Blogs Jun 28, 2011 at 1:40 pm

A New & Improved Pro-Choice Pledge

Dan Savage
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1
That is a whole lot better than the first one. I like it.
-J on June 28, 2011 at 1:49 PM Report this
2
"If I become pregnant and decide that ending the pregnancy is the best course of action, I will have an abortion."

now- that's a bold stand for you.....
on June 28, 2011 at 1:55 PM Report this
3
"If I become thirsty, I will have an cold one."
on June 28, 2011 at 1:56 PM Report this
4
Pledges are still meaningless
Urgutha Forka on June 28, 2011 at 1:57 PM Report this
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"If I become gassy, I will rip one."
on June 28, 2011 at 1:57 PM Report this
6
Where's #6? "In the interest of the future of the human race, I will only have one child."
lrb on June 28, 2011 at 2:01 PM Report this
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3,5 - thanks for lightening things up. ;)
onion on June 28, 2011 at 2:01 PM Report this
8
What @4 said - most people who get abortions are "pro-life" by self-identification.

Everything other than item 5 is a fricking waste of time.
Will in Seattle on June 28, 2011 at 2:08 PM Report this
9
With open comments this time!
care bear on June 28, 2011 at 2:10 PM Report this
10
So bored with this.
TVDinner on June 28, 2011 at 2:13 PM Report this
11
6. I will continue to give pro-lifers the moral high ground by claiming abortion is bad even if it should be legal.
Brandon J. on June 28, 2011 at 2:28 PM Report this
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@10 you are bored with it because it is boring. it's meaningless. it's mental masturbation.

on June 28, 2011 at 2:29 PM Report this
13
The new version is stupid.
1. I pledge to do something if I decide to.
2. I pledge to "respect" something.
3. I pledge to remember something.
4. I pledge to "support" something.
5. I pledge to donate "if I am able."

yuiop on June 28, 2011 at 2:33 PM Report this
14
Brandon J, was your brain aborted? the moral high ground is surrendered when those like you claim that abortion is not bad and act as if it is a procedure like going to the podiatrist to get your toe nails cut.

it's tough to be out here on the far left when it attracts so many crackpots, posers, intellectual midgets and attention starved fools. please, stop with the pledges already.
on June 28, 2011 at 2:34 PM Report this
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I can't get pregnant but that doesn't mean I don't understand the vital importance of keeping abortion a safe option. I also understand that pregnancies kill tens of thousands of women around the world that can't get needed abortions. I don't want that for America.
Vince on June 28, 2011 at 2:40 PM Report this
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@11 - THANK YOU.
Soupytwist on June 28, 2011 at 2:53 PM Report this
17
I liked the first one better.
on June 28, 2011 at 2:57 PM Report this
18
Any serious discussion about this needs to include forced sterilization or Norplant for girls like that 15yo in Mississippi.
Thank You Susanswerphone on June 28, 2011 at 3:07 PM Report this
19
Mandatory abortions until all the orphanages are empty.

Fetuses aren't people. Children in orphanages are people. What's so messed up with putting the wellfare of real people above that of potential people?
OuterCow on June 28, 2011 at 3:54 PM Report this
20
mandatory abortions? tell me exactly how you see that happening, OC.
mr. herriman on June 28, 2011 at 4:10 PM Report this
21
This is so useless.
I pledge to do things I already want to do based on my morals and beliefs!
Howsabout I pledge to change my facebook status to 'pro-choice, ask me why' and encourage every teenager I know to do so as well. Might actually stir up some conversation with people on the other side, unlike this leotarded waste of time.
Caralain on June 28, 2011 at 4:48 PM Report this
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So, we go from offensive to hippy? Meh. Pledges suck.

@13 got it right.
TheMisanthrope on June 28, 2011 at 5:38 PM Report this
23
I liked the older one better. Some people are just pussies.
suddenlyorcas on June 28, 2011 at 6:21 PM Report this
25
I don't...understand the point of this?

Aside: watching "small government" republicans argue about this issue and gay marriage is *hilarious*. Sup hypocrisy how you doin'?
Helix on June 28, 2011 at 10:26 PM Report this
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@24 Ummm...FAR, HARD, REALLY HARD left here...I don't like any of this pledge crap. This is in response to a really bad idea being debated by such Republican luminaries as Pizza CEO Herman Cain and "What 3/5ths of a person?" Michelle Bachmann. Why respond to that in kind, except to be stupidly tribal?

It's like little liberals pretending to be conservatives pretending to be liberal. That's not funny.
dirac on June 28, 2011 at 11:47 PM Report this
27
This is a leotarded idea. The pro-lifers use their pledges to keep Jesus happy and save souls. What's your excuse?
Unayguavay on June 29, 2011 at 6:59 AM Report this
28
I'm with @27. A pledge? What's next, matching t-shirts? Hysterically forwarded chain mails? All caps?
luke1249 on June 29, 2011 at 9:24 AM Report this

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