r/worldnewsvideo Dec 05 '22

News Report 🌏 SCOTUS's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade is directly impacting people experiencing miscarriages.

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u/500CatsTypingStuff Dec 05 '22

Women with ectopic pregnancies (which are nonviable and life threatening) have been told to go home and wait until they are closer to dying before they can come in and terminate the pregnancy. Which means they can bleed out and die.

Yes. Women will die.

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u/seriousbangs Dec 05 '22

Thing is, if you're well off financially you go to the next state over and get your treatment.

It's similar to how we enforce our drug policy to it only impacts the vulnerable and, more importantly, the ones less likely to vote.

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u/500CatsTypingStuff Dec 06 '22

If a woman is pregnant and has complications, especially life threatening, she isn’t going to always have the luxury of driving to another state.

I agree that poor women are screwed though

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u/seriousbangs Dec 06 '22

A women with a lot of money will have enough prenatal care to know when she needs an abortion most times.

And she won't be sent home without care. Absolute worst case she's admitted to hospital overnight.

It's possible an unlucky, pretty, wealthy and let's face it white women will get caught up in all this. And if she does there's a good chance that'll change the narrative.

But the odds are low. Which is why this works for the Republican party.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '22

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u/SmokeGSU Dec 05 '22

ThEy'Re GoNnA gO tO hEaVEn!

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u/tattedmomma44 Dec 05 '22

Until it hits too close to home & they start freaking out over what they voted for.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '22

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u/tattedmomma44 Dec 05 '22

Bet she still votes for the party who’s against her best interests

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u/DogWallop Dec 05 '22

I've posted this, satirically, many times:

The Repubvangelicals are more than happy for you to terminate your unwanted children, as long as you wait until full term and poop 'em out. Then you can have fun gettin' rid of 'em with your genuine, Amurrikkkan-made assault rifle.

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u/danted002 Dec 06 '22

As a European this is mind boggling


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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '22 edited Dec 09 '22

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u/trojan25nz Dec 06 '22

If a hospital is told via the news what they can and can’t do (because politicians spout their intentions on the news before the hospital has a chance to update policy), they can’t act

They don’t know if what they’re doing is or will be illegal, risking their license

Frontline staff need freedom to make decisions in the moment. Any hesitance will matter. Any situation not currently dire will be deferred until there is more clarity on the legal front

Edit: politics affects law. Legal uncertainty risks their career they’ve spent decades to build.

And they deal with death every week if not every day. It’s not so much of a moral quandary because they don’t want anyone to die, but accept that many will

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u/trojan25nz Dec 06 '22

The hospital isn’t getting legal advice from the news

They’re getting legal threats or promises of threats from government officials and the public for doing their job

They don’t have the luxury to just ignore everything political and focus only on the lawyers that happen to be around them 24/7 at their beck and call /s.

Surely you saw what happened during the covid lockdowns

Administration broke, staff were left almost stranded in a sea of angry scared people who hated lockdowns and yelled and fought and drove out many experienced frontline staff

The law is not responsive enough for healthcare staff. They have to both make do, and look ahead

When your state governor is promising to make abortion illegal after they succeed in overturning what was considered a protection, you don’t wait for the law to change

You stop the practice until the law matters are settled, then you continue if you’re able

You don’t continue when you’re informed you might be committing a crime. That’s what idiots do

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '22 edited Dec 09 '22

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u/trojan25nz Dec 06 '22

Hospitals have lawyers to advise on what procedures may or may not be legal

And doctors are deciding not to go forth with procedures that may breach new incoming laws

Again, you don’t continue with an action when you’re informed it may or will be a crime

The law is not as clear or responsive as you imply. Cases are being worked through RIGHT NOW, while policy is changing RIGHT NOW

You’re ignoring that there’s a transition period where legal certainty isn’t a thing

No state has made treating ectopic pregnancies even arguably illegal.

Roe v wade wasn’t threatened either, and policy/procedures were built with that in mind

Now those protections are gone.

Policy doesn’t update overnight, and doctors aren’t informed when they show up the next day

It’s a transition period

During that time
 well, you wait and hope you don’t end your career

It’s not like a doctor can get those decades back lol

Edit: you’re overlooking the human element rather than just ‘politics’

This is their job, and they’re being told they can’t do a thing they’ve always done. They’re being threatened by govt, public and staff that agree with the changes

It’s not like all medical professionals are pro choice and will give abortions.

It’s a transition period and there’s no certainty, regardless of what you think the law says at this very monent

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '22 edited Dec 09 '22

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u/trojan25nz Dec 06 '22

But they won't breach new incoming laws.

Transition phase. You cannot possibly know what’s going to happen

You’re adamant in thinking doctors are just being political

They’re being careful because there’s a lot at stake

Show me one state whose abortion laws are not clear whether a doctor will be able to treat an ectopic pregnancy.

Show me one doctor refusing to act because they’re just being political?

If a law that was passed says you can't eat ice cream on Sunday starting December 12, if you eat ice cream on December 11, you can't be prosecuted for it.

What will you do in response of losing your job? Sue for compensation?

How long will that take?

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '22 edited Dec 09 '22

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u/kittenstixx Dec 06 '22

You have to abort an ectopic pregnancy, if abortions are illegal then so is "treating" an ectopic pregnancy.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '22 edited Dec 09 '22

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u/kittenstixx Dec 06 '22

If abortion is illegal then so is aborting an ectopic pregnancy.

What do you thing abortion is?

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u/500CatsTypingStuff Dec 06 '22

And yet, hospitals refuse treatment.

It’s as if no one actually gives a fuck about women’s lives

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u/kittenstixx Dec 06 '22

Didn't America have to worst maternal mortality rate in the developed world before roe was overturned? Not exactly surprising.

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u/500CatsTypingStuff Dec 06 '22

In some places, yes. Because we don’t have affordable universal healthcare

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u/alcimedes Dec 06 '22

I know they have the blanket 'life of the mother' language, but I don't think they address ectopic pregnancies specifically.

in those cases, the issue is technically the life of the mother isn't in danger, until it inevitably ruptures, then it's an immediate danger.

So when can the dr. act? Before the life threatening scenario starts, but which is unavoidable? Or are you legally obligated to wait until her vitals are crashing, then you can start to work?

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '22 edited Dec 09 '22

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u/alcimedes Dec 06 '22

Many of them do.

Which ones? I looked at a few and couldn't find any reference to the medical term 'ectopic' in any them. I don't want to waste time trying to find 20+ law texts though, and you seem to be well informed so figure you can point me in the right direction.

When it becomes reasonable, in good faith judgment of the physician based on the facts he knew at the time, that abortion was necessary to prevent death or serious impairment of a bodily function. It is reasonable to believe that an ectopic pregnancy will not fix itself and, if not treated, will either kill the woman or seriously impair her reproductive system. As soon as an ectopic pregnancy is discovered, it can be treated.

that would be wonderful if true, but it's not. Until the mother's life is in imminent danger, they can't start treatment. Multiple laws technically require the tube to burst before a dr. could perform the required abortion without risking being sued and losing their medical license. Since some of these states also allow unaffiliated 3rd parties to sue, you can't even hope the family won't sue and move forward, you have to worry about anyone and everyone in the state.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '22 edited Dec 09 '22

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u/alcimedes Dec 06 '22

Isn't that less than a third?

Most laws do not differentiate between a tubal pregnancy vs. regular. it's good that a handful do, but they all should.

First one I looked at (indiana's law) only references ectopic pregnancies as a result of a botched abortion from how it reads. No exception to perform prior to 'life threatening' conditions.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '22 edited Dec 09 '22

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u/alcimedes Dec 06 '22

It becomes life threatening, but isn't immediately.

you have lawmakers asking to have dr's move tubal pregnancies to the uterus and you'd be surprised there are laws that don't take ectopic consequences into account?

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '22 edited Dec 09 '22

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '22

there were some threads in r/medical school about medical students avoiding residency in areas affected and in r/residency about people completing OB residencies figuring out how to leave the state.

That means all pregnancy related care, including birth if healthy babies, post partun care, will be affected. It means even things that have nothing to do with babies, like reproductive cancer surgeries or hysterectomies for endometriosis will be affected.

At the same time, can you blame the doctors for wanting to practice to the full extent of their skills without losing their license or being forced to deny care they think is necessary?

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u/sushisection Dec 05 '22

a good way to scare doctors away from your state is by forcing lawyers and politicians into their medical office.

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u/ChanceyIII Dec 05 '22

where she gonna end up? oh my god shes here standing behind me isnt she...

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u/herekittyx Dec 05 '22

It reminded me of that old “How to get European men” video where she was in a tree at one point

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u/ChanceyIII Dec 05 '22

this cannot be real

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u/Shahzoodoo Dec 06 '22

She moves so many locations during this video I wouldn’t be surprised if she’s behind each of us when we least expect it she’s just that fast!

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u/Ecstatic-Will7763 Dec 05 '22

I’ll never vote republican. Like
 they screwed up.

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u/Topazisdeadinside Dec 07 '22

Yeah and everyone is pissed from what I heard.

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u/BetterRemember Dec 05 '22

SCOTUS wants women and girls bred and dead.

They want the "domestic supply of infants" up as well as the death rates of women.

The name of the game is to force women and girls to produce another hopefully desperately poor child to funnel through the school-to-prison pipeline and work for pennies on the hour or to be basically sold off to wealthy parents looking to adopt.

Once the woman or even little girl has added to the domestic supply of infants she can just die, that was all she was ever worth.

This is a war on women.

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u/Punderstruck Dec 06 '22

You forgot the poverty-to-military pipeline.

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u/fart-atronach Dec 06 '22

Yup. They really went mask-off on that one with their recent response to student debt relief being bad for military enrollment.

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u/KrystalWulf Dec 06 '22

Don't forget, they don't even want the kids that are forced into life with the parents unable to care for them. "Adopt them out!" They say. Well, are you going to adopt? "No, we have our own."

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u/kittenstixx Dec 06 '22

I'm not defending anti-abortion people here but fwiw there is a demand for babies to be adopted, the kids that aren't getting adopted are adolescents, nobody wants "damaged goods" they want a blank canvas, so Christians do overwhelmingly adopt babies, just not any other age groups.

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u/altodor Dec 06 '22

For me it's not about whether the demographic statistically is adopting, it's whether the specific individuals advocating for it are.

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u/OCE_Mythical Dec 06 '22

I don't see why they wouldn't want the woman alive though, if the woman lives they could have another kid in their mind right?

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u/sophiesbubbles Dec 06 '22

But if they realise how messed up this is, they'll vote wrong

/s

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u/wojwesoly Dec 05 '22

The exact same thing is happening in Poland, a few women already passed away because of it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '22

only in ohio 💀

Just kidding, this is happening all over america, i hope to god im wrong.

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u/wojwesoly Dec 05 '22

Not only in America. The same thing is happening in Poland (where a few women already passed away because of it) and I suppose in every other country that has banned abortions.

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u/HumphreyImaginarium Dec 05 '22

i hope to god im wrong.

You're not, every state with an abortion ban has the same stories coming out.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '22 edited Dec 06 '22

You are indeed wrong. We got it overturned with proposal 1 in Michigan

Edit: oh wow some people are salty that michigan gets to keep it's right for abortion. grow the fuck up

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u/karalmiddleton Dec 06 '22

Fuck SCOTUS, and Fuck woman killing Republicans.

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u/joc95 Dec 06 '22

this was the reason why Ireland legalized abortion. women literally died

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u/PauI_MuadDib Dec 05 '22 edited Dec 06 '22

Warren and AOC both gave a viable suggestion to address emergency cases like this so women at least have immediate access to healthcare until abortion can be codified. Privately funded healthcare clinics could lease federal, non tribal land. There's a fuck ton of it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_lands

(1) It wouldn't violate the Hyde Amendment because they would be privately funded and not federally funded. And they could pay to lease the land.

(2) Mobile units, field hospitals, medical tents and vending machines can be utilized ASAP until full-sized facilities can be built. Vending machines don't even need a full-time staff.

(3) Federal law trumps state. And, if this administration really cared about conflicting state vs federal laws then they would've immediately addressed the conflicting federal marijuana laws vs state laws. Marijuana is still federally illegal, and even state licensed dispensaries are still at legal risk because federal law supercedes state. Yet, no one's rushing to fix those conflicting laws.

Leasing federal, non-tribal lands to private healthcare clinics would've at least offered a chance for women in dire situations stuck in states with extremely restrictive bans. It'd be better than going home and sitting in a bathtub as you slowly bleed to death.

One argument The Whitehouse and other Dems made against this was that leasing federal, non-tribal lands to healthcare clinics would result in a big legal battle and numerous lawsuits.

Oh? đŸ€” You mean like Biden's student loan forgiveness? The one that's getting hit with lawsuit after lawsuit?

I guess loan forgiveness is worth fighting for and women's healthcare is just shit out of luck.

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u/Tokoyami8711 Dec 05 '22

Screw religious nut jobs. All they do is hate themselves and then project thst hate on everything else around them.

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u/Undercoverspy007 Dec 06 '22

Jesus fucking Christ it’s not hard give women their healthcare

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u/seriousbangs Dec 05 '22

It's only a matter of time before women die of miscarriage.

Also before a women is prosecuted for a miscarriage.

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u/quickjump Dec 05 '22

The “greatest” country in the world.

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u/Jacobwewo Dec 05 '22

No one has said this since Jeff Daniels spanked our asses with a speech about this. I haven't heard anyone say this is the greatest country in the world since like the mid 2000's. No coming after you, just saying I think the whole world agrees we are a crumbling (slowly) society

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u/quickjump Dec 05 '22 edited Dec 06 '22

I dunno man I hear republicans say it all the time. Never heard of Jeff Daniels but I’m gonna watch that speech.

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u/xelop Dec 05 '22

https://youtu.be/bIpKfw17-yY

Here you go. It's amazing

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u/quickjump Dec 05 '22

Thank you

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u/xelop Dec 05 '22

Always. The speech spanks our ass as a country

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u/Jacobwewo Dec 06 '22

it's really good. did you find it? it's from a show but at the time those statistics were real

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u/MFbunnySquad Dec 06 '22

Anyone down voting this is the problem.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '22

While there is this legal cover that overrides state law, many if not all hospitals and providers, are corporate controlled, and no corporation is going to give a sh*t if it in anyway has an effect on their profits.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '22

People voting against their and their fellow citizen’s own best interests, a tradition for the ignorant, misinformed and hate filled idiots for generations.

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u/TheOlBabaganoush Dec 06 '22

6 weeks?? Almost nobody knows that they’re pregnant within six weeks. This shit is so draconian and deeply fucked up. They don’t care if American citizens bleed out in the streets in broad daylight if those citizens are women.

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u/alphasigmaligma Dec 06 '22

They know exactly what they’re doing with this. And people (mostly men) continue to refuse to acknowledge that women do, in fact, face worldwide systematic oppression 😐

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u/4Plus20MakesHappy Dec 06 '22

BUT HER EMAILS!

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u/Oktaghon Dec 06 '22

After losing a cousin I was particularly fond of, due to complications from a miscarriage, yeah, that's messed up.

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u/R1CHQK Dec 06 '22

This makes me fucking sick. Imagine going to the hospital for you wife whose already giving birth to your dead child, only to get turned down, so now you have a bleeding, dying wife. Oh wait, you don't have to imagine.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '22

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u/Trixgrl Dec 05 '22

You’re right. It makes zero sense why women are denied healthcare based on religious zealotry.

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u/post_talone420 Dec 05 '22

Please enlighten us.

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u/cyclopath Dec 05 '22

Please enlighten us, Doctor


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u/schwarzeKatzen Dec 05 '22

What doesn’t add up?

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u/RockerRebecca24 Dec 05 '22

Please explain your reasoning on why it doesn’t add up.

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u/Jenn_There_Done_That Feminist Killjoy Dec 05 '22

What doesn’t add up?

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u/PlenitudeOpulence Plenty đŸ©ș🧬💜 Dec 05 '22

Please elaborate.

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u/500CatsTypingStuff Dec 05 '22

So you are willfully ignorant?

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '22

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u/Satesh400 Dec 05 '22

Of the 8 replies, 6 asked for further explanation. That's hardly "the whole world goes mad".

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '22

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u/PryzeTheBest Dec 05 '22

Asking you to elaborate when you say “nope doesn’t add up” is not going mad.

The burden of proof is on you. Explain why you said it doesn’t add up.

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u/ensemblestars69 Dec 05 '22

is this elon's secret reddit account

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u/Twoleftknees3 Dec 05 '22


now I’m pretty sure you said something intentionally sort of vague, while definitely hoping to get reactions, so you could come in with this comment. A little on the pathetic side

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u/schwarzeKatzen Dec 05 '22

The creator of the initial deleted comment stated something like “This doesn’t add up.” It was one of the first comments on this. Honestly it may have been the first one. I asked what didn’t add up because I’m honestly not sure of what their reasoning was, if they’ve seen an opposing article, if they were agreeing with the piece, etc. it appears they’ve declined to elaborate further.

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u/500CatsTypingStuff Dec 05 '22

We are talking about women’s lives and you turn it into a joke.

What are you? 12?

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u/Olympia44 Dec 07 '22

This is one of the reasons I’m never having children. There are way too many things that could go wrong, and way too many assholes in my state congress that would rather see me dead than have it treated. Nope nope nope.