owe the mommer an apology and when did you hear me whine about Arab abortion? I asked you to defend yourself by explaining if or if not your response was intelligent and not solely the impulse drven reaction of an ideologue. I’ll take me answer off air…
I’m surprised to see this presented as if Think Progress disapproves of abortions in Iraq. Aren’t abortions one of the sacred rituals of the progressive feminist PETA voluntary-human-extinction movement?
June 19th, 2007 at 10:39 pm#33
Planned Parenthood might be lucky enough to have so called “nonprofit” status, but they’re making higher profits with less abortion clinics.
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=%5CNation%5Carchive%5C200312%5CNAT20031212a.html
The doctors make a mint; abortions can cost thousands of dollars. All off the backs of taxpayers.
June 19th, 2007 at 10:44 pmI’m surprised to see this presented as if Think Progress disapproves of abortions in Iraq. Aren’t abortions one of the sacred rituals of the progressive feminist PETA voluntary-human-extinction movement?
Comment by Wolf Pangloss — June 19, 2007 @ 10:39 pm
I think the deer hunters have the sacred ritual of death covered but that aside what is the logic in which you join these disconnected thoughts? Feminism, animal rights, implied male insecurity, reproductive realities, unjust agression overseas. Wow you are like the physicist who seeks the unifying theory.
June 19th, 2007 at 11:02 pmIt is all in strings!!!
These Republics don’t believe in abortion unless it’s done by bombing the shit out of a country.
June 20th, 2007 at 8:38 amShootings, bombings, abductions, murders, military operations and other forms of violence are forcing thousands of people to flee their homes and seek safety elsewhere in Iraq or in neighbouring countries,” the group said, noting that food is scarce in some regions, and power shortages are worsening.
July 7th, 2007 at 4:07 am