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Posted less than an hour ago :).
Well how's that for timing. Fuck yeah I'm using this! Thank you!
Enjoy. I realized your original post was regarding women's health and not infant so here's something else.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/womens-health/texas-abortion-ban-deaths-pregnant-women-sb8-analysis-rcna171631
I'll take all the ammo I can get. I feel like the focus is usually on the fetus, so I'm trying to move the spotlight more onto the (absolutely horrific) maternal impact... but tbh most of the folks voting against abortion rights don't actually give a fuck about the mother, so some focus on 'pro life actually kills more babies!!' would probably be a more effective attention grabber for the voters who actually need to be swayed.
Just wanted to follow up - did the presentation a few days ago. Went great, and I got the reaction I was hoping for from the audience. I saw some combination of shock, anger, horror, and most importantly compassion on just about every face infront of me (class of about 70 people).
Wrapped it up by hitting them with a quick spiel on "If you think this needs to change - or stay as is - that's up to you: submit your answer into the ballot box on November 5th."
No idea if I spurred any into action any who weren't already planning on voting, but there was definitely some energy in the room. That went about as well as I could have hoped!
Thanks for the assist!
Wow that's great to hear. No problem man. Good for you.