Feminists in America seem to equate killing fetuses with freedom, but let's look overseas to China and India. There they test the sex early and abort the fetus if it is female. So the great majority of abortions in these nations are women.
Yes, abortion rights have helped to kill tens of millions of females.
A great victory for feminism.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
I see, Fred, so you would force a woman to carry a pregnancy to term, rather than allow her the freedom to determine what to do with her own body. Oops, am I putting words in your mouth again? Because that's what it sounds like you are advocating.
The tirade of testosterone laden individuals is too much to bear...it is NEVER a decision that has a correct answer....only the doctor (who has the FULL picture),is the "voice" of reason....THAT VOICE OF REASON then guides/advises the female,who has to make a choice.....cohesion is NOT part of the equation....I have given U (collectively) professional medical knowledge (thru links), I have posted WOMEN;S POV who have been thru this sad decision...it falls on deaf ears, because the EXACT SAME bullshit is vomited forth. I just
would like to twitch my nose and BAM a pregnant male (no, not a trans) would be placed in this untenable
position....finding themselves in a life changing condition that they were NOT prepared for and did not want.
In the most consequential and controversial attack on reproductive rights since the overturning of Roe v. Wadeopens in a new tab or window, a Texas judge could ban the safest, most effective, and most common method for abortion in all 50 states. The hyper-conservative anti-abortion group Alliance Defending Freedomopens in a new tab or window (ADF) is seeking to overturn the FDA's approval of mifepristone (Mifeprex), a medication in a two-pill regimen used to terminate pregnancies through the first 10 weeks gestation. The lawsuit does not target the other medication, misoprostol (Cytotec)opens in a new tab or window, which FDA approved to treat stomach ulcers, and can be prescribed off-label for abortion. Misoprostol can induce abortion even without mifepristone, yet the two-pill regimen has become the gold standard.
Again, if you truly want to reduce abortion rates, and prevent fetuses from being terminated, then provide better access to birth control and improve sex education. It's been proven to work. Better yet, teach men to be more responsible in using birth control themselves, and provide better support for women who do become pregnant - paid leave from work without reprisals from work for doctors visits, longer maternity leave, better paternity leave, better support at work and school once returning from maternity leave. Our country makes it really hard to work and concurrently raise young families, and so many choose to have abortions for financial reasons - address those problems so it's less of a reason.
Abortion Access Tied to Suicide Rates Among Young Women
— Enforcing restrictions on reproductive care linked with nearly 6% rise in suicide rate
by Michael DePeau-Wilson, Enterprise & Investigative Writer, MedPage Today December 28, 2022
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
Sandberg, who officially left her position as Facebook’s parent company Meta’s chief operating officer last week after 14 years, donated $3 million to the ACLU Ruth Bader Ginsburg Liberty Center. The ACLU plans to use the funds to support candidates and ballot measures for abortion rights, as well as defending pregnant women’s rights in state courts and legislatures over the next three years.
Sandberg told The Associated Press in an interview that it’s “unthinkable” that her three daughters have fewer rights over “their own health care, their own bodies, their own destinies” than she did. She wanted to immediately start working to change that.
Now 45 and a federal judge, Kacsmaryk (kaz-MARE-ik) has the opportunity to impose the most far-reaching limit on abortion access since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June.
The judge, nominated by President Trump and confirmed in 2019, will soon rule on a lawsuit seeking to revoke U.S. government approval of mifepristone, a key abortion medication. That outcome could, at least temporarily, halt over half the legal abortions carried out across the country, including in states led by Democrats where abortion rights are protected.
While many experts have said the case relies on baseless medical claims, it is Kacsmaryk’s role as presiding judge that has the abortion rights movement bracing for another crippling defeat.
Trump’s lasting legacy on the judiciary is not just at the Supreme Court
The abortion pills lawsuit, which Kacsmaryk could rule on any day, is the latest in a long line of politically explosive cases to appear on the judge’s docket. In a practice known as “forum shopping,” conservative groups have zeroed in on the Amarillo division of the Northern District of Texas as a go-to place to challenge a wide range of Biden administration policies. Because Amarillo is a federal district with a single judge, plaintiffs know their arguments will be heard by Kacsmaryk — who, like any federal judge, is positioned to issue rulings with nationwide implications.
Appeals from Kacsmaryk’s district follow a path that has regularly yielded favorable outcomes for conservatives — reviewed first by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, which upheld a strict Texas abortion ban long before Roe v. Wade was overturned, then ultimately by the conservative-controlled Supreme Court.
As abortion drug ruling looms, groups debate case’s merits
The Washington Post interviewed 20 people who know Kacsmaryk — who declined to comment for this story — including his close friends, former colleagues and family members. What emerges is a portrait of a religious conservative who is widely regarded as a thorough and analytical legal thinker but who also comes to his judicial work with a long history of activism rooted in his religious beliefs. This account includes previously unreported details about the nature and strength of his antiabortion convictions.
