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ecstatic

(32,653 posts)
Wed May 17, 2023, 06:27 PM May 2023

I don't know how to get it done, but it needs to get done

Today it was mentioned that there are women in red states who are finding out about the abortion bans in their state when they try to book an abortion appointment, and there are women in states like New York who think that abortion has already been banned in their own state.

By the time GE voting begins next year, every voter in America needs to be 100% educated on the "who, what, when, where and why" with regard to abortion in this country.

The New York example makes it clear that it's not enough to quietly protect abortion rights. We have to be vocal about it, even in blue states: WE, DEMOCRATS, are protecting the right to choose. REPUBLICANS are taking that right away.

Voters also need to understand how the abortion bans affect ALL pregnant women who might experience life threatening complications or a miscarriage.

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I don't know how to get it done, but it needs to get done (Original Post) ecstatic May 2023 OP
And say it every way you can think of gratuitous May 2023 #1
my favorite actor ecstatic May 2023 #5
Unbreakable is good and a little obscure Bristlecone May 2023 #7
Recommended. H2O Man May 2023 #2
once a doctor saw in my records that I had had 2 miscarriages. In records they are called demigoddess May 2023 #3
Exactly! pazzyanne May 2023 #6
I agree and shared on Facebook. . . h2ebits May 2023 #4

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
1. And say it every way you can think of
Wed May 17, 2023, 07:02 PM
May 2023

My favored way to say it is that women are being reduced to second class citizen status, because a bunch of white men who aren't licensed to practice medicine have decided women can't make their own health care decisions.

I don't recall asking them to do that. In fact . . .

ecstatic

(32,653 posts)
5. my favorite actor
Wed May 17, 2023, 08:13 PM
May 2023

I think I'm going to call it a night and watch a Samuel Jackson movie I haven't seen before. I'll rejoin the fight tomorrow!

demigoddess

(6,640 posts)
3. once a doctor saw in my records that I had had 2 miscarriages. In records they are called
Wed May 17, 2023, 07:45 PM
May 2023

"spontaneous abortions". He chewed me out for having abortions. A DOCTOR did not understand the medical term for miscarriage. I have a uterus that caused the miscarriages. The doctor who told me I was pregnant told me right there and then that I would miscarry. I lost 2 pregnancies and they watched me closely on a third because of that condition. Men making rules about abortion, do not know any of the science involved in miscarriage or pregnancy.

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