Do you agree with Jason Haddad that women should only get strict evidence-based abortions less than 20 weeks into their pregnancy?

[Anonymous]

People and especially women can't seem to accept a simple science lesson they were taught as kids:
It. takes. two. to. make. a. baby.

This whole idea of women having the ONLY say in the matter is bullshit. We did not decide who gets pregnant and who doesn't it has always been women. It does not mean they should be entitled to anything the father which is an indispensable component of the pregnacy isn't entitled to.

Like what the actual fuck? This has always been unfair and needs to be stopped. It's not even about life or choice it's about fairness of outcome.

A woman can keep a baby and force the father into child support even if he didn't want said baby.
Or she can abort the baby and deny the father his own child even if he wanted to be a father.

I say make it fair: no father gets forced into child support and can only apply for it willingly. And it takes 2 consenting parents to have an abortion.

Women may not like losing so much power but it is the only way this is fair.

[VanillaSalt]

I want to be pro choice… but people make bad choices. Even one woman using abortion as contraception is too much. It’s murder in my eyes. At what point do we take accountability?


Fact is skipping the bullshit that is religion… sex should be control by women and hidden behind the gates of commitment! It makes better men. Men that women want to be with. And if a woman’s not what men want then they won’t commit for sex… it makes women be what men want… this fuckfest we got going on is breaking dating and society. I supported abortion in the 90s as “safe, legal, and rare”. But we got people bragging about it. That’s like when the nazis bragged about what they did to the Jews! The Jews were less then human so they killed them!!! To some it was funny to others it broke them. Abortions no different.


Sometimes you have to choose between lives. It’s supposed to be a hard decision not a side errand between picking up your dog from the groomers and grabbing McDonald’s. Women were given an opportunity to keep abortion and they fucking ran with it. You can argue killing someone under the right circumstances is just so why isn’t murder legal? Bad people did bad things and now everyone that kills must prove the death was necessary… why not abortion as well?

[SaoirseS]

Give me a break. This guy is a pissant wannabe out looking for money. For starters, he can't seem to figure out what he is (maybe I'm Republican, but maybe I'm Libertarian). And golly gee, from his latest updates looks like the idea of running for mayor is out of reach until maybe later, so maybe run for state legislature. He's all over the map. Does anyone really think a guy running on a scrambled platform in famously liberal Southern California is going to make it? I understand he's pretty good fodder for bashing and non-Americans love to use things like this to bash the United States, but for fuck's sake nobody - Americans included - takes this guy seriously. Since he's managed to raise a whopping $40 over the past 17 or so days out of $100,000 I'd say he's not worth the time it took me to write this post.

[Anonymous]

What do mean when you say “evidence based” abortion? Evidence based on what? Your opinion? What if a woman’s doctor says she need an abortion for health reason, but somebody else comes along and says it’s not necessary? Who decides if her life is worthy of saving, or worth the risk to her health and life?
Obviously, we can’t allow the woman to make the choice for herself. Pro-Life people don’t like it when women get to do that?
So who? Who is better than I to make choices for my life?
The Mayor? 🤣😂

[MzAsh]

He’s in for a disappointment because he doesn’t have the authority on this matter, no matter how badly he wishes he did.

[loveslongnails]

Wait - don't you mean the woman cannot afford to KEEP the baby? How can you not afford to give it up for adoption? Anyway, no I don't agree with him. What I agree with is "men should stay out of women's uteruses".

First, I'll state that by and large, I think abortions aren't the best choice, but I do think it's a better choice than bringing an unwanted child into the world. Those of you who will scream "put it up for adoption" need to be reminded - only 62% of newborns (in the USA) are adopted within a month of birth. The other 38% spend time in foster homes where the average age of adoption is 7.7 years. Let's not even bring up racial disparities at this point.

Republicans by and large are totally two-faced on this issue. They claim to champion "less government and more individual choice" - EXCEPT when it comes to abortion. On that issue, they know what's best and the only choice they want you to have is THEIR choice. They say "we're protecting the innocent unborn who can't do it themselves" at the same moment they vote "NO" on bills to help single, impoverished or low-income mothers get economic help because of deadbeat dads. Then they turn around and vote "NO" again when a day care bill comes up which would allow the mother to attend school or learn a trade so she could support herself and the child.

And the final insult being "well, you should have thought about all this before you got pregnant", while saying "NO" to free or very low cost contraceptives in middle/high schools. "Well these kids shouldn't be having sex, and it's the parents' job to teach them that". The only positive thing I can say is Haddad's recommendation is a small step in the right direction, but that's it.

[Youryeodongsaeng]

This reminds me of that extremely horrible ruler in Uganda, I think in the 1900s. His name was Idi Amin. I read about him in history.

If this person, who is running for Mayor, trying to make it a law or say in his town, that a woman cannot put their baby up for adoption, succeeds, he'd be considered as a bad mayor because maybe those mothers could not afford to keep and raise their babies. I know mothers intend to try to give their child or children the best childhood that they can have.

[Mango-man]

I am pro-choice with consequences unless it affects third party. And pregnancy doesn't happen from nothing. It requires two adults to make their CHOICE and affects the

You are free to choose to have sex, with the consequence of potential pregnancy. Was the sex consensual? Yes? Then you both already made your choice. And the consequence for women is potential pregnancy, while for men it is potential 18 years of payment for the child.

Abortions should be reserved only for women who didn't get the opportunity to FREELY CHOOSE to have sex (rape victims) or if it directly endangers the life of the to-be-mother.

[josephinelcajon]

My atheist viewpoint is abortion past the point the fetus has a beating heart is too late! You have known for way too long and had long enough time to decide! If I killed, you and that baby dies I would be charged for its death you should be also!

[TheorionMage]

Are YOU willing to sign iron-clad court ordered & enforced child support for 18 years?
If YOU say 'no' then why the hell didn't you use a condom,, asshat!
WHO ARE YOU to obligate her to be bound for the next EIGHTEEN YEARS !
EVERY time YOU ejaculate and YOUR spermatozoa don't find an Ovum,
millions of YOUR potential 'kids' are naturally-aborted.

DON'T breed 'em, if YOU aren't there to FEED 'em, 'Stud'~

[anon1903]

The final say is mother's. Men can have all sorts of opinions for all we care. But whether the baby's coming or not is totally, in the end, her final say. If she doesn't want motherhood, she can get the job done even after few months lol.

It'd be just wiser realise you're pregnant ASAP if you are, for abortion choice alone.

[Adam1978]

No, the reasons for abortion isn't only, I don't want the kid, but also I don't want to ruin my body right now. Pregnancy is a risk and it takes a heavy tool on the female body. Men can have an opinion and a right to voice it, but in the end its her choice alone. And who are all these people that should adopt all unwanted babies. I don't think there is a so high demand for adoption to cover all unwanted babies, if these kind of thing became standard.

[BCA6010]

I disagree with his view on abortion, and there are no 20-week exceptions from the pro-life side of the aisle; he's trying to meet in the middle on an issue that there really isn't any true middle ground on, so more than likely he's alienating everyone rather than winning people over.

[AviatorTom]

I don't understand how someone can be pro-life with exceptions. It's hypocritical to say the unborn child is important, but then define exceptions where it's not important. IMHO, one must be either for abortion up to viability or totally against it, and I respect each individual who follows that.

[NopeWhatTime]

No, and I'm getting so sick of politicians with their heads in the sand thinking they should be allowed to rule other people's bodies!

[Jessica405]

He is a guy. He probably knows little about women, and even less about pregnancy and abortion. Let him stick to guys' issues!

[Anonymous]

I do not agree. This woman's body can have an abortion at any time. She can have an abortion on a baby she doesn't want as she wants. Now take your hand off the female body. People who are cut off as lions when it comes to circumcision still continue to produce theories when it comes to abortion. ✋🏻

[LogicBomber]

Abortion should ONLY be available in cases of danger to the mothers life or validated incest/rape cases.

Not as a means of birth control for stupid choices, poor decisions, drunken mistakes, regret, etc.

Women should be held responsible for their choices BEFORE conception.

[purplepoppy]

It's scary how Americans see their religion as a selling point at elections

[Leonharted]

No. I am in favor of abortion when the mother's life is at risk (and that includes suicide). That's it. No time tables, no needing to prove rape. If she's at risk, then it's better to save her life than to risk losing both.

[ChrisMaster69]

Yet more 6th century thinking from a 3rd world religious dictatorship.

Leave it to medical and legal to decide, religion has fuck all to do with it.

[Aphrodite801]

Our body our choice our rules. Stay mad about that. You could never change that.

[Anonymous]

I don’t like abortion. I think it’s a barbaric practice. However, the libertarian in me isn’t comfortable forcing my morality on someone else by force of law…. especially when it doesn’t affect me at all.

[OddBeMe]

I don’t have huge issue with 20 week bans. 99% of abortions are done before then. What I do mind is idiotic thinking that some bureaucrat should decide whether there’s enough evidence a woman should or shouldn’t be allowed an abortion.