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Fri Dec 3, 2021, 11:42 AM Dec 2021

The Human Cost Of Being Denied An Abortion

“If Roe v. Wade is overturned, people need to understand that if you’re already suffering, taking something away does not make the suffering go away. It increases the suffering. And that’s what’s gonna happen here.”

- Shannon Brewer, clinic director at Jackson Women’s Health organization

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-human-cost-of-being-denied-an-abortion_n_61940cd5e4b00aa1efeeac79

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The Human Cost Of Being Denied An Abortion (Original Post) 634-5789 Dec 2021 OP
Excellent article - a must read. crickets Dec 2021 #1
K&R Solly Mack Dec 2021 #2

crickets

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1. Excellent article - a must read.
Fri Dec 3, 2021, 01:12 PM
Dec 2021
It also shows how we, as a culture, take people who are pregnant for granted. I think the reason why we take people for granted and we decide that we don’t trust their decision-making when it comes to getting an abortion is because so many are women. We’re not interested in a woman’s aspirations and her decision-making. Her agency is often completely removed from these conversations.

It feeds off of the stereotype that a woman’s natural role is to be pregnant and give birth, so every and all risk should be taken by women to have a child. But in actuality, the risk of pregnancy is so substantial and it changes your physiology for the rest of your life. It’s one thing to voluntarily choose to take these risks because you want a child, but to do it to somebody against their will is downright callous. It’s unfathomable to think that adoption is a solution when you realize the risks of carrying a pregnancy to term.


The entire piece is gold: it covers everything clearly and calmly, with real world data to back up each point discussed.
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