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About this quote

What does it mean?
The speaker says abortion is a woman's issue unless she wants money for the baby.
In plain terms
Women decide on abortion alone unless they need child support.
What can you take from it?
Reproductive choice often ignores financial reality.

Where it applies

  • political debate
  • parenting discussion

Putting it to work

  • analyze policy gaps
  • discuss reproductive rights

Questions to consider

  • Who should decide reproductive choices?
  • How does money affect choice?

Another view

This trivializes the complex moral and legal stakes of abortion.

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