How a Simple Favor Changed This Person's Anti-Abortion Stance

Here’s what made this TikToker change their stance on abortion
(via jamesissmiling on Instagram)
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[@TheTee5231976]

The fact that men were never taught how a woman's body works is a huge issue. When we have politicians saying that the baby is just floating around in there and it's not attached to Mom or if she gets raped that her whole body can just shut that pregnancy down is insane. Every gender should know how people's bodies work

[@mathildeyoung1823]

the fact that many people were never taught that the life of a new human being starts at fertilization is a huge issue...

[@emilyfeagin2673]

mathildeyoung1823 That’s one religions thought. Other religions and other humans consider life to begin at birth

[@bjornstahle4652]

@@mathildeyoung1823 So you're ok 2/3rds of those fertilized embryos never attaching to the uterine wall, flowing out with menses, with 25% of those embryos that do attach spontaneously self-aborting after a few weeks or months?? You consider all of those "human" life?

[@mathildeyoung1823]

@@emilyfeagin2673 what other species would a human fetus (a mammal) be a member of if not the human species (note: the only current member of our species is the human being)?

[@RogueSiren11]

Back when I was in high school we took health classes in our freshman year. Both girls and boys were in the class. Among the topics, we learned about the reproduction system and venereal diseases. So the men I grow up with know how stuff worked in both their body and women's. So I don't know when boys/men got pushed out of the conversation or why but they were definitely at the table back then.

[@emilyfeagin2673]

The loss of privacy rights and bodily autonomy effects all of us

[@KerryLuckett]

Repealing Roe v Wade undid Griswold v Connecticut at the same time.

[@ceciliamatos3288]

@@KerryLuckett I will have to look that up-and I will. Thank you!

[@mathildeyoung1823]

@@KerryLuckett no it didn't

[@silentghost751]

How is it privacy and bodily autonomy? What about the child’s body?

[@chubbiepanda01]

@@KerryLuckett It pretty much flies in the face of the precedent set by McFall v Shimp, too. If a woman can be forced to let a fetus have use of her uterus without her consent in order to allow the fetus to live, doesn't that mean Shimp should have been forced to let McFall have use of his bone marrow without his consent in order to allow McFall to live? Lawful compulsion to allow someone use of your organs (uterus, kidneys, plasma, platelets, blood) without your consent is a slippery slope. If it's your body, it is your choice what to do with it. People may find it morally reprehensible to allow another life to end by not consenting but it should still be your choice.

[@benevolencia4203]

@ jamesissmiling is correct: We all need be concerned every time a bureaucracy summarily removes any citizen’s individual liberty without due process of law. Doesn’t matter if you’re feminine, masculine, or neutral: we’re all just people, and need to stand united together. We are all born with the inclination to be free. The first and last freedom must be over our own bodies, minds, and decisions we each make while living out our peaceful lives in the pursuit of happiness. If Americans don’t defend American Citizens Individual Liberty: nobody else will.

[@Ceegee-pw8ne]

Hear, Hear!👏

[@marylhere]

My favorite thing is that Thomas and Alito say they can’t control what their wives do…..but us. Sure.

[@pippishortstocking7913]

Bazinga! 🎯

[@kerrialexander4211]

Project 2025 will affect all Americans. Vote Blue!

[@ThatOpalGuy]

guess we know who wears the pants in those households.

[@kwill84]

But surely their wives are post menopausal and unable to conceive a child anymore

[@thaliahall4599]

Yes, they both are Cowards & Liars and when they get into trouble, blame their wives right away!

[@KimberlyArwen]

Even men who can't get abobos because they don't have the parts should still be involved in the movement because family planning and basic health care are human rights.

[@benevolencia4203]

Absolutely. We are and always will be in this together. 💙

[@devo2]

This is heaven for them. Removing it and access to women change, rest and bathrooms. I wonder why they support it.. hmm, we will never know.

[@tonyelliott7734]

I thought y'all didn't want men involved in this issue at all...🤔

[@benevolencia4203]

@@devo2 it says more about you than them; if you think this person poses anything other than zero threat to females.

[@devo2]

@@benevolencia4203 How dare I say places ment for women, should only be accessed by actual women.

[@ChubbyUnicorn]

If Republicans cared about life they would fund CPS, foster are system, education and healthcare equally with national defense and with same gusto as 2nd amendment.

[@PanzarInthelake]

If democrats care. They wouldn't do to women and little girls what they did to Jocelyn Nungaray

[@youdidntseeanything8589]

💯

[@rhodawatkins4516]

And fight for all that with as much determination as if it were their guns!

[@TheTee5231976]

Exactly!!!! We all know if men could get pregnant they would be a clinic on every corner and birth control would be free just like they're Viagra is

[@Eyeris625]

The Taliban-GOP does not care. VOTE DEMOCRATIC ON EVERY BALLOT

[@lizcollinson2692]

Men also are the majority of the legislature, they need to be shown they need to respect and represent thier people.

[@mathildeyoung1823]

including unbprn children.

[@lizcollinson2692]

@@mathildeyoung1823 not people, no one is required to donate their body against their will.

[@bjornstahle4652]

@@mathildeyoung1823 So you're ok 2/3rds of those fertilized embryos never attaching to the uterine wall, flowing out with menses, with 25% of those embryos that do attach spontaneously self-aborting after a few weeks or months?? You consider all of those "human" life?

[@mathildeyoung1823]

People are requied to ensure the safety of their offspring though - they put them in a position of dependence. So if you and your partner create a new human being and put that new human being in a position of dependence on you then you need to BE RESPONSIBLE for that new human being, not whine and make up excuses to k-ill them.

[@bjornstahle4652]

@@mathildeyoung1823 So you're anti-birth control, got it.

[@theresasmith5916]

I was the same when I was a teen. Then I listened to other voices besides my family’s and changed my opinion. I wouldn’t want someone to force me into a decision, what right do I have to do that to someone else? I don’t, nobody does.

[@mathildeyoung1823]

so no laws EVER then because - boo hoo - that's "forcing"? e.g. if a mom wants to leave her bbay home alone to die so she can go to the beach NOW she cannot do that - does that mean she is being "forced" to use her body against her will to ensure her child's safety (boo hoo)? or are laws against child endangerment about protecting defenseless human beings? I'm going with protecting - as are laws telling men and women not to take the life of their unborn child.

[@theresasmith5916]

@@mathildeyoung1823 your argument isn’t logical at all. If said beach woman really didn’t want to take care of a child she probably shouldn’t have had one, she should have a right to make a choice about her life and what she wants. Since she had the child she is responsible for it as after it’s born it’s a breathing human being and should not be subjected to abuse and neglect. Men aren’t being legislated because they can’t get pregnant. They may watch as women they love are bleeding out on the bathroom floor during a miscarriage because women can’t get the healthcare they need. Or maybe that gets a big boo hoo from you too.

[@Picknumber3milord]

​@@theresasmith5916 That account is a troll touting anti-woman, misogynistic rhetoric. They've replied to other comments trying to guilt trip people in bad faith.

[@Picknumber3milord]

​@@theresasmith5916The Matilde account, I mean.

[@kwill84]

@@mathildeyoung1823wow you have horrible arguments. So now we’re equating medical abortions to those that abandon their kids. This is what those with no actual evidence or facts do. You make up antidotes that hold no water. Educate yourself. Because life has a way of teaching you the very lesson you need to learn. I hope you don’t find out the truth the hard way.

[@thisbushnell2012]

The fact that lawmakers can dictate medical decisions wholesale without having passed the boards is PRACTICING MEDICINE WITHOUT A LICENSE, a felony in _every_ state.

[@mathildeyoung1823]

the fact that someone considers taking the life of a human being for an excuse like money or not wanting to be a parent is st-upidity at it's finest.

[@suzannederusha1370]

ALL sane voices need to be a part of the conversation. Thank you for all you’re doing ❤❤❤

[@mathildeyoung1823]

Yes, it's insane to think that it's OK to take the life of a defenseless human being to make your life easier!

[@bjornstahle4652]

@@mathildeyoung1823 So you're ok 2/3rds of those fertilized embryos never attaching to the uterine wall, flowing out with menses, with 25% of those embryos that do attach spontaneously self-aborting after a few weeks or months?? You consider all of those "human" life?

[@mathildeyoung1823]

@@bjornstahle4652 are you OK with asking the same question 3 times? I've answered your question twice already....

[@ThatOpalGuy]

@@mathildeyoung1823 do you support the blue line?

[@mathildeyoung1823]

@@ThatOpalGuy what do you mean?

[@Poemi10304]

I don't understand why politicians are allowed to make laws when they have no knowledge of the issues. How many of us have gone through years of education, or at least trainings, to learn about things we need to know to carry out our jobs properly, effectively? Meanwhile, those people don't have to do anything but talk out of their rears and force their personal religion into our lives while they take our freedoms away from us.

[@mathildeyoung1823]

pretty sick that you're equating freedom with having the ability to take the life of a defenseless human being to make your life easier

[@jennperson6008]

​@@mathildeyoung1823Please. You don't know what you are talking about. Take a seat.

[@mathildeyoung1823]

@@jennperson6008 Science tells us the life of a new human being starts at fertilization. You know that, don't you?

[@jennperson6008]

@mathildeyoung1823 I also know that MILLIONS of fertilized eggs never implant and never result in a pregnancy. Are those eggs that get shed during the next menses human beings? Think before you post.

[@eiryuu]

​@mathildeyoung1823 pretty sick that you're equating not forcing women to carry their wanted babies that didn't make it inside them, chaining young parents into deep multi-specialist infant-surgery medical debt, etc. to 'making their lives easier' like it's some sort of casual handwavery easy thing to settle. just have the baby! it's only 18-50 years of parenthood and several hundred thousand dollars, often with little to no support from workplaces and neighbourhoods. you best be .already. advocating all your _life_ for specialneeds & disabled parents&kids and maternity+paternity leave and support plus childcare and school meals, fundraising for the resultant sharp-uptick in already-numerous unfunded child surgeries and lifelong treatments with both your time and wallet if you wanna pick that high horse, not to mention orphanages and fostercare from households in difficulty and people in poverty. else just stop shooting off your mouth and keyboard, yeesh. wwjd? 😩

[@SheilaR.08]

Very well said. We all must stand together for the rights of others. There is strength in numbers, without question. 💜

[@mathildeyoung1823]

the rights of others - including unborn children.

[@Arulane]

The rights of everyone have to be protected or no ones rights are.

[@WournosFromTwitch]

There's a song by Manic Street Preachers that always springs to mind in these circumstances (or any circumstance really). "If you tolerate this, then your children will be next".

[@juniejams3729]

Love this!! Yes. We need every human to support any human's right to bodily autonomy. The government needs to stand silent on this issue. It's that simple. Keep up the good fight!!

[@zoyadulzura7490]

The federal government must codify into law protections for such services. The nation's reliance on the Roe ruling clearly wasn't enough.

[@altzana396]

We absolutely need everyone to be involved in this fight. It impacts everyone, not just women. If you think this doesn't/ won't impact you, you need to pause and think more broadly. The loss of women healthcare is only the beginning.

[@truthache8560]

LOL wait, wait! So it has nothing to do with men unless they agree with YOUR pro death side?

[@SpaceBethC131]

What healthcare?

[@cachecow]

@@truthache8560 Actually it has nothing to do with men ...PERIOD! If you don't get one, you don't get a say

[@truthache8560]

@@cachecow HAHA NO! Takes a man to make a baby, we ALWAYS should have a say in our children. Weak men just let you crazy women do what you want.

[@democrabots]

The loss of the next generation is no biggie, if couples want to put up with clumps of cells they let grow into children they can easily get them on demand.

[@nicholasgallanis7539]

This ("no uterus no opinon") is a classic divide & conquer tactic most notably used in Germany during the 1930s, as Martin Niemöller wrote in his famous poem "First they came" It's ALWAYS important for EVERYONE to stand up & support those who are being oppressed otherwise there will come a day, when they come for the last one standing & no one will be there to stand up for them & the oppressors ABSOLUTELY know this fact. First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out- Because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out- Because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out- Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me-and there was no one left to speak for me.

[@benevolencia4203]

Defend your neighbor’s individual rights as if your own: Because they are. 🌊🗽💯🗳️💙🇺🇸🤟🏽🌿✌🏽

[@rhodawatkins4516]

In my thinking, the "no uterus, no opinion" mindset comes from the fact that it is mostly old white men with no uterus who are forcing their beliefs and will on the rest of us. They want to rule us, not represent us.

[@user-blob]

Excellent post 👏👏👏

[@RachelH2vr2ul]

it's an "all hands on deck" situation, so thank you for helping to spread the word - 🥰

[@SunnyAquamarine2]

This is making me consider a lot of things that either never occurred to me, or I was told I shouldn't entertain anything using several of various words or ideas that this non binary person used. Lots of things to look up and learn more now. Thanks. ❤

[@mathildeyoung1823]

have you considered that the life of a new human being starts at fertilization? and that if you put a defenseless human being in a position of dependence on you that you have a responsibility to ensure the safety of that human being (at least as long as it takes to hand them over SAFELY to someone else)?

[@ShineOnBenevolentSun]

​@@mathildeyoung1823 you're precisely wrong, however. Human life does not begin at egg fertilization. Not all fertilized eggs implant into the endometrium and end up just passed by the body - without implantation no development into a human can happen. Implantation also goes wrong. Learn more before being so confidently wrong.

[@KeithCooper-Albuquerque]

Great points! Yes, we all need to be involved with the movement!

[@yippieskippy2971]

Yours is a perspective I have never encountered. I feel like I learned something because I'm thinking more now than I was before this video started. Thx 🖖💚

[@carvellakhan3891]

Her for it...says the 60 yo female

[@sharonannrees2824]

It’s all about choice!

[@mathildeyoung1823]

there are some choices that need to be illegal though - like the choice for a man or a woman to take the life of their child, born or unborn, to make their life easier

[@sharonannrees2824]

@@mathildeyoung1823 I meant bodily choice.

[@Barbara-lu2sj]

I'm still at a loss with gender fluidity. But I agree that everyone should understand how their body works and how bodies work, in general, to have a more informed opinion so they won't have a knee-jerk reaction to the complexities of reproductive rights. The Bible isn't the only answer.

[@ShineOnBenevolentSun]

This is a man. His body likely works like 99.9% of men's do. He's just trying to be the most speshul, not-like-other-guys guy in the room.

[@anniejuan1817]

Thank you for this! I dislike the "no uterus - no opinion" line because if the pregnant person invites your input, then it doesn't matter whether you have a uterus or not - your opinion counts. And, conversely, if your opinion was uninvited, then it doesn't matter whether you have a uterus or not - you opinion is worthless.

[@goldenmoon1139]

very well said, thank you! ^-^

[@zoyadulzura7490]

Right. Any empathetic person, uterus or not, should have an opinion on this. We should care about people having rights, even if we don't belong to that particular group.

[@melissahollowell7255]

My mother, of blessed memory, did not have a uterus (hysterectomy). But she was very pro-chioce. Lots of uterus owners are anti-choice. We need to stop gatekeeping support and take it from all corners of society.

[@nanschafer9999]

Excellent and most helpful. Thank you for your articulate and nuanced view. 👍

[@lindaarmstrongjackman9788]

Ignorance is not bliss., it is dangerous.

[@hideem1]

Men need to be involved in the conversation because it is an economic issue for them. Forced birth has a direct impact on their lives & mental as well as financial health. As a woman who has had children & an abo I can honestly say that when the father is engaged, if an abo isn’t an option, they are also being forced by the government to become fathers. It’s unacceptable. It’s private & none of anyone else’s business.

[@mathildeyoung1823]

So men should be able to make a "private" decision to take the life of their unborn child (e.g. by slipping a woman a so-called "safe" abortifacient)? I don't care how "private" a decision is - if that decision involves a man or a woman taking the life of their unborn child to make their life easier that decision needs to be illegal

[@zoyadulzura7490]

@@mathildeyoung1823 Thank you for boosting the algorithm of videos like this! Your opinion is unwanted, but adding to numbers is nice!

[@mathildeyoung1823]

@@zoyadulzura7490 so you're saying a man should be able to make a "private" decision to take the life of his unborn child?!?

[@rosabscura]

It’s the woman’s body.. her choice.. the bill of the decision belongs to her. If the man wasn’t prepared to be a father, he doesn’t have to be involved.. most men are not forced to pay any child support.. I don’t know one single dude with a kid he has abandoned that *does*…

[@eiryuu]

​@@mathildeyoung1823 srs question: how many children have you been forced to birth and-or raise?

[@averycheesypotato]

But you started by saying you were against it, when you had no opinion/involvement? I get that you’re trying to be supportive now, and that’s great & all- but this all just kind of proves the point. If you aren’t directly affected and if you can’t empathize with problems that only affect others… well, maybe your opinion shouldn’t be the loudest in the room. It shouldn’t take your rights being on the line to see other’s perspectives. Get informed before forming opinions

[@tc-s3510]

Great message. Keep it going.

[@jenz5607]

Thank you for your support!

[@PenangGirl]

Well done young man. As a cis woman beyond child-bearing years, I am fully in favour of choice for all women and have thought that men need to keep out of this conversation. But, I thought that men were basically anti women's choice. My rather huge mistake. The support of men like you should hopefully go a long way to supporting women who wish to choose what they do with their lives.

[@mathildeyoung1823]

Wow - hiding behind the word "choice".... what choice? The choice to take the life of a defenseless human being, born or unborn, to make your life easier is a choice that needs to be illegal.

[@jodywho6696]

Slow down. Gather thoughts. Make a point. Who, is the audience you are trying to reach. Are you the right person for it. Thanks for caring😊

[@benwagner5089]

While I may not agree with his "any gender can get pregnant" comment, I'm glad that he changed his opinion based on fact and experience rather than just regurgitating something he "learned" was a bad, forbidden thing.

[@jinxiejae]

GILEAD IS UPON US!!!!! VOTE BLUE!!!!

[@tanyawilliams8254]

Preach ❤

[@kimlarson7136]

Thank you.

[@mr.mrs.d.7015]

Men also pay child support so they had better care

[@ThatOpalGuy]

florida public school ...and he went through it BEFORE maga. I can only imagine how much it has improved (/S) since then.

[@IntrepidInkweaver]

Their nails are on point.

[@recklessstaghomestead]

I love this. Thank you.

[@skimmingstone3energyrecords]

Very well said young Sir....

[@kimlr-herring]

You have said it all perfectly!!! 💙☮️💐

[@madelineschultz4968]

Thank you VERY much for this!

[@crankydragon]

Lenny Bruce, said the same about marijuana. He didn't use it himself but he was a proponent of legalizing and spoke frequently about it. He also encouraged others to do the same.

[@PunaGreen420]

Thank you, very well said.

[@sarahchristine2345]

Thanks for your support ❤

[@inotherwords14]

Love this! Thank you!

[@needasanecountry6815]

You did great and opened my eye. Lol. 66 never to early to learn inclusivity. Come on in everybody the water is fine

[@gothic_ace2037]

Say it louder for the ones who are apparently selectively deaf 😂

[@rebeccaharrison2968]

Thank you!

[@heyou1]

Gasp. Valid!

[@kobaltkween]

So cogently expressed and well-thought out.

[@truthache8560]

Like a drunk driver after the accident.

[@to8484]

❤ i love this.

[@marthajwilcox1201]

Yes, yes, YES! Luv ya!

[@RobertSaget-iv4wv]

Katie Porter for president!

[@jeancyr3034]

Good job!

[@nathanholden1427]

Agree 💯!

[@kimsk4962]

Well said

[@millenniafever]

you have not transitioned until you remove the beard

[@Snuzzled]

What happened to "my body, my choice"?

[@grayfae3]

thanks and can someone PLEASE fix the captions at the end of these, that are COVERED BY PREVIEWS. move one or the other, thanks.

[@user-hx8ck1jx2x]

Vote Biden 2024! Let’s save our rights for reproductive freedom MY BODY MY CHOICE!

[@lauralomonaco5847]

❤❤❤

[@IaneHowe]

You don't have an uterus it isn't and it wasn't none of your business either way. But thanks

[@Birdsong-Annalee]

Protecting human rights and body autonomy are everyone's business.

[@cryschanel32]

🖤🖤

[@russelldofrane6614]

Dude is a discount Dylan Mulvaney 😂

[@attached3245]

LMAO 💀

[@suzannederusha1370]

Have you cleaned your mom’s basement that you live in lately?

[@russelldofrane6614]

@@suzannederusha1370 😂 nice try Suzanne😂

[@dark14life]

@@russelldofrane6614 I'll take that as a "No, I don't clean my basement bedroom. I scream until mommy does it."

[@dark14life]

"Why does everyone call me a bigot?" - russelldodobrain

[@KatherineTheGreat501]

Isn't this guy best friends with a creep named Jeff?

[@cachecow]

Because he/she/they needed to get in touch with their own sexuality, before they could stop judging others for what they do with theirs?

[@truthache8560]

Nah probably just wanted to see a 🐈 and what they can actually do.

[@RamenNoodle1985]

No, she specifically says it was a friend in college asking her to go with to PP that changed her mind. That was before she transitioned.

[@thelordcommander5]

❤️‍🔥

[@jaspajones7045]

Omg so cringe. This isn’t good journalism at all.

[@OmANnIe]

Nothing is as "cringe" as your comment.

[@carollund8251]

Why? This person seems so nice, sweet and caring. Do you only like raging lunatics with red hats shouting hateful things? Those creatures are what should make all decent human beings cringe and back away in horror.

[@sisuguillam5109]

It's an opinion piece.

[@attached3245]

whole channel is top notch cringe gold secret treasure chest under the ocean golden stash of cringe i've ever seen 😂

[@speedracertv4934]

Is your scroll option disabled????

[@truthache8560]

0:04 Oh yea because a “pre transition” anything has ANY idea what a good mental state and health condition is.

[@ljre3397]

Back under your rock MAGAt.

[@mfsebcw]

Have you updated yourself to at least ten years ago in the diagnostics manual?

[@dark14life]

Funny, we feel the same about you pre-humans. Time to evolve, caveman.

[@Ur_killin_me_smalls]

Tell us more about the dsm 5. (After you Google it first, of course.)

[@RamenNoodle1985]

"anything"? So she's a thing now, not a person? Says a whole lot more about you than you realize

[@jerrellbevers6071]

I'm 100% about, 'your body and your happiness isn't my business' but with all due respect, let's please keep this within the parameters of reality and not wishful thinking. All things are not equal and we do not have to approach these things in this way. Respect the parameters of life and quit calling me/us Cis. Straight is the the standard that does not need to demarked or enumerated. It does not take from others that I do not have a label for what is already considered the defacto norm from which the standard is derived from nor does it pejoratively predispose those who do not follow this norm. If it somehow does, then we need to work on what is considered the baseline to extrapolate from and not come up with psuedo-pejoratives to try to fill that gap.

[@doet707]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Ang.0910]

That includes mandatory vaccines

[@sheelfjohnson]

No it doesn't, because my pregnancy won't infect you. Your measles or polio will most likely infect me.

[@IAmSuperStick]

Love the fake nails and 5 o'clock shadow.

[@Redact63Lluks]

Feeling no responsibility for this movement all about having no responsibility 😂

[@dark14life]

That's typical for you Repubs. You people don't take responsibility for anything. Least of all your crimes.

[@to8484]

Off topic, love your nails

[@ReggaeKM]

If you love a woman, ITS YOUR ISSUE TOO! thank you for using your voice now 🩵

[@andreasdesigns]

Thank you.