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Republican Officials Openly Insult Women Nearly Killed by Abortion Bans (slate.com)

submitted 10 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

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Red states would rather let a patient die than let her terminate a dangerous pregnancy. And they’re barely pretending otherwise.

For many years before S.B. 8 passed in Texas and was then swept into existence by the Supreme Court, and before Dobbs ushered in a more formal regime of forced childbirth six months later, the groups leading the charge against reproductive rights liked to claim that they loved pregnant women and only wanted them to be safe and cozy, stuffed chock-full of good advice and carted around through extra-wide hallways for safe, sterile procedures in operating rooms with only the best HVAC systems.

Then Dobbs came down and within minutes it became manifestly clear that these advocates actually viewed pregnant people as the problem standing in the way of imaginary, healthy babies—and that states willing to privilege fetal life would go to any and all lengths to ensure that actual patients’ care, comfort, informed consent, and very survival would be subordinate.

We are only beginning to understand the extent to which pregnant women are dying and will continue to die due to denials of basic maternal health care, candid medical advice, and adequate treatment.

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[-] kool_newt@lemm.ee 14 points 10 months ago

and fuck everyone who keeps trying to tell me we should just try to “understand” how Republicans got to where they are.

One can have compassion for a victim and still recognize their danger and the need to protect oneself from that danger.

I feel that a large number of Republicans are victims of a lifetime of propaganda, and threats. This is important to understand if one is trying to understand the big picture. If literally 1/2 of humans are inherently shit it would benefit the planet if our species went extinct ASAP and that is eco-fascism. The long-term goal needs to be to prevent the those with power and wealth from turning their victims into their idiot army.

When it comes to how to how to treat them on the short-term or individual level, treat them as the mortal danger they are.

[-] be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social 8 points 10 months ago

I understand the truth of what you are saying. It's just infuriating to witness so much needless bullshit and harm coming from the same group year after year after year.

[-] Nelots@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago

If literally 1/2 of humans are inherently shit it would benefit the planet if our species went extinct ASAP

I mean, all signs are pointing to this being incredibly true, regardless of how many people are good or not. I don't want us to go extinct, but it's practically undeniable at this point that it would be better for the planet.

[-] kool_newt@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago

I can't say you're wrong, and I've held this perspective personally at times. At some point I realized that I'm trapped in this fucked up situation and taking a hopeful perspective, even if it's not always the most logical allows me to live with less stress.

I feel like things like doomerism, accelerationism, and eco-fascism ultimately help the psychopathic hoarders causing all this trouble.

I feel like solarpunk and anarchism, looking to community rather than stores and government agencies, etc make things harder for them.

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