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Friday, July 20, 2007 12:00 AM

The pro-choice pirate

Four questions for Rebecca Gomperts, captain of the "abortion boat," and founder of the pro-choice activist group Women on Waves.

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  • Sunday, July 22, 2007 12:31 PM

    Abortion is good!

    Contrary to the ramblings of some of the borderline personalities on this board, abortion is not an "evil" and many people, including myself, are not simply pro-choice but in fact pro-abortion.

    In many, maybe most, cases, women who find themselves pregnant would be best advised to get an abortion. It's their choice, of course, but if any woman came to me and asked whether I thought she should get an abortion, I would tell her to get one.

    Asking why men care about abortion rights - since they have "no dog in this hunt" - is offensive, and analogous to asking why white people care about civil rights for blacks.

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