How abortion may motivate young people to vote

As election season heats up, two young activists on both sides of the abortion debate have been hitting the ground encouraging their peers to come out to the polls.
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[@veronikam3836]

You don't like abortions? Be pro sexual education. Be pro contraception. Be pro supporting young mothers. Be pro social security. Be pro better and affordable childcare. Banning abortions will only push them into the back alley again and cost millions of lives. It will NOT abolish them.

[@zacharythomas8617]

That died in 2016.

[@pepperpower1652]

Soon,a b.o.r.t adults!!! Oh!! They do!!!

[@theaquariancontrarian3316]

I can understand exceptions due to rape and incest but abortion is murder at its core.

[@user-ju7de7zg3q]

I'm pretty sure people have been saying that for about 60 years now.....

[@tactik5903]

Don’t have sex with people who don’t care about you. Oh wait we’re a degenerate hedonistic society, carry on…

[@dylanlucas1635]

Anti-abortion and also anti-children at the same time. You want to force these women to have unwanted children, then what? Are you going to fight as hard to make sure there are programs to help these women and their children once they are born? Are you adopting unwanted children? Are you making sure they are fed and clothed? When does your anti-abortion fight end?

[@joycemanning1254]

If I were forced to have a baby I can assure you that I would not keep. I would deposit it on a pro life doorstep!

[@dylanlucas1635]

That's part of the problem. There will be an influx of unwanted children exposed all over the country with no way of assisting them all. These anti-abortion fanatics don't know what they're actually asking for. @@joycemanning1254

[@user-rg1hw8he8s]

You have no idea how many pregnancy centers there are that do all of those things and more. There are maternity homes on or near college campuses across the country so women who are pregnant have a safe and comfortable place to live and get support throughout their pregnancy and beyond. There are millions of families waiting to adopt children. Regardless, killing is never ok. We don’t just let people live based on what we expect their quality of life to be. Would you support women killing their 2 year olds if they became addicted to drugs and became homeless and didn’t want to raise their child in that environment?

[@user-rg1hw8he8s]

@@joycemanning1254I would gladly take it.

[@aehplum]

@@user-rg1hw8he8s There are so many children in the foster care system that never get adopted because parents only want "clean slate" babies. This is why adoption is a for-profit industry and only RICH people get to spend the money to adopt those infants. AND majority of abortions are done by women who are already mothers and can't afford to take care of another child. Do you think they can afford the cost and stress of carrying that child in their body and then deal with the emotional stress of giving that child to someone else? If we abort a grouping of cells when it can't live outside of the womb before it develops into a "baby" and it costs significantly less for the individual and the system as a whole, don't you think that would be the smarter choice? Its not murder if its a group of cells.

[@kenofken9458]

If women don't want to live in the Republic of Gilead, they'd better get out and vote.

[@FilmSureelist97]

And men too. They need to be good allies as well.

[@kenofken9458]

@@FilmSureelist97 Absolutely, but it's going to be women and young people overall who will really determine the outcome in November. Trump's movement is a minority in this country, but they are an extremely loyal, even fanatical support base. They will come out to vote if they have to crawl through freezing rain on broken wrists. They win because they turn out, and we, far more often than not, do not. Ever since the end of the Vietnam War and certainly Roe, Democrats stopped caring and voting. They figured court decisions like Roe and Obergefell meant that history had been decided once and for all in favor of progressive ideals. The right wing meantime showed up in some way every single day of the last 45 years or so. The one thing they, and especially the fascists elements have always understood is that there are no unimportant fights on any fronts. Every day you fail to turn up at the election booths, in the institutions, in the media, in the courts, in the streets, is a day you cede ground to the opposition. I have real concerns that Trump could win this time, not because he's picked up any new voters, but because a lot of young progressives are talking about staying home to "punish" Joe for his handling of Gaza and other issues they care about. That is precisely how Trump won the first time.

[@freedomishavingachoice3020]

​​@@FilmSureelist97sidenote, fellas. If the government can use your unwilling body for who they deemed more worthy, we're scared you're perfectly fine when the government uses our unwilling body for who they deemed more worthy. I'll have more faith when our men abolish the draft they are unjustly held to. I'd help, but I'm kind of trying not to be a wombslave for our government. It's exhausting.

[@maxalberts2003]

@@freedomishavingachoice3020 The draft has been abolished for MANY years. Do you live in the United States???? Are you aware of what year it is? Did you just awaken from a fifty year coma?

[@freedomishavingachoice3020]

@@maxalberts2003 Nah dude. They ended the draft during one of our wars, and haven't used it since. That didn't abolish the act entirely. Biden can ask congress to use it tomorrow. Look for yourself. The United States has not had a draft since 1973. Congress and the president would have to authorize a draft. In the case of a national emergency, the Selective Service will follow this process to draft eligible young men. Go check.

[@plaidzebra5526]

3:34 That's the issue. If the woman (or child in this case) had a horrific experience. There is no sympathy, you will have that kid if you like it or not. That's what this woman believes even if the science and age of consent has shown otherwise

[@chloegordon1716]

If you really want to do something about abortion, promoting comprehensive and age-appropriate sex education as well as making contraception more accessible is the only way to go about it as well as working on making childcare more affordable (have you seen the cost of daycare?! Damn!). Also, sorry anti-abortionist but there will always be medically necessary abortions. It's sad but it's true. Waiting until a woman develops sepsis to terminate her pregnancy is nothing short of cruel.

[@Pj287.]

Thank you!

[@TLPmediaUSA]

All of this! 100%

[@whimsicalhamster88]

“Abortion is a bloody business” OK? I guess all surgeries should end because they’re so gross. Having a period is bloody business, too, so we should logically discriminate against all menstruating women.

[@tactik5903]

I wanna get cum’d in by strangers!!!

[@katenoke1571]

I was just thinking that. Plus most abortions are basically like heavy periods, using mifepristone and misoprostol.

[@GTRKT-qr5sf]

As far as I understood the sentence, "bloody business" refers to having blood on your hands and in the process of killing. That was the point she was trying to make. She even said "its absolutely abhorrent what we do to these children" in literally the next sentence. She is making it clear that abortion is absolutely murder.

[@katenoke1571]

@@GTRKT-qr5sf So. Much. Hyperbole. You probably don't realize how laughable you sound.

[@rensinclair4218]

​@@tactik5903go for it.

[@squishsquall3159]

Women want to make their own health care decisions

[@cathyhannahperez]

No two pregnancies are the same! Abortion is health care. Full stop!!

[@SuperEmpathOne]

If you want them to care about your children you gotta shove them back in

[@rochellestarr9538]

You cant expect those who supported the abduction caging and killing of children by their leader to care about ANY CHILDREN!!!

[@AustinWyattPetersen]

If people want others to have children that they dont want, then they can pay the bill to raise the kid themselves.

[@freedomishavingachoice3020]

I wish this were the case but that's not what I've witnessed. Remember the npr report on foster kids and their benefits? It's us dude. The state makes bank on our kids who lose guardians to poverty. Kids lacking guardians is profitable to someone. Follow the money.

[@AustinWyattPetersen]

@@freedomishavingachoice3020 Thats my point. Which is why abortion should not be illegal. I was a bathroom floor mistake, and the next mistake was having me.

[@freedomishavingachoice3020]

@AustinWyattPetersen Yeah, I was very premature and probably a burden to society with my medical issues. I'm here now, so I make the best of it, but for antichoicers to say I should be happy with my being alive, no, I really do not. That's not a law. I'm glad you get it.

[@JohnSmith-fu2df]

Kristan Hawkins AKA Aunt Lydia. Most EVIL person ever.

[@ginmill5280]

She’s more then just evil!

[@sidali2590]

Agree

[@freedomishavingachoice3020]

Sfla has advertisements platformed on Google. Reminder antiabortion ideology is an identified hate group. I don't think anyone but me has ever informed anyone of the ads. Don't let them get platforms for hate, please. You can tell Google. Probably more effective than just me doing it.

[@freedomishavingachoice3020]

Sfla has advertisements allowed on Google. Isn't the ideology a known hate group? Google good with that?

[@freedomishavingachoice3020]

Sfla gets support, from ads run on Google, even though antichoice is an IdentifiedHateGroup.

[@kingstonstreet3726]

Prolife until it’s time to give kids meals for summer. Prolife until it’s time to give food stamps or tax credits (feed kids). Prolife a lot men will be going on child support or custody of a kid that mom didn’t want.

[@magdadarling2655]

Well Said! From my observation they are not really prolife they are PRO--FETUS

[@theaquariancontrarian3316]

All cop outs. People need to keep their legs shut if they can be sexually responsible. If they cant, adoption is still an option. Its not a babies fault their parents could be deadbeats.

[@user-gw3iz4mo2u]

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[@heatherbuckman1724]

🤮🤢Gross comment directed at women...

[@SUGAR_XYLER]

​@@theaquariancontrarian3316 And children shouldn't have to pay for the mistakes of their parents like ⃢ carrying psychological wounds for life 🤨

[@MedusssssaChristo]

Abortion Is a woman’s/girls choice. & It can absolutely be a smart one. Why do people want to force children upon people who don’t want them ? That’s how children are subjected with issues & grow up feeling hated.

[@freedomishavingachoice3020]

It can also be a kind act, with an outcome that saves more life in the end. A person who can perform surgery can save many lives with their body this year, but not while not working or on bedrest for a pregnancy. The one or two saved by their uterus is not more than the lives saved with their body while still being able to work, not pregnant with morning sickness or limited with special dietary needs. How many teachers prevent the unthinkable just because they choose not to go on maternity leave when our children rely on their stability and routines to grow with confidence? That's 30 kids in a classroom, one or two kids in the womb. 30 is greater than 2. That teacher might be the next savior of 30 kids in an emergency. We can not predict the net good abortion provides the "lifetally". Therein lies the issue. We are all doing what we believe saves the most life that we believe we are capable of without dmging or ending us. Not trusting eachother, that we're all trying our dangdest, is the real issue here. Yes dangdest should be a word if it's not pls help me find the right one.

[@michelleflora2957]

“A discriminatory stance against another member of our species”???? What a twisted way to say you just think children should have their rapists babies! My mind goes to a dark place towards them personally when they say these things, & THAT really pisses me off! I do not want to wish ill will on anyone-unlike them & their opinions.

[@Graham2345]

I swear I tear up every time I hear about Hadley, shes everything we teach our children to be, shes such an important voice, and such an inspiration.

[@user-ff8vo1se8v]

Until it happens to you, Sister!

[@bibianaguadalupeislasherre9880]

She's gonna pull the "The Only Moral Abortion is my Abortion" card.

[@JordanRodriguez11]

@@bibianaguadalupeislasherre9880 Facts😂

[@kayleec4404]

Hawkins is the biggest joke I’ve ever hear

[@sidali2590]

Agree

[@briannastultz1468]

Why in the world people believe what is posted on social media is beyond me.

[@meganann3876]

I bet it was a fake image because there’s been several debunked. Two girls but different understandings. One with blind passion, the other with a personal understanding of the issue. I mean, a twelve year old SA by her Stepfather?! Beyond the obvious horror, what trauma on the body and mind would carrying a full term pregnancy?

[@whimsicalhamster88]

When I saw teeth that were removed after wisdom teeth surgery I thought "Wow, something that disgusting and bloody was all up inside me and ready to ruin my life." I didn't think "This was gross. No one else should be able to get this surgery."

[@jonlauer6754]

​@@meganann3876 How would aborting the baby help with the SA? I can't imagine being in her shoes; that's for sure. But aborting the baby wouldn't stop the SA. Imo it just adds to the moral/emotional chaos. She might have a personal understanding, but it plenty of victims of trauma have personal understandings of situations that are completely wrong and confused.

[@meganann3876]

@@jonlauer6754 of course it wouldn’t have stopped the SA! It already happened! Have you ever known a twelve year old? You truly think a twelve year old girl can carry a baby full term?! A fifth grader?!

[@jonlauer6754]

@@meganann3876 I see what you're saying. Idk why I said what I said. Maybe it was just a visceral reaction. It's hard for me to see a viewpoint where ending a human life is an option, so I guess it was a reaction. I'm sorry I didn't read your comment more carefully The trauma you're referring to is not the SA (not saying you're denying that at all, just clarifying what you actually were referring to in our first comment). Glad we agree abortion doesn't help with the SA though. Is it physically possible? Yes, but I doubt for most girls that age. I think it happens, but certainly not the norm. But I think we can agree that if the girl's life is in danger, an abortion is probably appropriate (seems like the laws are unclear on that point, but I want to say most people agree on that). The second meaning- the one I'm thinking you are really asking, is whether it's appropriate for a girl that age to undergo trauma of a pregnancy. I think the answer is no. I'm pretty sure most people in or out the pro-life movement would agree that pregnancy at that age is not appropriate, due to the immaturity of the a girl's body/mind at that age. But it happens, as much as our country creates laws to discourage it. In this case because a stepfather repeatedly raped his stepdaughter. So, it was even against the will of the twelve year old girl, if a twelve year old girl can even be said to have a will about these things. Absolutely horrific. I've not experienced anything close to it, so I won't even pretend to understand it on an emotional level. I guess that's where our agreement ends though. Because when I weigh the trauma of a twelve-year old girl enduring a pregnancy after having this occur to her against ending the life of a baby (assuming it's possible for her to carry the baby to term and deliver without she or the baby dying), I don't comprehend how the former tips the scales. Like there's a mental switch that won't flip for me.

[@johnbrowneyes7534]

SCOTUS was majority conservative in 1973. So blame Republicans for Roe. Ohio voted to enshrine the right to abortion in the state constitution. It’s interesting how some Republican states voted to keep Roe v Wade, yet they vote for the same folks who want to ban it. Stop blaming Democrats.

[@chaoticallysay2625]

I can’t believe this a threat again I remember when it was getting questioned in 2005. I was scared I was like I’m totally pro choice!!! pro birth control and totally health caution wise I don’t like people telling me what to do with my body.

[@zacharythomas8617]

All rights are transactional.

[@user-gw3iz4mo2u]

My mother is sick with cancer help me 10$ Address :BEP20 ( smart chain) 0xAE650385CcA43f13420F1Bf2cD4E738393F88ec0

[@polinaz5690]

Can someone explain how we’ll be punishing the men that get these women pregnant? It seems that making people keep the baby they don’t they want, what about the men?

[@DoctaKat]

Those pushing for restricting abortion access will be directly responsible for a drastic increase in orphaned children and or horrific child abuse cases for DECADES to come. You should NOT be forcing parenthood on someone if they aren't ready. It requires major financial, emotional and mental stability, among many other things to be the responsible and great parent every child needs and deserves. Considering the liability that my uterus is becoming, although I am not even a 30 year old woman, I am increasingly considering a hysterectomy. IN OTHER WORDS: MIND YOUR FUCKING BUSINESS. -A Woman

[@AwesomeBabyBoomer]

I read your comment, and I gotta say I think you're just one of the people who is misinformed. The only people pushing parenthood on people that aren't ready to be parents are the 2 people who are committing the sexual act. Nobody made them go to bed. No one made them get undressed. No one made them lay together. No one made them have intercourse. All the law is doing is making people be responsible for what they are doing. If you don't want a baby, don't have intercourse. If you don't want a baby use birth control. If you don't want a baby don't go to bed with a man. It's that damn simple. And when you tell people to mind their own effing business, it is my business. When my tax dollar goes to support these children that are given up for adoption, or supporting mothers without fathers who have babies, it is my business. Personally, we need to go back, way back to the time when if a couple wanted to get married, it had to be approved by the town because the town didn't want to have to support the couple.Same thing with the child.They had to get permission to have a child because the town did not want to support the child. It's not the town's responsibility. The bottom line is is we are no longer allowing irresponsible young people to use abortion as a means of birth control.

[@ambush1242]

@@AwesomeBabyBoomer Because rapes don't happen. And what could possibly go wrong having towns "approve" marriages and the right to have children. You are a crackpot, please don't have kids yourself.

[@abc123fhdi]

no one is forcing the abuse victim to be a parent, you can turn over the baby at any hospital or fire department and they will take the baby or put the baby up for adoption.

[@heatherbuckman1724]

​@@AwesomeBabyBoomerThis is satire, ...right? 😳😳😳

[@spyroaster5457]

@@AwesomeBabyBoomer there's a lot to unpack here. For one, some women, and even men, are forced into bed by others. Victims of rape or incest did not ask to lay with that person. They did not ask to have intercourse. Those women did not ask to get pregnant. So no, it is not that simple. Adoption has become more expensive over the years, as it requires attorneys, social workers, counselors, etc. Not to mention it can be a long process. If the process could be streamlined and made less expensive, then more children could be adopted. If couples need permission to get married or even have a child, you might as well say that they need permission to even have sex. It is unreasonable and something nearly everyone would be against.

[@maryanndixon4365]

Abortion is health care. I don't stop your access to health care, don't stop mine!

[@jl8942]

Embryos, zygotes, and fetuses are NOT babies or children. The life of an embryo, zygote, or fetus is LESS important than the life of the pregnant person.

[@iowastate358]

People who support abortion have never seen an abortion

[@jl8942]

@@iowastate358 that is obviously a lie. You aren't even trying to make intelligent and convincing arguments.

[@kevinroyceho]

exactly

[@TLPmediaUSA]

False! Just because it’s called something different doesn’t mean it won’t produces the same outcome.

[@jl8942]

@@TLPmediaUSA the beginning is not the same as the end. They are called different things because they ARE different things. An embryo can be put in a freezer for years and still produce a human being. Do NOT put a baby or child in a freezer! Babies and children are not the same as embryos, so we do not treat them the same.

[@Pj287.]

Hadley is so strong ❤

[@lesliemoore1656]

If you actually are pro life ask yourself, are you pro caring for women that are pregnant and homeless or pregnant and poor, are you pro better health care after a child is born, are you pro feeding a child, are you pro educating a child, are you pro housing a child? Or are you just pro birth?

[@brpetzn]

Exactly, once the kid is born, none of them care.

[@user-rg1hw8he8s]

Yes I am. That’s why pro life pregnancy centers exists. To help women by supporting them through their pregnancy and after. It’s why I donate all of my maternity clothes, baby clothes, breast pump, diapers, formula nursing supplies, nursing clothes and baby items to centers like these and homeless shelters. It’s why I donate to food pantries that serve the community which includes women with children. Not to mention there are maternity homes that give pregnant women safe and comfortable homes during their pregnancy and beyond. They can even be found on some college campuses across the country. It’s all completely free. There are 3000 pregnancy centers across the country. Some of them get vandalized by pro choice supporters because they hate the fact that women are being helped and encouraged to keep their babies. In contrast, there are only 600 Planned Parenthood centers in the US.

[@lesliemoore1656]

@@user-rg1hw8he8s I am all for that and hope more places like this are available and receive 24 hr protection. My biggest concerns are what happens to the women and their children in the near future and women that go through a pregnancy because they are forced to. That is a form of slavery. Abortion needs to remain a safe and legal option. In the past, before 1973 when abortion was not legal women often became victims of back street abortionists. Then you have a pregnant woman that dies along with her unborn baby and then possibly her other children now without their mother and at the mercy of an abusive father or the foster system.

[@TheConquistador1492]

Can somebody tell me what's the goth girl's name at 9:46 on the left? I saw her on the pictures of the Ohio ballot

[@jcp2819]

Everyone should request request an absentee ballot for every election this year. Call your public library now to see how you register to vote and/or get an absentee ballot in your state.

[@kanank13]

why? if you don't have the time to go the polling station, the elections is not very important.

[@jcp2819]

@@kanank13 with an absentee ballot you can vote by mail if you wish to vote. It’s encouraged by all political parties if you can not get to the polls because of other obligations.

[@AssassinsCreedMan621]

What a bizarre comment. I’ll vote on election day, thanks liberal!

[@katenoke1571]

@@AssassinsCreedMan621 excellent. That's what Democrats want to hear 😉

[@AssassinsCreedMan621]

@@katenoke1571 🙄

[@Martehoffmann8]

Pro lifers always say just don’t have sex So I’m sure they feel the same way about assault

[@tss9886]

If one (probably made up or misrepresented) picture can change your mind, then you aren't a very deep thinker.

[@maggiegroover]

Why would you assume it's made up? What do you think abortion looks like?

[@rensinclair4218]

​@@maggiegrooverI don't care. I'm not a pervert into medical porn

[@freedomishavingachoice3020]

Why do probirthers only expect uterus owners to risk their body in immeasurable pain to save the not viable? There are plenty of not viable people who need a body. Why are only uterus owners being given this expectation? Every body has bits capable of saving not viable people. Right? So why can the ppl without a uterus say no to not viable people, but uterus owners can not? There is no mandatory blood collection even though people could absolutely use your blood today. Why?

[@stephaniebrooks8044]

I'm done having babies, but I have a daughter and granddaughters, and nieces. Please go vote!!

[@heatherbuckman1724]

No one wants to have an abortion, but it is necessary for reasons that are personal and the choice should be made between the patients and the Doctors. Keep abortion legal, keep women and girls safe! ❤❤❤

[@user-rg1hw8he8s]

Why wouldn’t anyone want to have an abortion? It seems like it’s being glorified. The reason they don’t is because we ALL inherently know it’s wrong and pro abortion supporters are doing everything they can to ignore that God given instinct that tells us we are killing another human being. Suppressing our moral compass is a disservice to the women who choose abortion and the children who die from it.

[@TonyBSyr]

That Hawkins women pretends to be a student, but she is about 40 years old and pays herself $250,000 a year according to google. She is always emailing begging for money so she can buy donuts and lunch yet she looks like she just ate a whole box of donuts. Nothing but a racket as she knows that the vast majority of students are pro choice.

[@squallmate6422]

Anti abortion movement, more like moral superiority complex, also if this decision was made because of religious beliefs shouldn't churches lose their tax exempt status if they have political sway. ( yes im aware they have for years through political donations, but this only furthers my point)

[@freedomishavingachoice3020]

I'd settle for IdentifiedHate Groups not getting ads on media platforms.

[@charlottebreton6796]

I'm glad in Canada I'm still allowed to get an abortion if I became pregnant. My body, My choice!

[@HarleyYaya20]

I'm proud of each young lady. They are stepping out and making their voices heard!

[@BlownMacTruck]

Yeah… no. It’s cringey to watch the pro-life women hurt themselves advocating to reduce bodily autonomy and show a complete lack of empathy and critical thinking towards others.

[@vinodhcashout6711]

These people need to sort out their priorities better

[@freedomishavingachoice3020]

I keep telling kh that solar is booming. She would rather advocate to use the unwilling for childbirth. I didn't want the job of hate group speed bumps, but here we are. At least we're capable.

[@alexdubrovensky914]

Get the GOP out of our private lives! Vote blue!

[@malachyramirez7677]

I'm voting red. I don't want dems taking my guns.

[@nolwino]

@@malachyramirez7677 I don’t want the government to own my wife.

[@barbaragdisis4606]

Over the last 25 years, more than 50 countries have changed their laws to allow for greater access to abortion, at times recognizing the vital role that access to safe abortion plays in protecting women’s lives and health. Ireland joined that list on 25 May 2018 when, in a long-awaited referendum, its people voted overwhelmingly to repeal the near-total constitutional ban on abortion. Despite the trend towards reforming laws to prevent deaths and injuries, some countries, including Nicaragua and El Salvador, maintain draconian and discriminatory laws that still ban abortion in virtually all circumstances. In fact, according to the WHO, across the globe 40% of women of childbearing age live in countries with highly restrictive abortion laws, or where abortion is legal, is neither available or accessible. In these states, abortion is banned or only permitted in highly restricted circumstances, or if legal, is not accessible due to multiple barriers to access in practice. Even in states with broader access to legal abortion, pregnant individuals can still face multiple restrictions on and barriers to access to services such as cost, biased counselling, mandatory waiting periods. The WHO has issued technical guidance for states on the need to identify and remove such barriers. Criminalising or restricting abortion prevents doctors from providing basic care Criminalisation and restrictive laws on abortion prevent health-care providers from doing their job properly and from providing the best care options for their patients, in line with good medical practice and their professional ethical responsibilities. Criminalisation of abortion results in a “chilling effect”, whereby medical professionals may not understand the bounds of the law or may apply the restrictions in a narrower way than required by the law. This may be because of a number of reasons, including personal beliefs, stigma about abortion, negative stereotypes about women and girls, or the fear of criminal liability. It also deters women and girls from seeking post-abortion care for complications due to unsafe abortion or other pregnancy related complications. Claire Malone, a young woman from Ireland, who already had two children, shared her harrowing testimony with Amnesty International Ireland of how her right to health was undermined by not being able to access an abortion due to the country’s strict abortion laws. Claire has a number of complex and life-threatening health conditions, including pulmonary atresia and pulmonary hypertension and had her lung removed in 2014. If women with pulmonary hypertension become pregnant, they are at high risk of becoming even more gravely ill or dying in pregnancy. Claire knows this, which is what led her to seek a termination, a request that was denied by her doctors because the law prevented them from doing so. “My doctors said they couldn’t offer a termination as my life wasn’t at risk right now, and that was it. I know they are bound by the law. But I felt like if I waited until my health got so bad that I could die, then it would be too late by then anyway. And why is a risk to my health, as bad as it already was, not enough? How much do I have to go through before my doctors are allowed to treat me?” The committee for the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW, or the Treaty for the Rights of Women), has consistently stated that restrictive abortion laws constitute discrimination against women. This applies to all women and people who can become pregnant, as the CEDAW Committee has confirmed that CEDAW’s protections, and states’ related obligations, apply to all women and therefore include discrimination against women who are lesbians, bisexual, and/or transgender, particularly given the specific forms of gendered discrimination they face. Secondly, stigma around abortion and gender stereotyping is closely linked to the criminalisation of abortion and other restrictive abortion laws and policies. The mere perception that abortion is unlawful or immoral leads to the stigmatization of women and girls by health care staff, family members, and the judiciary, among others. Consequently, women and girls seeking abortion risk discrimination and harassment. Some women have reported being abused and shamed by health care providers when seeking abortion services or post-abortion care.

[@Chi_Nurse]

Can we see a profile of the “pro life” students advocating for the fathers of these babies to be financially responsible??? I’m sure they are also advocating for responsibility by fathers of these children CORRECT????

[@user-rc2yf8kt7i]

They argue "women have to take responsibility" but most men ordered by the court to pay child support still won't even do that much. They just hate women, it's that simple.

[@ChrisAucoin1401]

Life is our most precious gift.

[@OMGitsShrimp]

I have a feeling this will only increase instances of people going child-free. The hospital bill after giving birth alone can cripple you financially. Being pregnant is not only the biggest financial risk a woman can take but also (because of these laws policing women's health) it's increasingly becoming more dangerous and life threatening to be pregnant because if something happens, you don't know if you'll be able to access the care needed to protect your health and save your life.

[@Buttersausage]

VOTE BLUE FDT

[@iowastate358]

Pro abortion is someone not educated on how an abortion is performed

[@12thDecember]

Poor Morgan, has she never seen a photo of a woman who died because a miscarriage went horribly wrong and doctors refused to treat her because of our draconian laws? How about a woman murdered by her partner because she was pregnant and couldn't get an abortion? (Pregnancy is when a woman is in most danger of being killed by a partner.) Has she ever seen photos of abused children who weren't wanted by their parents? I guess those pics wouldn't break her cold little heart, though, would they, because the so-called pro life people aren't interested in that side of the story.

[@Pou1gie1]

@7:20 I'm really curious if her stepfather is in prison. I can't find anything. Also, I hope her mother didn't know all that time. I've heard of women who know these things are happening and turn a blind eye. If he got caught when she was 12 and he had been doing this for a decade... this is very upsetting. I had a friend when I was young who told me her father was doing this to her -- it happens more than ppl think.

[@cirella1064]

The Republican party doesn’t care about women’s rights in America. Period. Telling women “You must pay taxes and work but you dont have a say over your own body” is taxation without representation. Its unamerican.

[@cesar7924]

No longer your body once a human is growing inside, just like it's no longer his money once a child is born into the world and has to be financially supported.

[@TruthTeller-ps3rq]

The democrat party doesn't care about womens rights in America. Period. You must pay taxes and work but you are only needed when democrats want to win elections. Its pure democrat. Heres the evidence.... democrats men can get pregnant men winning woman of the year men crushing our daughters in sports just the other day 51 democrat senators voted against an amendment to protect womens sports and title IX a democrat scotus judge afraid to say what a woman is...and others All eroding womens rights NOW lets hear you ROAR democrat women..whoops, i mean whimper meow and get back in your place where the democrat party has you cowering like the pathetic weak cowards you have been revealed to be. The LIAR democrats do more to erode womens rights than anyone...and democrat women keep voting for it.

[@Graham2345]

@@cesar7924 please tell as many women as you know about when their body no longer becomes theirs. Please say this again and again until November.

[@katenoke1571]

@@cesar7924 omg, love that your position is that slavery is ok, that women are merely incubators to you. Female voters will love that!!!!!

[@ShowMeSomething1]

@@cesar7924A woman doesn’t lose her rights to herself when pregnant….thats not a thing…..anywhere. 👍

[@nacarreira777]

MYOFB....abortion is healthcare....period.

[@user-gw3iz4mo2u]

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[@kenmills1611]

It's not. #### off.

[@JordanRodriguez11]

@@kenmills1611 No, you f*** off and mind your business

[@JordanRodriguez11]

@@kenmills1611 Yes it is. You f off and mind your business.

[@Jojo-vo4cu]

@@kenmills1611 No, you f*** off and mind your own business. Tf

[@theresawright1347]

Mrs Hatley 🎉

[@freedomishavingachoice3020]

I'm very concerned y'all didn't mention to KH that she is a hate group leader who's supporters are often arrested for irresponsible behaviors. She travels on hategroup funded campaigns platformed right here on Google. She makes great money, enough to bring her kids along. And she's not mentioned her best friend is Ginni Thomas, who ignored KH's judgeshopping, cause it was nice to have a friend.

[@brpetzn]

Ever want to see where we are heading under Trump, watch Education for Death. It is a WWII Disney cartoon, but i believe it fits in perfect today.

[@vegangainsfather2877]

Please share your experiences on how your life was negatively impacted during Trumps presidency.

[@LogicAndReason2025]

Democracy vs. Gilead. Simple choice 24

[@loriparks8657]

Voting for females at any age levels for their rights, Voting for President Joe Biden 🇺🇲 2024

[@Boaz833]

Abortion is about equality for everyone. A woman should not be forced to risk her life and health by putting her body through a pregnancy for the same reason a man should not be forced to donate an organ or marrow or even a tiny bit of blood to save a dying child.

[@user-hr3sg7rf8w]

It would be ingenuine to talk about the topics that move this age group of people and not talk about the Israel Palestine conflict. The amount of young people who wants to stay away from voting for a democratic candidate over this foreign affairs issues is not small and needs active attention.

[@sonyasluss9724]

Can’t outlaw abortion only safe ones

[@Stank18]

This is literally the least of are worry’s

[@sandydog7449]

Birth control is still available

[@loriparks8657]

Not for little girls who are raped impregnated by their rapists .

[@leanordials8008]

I do believe that the Supreme Court will go after that next.

[@leanordials8008]

Not for long if we don't fight back.

[@user-ju7de7zg3q]

Im pro-minding your own business, unless i disagree with you then no....

[@TheVir1177]

Women can't be against Abortion. But women should have protected sex to avoid abortion. Morning after pill also should be available no questions and at low price or free to all women. Abortion shouldn't be consider a crime. A sexual act mistake never a crime.

[@shellysmith1037]

honestly, and I didn't feel this way before...young people in 2023 would be motivated by a cartoon, a meme, some derelict blog because they are so uneducated. We have an education crisis in the US. You could convince most yound people to vote for an anime character

[@rensinclair4218]

Isn't your name from a cartoon that young adults watch?

[@ff-cq5hh]

Hhhhh

[@bilbob7624]

Don't Murder Your Children.

[@theresawright1347]

Miss Morgan 🎉

[@BlownMacTruck]

Yeah! Let’s celebrate people trying to shove their own views on others!

[@maggiegroover]

​@@BlownMacTruckyes! Let's celebrate people who stand up for vulnerable people who are legally murdered, instead of only caring about people who are born like they are!

[@BlownMacTruck]

@@maggiegrooverWhat gives you the authority to speak for others? That’s the epitome of hubris.

[@maggiegroover]

​@@BlownMacTruckhey, all I know is it's wrong to kill innocent humans. 🤷 Nothing justifies that, but that doesn't mean we don't care about the mom too. We care about both. And caring for the mom does not include supporting the killing of her baby.

[@JordanRodriguez11]

@@maggiegroover So you think a woman that is raped or even a 12 year old girl should be forced to give birth? Lmao

[@angelhoneystarlight333]

“Damn double homicide”

[@curtisdonnelly9523]

She grew up without a father

[@rensinclair4218]

Excuse you?

[@kanank13]

when abortion rights are under attack, what do you do? you change behavior and adopt responsibly ygood behavior and good character. reckless behavior is not the riht choice. doing drugs and sleeping around is not a responsible and good behavior. Abortion in some cases where it poses danger to the mother's life to married women is fine or in case of incest and rapes.

[@rensinclair4218]

That has literally never worked and never will.

[@user-rc2yf8kt7i]

Do you realize many women getting abortion care ARE married women who already have children, but either don't want or cannot afford to have more? you're crazy.

[@josephhidayat4722]

Not crime, not illegal immigration, Not economy..hmm abortion? Jeez

[@rochellestarr9538]

Yes young voters are also concerned about crime.especially those committed by a former president and yes they do not think that kids in cages is a solution to immigration but they also believe in basic human rights and not having Maga tell them what their rights are!

[@whimsicalhamster88]

Yeah, crazy how over half of the population lost their right to full healthcare because someone thinks their version of a Christian God doesn’t like it, and now people care.

[@pepperpower1652]

S.a.t.a.n ❤ you!!!

[@Mitchconner2001]

I mean it’s your opinion

[@OwlBinary]

Only God judges, don't pretend to do his job for him. Doesn't win you any favors in heaven.

[@Jojo-vo4cu]

Doesn't exist. Bye

[@justsaying653]

Outside criminality, a sexual act is a woman's choice with known risks. Mothers should accept fully responsible and accountable from thereon. Men are not allowed to 'mind their own business' so why should they face whimsical claims for (financial) or other responsibility, when later at abortion time, its 'my body, my choice' and the father counts for nothing. Stop being open for legally supported financial and emotional blackmail guys. Say it as it is. No one will care for these women, and there will be no one to care. If elective abortion is not dv, what is?

[@danielmartin7838]

Abortion is a primitive practice that should not be used as contraceptive outside of instances of incest or sexual assault. As humanity stands peering at a global decline in birth rates then our species should have serious discussions over the possibility of looming extinction, or the extinction of natural procreation.

[@rensinclair4218]

It's literally not a form of contraception

[@rensinclair4218]

We are absolutely nowhere close extinction. Wow. That is absolute nonsense

[@lc6636]

Make America Great Again! Abortion is the number one issue. Not inflation, not fentanyl deaths, not homeless, not jobs, not murders. Abortion is the easiest thing to avoid. Make this make sense. The girl who was SAed family was not a good family if she could not tell them she was being SAed. Her family needs to be in prison.

[@whimsicalhamster88]

Do you think in states where a 12-year-old is allowed to get an abortion after being SA'd DOES NOT allow for the family members who did it to be prosecuted. Both can and do happen. Do you think she, as a 12-year-old, should have had to give birth to her stepfather's baby? That's the question that Ohio voters overwhelmingly said "NO!" to.

[@lc6636]

@@whimsicalhamster88 Were they prosecuted?

[@whimsicalhamster88]

@@lc6636 I’m not your secretary. Google it.

[@rensinclair4218]

I have a good job, my blue state inflation isn't that bad and improving, I don't use drugs, and I have a home.

[@rensinclair4218]

​@@whimsicalhamster88you can't walk away

[@TLPmediaUSA]

How about take responsibility for your little bastard? Simple as that.

[@rensinclair4218]

You had loving, nurturing parents, I see

[@rensinclair4218]

Just mind your own business. You'll find out who the bsttards are

[@Idyvist]

How about let people live their own lives? It's none of your business and you don't know why she got pregnant and what she's going through in her life

[@theaquariancontrarian3316]

I can understand the exceptions due to rape incest and health but by no means it should be allowed what so ever. Its murder at its core. Abortion shouldn't be used as "get of jail" card because someone couldn't be responsible by abstaining from sex or wearing contraception. People need to take responsibility and accountability for their actions and accept the consequences if a pregnancy occurs. Its not the babies fault. Quit whoring it up, people!

[@rensinclair4218]

Mind your own business. Really. You don't have to know anything. But you just seem to hate people, so...

[@floydhutcherson1732]

Pro choice women stand with President Trump ❤

[@tonymontana4284]

Democrats are getting nervous, Trump 2024.

[@rensinclair4218]

You're clearly not a serious person

[@loriparks8657]

The Democrats are not getting nervous it's the Republicans especially on Capitol Hill voting for President Joe Biden

[@maggiegroover]

Not surprised that this piece was heavily pro-abortion. Someday the world will come to understand that abortion (the intentional killing of an innocent human) is evil, but until then, we'll keep speaking out against it. Good job, Morgan and Kristan!

[@ageis3250]

Whats evil is bringing a child into this world to suffer. I am so glad abortions won in Ohio.

[@jl8942]

Embryos, zygotes, and fetuses are not babies or children. You can put an embryo in the freezer, you can't put a baby in the freezer. The life and rights of the pregnant person is more important than the life of the embryo, zygote, or fetus. People like you are dangerous to actual babies and children.

[@rensinclair4218]

And we'll keep ignoring you

[@BlownMacTruck]

Please point out exactly how this piece was slanted in any particular direction.

[@chareeve8147]

Kennedy Kennedy Kennedy

[@jay-t1030]

Keep your legs close ladies, problem solved.

[@meganann3876]

Rape? Complications? Non-viable pregnancy? Vote for protecting planned parenthood for women to have access to contraception. I hope you have never pressured a woman or pleaded to have sex with her.

[@whimsicalhamster88]

It’s amazing to me that people will just put out on the internet that they don’t know where a vagina is on a woman’s body.

[@chloegordon1716]

Keep your pants on, men. Takes two to make a baby.

[@whimsicalhamster88]

Tell me you don't know anything about female anatomy without saying "I don't know anything about woman's anatomy." Newsflash: A woman's lady bits are still exposed when their legs are closed.

[@whimsicalhamster88]

That's not how female anatomy works.