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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m pro choice and will be voting blue regardless, but am I the only woman who has never worried about getting pregnant?

I remember a high school health class (in the early 90s, amid nonstop AIDS hysteria, in an urban liberal secular area) when we were asked what we feared more: pregnancy or HIV. I was the only girl out of dozens who was more concerned about the thing that could kill me.

Obviously there were points in my life when I would not have welcomed a pregnancy, but so many women seem to be in a constant state of terror over it, and I’ve simply never understood it. There are so many ways to avoid pregnancy (I remember being 23, horny but a student with big plans, and I was on birth control, used a condom, made him pull out, AND made sure it wasn’t during my ovulation window; iuds weren’t even a thing back then), and yes, of course shit sometimes happens and it’s necessary or a good idea to abort, and I think it should be accessible and safe to do so, but there’s no reason to fret over it 24/7. I feel like I missed some fundamental part of being a woman in that I didn’t spend thirty years obsessing over possibly getting pregnant. [/quote]

I have a friend who died immediately after giving birth. Like 5 minutes after they put the baby on her chest.[/quote]

I’m sorry for your loss. I too know someone who died in childbirth. However I don’t think the large number of women in a constant state of panic over potentially getting pregnant are thinking about the possibility of dying. [/quote]

Well given the way maternal health care is in this country, especially for black women, maybe they should start caring about it. Especially with the onset of abortion bans.

Anyone who studies history knows that pregnancy and childbirth were the leading cause of death among women of childbearing age in the 19th and well into the 20th century. [/quote]

Interesting that you mentioned black women in light of the HIV comments. While you are correct about maternal health care being a big problem, black women’s primary concern should be not having unprotected sex with men on the DL. [/quote]

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