What's with the "I Regret My Abortion" bumper stickers?

[Sabriel]

I've seen a couple just recently...one in Madison, WI if you can believe that.

[ComerPerro]

1. well, according to the RW, regret or not, they're still murderers

[mrreowwr_kittty]

11. And if they support overturning Roe v. Wade

Are they going to turn themselves in to go to jail since that's what they want to happen to other women?

[Colobo]

14. Hopefully they believe in letting everyone make their own decisions

I don't see any problems with the stickers, though.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

18. Nor do I if they are just expressing regret

I suppose you'd have to talk to each one to find out where they stand on the law. I personally know one woman who has had an abortion and believes it should be illegal now. She justifies hers by claiming that she was "manipulated" into it.

[ComerPerro]

19. yeah, she may think so now, but it sure was convenient when she did it, eh?

[Colobo]

21. People change their minds all the time, you know?

I feel everyone should have the right to change their mind about things as long as you respect other people's right to do and believe whatever they want to do or believe.

[ComerPerro]

35. well, considering the woman mentioned in the post I replied to thinks it should be illegal

then, well, obviously she isn't respecting the rights of others

[mrreowwr_kittty]

32. It's the conservative way

Fine for me, but not for Thee. Did you ever see this? http://www.prochoiceactionnetwork-canada.org/articles/anti-tales.shtml

[ComerPerro]

45. that pretty much sums it up. The only ok abortion is my abortion

[11 Bravo]

76. DING! DING! DING! We have a winner!

If it's non-whites or underprivileged folk of any color, well, they should have thought about that before they spread their legs. That fetus is God's will! But if the daughter of some rich ass hole WASP in Westchester gets knocked up, well, surely she shouldn't pay for the rest of her life for one childish mistake.

[Sparkly]

23. Well, I regret my first marriage, but feel no need to post it on my car

which, it seems to me, would be an effort to warn others not to get married...

I'm not making light of the issue of abortion, but the reason to post it on a car isn't to "express regret," it's to dissuade others. Yes, it's free speech and yes, it's their right. But it's about influencing others, not just announcing their feelings, ya know?

[Colobo]

27. Who cares? What about the little fish with EVOLVE on them?

Or any other bumper sticker with a left wing message on it? It's your right to put in your car whatever you want, even if your intention is to get people to think about something.

Maybe I believe in free speech too much.

[Sparkly]

33. We're agreeing.

It's free speech, it's their right, it's about influencing others.

[BlooInBloo]

39. Has a single post here advocated the criminalization of such bumper stickers?

If not, then you're responding to a fiction of purely your own creation.

[ComerPerro]

17. they should be the first ones to turn themselves in.

[Lefty48197]

70. Scream in their faces, "MURDERERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR"

Then tell them they're going to hell and there's nothing they can do about it.

[Faux pas]

2. Sounds like a new source of propaganda to me. n/t

[ComerPerro]

4. chances are, many of those displaying them never had an abortion

but then again, I remember reading an article years back about a pro-life rally leader, who realized abortion was wrong, finally, "when she felt the kicking of her fourth child" (as in, she had had 3 abortions prior to ever taking a pregnancy to term.

[Faux pas]

52. My immediate thought was pro-lifers were probably using

these. I don't know of anyone I know who has had an abortion would have a bumper sticker like this, even if they did 'regret it'. Nothing like pre-guilt to change someone's mind and take away their freedom to choose.

[ComerPerro]

63. yeah, I see it as intimidation, almost

[Faux pas]

72. I see it as intimidation, completely. n/t

[ComerPerro]

78. yeah, forgot to say, "almost exclusively"

[Sabriel]

7. "I Regret Not Having My Sharpie With Me"

OTOH, what would I have written? (Not that I deface bumper stickers ever, of course.)

[Sparkly]

16. I think a simple YMMV would work. ("Your Mileage May Vary") nt

[hlthe2b]

20. I regret not having done more carousing, drugs, and gambling

when I (like our pResident) was "young and foolish?" Just a possible bumper sticker response....:evilgrin:

[Faux pas]

54. LOL you should have bumper stickers made up saying that,

just slap it on next to the ones you don't agree with. I love that idea, even though it is mine!
;)

[mockmonkey]

3. Wow

My Mom has a "I regret not having an abortion" bumper sticker.

[ComerPerro]

8. LOL

[Clark2008]

9. LOL!!

[mrreowwr_kittty]

34. ROFLMAO!!!!

I want one of those! :evilgrin:

[hlthe2b]

46. Snarf...

I'm thinking you're looking at a lifetime of psychotherapy? (so, tell me mockmonkey, how did that make you FEEL?) :rofl:

[mockmonkey]

57. I'm used to it

I misplace a lot of things and she once told me that I'd lose my own head...if it wasn't up my ass all the time.

She's a great old gal. I miss our family food fights.

[Maat]

66. YOU are just TOO funny!

:rofl:

[mzteris]

60. I was just wondering about an

"I regret YOUR mom not having an abortion" bumper sticker...

[mockmonkey]

68. LOL n/t

[Buzz Clik]

67. I told my mom about your post. Now she wants that bumper sticker.

[Colobo]

5. So what?

If they want to have those bumper stickers, it's fine.

I'm pro-choice in the complete sense of the term: if you want to have an abortion done, fine. It's your problem. If you don't, or if you did and regret it now, it's your problem as well. Both sides should feel free to be vocal about it.

Let every men and women make their own choices about their bodies and, in the case of women, pregnancies. And let them live with the consequences as well. Not the government's problem.

[jody]

6. Looks like someone is exercising their right to freedom of speech. n/t

[geardaddy]

I agree it's free speech

I just saw a disgusting anti-choice show on late night cable access. The host (who used to be an anchor on the ABC affiliate) kept referring to the guests as "post-abortive". Nice. Anyway, the guest kept saying that the providers gave them only the choice of abortion, to which I screamed at my TV "bullshit."

Oh, and they had this doctor as some sort of expert on and he was introduced as a "previous abortion provider." He talked about the invasive nature of abortions and then said that he had more than one patient who went home to experience physical trauma and discomfort resulting in some "tissue leaking onto the couch, to which many would find a tiny arm among the blood." Whatever!

[geardaddy]

10. Are they regretting it of their own

conscience or because their church said they have to regret it? My guess is more likely the latter.

[Colobo]

12. It's their problem and their right to feel as they feel.

[geardaddy]

36. Yes it is.

[hlthe2b]

24. At least in Catholocism, they confess their sins in private...

Why the need to take out a billboard (so-to-speak)?

[Colobo]

31. It's their car. They can put whatever they want on it.

[WinkyDink]

40. Wasn't that sung by Eric Burdon & The Animals? :)

[hlthe2b]

41. Yes... they certainly CAN... the question is WHY?

Why do they feel the need to publically let all the world know that they regret a supposed "sin?"

"Me thinks" such public pronouncements are less about assuaging some sense of guilt and more about some need for public attention...

[Colobo]

47. Why would someone put a Pro-Choice bumper sticker on his/her car?

The reasons don't matter. The thing is that the person can and should if s/he wants to.

[hlthe2b]

50. a Pro-Choice sticker is not announcing to the world....

that the driver had (or had not) had an abortion, had committed or not committed nor considered committing any particular "sin." The parallel to a Pro-Choice sticker would be a sticker that said Anti-abortion.... Just a political statement, nothing more..

Quite different, Katz... I'm not saying they don't have the right at all.. Just asking WHY?

[Colobo]

55. Should it matter why? I think it's irrelevant. Let them shit on their own car if they like.

[Generic Brad]

13. And was there a Pentecostal fish magnet near by?

Sounds like the regret of the "born again".

[Xipe Totec]

15. I thought they were talking about the GOP.

I didn't realize they meant it literally.

[sellitman]

22. My new sticker: I regret Barbara Bush didn't have an abortion

:patriot:

[hlthe2b]

28. at least three....

:evilgrin:

the dunce female of the family, Doro, seems fairly inocuous....

[Swamp Rat]

29. LOL!!!!

Me too!! :D

[Mend]

25. "regret" is a perfectly normal response to any decision....

why do they try to make a typical human response as an excuse to deprive women of their rights.

[TahitiNut]

26. Tough shit. Too many aren't alive to 'regret' using a coat hanger ...

... or back-alley abortionist when it wasn't safe and legal. At least the ones with bumper stickers are alive to feel regret - a 'conveniently' self-serving attitude (cake and eat it too?) that ignores the plight of the unwanted children. Better to be alive and regret one's own choice than to live a life of misery and hardship dictated by the 'choice' of others.

[BlooInBloo]

30. Hope you don't mind - I posted a related poll about this.

[geardaddy]

58. Link?

Thanks. ;)

[BlooInBloo]

61. Sorry - here ya go...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x442593

[geardaddy]

62. Thanks! n/t

[WinkyDink]

37. How about: "I regret you weren't aborted." No. I'm not serious, just bemused.

[Skidmore]

38. Were they on Ford F150s driven by burley men?

[stirlingsliver]

42. "I'm Glad I Could Have An Abortion, But Now I Want Them Banned"

That is the real meaning behind the "I Regret My Abortion" bumpber stickers.

Women who were able to have abortions now think that no one else should have the right to choose.

[gbate]

73. Exactly.

[Deja Q]

43. Anything's possible. No doubt some people have felt regret...

Whether advertising the fact makes them feel better or it's empty politics, who knows? Either way, it's not the most intelligent thing to do and here's why:

They're advertising they had one and every abortion-center-bomber will doubtlessly be on the lookout for them. Which is damn scary if you ask me; they're psycho enough to blow up buildings with people in them, so it wouldn't surprise me if they went after anybody, remorseful or not, who had one.

[gollygee]

44. My response would be, "And?"

You regret it . . .AND? The implication is that they regret it and therefore they think other people shouldn't be able to have abortions. If they regret it and want to join a support group or having counseling or whatever helps them with that, fine. But they shouldn't be trying to change the law because of their own personal responses to that choice. Many many women have abortions and never regret it.

[Colobo]

48. Agreed. Still, they have the right to put any bumper sticker they want on their car.

[gollygee]

49. Absolutely

free speech, freedom of expression, and all that.

[kestrel91316]

51. These women might want to think twice about proclaiming their

actions so loudly. After all, there is no statute of limitations on murder, which is what the RW considers abortion to be.

If Roe v Wade is overturned and abortion is legally murder, there might be records of who had those bumper stickers, being turned over to the authorities by certain vigilant citizens. I hope no DUers would be meanspirited enough to do that. :evilgrin:

[hlthe2b]

53. I'd think they might be opening them up to some vehicular

vandalism by those who consider abortion murder, at the very least.

Nuts to advertise this....but perhaps that only goes to underscore how right Darwin was..:evilgrin:

[mrreowwr_kittty]

56. Interesting point about the statute of limitations

Would it apply to abortions that took place prior to banning them? Could they even write the law with a clause that excluded them and have it stand?

[BlackVelvet04]

59. I don't know what's with those bumper stickers....

or any bumper sticker. YES, it is a person's right to put whatever bumper sticker they want on their car. Why they do it is a mystery to me.

I choose to express myself by having a clean and shiny car minus the $3.00 bumper sticker expressing my point of view that nobody gives a damn about anyway.

A bumper sticker saying "I regret my abortion" is really a helluva a lot more information than I want about a stranger. But, that's life.

[Jacobin]

64. If their judgment is that bad, they shouldn't be telling others what to do

:-)

[geardaddy]

65. I think it's an odd choice of words.

"Regret" doesn't have the punch (to me anyway) of what I would assume the person is trying to convey.

It sounds more like "Mistakes were made."

I'm just sayin'.

[Dervill Crow]

69. Quite a few right-to-life women have had abortions.

Part of the way they assuage their guilt is to make it more difficult for others to (in their minds) make the same mistake.

I don't agree with it, but I understand it having gone through it myself. And no, it isn't easy to admit, and I'm amazed that anyone would have the guts to put that on their car because it is asking for criticism from both sides of the issue, pro-choice and anti-choice.

added on edit: Need to try to clarify that I'm not and never have been anti-choice, but I am pro-choice, pro-life and pro-woman. Some people don't understand how it's possible to be all three.

[Zhade]

71. ...

"Quite a few right-to-life anti-choice pro-forced pregnancy women have had abortions."

Fixed. :)

[wicket]

74. The only moral abortion is THEIR abortion

:eyes:

[truebrit71]

75. Give them a "I like having un-protected sex. Screw me too" bumpersticker to go along with it..

...Morans...

[cgrindley]

77. I REGRET NOT BEING AN ABORTION

I'd put that on my car in a microsecond.