I never thought about it but if the mother is not planning on keeping the baby, the mother is not taking care to go to doctor appointments or take prenatal vitamins or any of the things you do to have a healthy baby. Damn, I never thought of that…
Also, piggybacking off of your comment, but if I hear one more Republican go "but there are late-term abortions!! women are changing their minds and deciding to kill their babies when they're bored with it!!"
No one, absolutely no one, is going through a pregnancy until the 7th, 8th month and then going "You know what? I don't want this anymore. I definitely just spent the past 8 months being wildly uncomfortable and in pain and stretching my body because I was just so indecisive!" Those abortions happen because of the risk to the mother, or because the baby is dying/dead/will not survive. Those are wanted children, children of parents who have already set up the nursery, already picked out clothing, maybe settled on a name.
To tell people who get third trimester abortions that they're monsters is not only ignorant of why people actually get late-term abortions, but its so fucking heartless and cruel to tell that to a grieving couple mourning the loss of their wanted child. Especially since many will conclude they did something wrong, when sometimes, pregnancies can just go wrong. That's the unfortunate reality of life.
But Republicans don't live in reality. They live in some fantasy world where people go through months of pregnancy and then just last minute go "never mind lmao abort".
I remember speaking to a friend and they admitted they don't have a problem with abortions, but bans were necessary because women get them for fun. That they brag about how many abortions they have. Yes, the friend of mine is a woman. Completely divorced from reality. It legit makes me mad to think about.
That reminds me of this trump supporter (first term but probably still is) who said she voted for trump because she didn’t want Hillary being ruled by her menses. I looked at this friend straight in the face, saw that she was serious, laughed, and said Hillary has not bled for quite a few years now. Honest to goodness she had a pikachu face. It had not occurred to her in the least.
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u/gobsmacked247 Aug 27 '24
I never thought about it but if the mother is not planning on keeping the baby, the mother is not taking care to go to doctor appointments or take prenatal vitamins or any of the things you do to have a healthy baby. Damn, I never thought of that…