Infant mortality actually increased by over 7% after the Dobbs decision. This is because women are being forced to give birth to babies with untreatable birth defects (and then they're forced to watch them die)
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I had an abortion. My sweet anticipated baby’s water broke at 18 weeks. The uterus is a muscle. Without the placenta, it contracts. Squeezing the fetus to death. What is a mama to do? Abortion is humane.
Some defects cannot be detected before birth, or without special tests like amniocentesis, which itself could put the fetus at risk. Such tests are not considered for young women, or insurance doesn't cover it.
Holding your baby while she dies is a terrible thing. I sat with my daughter all night after she was told her baby wasn't going to make it. This was Christmas Eve 2012. December stopped being joyful.
When did we all become so fucking stupid and uncaring? We should be doing all we can to make giving birth as safe as possible, and not a possible death sentence. Where's all the forward thinking people that are supposed to be here?
But the pro birth reptiles don't care about the pain those babies feel and the extreme distress caused to their parents having to watch their helpless infants die. What pieces of crap these pro birth scum are.
Because infant mortality is counted AFTER birth. Abortions have never been included in 'infant mortality' counts, because what is aborted is NOT AN INFANT.
The people that want them to suffer see that as a good thing. Like the ones that survive the fall down the garbage chute or are left beside a road get to suffer for a while.
Causing suffering for others is what makes some people feel better about themselves.
My Aunt Maga won't believe any of this until one of her granddaughters dies. She thinks because she had a D&C after a miscarriage in 1964 that there's nothing to worry about. But that's how it is with Maga. "If it doesn't effect me right now I don't care. "
Just imagine the emotional trauma of being pregnant and people congratulating you and wishing you well while knowing there will not be a happy outcome and then having to watch your baby die often a painful death. Unbelievable that Christians would do this.
They nailed the guy they worship to a cross. 🤷
Suffering is part of the brand. Especially suffering and subjugation of women. Which is pretty much a constant in most religions.
Actually, the real reason is they are poor people and can't work and pay taxes, and the rich don't give a damn anyway. But if it helps cope, be my guest. I know you have a set of very specialized skills and don't want to piss you off.
Women are dying too from miscarriages that doctors in Texas don't want to treat because of our abortion ban. They can lose their medical license and jailed if it's even an appearance of an abortion.
What is insanity
Pro=life causes more Deaths
America is ass backwards
Big Problem is guns so lets make it easier to get them
The earth is frying lets throw some gas on it
Yep. That’s one fallout aspect. There’s quite a few now oppressing women of childbearing age in these 21 states. The collateral damage from this will be huge and surprising.
Thank you for saying that. I can't understand why these folks vote against medical care that they would need; or maybe a daughter or granddaughter may need. It's just barbaric.
People voting against their own interests. There was a religious pro-birther family in TX that just lost their daughter because she wasn't able to get reproductive healthcare. Her parents' votes are responsible.
The hate for women that decision demonstrates is beyond comprehension. Forcing women to unnecessarily endure the most painful of experiences & for some to be "sentenced to death" by preventing reproductive health care when necessary to save a woman's life is truly, profoundly, disgustingly hateful.
I still can't get my head around why, if they're being forced to have these births, aren't people at least helping the children to have better, healthier lives?
Why is it the mother's responsibility if they have little to no money or assistance to help with upbringing and care?
I have a Master’s In Public Health, I have been screaming for years that the United States has the highest infant mortality rate than any other developed nation. We don’t have much room to go down further. Assholes, now they won’t keep track of mortality reports.
I wonder if they will stop tracking polio, German measles, and rubeola? Who would want to travel to the US if we bring back polio? Only way to stop people from knowing is to stop tracking.
Excellent point. I didn’t think of the travel aspect What a nightmare. I took care of an IDD person whose mother had German Measles when she was pregnant with him. He was such a sad case. His head was 3 times smaller than normal and was basically a 6 month old mentally. These people are horrible.
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Causing suffering for others is what makes some people feel better about themselves.
Not trying to be crass but we also dont talk about the financial trauma along with the emotional and physical trauma
This is pretty on brand
Suffering is part of the brand. Especially suffering and subjugation of women. Which is pretty much a constant in most religions.
Pro=life causes more Deaths
America is ass backwards
Big Problem is guns so lets make it easier to get them
The earth is frying lets throw some gas on it
https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/tipsheets/the-quickie-the-texas-abortion-ban-killed-an-18-year-old#:~:text=In%20new%20ProPublica%20reporting%20out,is%20close%20enough%20to%20intervene.
Making to the school years, they face this⤵️
Just control.
Thank you thank you
We live in brutal times
Cold hard facts are our best weapobs
Religious hysterics have caused more misery inhistory, than any other group. God must have a superslide to Hell, to deal with ‘em!
Why is it the mother's responsibility if they have little to no money or assistance to help with upbringing and care?
Senseless. 😢
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlL73DK20Dc