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Three plaintiffs testified about the trauma they experienced carrying nonviable pregnancies.

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[–] Tabbycat 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Look, I get that you think your logic is sound and that you don't like being called pro-slavery. I guess in your head "saving a baby" cannot equate to "enslaving women", right? The unfortunate truth, as this post shows, is that these laws and these concepts you support are indeed enslaving women. It doesn't really matter if you don't like it, or if you don't want that. The fact of supporting these laws makes it an automatic consequence. The fact is, the US government is now forcing women to give birth. If you can put aside for an instant the fetus, baby, whatever, that is what's happening. I'm not sure you can imagine all the possible psychological and physical consequences of giving birth. Now it's forced on women. Can you imagine if for 9 months you were forced to do something that you don't want, that has lifelong consequences and may put your life at risk? And this not only for adults, but also minors. Let's bring it close: imagine you have a 13yo daughter. She is in school and may not have understood all of the sex ed that I'm sure you and the school system has given her yet. Her cycle has already started. Then she's maybe r*ped maybe not and now she's pregnant. Would you let her go through with the pregnancy, the trauma of it and the risks? It's a 13 yo. What if it's ectopic and she dies? What if she gives birth and she dies?

In conclusion, it's a lot like treating women like cattle. Also please don't reply with anything like "but the baby". A 13yo is a baby.

[–] MasterObee -2 points 1 year ago

is that these laws and these concepts you support are indeed enslaving women.

That's where we disagree. I think it's absolutely absurd you equate it to slavery, and belittles past and modern day slavery.