Roe v Wade struck down

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Hey "pro-lifers," here's a 13-year-old girl in Mississippi who was raped and didn't even know she was pregnant who was forced to give birth to child AS SHE'S STARTING 7th GRADE. You assured us this never happened, that these situations were all made up.

Read the entire article, and then please explain why your single-minded crusade to control women's (and young girl's) bodies makes the world a better place.

The cruelty is the point.

They hate life. They hate women. They’d rather torture this poor little girl than allow her a decent shot at a good life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Hey "pro-lifers," here's a 13-year-old girl in Mississippi who was raped and didn't even know she was pregnant who was forced to give birth to child AS SHE'S STARTING 7th GRADE. You assured us this never happened, that these situations were all made up.

Read the entire article, and then please explain why your single-minded crusade to control women's (and young girl's) bodies makes the world a better place.

The cruelty is the point.

They hate life. They hate women. They’d rather torture this poor little girl than allow her a decent shot at a good life.

The nurse that really looked at a 12 year old (she was 13 when she gave birth) and said “what have you been doing?” needs to lose her job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

This is horrific.

FU, all you anti-abortionists. This is the world you willed into being. More of this is going to happen. We know you love stories like this. You think this is righteous and good. This 13 year old child has had her life stolen from her. But all you care about is that BABEEE. Never mind the 13 year old who was raped is a practically a baby herself. Why does her life not matter to you people?

And soon we're going to hear stories of 12 and 13 year olds who die in childbirth. Because little girls are not supposed to be giving birth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Here are some choice quotes from that article:

Even before Dobbs, it was perilous to become a mother in rural Mississippi. More than half the counties in the state can be classified as maternity-care deserts, according to a 2023 report from the March of Dimes, meaning there are no birthing facilities or obstetric providers. More than 24% of women in Mississippi have no birthing hospital within a 30-minute drive, compared to the national average of roughly 10%. According to Edney, there are just nine ob-gyns serving a region larger than the state of Delaware. Every time another ob-gyn retires, Balthrop gets an influx of new patients. “These patients are having to drive further to get the same care, then they're having to wait longer,” Balthrop says.

When Emory University researcher Ariana Traub surveyed almost 500 third- and fourth-year medical students in 2022, close to 80% said that abortion laws influenced where they planned to apply to residency. Nearly 60% said they were unlikely to apply to any residency programs in states with abortion restrictions. Traub had assumed that abortion would be most important to students studying obstetrics, but was surprised to find that three-quarters of students across all medical specialties said that Dobbs was affecting their residency decisions.

MAGA!!! This is YOUR ideal world.

Traub found that medical students weren’t just reluctant to practice in states with abortion bans. They didn’t want to become pregnant there, either.

And so Dobbs has compounded America's maternal-health crisis: more women are delivering more babies, in areas where there are already not enough doctors to care for them, while abortion bans are making it more difficult to recruit qualified providers to the regions that need them most.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Here are some choice quotes from that article:

Even before Dobbs, it was perilous to become a mother in rural Mississippi. More than half the counties in the state can be classified as maternity-care deserts, according to a 2023 report from the March of Dimes, meaning there are no birthing facilities or obstetric providers. More than 24% of women in Mississippi have no birthing hospital within a 30-minute drive, compared to the national average of roughly 10%. According to Edney, there are just nine ob-gyns serving a region larger than the state of Delaware. Every time another ob-gyn retires, Balthrop gets an influx of new patients. “These patients are having to drive further to get the same care, then they're having to wait longer,” Balthrop says.

When Emory University researcher Ariana Traub surveyed almost 500 third- and fourth-year medical students in 2022, close to 80% said that abortion laws influenced where they planned to apply to residency. Nearly 60% said they were unlikely to apply to any residency programs in states with abortion restrictions. Traub had assumed that abortion would be most important to students studying obstetrics, but was surprised to find that three-quarters of students across all medical specialties said that Dobbs was affecting their residency decisions.

MAGA!!! This is YOUR ideal world.

Traub found that medical students weren’t just reluctant to practice in states with abortion bans. They didn’t want to become pregnant there, either.

And so Dobbs has compounded America's maternal-health crisis: more women are delivering more babies, in areas where there are already not enough doctors to care for them, while abortion bans are making it more difficult to recruit qualified providers to the regions that need them most.

Something else I found alarming is Mississippi allegedly has an exception for rape. So this girl was legally entitled to an abortion. But no one knows how to “apply” for that exception.

How TF can it need an “application” when there is no “non-rape” way for a child to be pregnant!?! How can you sickos not just write “abortion is legal under the age of 16”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

For all those people who want to ban books with "sexual content" in schools and who say why do children need to know about xyz -- here is why sex ed needs to start early:

The signs were obvious only in retrospect. Ashley started feeling sick to her stomach; Regina thought it was related to her diet. At one point, Regina even asked Ashley if she was pregnant, and Ashley said nothing. Regina hadn’t yet explained to her daughter how a baby is made, because she didn’t think Ashley was old enough to understand. “They need to be kids,” Regina says. She doesn’t think Ashley even realized that what happened to her could lead to a pregnancy.

What a tragedy. Had that little girl understood more about things she might have been more willing to speak up and say what happened to her and realize what was going on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Here are some choice quotes from that article:

Even before Dobbs, it was perilous to become a mother in rural Mississippi. More than half the counties in the state can be classified as maternity-care deserts, according to a 2023 report from the March of Dimes, meaning there are no birthing facilities or obstetric providers. More than 24% of women in Mississippi have no birthing hospital within a 30-minute drive, compared to the national average of roughly 10%. According to Edney, there are just nine ob-gyns serving a region larger than the state of Delaware. Every time another ob-gyn retires, Balthrop gets an influx of new patients. “These patients are having to drive further to get the same care, then they're having to wait longer,” Balthrop says.

When Emory University researcher Ariana Traub surveyed almost 500 third- and fourth-year medical students in 2022, close to 80% said that abortion laws influenced where they planned to apply to residency. Nearly 60% said they were unlikely to apply to any residency programs in states with abortion restrictions. Traub had assumed that abortion would be most important to students studying obstetrics, but was surprised to find that three-quarters of students across all medical specialties said that Dobbs was affecting their residency decisions.

MAGA!!! This is YOUR ideal world.

Traub found that medical students weren’t just reluctant to practice in states with abortion bans. They didn’t want to become pregnant there, either.

And so Dobbs has compounded America's maternal-health crisis: more women are delivering more babies, in areas where there are already not enough doctors to care for them, while abortion bans are making it more difficult to recruit qualified providers to the regions that need them most.

Something else I found alarming is Mississippi allegedly has an exception for rape. So this girl was legally entitled to an abortion. But no one knows how to “apply” for that exception.

How TF can it need an “application” when there is no “non-rape” way for a child to be pregnant!?! How can you sickos not just write “abortion is legal under the age of 16”

Exactly.

Apparently there have been almost no exceptions made since the law went into effect. It is as good as having no exceptions.

Mississippi’s abortion ban contains narrow exceptions, including for rape victims and to save the life of the mother. As Ashley's case shows, these exceptions are largely theoretical. Even if a victim files a police report, there appears to be no clear process for granting an exception. (The state Attorney General’s office did not return TIME’s repeated requests to clarify the process for granting exceptions; the Mississippi Board of Medical Licensure and the Mississippi State Medical Association did not reply to TIME’s requests for explanation.) And, of course, there are no abortion providers left in the state. In January, the New York Times reported that since Mississippi's abortion law went into effect, only two exceptions had been made.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Don't worry. Republicans will do EVERYTHING they can to make sure neither of the children -- the child-mother and the baby-child -- get free health care. Because that would be socialism.

[Anonymous]

And how much money will government spend to support this baby to adulthood? I mean, it is ridiculous that the right forces this on to KIDS and then we all pick up the tab.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And how much money will government spend to support this baby to adulthood? I mean, it is ridiculous that the right forces this on to KIDS and then we all pick up the tab.

Well if it's up to Republicans nothing. Because they don't believe in SOCIALISM. So babies can starve and live in poverty once they're born because they need to pull themselves up by their bootstraps and their parents need to make better choices. It's only when babies are in utero that Republicans care about them. That is a fact.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And how much money will government spend to support this baby to adulthood? I mean, it is ridiculous that the right forces this on to KIDS and then we all pick up the tab.

Well if it's up to Republicans nothing. Because they don't believe in SOCIALISM. So babies can starve and live in poverty once they're born because they need to pull themselves up by their bootstraps and their parents need to make better choices. It's only when babies are in utero that Republicans care about them. That is a fact.

Well, to be fair, republicans have been working hard to loosen the restrictions on child labor laws, so she can probably get a job and support her baby. They thought of everything, covered all the bases. /s

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And how much money will government spend to support this baby to adulthood? I mean, it is ridiculous that the right forces this on to KIDS and then we all pick up the tab.

Well if it's up to Republicans nothing. Because they don't believe in SOCIALISM. So babies can starve and live in poverty once they're born because they need to pull themselves up by their bootstraps and their parents need to make better choices. It's only when babies are in utero that Republicans care about them. That is a fact.

Well, to be fair, republicans have been working hard to loosen the restrictions on child labor laws, so she can probably get a job and support her baby. They thought of everything, covered all the bases. /s

Quite true! And we all know our great grannies did it, so today's youth can too.

[Anonymous]

Republicans awfully quiet about this story. I guess they're too busy trying to spin TFG's corruption in Georgia.

I have seen some of the MAGA on Twitter praising this as a great outcome because the baby was "saved." Not the 13 year old baby, mind you, whose life is now pretty much destroyed. But again, once a baby is born the GOP turns its head and couldn't care less about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Republicans awfully quiet about this story. I guess they're too busy trying to spin TFG's corruption in Georgia.

I have seen some of the MAGA on Twitter praising this as a great outcome because the baby was "saved." Not the 13 year old baby, mind you, whose life is now pretty much destroyed. But again, once a baby is born the GOP turns its head and couldn't care less about it.

They will, like the with the ten year old rape victim, clutch at straws: it isn’t true. it’s her mother’s fault. it’s an immigrant’s fault. it wasn’t rape and she was asking for it. it’s the doctor’s fault. it’s the fault of pro choice thinking.



Forced birthers are stupid people without even so much as two bits of empathy to rub together to start a fire for warmth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Republicans awfully quiet about this story. I guess they're too busy trying to spin TFG's corruption in Georgia.

I have seen some of the MAGA on Twitter praising this as a great outcome because the baby was "saved." Not the 13 year old baby, mind you, whose life is now pretty much destroyed. But again, once a baby is born the GOP turns its head and couldn't care less about it.

They will, like the with the ten year old rape victim, clutch at straws: it isn’t true. it’s her mother’s fault. it’s an immigrant’s fault. it wasn’t rape and she was asking for it. it’s the doctor’s fault. it’s the fault of pro choice thinking.

Forced birthers are stupid people without even so much as two bits of empathy to rub together to start a fire for warmth.

Yes, I've already seen it, anti-abortionists saying the real question is why we aren't going after the creep who raped her. Never mind that's a question for the local police department, which has not been pursuing the case. And it's a little too late for that 12 year old once she's been raped if you don't offer her means to end the pregnancy.

Greg Abbott said his abortion law wouldn't punish raped women and girls because his state was going to make rape go away, so female of pregnancy age wouldn't have to worry about that horrible prospect (pat pat your pretty little head). How do you think that's going?