Changing The Reproductive Rights Conversation | Jessica Waters | TEDxBaltimore

[@connieglasgow1966]

Excellent presentation, very relatable speaker, love the energy if this wonderful lady. Finally someone who speaks based on research and from her heart. 👏👏👏❤️❤️👍❤️👍

[@viewerabundzu6887]

7.1 2022 support with all your courage and heart the reproductive rights of women.

[@aynurabbassoy2620]

why people do not talk about the future of the baby who is not wanted by her/his mother. how such a mother raises that baby. Please be reasonable, the point is not only about choice or life, but also the quality of life whether the mother burden the responsibility of raising a child or not

[@lucaswhitepridemaclean9447]

Wow so lets kill ppl because women won't raise there kids. How about let's adopt the child to a responsible parent and put the want to be murder neglectful so calld pairent in prison for a attempted murder and child abondoment!!

[@natural3362]

True

[@natural3362]

@@lucaswhitepridemaclean9447 yeah. Why don't we start with you.. Pro life adopting all the children and are you going to be responsible if those women die in childbirth?

[@elliecsify]

I learned a lot! Thank you! I am so passionate about women's reproductive rights and this was very informant

[@ianalan4367]

Reproduction and extermination are two completely different subjects.

[@antediluvianatheist5262]

@@ianalan4367 But they both have the same theme: 'I have the right to decide who and what happens in my body.'

[@ianalan4367]

@@antediluvianatheist5262 Yes, but the subject is abortion. Abortion is the termination of a fetus (growing human baby) inside the mother's womb. Thus, it is not a question of the mother's right to decide what happens to her body. The question is; does a mother have a right to decide what happens to the baby's body. It is the growing baby's body that get's terminated, not the mother. The question is does an unborn growing human being have the same right to live as those who are born. If not why?

[@sherrib4168]

Ellie Stanton, don't unborn baby's have reproductive rights if they are given the chance to have a life?? Women Who take the life of thier own flesh and blood are selfish. How is it, the mother's who gave birth to THEIR daughter, that very daughter is now killing HER unborn flesh and blood. Why does one mother give birth, and the same birthed baby kills her baby.

[@sherrib4168]

@@ianalan4367 Ian Alan, I love your comment. You are so correct about abortion and what you said to antidulivan atheist, Abortion is killing the wrong body. Women want abortions, then they should trade places with the unborn. Let the unborn live, and abort the women.

[@stanleyoverfield2878]

Great speech!

[@HelenaBlack80]

What’s she’s basically saying is everyone should respect the choices of others, women should have the right to choose whether they have children or not but the problem is people on the pro-life side of the argument don’t want that, they want to legislate to remove the right to abortions because they don’t agree with them either for religious or moral reasons. So it’s easy to say we should all listen to each other but when one side is making laws that criminalise women and take away their choice you can’t reason with that. I’m staunchly pro-choice & pro-abortion. pro-choicers have never tried to make laws forcing people to have abortions so in my mind there’s no comparison between the two groups. One side wants to let women choose the other wants to take that choice away unless the choice is to give birth.

[@johnbuggy9121]

Women can make that choice without having to resort to abortion.

[@HelenaBlack80]

John Buggy if abortion isn’t a choice, there is no choice.

[@johnbuggy9121]

@@HelenaBlack80 What about aborting a 9 month old fetus? How about a newly born? Where do you draw a line between what choice is wrong and what choice is right?

[@HelenaBlack80]

John Buggy dude, that doesn’t happen. Brush up on the legislation then we’ll talk. Stop getting your info from pro-life websites.

[@johnbuggy9121]

@@HelenaBlack80 How do you know? Where are you getting your information from? Moreover, you haven't answered my questions - you simply dismissed them, possibly because your answers will illustrate how far you are willing to push the boundaries of morality? Don't be afraid. I won't judge you. :-)

[@researchbothsidesequally4481]

Everyone should watch "unplanned".

[@mimosa27]

No, thank you.

[@researchbothsidesequally4481]

@@mimosa27 This movie mirrors all the research that I have done including the testimonies from 3 girls who I have known personally since grade school, plus all the testimonies from past abortion doctors, past abortion workers, abortion survivors, to the mothers and fathers themselves. There are literally thousands upon thousands of similar testimonies from all over the U.S., let alone the world. Why don't you believe all these people? Why do you think that all these people are lying? I challenge you to watch this movie, (it is on Amazon Prime Videos for free) and then comment on what is wrong with it, not some generalization, insults, or opinions, but real peer reviewed scientific evidence. Do you accept my challenge, or will you continue in your ignorance?

[@mimosa27]

@@researchbothsidesequally4481 Because I believe in my bodily autonomy, not what anyone else says. I and I alone have control over my own body. Take care! ;-)

[@DarylAllison]

Volume of this video is too low.

[@iikimida]

8 yrs since the talk uploaded, less than 30k views and 200 comments... lets see when the world cares about women individually than as birth rate or population growth.

[@TheGreaterDane]

Informative talk, though it dragged on is some parts. Also, there seems to be some audio issues as the whole video was very low and cut out at some points

[@sailorbychoice1]

3:26 why did the audio cut out when she said, "I've counseled women con~" the CC says "concerned," but after lips reading it several times, she said, "con~"sidering an abortion.""

[@celieboo]

Thank you for the work you do! Please continue to protect our reproductive rights.

[@ianalan4367]

Reproduction and extermination are two completely different subjects.

[@antediluvianatheist5262]

@@ianalan4367 Not when it happens inside your body.

[@ianalan4367]

@@antediluvianatheist5262 The conditions of being inside a womb somehow changes physical reality?

[@ianalan4367]

@cayenne pepper No, giving an unborn baby (that is what a fetus is) more rights than the born is not my intention. Attempting to find a justifiable reason why an unborn human life does not have the equal right to live as the born is what I am attempting to seek. For example as a society we deem it immoral and wrong for a mother to kill their new born simply because that new born baby 'uses' its mothers body to live. A new born baby cannot survive without its mother (or surrogate) and has not exactly asked permission nor has it received consent to 'use its mother's body' yet if that mother kills it that would be considered murder.

[@ianalan4367]

@cayenne pepper Yes, I realize that and agree which is why I mentioned mother or surrogate. So, should this society be allowed to kill the new born if the society does not want the new born to 'use it' to sustain life?

[@thienducdao5570]

I DONT CARE MUCH ABOUT ABORTION IS RIGHT OR WRONG, BUT AS LONG AS ABORTION STILL LEGAL, MEN WILL NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR CHILD SUPPORT, PIREOD!

[@austynbayuk8632]

Huh?

[@sailorbychoice1]

9:23 Change the word, _"woman,"_ to _"person,"_ then talk to me about what reproductive rights are. If we are looking for equality amongst the sexes, then all rights _must_ be gender neutral. Nothing said here addresses Male reproductive rights at all. Are Males to be excluded from all decisions? Males can not reproduce without women; neither can women reproduce without men. If men aren't allowed into the discussion at all, I posit, these women aren't trying to reproduce with the right men~ and maybe _that_ is the behavior that needs modification. She briefly mentions one man as part of a decision, in passing only, in this whole Talk. I give it a B-. Some points were made okay.

[@brendandarkside1207]

See my comment above :) this is so important

[@Narte555]

I would give it a C .This talk is almost solely about abortion she doesnt really discuss repoductive rights at all. She makes some good points and shares her knowledge well. She also fails to mention mens roles / responsibilities in any of her discussion. I think the title doesn't suit the content.

[@emmanuelpiscicelli6232]

@@Narte555 Until men die in child birth maybe our opinion is of less value.

[@natural3362]

@@emmanuelpiscicelli6232 yup until men can experience childbirth death, then women have the say

[@austynbayuk8632]

All men have to do is have an orgasm. It’s a little different than the 9 months a woman has to GROW a fetus in HER body and then give birth which causes EXCRUCIATING PAIN whether is natural or through a C section. Men and women are equal but not when it comes to producing a child.

[@sarahnafarnda8485]

Yes Very true We should Belisa in the autonomy of women

[@sheriwhitaker6925]

In that space of technicolor is an unborn human being desperately trying to finds it’s place in this world. In that space this person has no religious affiliation, has not been abused, has not just graduated college, nor have they been financially strapped. They are people, just like you and I who are in that space waiting for us to give them a chance. They are the brave ones, waiting for us to decide. Because these humans deserve better than both camps have been giving them. Reproductive decisions and bodily autonomy are reserved for those individuals who have the right to choose what they do with their bodies so long as it is not a detriment to another human life. I am brave enough to say that I value life-all life. I value the life of the woman both inside and outside the womb because the value of human life makes no distinction of its location, its size, its level of development nor its dependency on someone else for survival. Can we make a decision to say abortion is moral? Only if you can suddenly change that unborn human in that space of technicolor into something that is not human. And that my friend, is impossible. Let’s be brave enough to change the conversation to what is really going on here. We are ending the life of another human being. In that space of technicolor as you put it, is the devaluing of a human life.

[@Smewby]

In that space is NOT A PERSON. Lol

[@iikimida]

9:12

[@SomeIsBest]

We cannot acknowledge that all those decisions are are moral. It's either murder or it isn't. Only the impostor would compromise and have the baby torn in two, split between the two women claiming to be the mother. One is legitimate. The other is not. The debate continues.

[@viewerabundzu6887]

Thomas, you are not a woman I imagine…

[@jackm6307]

Extremely unbalanced to include only the more abnormal sad tales. So, what about the gal who got drunk, slept with a couple of guys, then without giving it a second thought, killed that which she was bearing out of sheer convenience? Where are those stories? Half a story is deceptive at best and some would call it a flat out lie. But I get it, it takes deception to even attempt to justify this and she knows it. Pro abortion often goes the route this woman is taking by citing only the exceptions to the rule while completely leaving out what is likely the more normal story where most of this is no more than selfish convenience. What's not too bright is, they expect any half way intelligent individual to not see through it all.

[@jackm6307]

@cayenne pepper ​ You never even addressed how deceiving the video was, but lets just chalk it up as they have to deceive in order to make this horrible thing look ok, as it's very clear to anyone who can still see what you have done there. In spite of what you may think, calling these babies "unfeeling", not human, or whatever nonsensical claim, is not justification for killing the most innocent, most defenseless human beings on the planet. I mean one couldn't commit a worse atrocity if they tried...mind boggling. As far as the "poor me" very selfish and unfeeling individuals that would murder a child out of convenience without giving it a second thought, I have to wonder if they are human or have the feelings that you say the unborn child is lacking? And since it appears they do not....well? What do I want to know about women? Unfortunately, I already know more than I should ever need, or want to know about some.

[@aniar.5920]

Most unwanted pregnancies are caused by the failed contraception

[@johnbuggy9121]

@cayenne pepper (1) A human fetus is a human being. That's a scientific fact.

[@natural3362]

@@johnbuggy9121 no it's not

[@johnbuggy9121]

@@natural3362 Are you denying a scientific fact? If it's not a human being, then what species does it belong to?

[@hyderkhan9867]

17 min of bs here nothing new or no solution offered these days looks like anybody can talk here.

[@LesWilis]

We elected to dismember alive one twin to "save" the other because we vainly require a baby with our own DNA. The only moral, civilized choice (so long as it's done inside of the uterus).

[@XatxiFly]

LesWilis So it's better to let both die than make a choice to painlessly kill one?

[@bawkray]

@@XatxiFly they wouldnt have both died, that's not a gsruntee, and there are c sections and specialists and options to save both. Did she say they both wouldve died? Watch it over again, she didnt say anything that would imply them both dying without killing one of them

[@HoppyBunny.]

I am pro choice but not pro abortion. I believe in the value of sentient human life. A woman is free to have an abortion, but she is not free to exist as a woman who did not destroy a potential human life or a human life. Killing is either right or wrong, killing that which cannot defend itself, destroying human potential for personal convenience or casual disregard on all levels is a statement about the moral and ethical position of any person man or woman. I support the right to abort. It must remain legal and assessable, but my feelings toward a woman who aborts a child is the same as my feelings toward anyone who doesn't value sentient human life. Very low.

[@lizmowrey9866]

blackburn9 Nobody is pro-abortion

[@HoppyBunny.]

From what I've observed, there are definitely women who are pro-abortion. I've read about and observed within this culture, groups of women who throw abortion parties. There are women who gather together for wine and other gourmet dinners, openly celebrating abortion of friends, who use having abortions as a reason to go shopping with friends as well as attend previously mentioned parties either in their homes or at bars. It is similar to Divorce parties thrown by women. I've even heard women gleefully tell their female friends, "its alright, had I not aborted the thing, it would have been a boy." So, yes, there are plenty of women who are pro-abortion.

[@antediluvianatheist5262]

@@HoppyBunny. Be as pissed as you like. No one said you had to like it. But rights include the right for other people to make choices that you don't. Free speech works for nazis, as well as everyone else.

[@natural3362]

@@HoppyBunny. but you don't know they feel don't you

[@redneckinhungary3662]

Murder is murder

[@antediluvianatheist5262]

Lucky abortion is not then, eh?

[@viewerabundzu6887]

yes it is. Abortion is something else.

[@stringX90]

SO BORING

[@viewerabundzu6887]

not now 7.1. 2022