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ShazzieB

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28. Let's not bring abortion into this, please.

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #27)

Tue Sep 2, 2025, 12:33 PM

Sep 2

There's no way to predict what someone's personality will be prenatally, and nurture has at least as much to do with that as nature.

I'm about as pro choice as a person can be, but the idea of terminating a pregnancy based on an assumption/prediction/guess that the fetus will grow up to be an "undesirable" person sounds like something out of a bad eugenics nightmare to me

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MadameButterfly

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Just a quick reminder that Junior's mother, [View all] no_hypocrisy Sep 1 OP

The entire Kennedy family is embarrassed by this idiot LetMyPeopleVote Sep 1 #1

its ok. they are only embarrassed. not sorry. Tetrachloride Sep 1 #13

No real action... summer_in_TX Sep 1 #15

"do or do not-- there is no try" Tetrachloride Sep 2 #16

what were they supposed to do? travelingthrulife Sep 2 #21

I don't blame her. Sometimes crappy mothers have great kids. twodogsbarking Sep 1 #2

And sometimes great mothers have crappy kids. liberalla Sep 1 #7

I think you have this reversed. AllyCat Sep 1 #14

Jr is the crappy kid but I don't blame the mother. Nor would I give credit to a crappy mother who had a great child. twodogsbarking Sep 2 #20

I didn't know that PatSeg Sep 1 #3

Ethel was left a widow of 11 kids. Feel Good Inc Sep 1 #6

I can only imagine what it was like for PatSeg Sep 1 #11

i can't imagine one minute being a shoe-in for president MadameButterfly Sep 2 #30

You are probably right PatSeg Sep 2 #32

Though he was not a public person TNNurse Sep 2 #23

No, actually I don't PatSeg Sep 2 #26

It's not just one thing. Losing a parent is big MadameButterfly Sep 2 #31

"" AllaN01Bear Sep 1 #4

The kid took a wrong turn and developed sicko republicon "values" BoRaGard Sep 1 #5

I worked a few seasons in Hyannis and got to see that family in action Warpy Sep 1 #8

Your comments here are interesting and well stated. Thanks. (Old issues of "Prevention" - funny stuff). FadedMullet Sep 1 #9

"Junior really needs to be impeached for negligence and gross incompetence..." OldBaldy1701E Sep 2 #22

From Simpsons: Robert F Quimby Jr bmichaelh Sep 1 #10

I gave RFK Jr the benefit of the doubt because of the murder of his father and how he found out mountain grammy Sep 1 #12

wow did not know that mikenash54 Sep 2 #17

there are people who are damaged from the word go NJCher Sep 2 #18

One more NJCher Sep 2 #19

Chump's childhood was a mess also FakeNoose Sep 2 #25

Junior has done more damage than his family has done good RainCaster Sep 2 #24

He should have been aborted. dalton99a Sep 2 #27

Let's not bring abortion into this, please. ShazzieB Sep 2 #28

A Kennedy Republican? czarjak Sep 2 #29