My choice is not Crime - GetUp!

http://www.getup.org.au/campaign/ChangeTheLaw

It's hard to believe this is happening in Australia.

Tegan was just 19 years old when she was charged under archaic 111 year old laws that classify abortion as a criminal 'offence against morality'. If she was found guilty, she faced up to 7 years imprisonment.

How can this happen in Australia? Because in Queensland, and in other states, abortion is still illegal in the criminal code. And despite the fact that 90% of Australians believe early-term abortions should be legal, an extreme minority has our politicians scared into inaction.

Click the above link to donate to put this ad on tv, or click the link below to join over 50,000 other Australians by signing the petition to put an end to this archaic law.

http://www.getup.org.au/campaign/my_choice_is_no_crime

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[composednostalgia]

People don't have the right to call themselves a PROLIFE'r unless they've adopted several unwanted children, given their money to pregnant women in financial hardship, helped young mothers finish their education and physically saved women from domestic abuse. If you're not doing any of those things, then you are not a pro life activist you're just a moron who is all talk and no action.

I have the right to make a choice and no one has the right to take that away from me.

[natkipz]

@natkipz correcting myself, "the moment they argue against male masturbation to the same extent that they argue against abortion is the moment I take them seriously, and not as a bunch of hypocrites"

but you never see videos arguing against male masturbation the same way they argue against abortion.... its very anti-woman imo.

[johnjgus]

these women ARE criminals! no human being has the right to play God period

[ohyeahhoneysheband]

@joecane6340 Likewise

[joecane6340]

@ohyeahhoneysheband I wanted to apologize to you. I'm very passionate about this subject and it really gets me going sometimes. That does not give me the right to judge you. For that I am truly sorry.

[joecane6340]

@ohyeahhoneysheband I have had that conversation face to face. I'll tell you what I told her. You think an unborn child is part of your body and not a separate living thing right? Let's say a 22 week pregnant mother dies for some reason. Do you not try to save the child? The mother is a life support system for a child. They feel pain, can hear their mothers heartbeat, etc...I am not a women but I am a father. When you have a baby one day, you'll understand.

[ohyeahhoneysheband]

I have seen a picture. It's pretty foul. I'll tell you know that I'm a bit iffy when it comes to late term abortions.

But I'll leave this argument with this. Fetus =/= human with inalienable rights. Abortion is the termination of a fetus. The rights of the living supersede the rights of a clump of cells (and more often than not, it IS a clump of cells).Abortion should be safe and legal. U might benefit from a face-to-face convo w/ a woman who's had an abortion, not one over the net.

[joecane6340]

@ohyeahhoneysheband Again, no one ever considers the child. You call it a clump of cells because it makes you feel better about it. Abortion is the killing of babies. Living babies with heart beats. Some are at 22 weeks when they are killed. Have you ever seen a picture of a 22 week baby?

[ohyeahhoneysheband]

@joecane6340 Wow. You live a sheltered life dont you. Women shouldnt be made to feel like criminals, abortion should be safe and legal, because when it isnt, then you jeopardise people that are already living - and you cause back-alley abortions, potentially killing an already living woman, Stick to your UFO sightings pal

[joecane6340]

@ohyeahhoneysheband Me Me Me. Poor me. We are all faced with difficult obstacles through life. Rape is a terrible thing and I can only think of one thing worse than rape which is making a baby accountable for it and killing it.

[ohyeahhoneysheband]

@joecane6340 Go on, you go on and have to face raising a child that will completely upend your life, with inadequate money and housing, while still at university. Go on. Oh wait, you're a dude, you'd never have to make this decision.

[joecane6340]

@ohyeahhoneysheband You keep telling yourself that. I'm sure it makes you feel a lot better about yourself.