Scream it out! Roe v. Wade edition

[PrettyLilPussy19]

Thanks everyone.

She and I have a very difficult relationship. And I'm the one putting in the work to make it functional but days like yesterday just make it feel pointless. It just cements my dislike of people who are different in public and in private.

Anyway, I'll take the rest to my therapist! Thanks for listening

 

[tnman03]

Thanks everyone.

She and I have a very difficult relationship. And I'm the one putting in the work to make it functional but days like yesterday just make it feel pointless. It just cements my dislike of people who are different in public and in private.

Anyway, I'll take the rest to my therapist! Thanks for listening

Sometimes we just need to have a place to vent, I'm glad that this was where you felt that you could do so. Life is difficult enough, just as it is most of the time. So parental units or family exasperating it just causes heartache and anxiety.

 

[PrettyLilPussy19]

If you don’t have a uterus (or have had).. you don’t get an opinion.

End of discussion

You know I had this same reaction at first. It's hard to watch men make decisions about decisions they will never ever have to make. Add to that, most the men I hear talking have the loosest grasp on human anatomy and the reproductive system.

But we need men to have opinions and to stand with us, march with us and vote with us. We need them to be educated and compassionate. We can't do it without allies.

I was reminded there are also cases (far more rare but enough) where the female partner is incapacitated for some reason and the male partner has to make these decisions with her in mind. In those cases, he will have no rights either and may watch both his partner and their pregnancy be left up to whatever help the Healthcare system can legally provide.

All that to say, I totally get this feeling but we need men too. I just wouldn't fuck anyone who didn't believe in my bodily autonomy.

 

[jaF0]

If you really want to get angry, I can point you to a site of mostly older white rural farmers types who think this was the greatest decision in recent history. We civilized folk aren't making much progress telling them otherwise. They could use a good talkin' to from the people most affected.

 

[crazychemgirl]

You know I had this same reaction at first. It's hard to watch men make decisions about decisions they will never ever have to make. Add to that, most the men I hear talking have the loosest grasp on human anatomy and the reproductive system.

But we need men to have opinions and to stand with us, march with us and vote with us. We need them to be educated and compassionate. We can't do it without allies.

I was reminded there are also cases (far more rare but enough) where the female partner is incapacitated for some reason and the male partner has to make these decisions with her in mind. In those cases, he will have no rights either and may watch both his partner and their pregnancy be left up to whatever help the Healthcare system can legally provide.

All that to say, I totally get this feeling but we need men too. I just wouldn't fuck anyone who didn't believe in my bodily autonomy.

I mean … you’re not wrong. We clearly do need help… we need all the allies we can get in this fight.

 

[nicechat]

The sense that peace, freedom, autonomy, love and family are all things we hold dear, maybe we sometimes overlook that these things can be taken from us by war, natural disasters and accidents so easily. As an Aussie watching Roe v Wade reversing from afar, I'm shaking my head in sadness and disbelief that a conservative supreme court can seek to deprive women the right to choose what happens to their own bodies, this is dark ages stuff. With supreme court appointments being for life and a reversal of this decision very difficult to achieve, I fear many women through desperation may now lose their lives needlessly.

 

[MrMikelobe1952]

Thanks everyone.

She and I have a very difficult relationship. And I'm the one putting in the work to make it functional but days like yesterday just make it feel pointless. It just cements my dislike of people who are different in public and in private.

Anyway, I'll take the rest to my therapist! Thanks for listening

Its good that you have a therapist to talk to about this relationship. From the understanding and compassion that you show for your mother, even when she is behaving so poorly, it is clear that the therapy is helping you.

 

[crazychemgirl]

I saw that even the taliban allows for abortion in certain cases … you know you’re in the wrong when an extremist group known to be anti-women has more rights for woman than your own country.

 

[tnman03]

The sense that peace, freedom, autonomy, love and family are all things we hold dear, maybe we sometimes overlook that these things can be taken from us by war, natural disasters and accidents so easily. As an Aussie watching Roe v Wade reversing from afar, I'm shaking my head in sadness and disbelief that a conservative supreme court can seek to deprive women the right to choose what happens to their own bodies, this is dark ages stuff. With supreme court appointments being for life and a reversal of this decision very difficult to achieve, I fear many women through desperation may now lose their lives needlessly.

It's back to the state level here in the US. It's by state/province level in Australia and the UK, both of which were and do have variances but overwhelmingly accommodate at a greater level than some states here will be doing. Where change will have to be made now is at the state level in states which effectively ban it. I do believe that this can and will happen, but it's going to be a struggle and yes, a lot of women will suffer for it.

 

[jaF0]

If you really want to get angry, I can point you to a site of mostly older white rural farmers types who think this was the greatest decision in recent history. We civilized folk aren't making much progress telling them otherwise. They could use a good talkin' to from the people most affected.

No takers?

 

[Diosax]

Article about how this decision also impacts men.
https://www.npr.org/2022/06/27/1107715589/abortion

 

[jaF0]

It isn't just the GOP men .....

Marjorie Taylor Greene Says God Will Provide for Pregnant Women​

"If you are pregnant, God made you completely capable to be a mother, and he will provide for you, as you strive in life and become a mother," Greene tweeted.

 

[tnman03]

No, Abortions are fully decriminalised in all states of Australia and available under Medicare.

I'd read that with the only variations being on how far in the term or requiring two doctors to decide. Or at least somewhere along those lines. Is this correct?

 

[Strixaluco]

Thanks everyone.

She and I have a very difficult relationship. And I'm the one putting in the work to make it functional but days like yesterday just make it feel pointless. It just cements my dislike of people who are different in public and in private.

Anyway, I'll take the rest to my therapist! Thanks for listening

If it's too hard, you don't have any obligation to keep in contact with her. I know there are some situations where the decision to cut contact isn't necessarily feasible, but usually it is one option.

I tend to limit the visibility of my postings in FB so that certain people don't make me mad with their comments.

 

[Mei5ter]

Article about how this decision also impacts men.
https://www.npr.org/2022/06/27/1107715589/ab

And thank you for acknowledging that. It does. I accept that I tick just about every box for white patriarchal privilege, but there is absolutely no way this decision reflects me and who I am. I am angry, bewildered, frustrated, and despairing too, and it only helps the people on the wrong side of history and human rights if we don't let it be said that millions and millions of men feel this way too.

 

[jaF0]

Done screaming?

 

[AveryElle]

And thank you for acknowledging that. It does. I accept that I tick just about every box for white patriarchal privilege, but there is absolutely no way this decision reflects me and who I am. I am angry, bewildered, frustrated, and despairing too, and it only helps the people on the wrong side of history and human rights if we don't let it be said that millions and millions of men feel this way too.

There’s an article in the Washington Post about the huge surge in men making vasectomy appointments since Friday. One guy was like ‘this shouldn’t have to be my girlfriend’s problem, especially since they said they might go after birth control’.

Bravo. Even though it’s still not 100%, it’s a big shift in attitude.

 

[ToPleaseHim]

Local woman with cancer had to go to another state yesterday to terminate her pregnancy so she could begin chemotherapy.

 

[cascadiabound]

 

[Diosax]

There's a petition on moveon.org to impeach Justice Clarence Thomas. You can check it out here

 

[jaF0]

And so it begins ....

10-year-old girl denied abortion in Ohio​

The Hill|4 hours ago
A 10-year-old girl was denied an abortion in Ohio after the Supreme Court ruled last week that it was overturning Roe v. Wade, demonstrating the tangible impacts that the high court's decision is

 

[cascadiabound]

Story in print today that the Mississippi legislature is discussing using pregnancy sniffing dogs at airports to identify pregnant women...

My husband says..."to what end? On what basis are they going to deny interstate travel?"

Heaven help us... just wait. They will try.

 

[cascadiabound]

 

[aussiegeekygal]

Story in print today that the Mississippi legislature is discussing using pregnancy sniffing dogs at airports to identify pregnant women...

My husband says..."to what end? On what basis are they going to deny interstate travel?"

Heaven help us... just wait. They will try.

Holy fucking shitballs.

This country... I can't even

 

[Mrtenant]

And the women being jailed or imprisoned for miscarriages.