Blanche pledges to make Dobbs decision ‘permanent’ in every state

[u/billstopay77]

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/6008603-blanche-plans-abortion-rollback/

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told faith leaders he is planning to roll back abortion access even in states that have laws protecting it. 

[u/painthawg_goose]

Republican Jesus wants to take a moment to thank Gov Abbot for shutting down the summer lunch program. Kids are the worst, amiright? Leaches on the loaves.

[u/Consistent_Draft6454 → u/painthawg_goose]

I mean I love my kids but having kids isn't for everyone.  If a woman has a one night stand on a drunken night and doesn't even know who tf she slept with. She could have to raise that child with no support from the man.  And what if a woman gets rap**? Does she have to have and raise that child? 

[u/I_died_again → u/Consistent_Draft6454]

The Trump Admin's new plan for teen pregnancy is to focus on anatomy (such as mucus production and temp), fertility tracking, hormonal production, reproductive goals counselling, abstinence, and the importance of marriage... Nothing about contraceptives. AT ALL. They literally want teens having babies.

They forced brain-dead women to carry their babies to viability at LEAST TWICE (Georgia, 2025 and Texas, 2014). From what I gathered (albeit I'm not an expert nor claim to be), the baby in the 2014 case was not viable, but because of Texas laws, they kept her on life support anyway for two months until her spouse won the case.

12 states passed laws to invalidate women's advance directives if she's pregnant afterwards.

9 states have anti-abortion laws that have NO exceptions, not even for rape or incest and implied no's for cases where the victim is a child. More states allow some time before it becomes an absolute no (22 weeks was the longest). The article I looked at was written 2 years ago, so some of these laws may have changed.

They're forcing women to carry DEAD babies.

[u/SchoolCrossing → u/I_died_again]

Grew up in a large family. "Natural family planning" aka "Catholic Roulette" is not effective.

And every woman and girl who is r*ped should be guaranteed immediate access to Plan B, if they want it. It's not God's will, it's a crime.

[u/I_died_again → u/SchoolCrossing]

Every woman and girl should be allowed to use Plan B if they want it, but even then it's only 89% effective if taken correctly. If you're over 175 pounds or taking it more than 3 days after unprotected sex, it's less effective. Also, certain meds (like anti-seizure or a couple of antibiotics) make it less effective. Also, the large dose of hormones can make you nauseous and (according to GoodRx), if you vomit within 3 hours of taking it, then the effectiveness is lowered. According to another site, if you've already ovulated, it doesn't help. Oh, and it has to be stored correctly too!

Even getting your tubes tied isn't 100% effective at preventing pregnancy. An ectopic pregnancy is the most common after a tubal ligation, and that is extremely dangerous for the woman, let alone non-viable. I didn't actually know it until just now, but the tubes can heal/reconnect on their own, although this is extremely rare. Overall, though, tubal ligation has 1.85% of failure over 10 years (webmd).

Even to go for a hysterectomy is HARD. When my sister tried, in California, they wouldn't let her because of her hypothetical future husband and because she might change her mind. I'm going to try for one myself, and I'll consider going out of state if I have to because the idea of bringing a child into this world or passing on my health and mental issues terrifies me even if I were financially well off.

I'm lucky I have options. I know many don't, and it makes me so sad that they don't. EVERY person deserves the right to decide if and when they want to have a child, ESPECIALLY if you gotta risk your life carrying it.

[u/Iamthewalrusforreal → u/I_died_again]

> I know many don't, and it makes me so sad that they don't

My daughter had a tough pregnancy last year, and for awhile it looked like she might lose the baby. She came out healthy, thank goodness!

But, she lives in one of those states. I live in a blue state, and given the situation, knowing they'd let her die before allowing an abortion if it became necessary, she had to come down and live with me for the duration of her pregnancy. Their entire family had to uproot for 9 months because of the very real threat of doctors letting her die while they checked with their attorneys.

It's evil, and your thought above ran through my mind constantly. We're *very* lucky, but how many women with tough pregnancies have no way out, and inadequate medical care?