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abortolly problem (lemmy.ml)
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[–] 17 points 11 hours ago (1 child)

I got into an argument once with my dad about abortion. And he told me "You know, you should be totally against abortion. You'd not exist if I managed to convince your mom to abort you." As an argument to limit abortion access.

Obviously a fucked up thing to say to your own kid, but also it kind of was like: I wouldn't give a shit if you had, I wouldn't exist essentially. Kind of wish you'd convinced her TBH.

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  • [–] 7 points 9 hours ago

    At one point, somehow the topic of abortion came up while my father was visiting me from the other side of the country. I basically said that I have zero tolerance for anti-choice sentiment and he kept trying to argue with me about it, and I told him eventually that that sort of talk wasn't welcome in my house.

    He tried to "win" me over by saying that I wouldn't be here if my parents believed in abortion (my mother is actually pro-choice just would never abort herself, but I didn't get into that). I told him that would be fine. I would never have even known that I didn't exist.

    I know that is the common response, but it's true, and it also actually shut him up. That and I think he believed me when I told him that he would not be welcome back in my house if he continued that kind of talk.

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