Why I got an "Abortion"

[@illymation]

Thank you all for being so kind and supportive. I was really nervous to talk about this, and I didn’t know how y’all as fans of me / the internet would react. What a relief to see an outpouring of support for this issue and for one another’s stories! If you want to make a difference, see how you can help in your local communities! Volunteer, make your voices heard in your local representatives’ voicemail boxes, and donate to a cause that can ensure the right to accessible and affordable healthcare!

[@logicislogic]

It’s brave and very inspiring to see you talk about this, love your content!

[@Jacksiloution]

We are supportive because it's the right side to be on here, no debate to it

[@itsarandomalgodooworldmateo]

Glad to see you’ve been having a really supportive community. Talking about this is extremely important

[@qwobot]

how are you so based all the time

[@lawrup]

Illymation as a man i kneel down and i firmly grasp your hand & i look you stirght in the eye and tell you how Brave of a woman you truly are and that this was the best decision for you because babies are expensive and you shouldent be scraping by when you could get a job in the Army and earn lots of dough that way but at least you had a great time under the sheets...

[@LetMeExplainStudios]

Thank you so much for sharing your story, Illysa. You have no idea how important it is to talk about these things.

[@tayluvvs.coral13]

hiiii Becca!!!

[@imGamer230]

Hey becca

[@FlittaLink]

KZbinrs do make a difference!

[@madz_hippie]

Queens supporting Queens

[@TUI-TO-THE-LUIONBREAK]

Hi!

[@Cyndergirl]

I lost my baby at 16weeks. However my womb decided it didn’t want to let her go, and kept her soaking and rotting. I got so sick, and had to have an “abortion” because I was getting septic. I live in Ohio, and had this happened right after the overturn, I wouldn’t have made it. I had lost a little over half my body weight, and was throwing up so much it was making my throat bleed. Thank you for taking the time to tell your story.

[@TimeIsShorter]

I truly hope you feel better and have or will get through this

[@ThatGuyRNA]

@@TimeIsShorterno you don’t, you aren’t human, quit pretending you are

[@levicarnus1591]

Wow... I'm glad you're ok. I'm confident Ohio still would have given you the care you needed though. What you had should count as a high-risk pregnancy in which case Ohio allows abortion in those cases even with Ohio's heartbeat bill in effect. You should have gotten the care you needed regardless, but the trouble seems to be I've heard stories of doctors delaying treatment because they didn't fully understand the legal specifics of Roe v Wade being overturned. Hopefully doctors not understanding the law is very rare now that it's been over a year since Roe v Wade was overturned. Considering Texas and Alabama also allow abortion in cases where the mother is at serious risk like with ectopic tubal pregnancies, I think we can all agree that the proper handling of a miscarriage, particularly in your case, is essential healthcare and that it's fair in legal terms to have the option to get an abortion if the doctor confirms a pregnancy is high risk (though it's also a heroic act to carry a high risk pregnancy to term if the baby can be saved if the mother wants to). Side note: I've done a fair amount of research since I first saw this video about 4 days after it was posted. I have yet to see abortion defined as anything other than the termination of a pregnancy, I don't know where Illy got her definition from (11:33) let alone if it's true, because that would make treating uterine cancer illegal...

[@EBGOreos]

​@@ThatGuyRNA okay troll

[@annoyingnessbeginswithme5698]

Sweet Jesus the human body is incredible and terrifying

[@lukasbanana4949]

Regardless if you believe in abortion or not, it’s upsetting to hear how difficult it was to get basic medical care. (This is a small edit, but I meant to say whether you SUPPORT abortion or not. it is a real thing, and an on-going moral debate right now. There's been some good debate in the replies, but no mean-spirited comments are needed please. There's nothing intentionally malicious about what I said. We're all people who believe different things, tackling a very important issue. Bottom line is that Everyone deserves FAIR love and treatment. Period.)

[@JacobSmith-gx7tm]

Couldn’t agree more

[@maddielee1109]

regardless? the procedure that needed to happen **was an abortion.** basic medical care includes abortions.

[@caseygreyson4178]

Hey, just a minor thing about the way you phrased this. You said “believe in abortion”, and that implies that it is something that people choose to believe in, like Gods, or ghosts, or aliens. But abortion is very much real. What happens is that people choose whether or not they SUPPORT it.

[@Samu-r2f]

American healthcare be like : Here in Malaysia I am able to visit the doc whenever I feel like it

[@graeschnahmoffski5716]

If you believe in abortion? xD I mean, it's not a paranormal phenomenon.

[@PerfectlyEdited]

13:38 "You don't value my life. You don't value the living. You only value an organ and its ability to produce children. Not the actual living, breathing person who for some reason, has to beg for the right of their life, their liberty and their happiness." That hits so hard. 😭😭😭

[@cosygoose1813]

Because its not true. Its not something everyone should use. In fact it seems pretty obvious that is just repeating leftist talking points.

[@lane3317]

@@cosygoose1813 you are crazy 👍

[@cosygoose1813]

​@@lane3317Most crazy people see the sane as insane.

[@tinyj4520]

You realize babies can be delivered without intentionally killing them yeah?

[@lane3317]

@@tinyj4520 you realize it’s not killing if they were ever alive right?

[@cartoonwolf5328]

The nurses and doctors at PP are some of the absolute sweetest people. They helped me for years with my birth control and even more so when I was going through a miscarriage. They were amazing, I wish I could give them something for helping so much.

[@illymation]

same!! They have the best bedside manners!

[@TheRatKingOwO]

I’m so sorry you had to go through a miss carriage. I hope that things are getting better through you! ❤️

[@BIGFDAWG345]

Hi illy

[@violetoderwald6535]

I'm sorry that you went through a miscarriage hope all is well NOW!

[@august_rose5684]

@@TheRatKingOwO I'm pretty sure it was a tumor not a miscarriage

[@morganjent4]

I was in Georgia when I had my miscarriage. That was when GA was saying that it would mean jail time for any woman that miscarried. I was so scared when my miscarriage started that i didnt go to the hospital. I stayed home and gave birth to my tiny 2 inch baby boy that definitely didnt develop correctly (his legs were together from his knees to his feet). I was alone and was in horrible pain. I barried him in a small box. I bleed for maybe 2 straight weeks. I thought i was going to die. Luckily, i went back home to kentucky a few months later and got checked out by my OBGYN and i had a complete miscarriage (meaning no tissue was left inside to rot and kill me). Most women are not as lucky, my body was able to expell all of my baby's tissue. I didnt need a D&C.

[@catdango6079]

oh my god... im so sorry you had to go through that 😨

[@levicarnus1591]

That sounds so wrong... I've heard an expert pro-life advocate say in a podcast that early delivery via induced labor is legitimate, you deserved to have had that option in Georgia's hospitals.

[@nicomirai1097]

Wow...

[@colorwithxanthiepiers]

The same thing happened to me. I was in Utah. I was told not to come seek care unless I was “dying” and then they could help me. I bled for about 2 weeks too and was one of the lucky ones that didn’t have anything left behind.

[@invisible-cs6do]

thats so, so awful. i'm so sorry. that must have been so traumatic.

[@turnipman7327]

as a catholic male, this is very eye opening. we're taught in schools about how all life is important and that abortion is a terrible thing and people should be shamed for it. but its rarely put into the perspective of the girl choosing that abortion, and that it is a shallow black and white "abortion=bad and doing it will condemn you to hell." thanks for being open and willing to share this experience, as i think people need to take a step back and evaluate what they are protesting for, and how the people they are protesting against feel.

[@pedroeso8369]

As a christian myself, those moment you realise that you're living in a illusion because somethings your community has taught to you is wrong are not rare. Unfortunally, people are ignorant(not knowing of the other) and don't wanna seek the others part of the story, never knew what are the others argumment. I think you've heard of Plato, but re-read the Plato's cave and try to rethink even the most little prejudices and judments you have in your life, you see how Mattew 7 is not followed by anyone

[@em5114]

Thank you for being willing to listen. ❤

[@ruaraidh74]

abortion bad because it kills human beings. The lady did not have an abortion. Zero states consider what she did an abortion.

[@capt.artemislivius7601]

That's cuz the people who support abortions tend to lump stuff like ovarian cysts and uterary tumors in with _actual living human babies_ !!! By God people, if you just made your definitions clear NONE of us would be arguing. My mom had three womb complications before I had to be born.

[@spudsbuchlaw]

Remember, the Bible skipped over Bacteria, and Helicentrism and quantum physics for reason, it was never meant to be the end all be all, and people get that twisted a lot. It's important to learn how to love beyond its pages in order to become the person God actually wants you to be

[@EcI1p53]

People just don’t understand that abortions are sometimes essential to stay alive, without the baby going away the mother would also die. Its evil to let that happen :(

[@MissMocha]

Crazy, you only care about the rare few women that may die from pregnancy vs. the thousands of baby girls killed per year by abortion? Yeah okay

[@colonelsanders5278]

SOMETIMES. THE VAST majority of the time this isn't the reason

[@lane3317]

@@MissMocha yeah because the baby didn’t do anything yet. Its life has no value.

[@koen6455]

@@lane3317 Terribly said

[@koen6455]

0.3% I stg yall love pulling this exception out of ur ass😭

[@loovebug]

i’m sorry the sponsor decided to not be featured and that the video was demonitized. it’s so important to educate people on their options and how their body works, thank you for being brave enough to share your story with us

[@nexsus6143]

As a female I had no idea any removal was a abortion. This is such valuable information everyone should learn.

[@aydenplaysthis]

I finally see how clueless law makers really are about this subject.

[@ezentsy3329]

@@aydenplaysthis and it's all disgusting men or christian monster-in-laws. even satan would be pro choice.

[@costelinha1867]

@@aydenplaysthis Let's not forget about, how Illy herself mentioned in the video, many of these lawmakers activelly presure their mistress to get an abortion when they get pregnant. So it's just straight up hypocrisy. Laws for thee, but not for me.

[@Love.Quinnn]

25 dollars and no Lily ?

[@kristenkea3486]

Me neither. And I didn't know that lawmakers were willing to go such extreme and messed up lengths to prevent "abortion" even when it's NOT. This was really eye opening. Illy, you are very brave to tell us this. God bless you. I really hope you are doing better.

[@LadyNekoshema]

Honestly, I'm mostly shocked that you were bleeding for months and they just shrugged and went "We'll try to pencil you in." Like, dude, a person was slowly bleeding to death and you didn't treat it as an emergency?! I'm glad you're okay.

[@PaigeAKAPaper]

Literally my exact thoughts

[@noodleydoo2862]

I can guarantee they didn’t have a choice. Plan parenthood has to deal with harassment, hate campaigns, bomb threats, and more. While it sucks, it’s more a problem with the state of the country than the hospital

[@stumbling_]

There's so many people with so many problems it's just that hard to get an appointment sometimes.

[@RileyStroud99]

The problem is that even before the overturning of roe v wade there weren’t a lot of OBGYN doctors, let alone facilities. It is a pretty niche path to go, and doesn’t pay that much. You have to be a special type of person to become and OBGYN after dedicating nearly a decade of school and then rotations, just to choose something that doesn’t maximize the money you make. There is a reason why a lot of pediatricians are older, because not a lot of young doctors want to be paid so little (relatively) after that huge investment.

[@gregorycope6099]

@@RileyStroud99 this has nothing to do with roe v wade tho, she lives in fuckin california.

[@MessedUpZucchini]

Gosh, I’m a woman, and I’m so grateful to be in Canada where I can safely get uterine and reproductive care like this without the fear of being prosecuted. We are with you, all of you, and we pray that your government will come to its senses again. I’m so sorry this is happening. You deserve better.

[@ambiarock590]

I'm super doubtful it will. The US government is becoming more and more insane and radicalized. I surely hope that orange man doesnt get elected else we're all gonna be roylaly eff'd

[@Lovely2291]

Crying rn thinking of those women in Texas who testified about how their babies were literally dying inside them and how they knew that the baby they were carrying was never going to have a life and how they couldnt let their baby die with dignity because some lawmaker wants to make Handmaid's Tale a reality.

[@EpicMiniMeatwad]

Fascism is certainly on the rise.

[@ALV694]

Really those lawmakers have a pregnancy fetish

[@divine555]

That's not what an ab****** is though, that's a similar surgery but if it's already a miscarriage then it wouldn't be that

[@ALV694]

@@divine555 u think old men writing this law will care about what exactly is an abortion

[@divine555]

@@ALV694 idc either, it means choosing to k*// off a fetus, either because of it being forced or being unable to raise it, or several other reasons

[@naijdabroughton4775]

My heart dropped every time I watched the news that related to abortions that women are dying, girls who is 13-17 are getting SA and can’t have a abortions cause of the laws, forced pregnancy to under age girls and grown women it’s so heartbreaking

[@naijdabroughton4775]

@@zeke3620 that the point I said SA aka raped

[@kade-qt1zu]

So much for protecting the kids.

[@keyoimani]

@@zeke3620 There is, but people forget that even THOSE types of conditions are restricted.

[@davidgold3nrose]

​@@zeke3620do you know what SA means?

[@silvie626]

@@ricardoherrera8863 short for sexual assault

[@moonkitty5274]

The real kicker is that in many places now, not only do unborn foetuses and dead bodies have more bodily rights than a uterus bearing person does, but so do mutated cancerous tumours since the person has no rights to remove them

[@norikofu509]

"Have more rights than a Uterus bearing person does" Calm down with that Misogyny dude

[@georgplaz]

​@@norikofu509has anyone ever calmed down after you told them to "calm down"? life hack: people actually calm down if you listen to them and try to understand their view point.

[@norikofu509]

@@georgplaz Yes, yes they have. Especially if you are telling them to Stop defending misogyny

[@norikofu509]

@@georgplaz There is no life hack in letting people disrespect women, dude

[@norikofu509]

"Uterus bearing person" what a way to call someone for what she is, A woman.

[@CrimsonChickenPatty]

I think as a country we need to read into bills more. Cause I never knew taking out a tumor counts as abortion.

[@renegade_redfall26]

It doesn't, u can look up the stautes of even the redest states in the union on their official websites, and even by legislation based definition Illy here did not have an abortion. This right here my dawg is click bait for brownie points

[@LiminalLex]

@@renegade_redfall26it literally was an abortion. Abortions are getting rid of unwanted things in the uterus

[@AJOlesen]

Yea, me niether. I thought law makers would be smarter than just putting down "anything remove from the uterus is an abortion, no matter what is being removed." but I guess not.

[@retched]

@@renegade_redfall26 Sooo you watched it to 11:14 and beyond? Looking up articles talking about miscarriage care... yeah, a dilation and curettage could be considered by an utter dumbass as an abortion in some states. Solely because the legislature writing the law... are dumbasses.

[@poizznn]

@@AJOlesenthe issue is that these lawmakers want to get rid of planned parenthood and places that provide these procedures, so by getting rid of planned parenthood, not only are they getting rid of safe abortion, they're getting rid of the tons of other resources, help and procedures that planned parenthood provides. Many of these abortion laws also want to arrest any doctors that provide abortions, so if the doctor that provided an abortion gets arrested, they won't be able to perform anything that isnt an abortion (which Illy briefly talked about in this video). Also, while this might not be terminating a pregnancy, the same procedure is used, which would make it fall under an abortion.

[@croshetti]

"yet alone fidelity in their marriages" WAS THE SICKEST BURN I HAVE EVER HEARD

[@crimson-foxtwitch2581]

@@blaizegottman4139The right wing might as well not belong to the same species as the rest of us. They are below vermin.

[@Sweet_Dreams_zZZ]

SAME😂

[@EpicMiniMeatwad]

A good catholic needs a divorce. They invented it after all, so they better use it.

[@JKStudios101]

That burn had me in stitches 🤣 ❤

[@scorchedroseproductions3266]

I died laughing

[@xiopaovid1215]

I saw your community post about this video being demonetized. It's sad that the sponsors didn't want to support this video. Thank you Illy for uploading this, it'll help so many women and young girls out there. Myself included. You're helping more people than you realize.

[@Danap-mykaykat]

Do we have a list of sponsors for illy’s videos so we can boycott them for not wanting to keep this video monetized? How cowardice that they’re fine with making money off of illy’s content, but not when it comes to “heavy” topics? I’m being serious, especially considering the video explained that she removed a tumor, not a fetus, yet her sponsors still think it’s not an appropriate topic? The sponsors are cowards is what they are :/ !

[@xiopaovid1215]

​@@Danap-mykaykatthat's what I thought exactly. But knowing Illy, she won't expose what sponsor didn't want to support this video. Which I'll respect Illy's decision to not say who it is.

[@thegameglitcher2439]

@@Danap-mykaykat As sad as it is, the sponsors don't want to take a side likely because both sides have some extremists, and the corporate people don't think it's worth the risk. It's a shame that they won't even look at the video (meaning they would never see the part where it's a tumor). It's pretty much the latter half of the video where Illy says lawmakers don't know shit about the laws they're passing. I have mixed feelings on having an abortion, because there's arguments that sound valid for both sides, and because I'm not a female I'll never experience the fear that Illy was going through in the video. However, I believe that in the event that it's the mother or the child, there should be an option for the mother to save themselves if they choose. If the fetus, or "fetus" in the case of the video, is literally killing the host, then the option should always exist to save yourself. Just, if the baby is grown enough, at least try to make it instant death (for it) and lower the rate of failed abortions.

[@celenaopal8516]

i had an early term miscarriage and went through an abortion via pills because the tissue was borderline necrotic and could have killed me. my mil at the time judged me for getting the pills for it while still concerned about my health. it was horrible having her judge me while i was trying not to die even if she didnt intend to. top that on the fact i was devastated from learning i was not able to bring my child to term, it was an emotional nightmare. i had done everything in my ability to stay healthy and do the right things to protect the baby, but it wasnt meant to be. Roe v Wade protected all women who needed procedures like mine, but now that its overturned, many women will either be dying or getting back alley care that could lead to them dying anyways in states that make it illegal/inaccessible thru legitimate health care facilities. Thank you for sharing your story Illysa, hopefully with the sharing of stories more people will become aware of the dangers of this overturn

[@odysseyonawhim]

i know this is 7 months later so you might not care, but i'm happy that you're alive right now and i'm sorry that you had to go through such an emotional mess. much love

[@Yippee_ItsGillian]

Its so fucked that people hush this topic its one of the most important things with girls health so thank you illy for bringing attention to this topic and not hushing it like the others

[@callanightshade8079]

Exactly

[@Some1namedRin]

fr. people treat periods as its some sexual thing. as if its taboo or some hush hush topic. periods are literally the least sexual thing about puberty 💀

[@Mr_Moose115]

​@rima_hooman2372 nah what you talkin bout, a period has got to be the most sexual thing. Only thing more sexual is someones uncovered shoulder!

[@Some1namedRin]

@@Mr_Moose115 LMAOO 😭

[@kalezebubbae527]

@@Some1namedRin I think people think that is because it has to DO with the sexual organs. That might just be what I think that people might think about it.

[@amandamoore7512]

I had an ectopic pregnancy rupture in 2017 and it was terribly traumatizing due to being dismissed by a doctor. I can’t even imagine the horror I would have experienced if it happened after they overturned Roe v Wade

[@Mx._M_o_t_h]

That’s sad hope you are doing better now :[

[@CaptainCobbler]

Roe v Wade doesn't apply to ovarian cysts. Even the Catholic church doesn't count ovarian cysts

[@Naleytoons]

My cousin just had a baby, and it made me think of my childhood and about my own trauma(I was groomed by my older cousin) and how I could have had a child at 9 years old, it’s scary how people are so calm about how there 8 year old children could get pregnant and then they say “well you shouldn’t have let them get in your pants” like what the heck is wrong with you, they were to innocent to even know what they were forced to do

[@irishuisman1450]

jesus christ I'm so sorry that happened to you. At that age it shouldn't even be _considered_ to put the fault on the child. A sexual encounter with someone below the age of consent as someone above the age of consent is rape, plain and simple. (Obviously there can be exceptions, I'm not gonna judge a 16-year-old for having sex with a 15-year-old as long as both parties actively wanted it, but I'm talking about encounters with age gaps that cannot be excused)

[@lexismore]

It's bad enough that these things happen, it's beyond heartbreaking that so many young people (and women in conservative communities esp) find so little compassion for their struggles as a survivor. I hope you get to spend some time with your new nibling (if that's something that's important to you) and that you get new opportunities to heal your inner child in all kinds of ways.

[@magivenderstudios]

mine too , well at least i talked to my mom about this and he kinda stopped

[@lividluxury1]

im sorry, WHAT? "I was groomed by my older cousin" Send that mudafaka right to prison

[@levicarnus1591]

Anyone who so much as thinks of doing such terrible things to little girls seriously needs to get mental help, such a crime shouldn't exist in a civilized society... I could swear I once saw a trailer on TV as early as the late 2000s for a story about a 6 year old girl getting pregnant, though I have no idea how true it was. It goes without saying it shouldn't happen in the first place, but girls being able to get pregnant before they're teenagers is crazy and harder to believe the younger it happens... It just doesn't sound like it should be possible. Is it a side effect of excess estrogen coming from women using birth control getting into drinking water? I think it would do America some good if professional fertility doctors came together and published a high profile documentary explaining everything our top medical scientists know about reproductive health in the present day with zero political interference, including mentioning facts both Planned Parenthood and far right republicans wouldn't want people to know.

[@Racoony]

Bro being arrested for not wanting to die is just flat out evil

[@Riley.-sJoy]

EXACTLY, THANK YOU

[@batman-hv9wp]

That’s not how it works while this is medically defined an abortion it is not legally an abortion

[@leonizek]

@@batman-hv9wp Did you listen to the video? It is legally defined an abortion but NOT medically.

[@sensiblesentimental]

That's the government for you!

[@theonewhomustnotbenamed]

Exactly

[@andresomerville4896]

I really respect Illymation for talking about tough topics like this. Discussions about abortion are controversial but important

[@Jacksiloution]

She's the only really popular youtuber I know of that actually dosent care what the topic is. I don't relate to most things at all but godamn was her Autism video so comforting

[@andresomerville4896]

@@Jacksiloution She's really good at inspiring empathy and understanding of the circumstances she describes in her stories.

[@Jacksiloution]

@andresomerville4896 And she dosent work around it, just gives it straight up but never makes it look negative. Giving hope

[@lilaboxx]

​@@HiImPaul62no one likes abortions and gets them for fun but sometimes they're necessary. If you really care about children you should care more about good sex education and contraceptives because they help against unwanted pregnancies and fight for better financial support for low income families. Some people cannot afford to have a child for whatever reason and even if they don't want to keep it in the end it still takes a toll on the body for nine months. Yes a fetus is technically alive but it couldn't sustain itself outside the mother's body and just like I couldn't force you to donate blood even if people are dying of blood loss you can't force someone to give up the right to decide what happens to their body. Abortions aren't nice or fun but unfortunately they're necessary, I hope you understand that

[@megaben99]

Too true.

[@spectremetus]

I had a relative who got r@ped and was pressured by her Christian Mother to keep the child because she "will murder the child by abortion" and abortion is not allowed in my country. She did keep the child against her own will, she then committed s*icide 2 Years later because she couldn't handle being a mother at 14 Years Old... Rest in Peace my best cousin Cassie❤ I still remember when we played so many board games back then😢

[@nicomirai1097]

Wow...Rip.

[@VictoriaWriting]

I am so sorry

[@joshuaakintemi5396]

In cases like this, they should either flush the womb or simply remove the embryo and transfer it to the womb of someone who wants a baby

[@TheofficalKagamineLen]

@@joshuaakintemi5396god if they could do that that would literally solve so many problems. Like instead of abortion you could just get the baby removed and put into someone else, or into an artificial womb. I hope that that is what ends the battle

[@midnightangel9818]

Holy shit. Dude, she absolutely deserved to get an abortion. Mother at 14, and was raped?? :'(

[@ElectricKettleGoBoom]

I used to date a trans chick and she's go to PP for her HRT. One day, somebody screamed at her something along the lines of "think twice before murdering a baby!" Which pissed her off. She flipped them the bird and went to her scheduled appointment, but that shit lives in my head rent free. Kinda like how I got an Uber there and the Uber driver wouldn't shut up about supporting me and wanting to be a helpful hand during "my time in turmoil." My guy, I was there for an exam and renewal for my anti-baby pills, but thanks I guess. Planned Parenthood is just a national wide, low-cost genitalia clinic, it shouldn't be "brave" to get your business done there and it shouldn't be such a political statement to use or despise the existence of the building and accompanying services.

[@WtfAreHandlesLol]

Its crazy that most people making abortion illegal are old men in their 60s, who have no idea what it's like to go through pregnancy. It makes me question humanity.

[@plantmuffin9866]

Here in Australia we have "Safe Access Zones" outside of Abortion Clinics. This basically means that it is illegal to protest within 150m of an Abortion Clinic, or harass visitors to the clinic. These laws apply 24/7, 365. And it is fully illegal - if you protest outside a clinic they will call the police and you will get arrested! It's something that's really necessary that isn't talked about heaps, even in states in the USA where abortion is legal unfortunately :(

[@holl377]

Yeah, I feel like here in the States if people tried to pass something like your Safe Access Zones into law, people would decry it as a "violation of free speech". It sucks here.

[@AquaDragon777_GD]

That’s horrible! I hope they ban abortion forever

[@TheFinalBoss-ni7dv]

@@AquaDragon777_GDwhat

[@_ShiAngel]

A

[@Riley-vy5qm]

​@@AquaDragon777_GDwot.

[@silashellebrand462]

12:09 That happened to my Aunt. She had a miscarriage of a wanted baby, but the dead fetus didn't leave her body, so she had to go to an abortion clinic, or risk death. She had to walk past many protesters carrying pictures of dead fetuses, and calling her a murderer. Reminder, this was a *Wanted* child, she was there to "murder" a wanted child. Thankfully, they got it out in time, and she's alive today. But, what if she was in the wrong state, or it happened post roe. It's all really fucked up

[@PrincessQ-fj9ly]

I'm so sorry about your poor Aunt. It's bad enough that she had to deal with losing a baby she really wanted, but it's even more heartbreaking that she was dubbed a murderer, just because she needed a procedure that would save her after the miscarriage had failed to process naturally otherwise, she would die. Some people can be so cruel. I really hope your aunt is doing ok. ❤️

[@silashellebrand462]

@@PrincessQ-fj9ly It was many years ago. As far as I know, she is doing okay. But, yeah. Thank you.

[@Child_Of_Zephyrus]

Same with my aunt. She and my uncle tried to have kids many, many, times. A few of those times she actually got pregnant. But not a single one was a success, and once or twice she had to get rid of the dead fetuses because her body couldn’t expel them. And the same thing happened with the protests. This was 7 years ago! I still remember once she actually got past the 12 week mark in pregnancy, I was quite little but she picked me up and told me that soon I was gonna have a baby cousin. Then I remember a few weeks later she was skinnier and she looked really sad. I understand what happened now. But the people still yelled at her. They called her a c*nt, w**re, and so many other names all because she lost another child that she wanted so badly. She and my uncle gave up soon after that, and it’s only brought us closer, but it makes me wonder why the people protesting think they know everything about every person who walks through those doors. I’m pro choice btw

[@Kris-lj7lq]

7:15 “What other choice did I have” This can be the horrifying reality of people restricting and suppressing the rights of women and those with a uterus. It frightens me on a level nothing else does. Death and pain because people are uneducated and ignorant. I’m so happy you’re talking about this.

[@vitricewashington6510]

When she said what other choice did I have, it physically hurt hearing that because we are losing our right to have a reasonable choice with our own bodies. Nevermind if the lawmakers, politicians or protester are wrong, never mind if any of them are even women, they want to tell another person what we can and can't do with our bodies. That will never be okay.

[@EpicMiniMeatwad]

For a country that's ever so patriotic about their liberty, freedom, and egalitarianism, they don't seem to be doing too great in that department. It's reactionary usually apolitical people who jump on policies they have no understanding of in an unrepresentative democracy.

[@yourdad3275]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@EpicMiniMeatwad you forgot to mention capitalism and the bible among those values, that’s where the problem comes from

[@shizuko_zx8770]

@@yourdad3275 bro the Bible isn’t the issue, it’s just that ppl try to use religion as an excuse to be an asshole don’t mix that up

[@aycc-nbh7289]

@@EpicMiniMeatwadOr at least some states are not.

[@Its.ur.fav.Savannah]

The facts that old people who DONT HAVE UTERUSES are trying to control people WITH UTERUSES even if it is life or death is absolutely disgusting

[@tinyj4520]

The fact that people who can't be drafted are allowed to vote is absolutely disgusting.

[@first_last01]

@@tinyj4520 preach

[@wanniesup]

Jesus loves us all

[@alexobery9813]

​@tinyj4520 plenty of women in the military, same people who don't support abortion, are the same people who don't want women in the military. So if you want to blame anyone for the suffering of working class men, the best candidate to blame are the conservative politicians you lot so love.

[@tinyj4520]

@@alexobery9813 Blame the people who oppose it for it happening? What?

[@boiman5401]

the fact that there are some situations where not getting an abortion could actually kill you, and these people are trying to stop it is disgusting

[@SoraByers]

yep it's absolutely disgusting. But honestly a good chunk of the "pro-lifers" would be pro choice to an extent if they actually knew what procedures are considered abortions, but many of them would say fake news... so no reasoning there.

[@sladespencer6776]

No they just value human life. part of pregnancy is dealing with the fetus growing inside of you. You then Have a responsibility to protect the life growing. This just comes with the consequences of getting pregnant.

[@sydneyreynolds8647]

Only things like what illy had can kill a woman. An embryo/fetus cant kill you

[@eeveequartz921]

Real those same people will say it's ridiculous for 18 and under to adopt a child but will force them to birth one of something happens

[@NixTriesHard]

@@sladespencer6776are you forgetting rape exists

[@MintyFreshCupcakes]

Planned Parenthood saved my life. Parents died when I was 22 and left me without medical insurance or money. I was able to get medical care there

[@ariberry8031]

Planned Parenthood is a G fr, it's a shame people stand at the place and harass people for just trying to get healthcare.

[@nxlly1787]

im sorry about your losses, I'm glad you were able to get medical care

[@calmghosts]

I had read a comment somewhere on Tiktok that a woman had found out she was pregnant while in therapy for cancer and in her state she would have to stop the treatment even if the baby might not make it anyways with her current health issue and she herself might die. That broke my heart and I think about it a lot, I’m so thankful I live in a place where abortion is considered a necessary medical treatment.

[@nayeontofu]

That is so fcked up. I will never understand anyone who supports this knowing that this is the kind of thing that will happen. Like this isn't a Sims game we are real people with real needs

[@alexisthemarshmallow7041]

I hope she's okay, nobody should have to go through something so messed up

[@rockweirdo8147]

Except that didn't happen, read the laws

[@carolyns4519]

I remember a decade ago, a girl in...I want to say the Dominican Republic (? could be getting the country wrong, idk what abortion laws there are/were like) had leukemia and was getting chemo for it. Then they found out she was pregnant, and stopped the chemo because it could potentially cause her to miscarry, which would legally be considered an abortion since it caused the end of the pregnancy. She died a slow, painful death from the leukemia because the treatment was withheld from her. And no, the baby was never born, she died while still pregnant. Fuck laws like this.

[@LifeAsItIs478752]

@@rockweirdo8147 it takes two seconds to google things and find out this absolutely has happened post-roe.

[@jams1352]

as a male, i had no idea an abortion could mean a removal of any sort, however i still disagreed with the abortion law, my mother raised me right so i absolutely hated the fact the us government is doing that, im glad i live in Canada though because there are no restrictions on abortions here, but fuck the us man.

[@starrby7790]

Yeah its sad, even the removal of a miscarried fetus thats dead is considered an abortion. I once even saw a news tag of how a woman who had a miscarriage and their fetus was already dead the medical staff didnt want to do anything because a recent abortion law passed in the state that made the removal of her dead fetus illegal and I believe she got quite sick from it

[@jams1352]

@@starrby7790 thats actually insane, fuck the usa

[@cielonehellofaservicedog4648]

​@@Imjustrightit isn't murder, quit calling abortion that. It doesn't make it true the more u repeat it FYI

[@frosty_mentos1238]

@@ImjustrightYou're insane

[@V1DE0-STARZ]

@@Imjustrightit's not murder

[@fallenstar7055]

I was already pro choice before watching this video but I have not been aware that just a medical procedure to remove anything from your uterus, fetus or not, could be considered an abortion. The fact that these governments are so ignorant about the fact that there are people out there with real medical problems that would really benefit from these surgeries and really try their best to stop them, is terrifying.

[@ricardoavacado3901]

It is. and I oppose that. Yet I'm still pro life

[@mischiefmelody]

​@@ricardoavacado3901It's not pro-life, it's anti-abortion, if you cared about life you would know how important an abortion is

[@TheInfintyithGoofball]

​@@mischiefmelody I vote we not jump to thinking of this in absolutes... I can see how what people think of when they think "abortion" could be considered murder but "emptying the uterus for any reason" shouldn't be the legal definition of anything made illegal ever. because as this video points out that definition could still describe needing to remove anything from a uterus: cancer removal? BANNED! something that got stuck in there removal? BANNED! miscarriage and this little corpse will calcify (get covered in bone material as a protective measure by your body but the horrifying terror of a dead body inside you is still there) and it could slowly kill you but you need it removed so you don't DIE? BANNED! there's nothing "pro-life" about that.

[@hinatachan96]

It could never Be considered an abortion, Jesus

[@HelloHamburger]

"We ban the removal of parasitic worms from the uterus because the worm deserves the right to life too. Goddammit!"

[@punyasharastogi832]

This subject shouldn't be de-monetize but talked more publicly, so more people have knowledge to get medical help, it's so absurd that women are supposed to stay quiet about periods and uterus, and to endure pain quietly

[@unorganizedchaos5503]

W for the donate

[@chloe-oi1ff]

WWWWW

[@lil_sillykitty_0]

W!

[@Fbih2o]

U guys realize 100 rupees is 1.25$ american?

[@chloe-oi1ff]

@@Fbih2o weird question but okay

[@TailsterTheTinyToaster]

It's so sad this video ended up getting demonetized/not sponsored due to the "sensitive" topic. This was sincerely educational and is worth more than the 0 dollars (I'd imagine) you're getting from it. Why can't women's health be a "normal" topic?

[@Tomtom1056LMAO]

Not trying to be a prude here, but they are getting superchats (willful donations). If you'd like to support them, you could do so by donating as well! :D

[@Cynical_Crow]

Not just women’s bodies, bud.

[@MoonWalkerOneTPOT]

@@Cynical_Crow yes not just women’s bodies,but that’s the topic of this video. Because men do not have uterus,or the ability to have periods.

[@funkytweekkkk]

@@MoonWalkerOneTPOT men do have the ability to have a uterus and periods, what are you talking about???

[@vinny........]

@@funkytweekkkk I believe they aren't talking about trans men

[@Delcat42]

Fun, true fact: I passed out for the first time in my life after watching this. That's hard-hitting journalism. Thank you for being willing to have the difficult conversations, it's crucial that they're digestible and accessible. Hope this helps you keep going ❤

[@Sukiluvsu-]

Your right, this is sadly true though.

[@adriennebowman98]

I remember going into planned parenthood to get birth control and I had to have my mother block people from me because they kept trying to yell at me. Thank god we have swans that volunteer to help people going in to get an abortion.

[@NullCantHandleFreddie]

​@@HiImPaul62everyone has different stories, and while I do feel sorry for your mother, it doesn't really help the fact that majority of women were forced to give birth to their kids. Some didn't even survive while giving birth to the baby, like my auntie. She passed away 3 years ago giving birth to my now 3 year old cousin. And she wasn't supposed to have kids, yet she had two. And my uncle became a single parent for those years Another one of my family members got pregnant but it wasn't her fault and no one was paying attention to her. What's worse is that she's not even in middle school yet As I said everyone's situation is different. I feel like abortion should just be left alone, it shouldn't be such a hot topic because most of the time it's really no ones business on who's aborting and who isn't Because it's their bodies and it should be their choice

[@ricardoherrera8863]

Yeah, they have the same reaction as if the nazi party or some other genocide organization offered free healthcare and both things were financed by the taxes. That's insanity.

[@wuzittooya]

@@HiImPaul62cool story, bro. 🙃 Now stop prying your nose into other people’s health concerns.

[@artemis2227]

People against abortion tend not to realize that the majority of abortions are either a) a situation like this or b) a miscarriage/complication of a pregnancy they wanted to keep. Banning abortion is primarily keeping it from people who need it to protect their lives, or people who are actively trying to have kids.

[@fallon-may0935]

This is misleading. The majority of abortions are people saying they don’t want a kid and getting one. The situation you mentioned is 4%

[@MichaelFerrari01]

Artemis you can suck this juicy sweet n salty garnish with cheese and sweat 🤓

[@michealklondike4049]

Pretty sure no state is banning abortion for a legitimate medical emergency. I have a problem when it’s actively killing a healthy human zygote. In the event of this, it’s not a zygote, and in a miscarriage, it’s already dead.

[@uggupuggu]

This isnt abortion.

[@antoninaforyt6928]

​@@uggupuggu It is. Learn a definition first before you start making claims.

[@genevievehoskins6829]

As a Christian, the anti abortion protesters mortify me. I am so sorry for all the so-called followers of Christ that scream in women's faces about abortions. While abortion is a last-resort thing for me, I would NEVER tell anyone what they could or could not do with their bodies. Especially since Planned Parenthood saved my mom's life when they found that she had cervical cancer. PP offers so many wonderful health services as well as affordable contraception, and I would love to see more clinics set up around the country.

[@vigneshnehru9822]

I'm not Christian, but I can understand the feeling of knowing how wonderful it can be following a faith you treasure and how some people will twist and exacerbate ambiguous or questionable aspects of faith for the sake of cheap politics. I have met some of the most kindest and open minded individuals who love being Christian and take pride in it while appreciating diversity in human spirituality, values, goals and lifestyles. I am also sorry that you feel mortified. You have no need to claim them as a part of your community as they do not represent you. Peace and respect.

[@FrogboiTobee420]

There should be more Christians like you

[@genevievehoskins6829]

@@vigneshnehru9822 Thank you for being understanding. I don't claim them at all. Health is health and it is none of my business. My job is to love people no matter what their life circumstances are. Everything can be forgiven and loved through.

[@genevievehoskins6829]

@@FrogboiTobee420 Thank you ♡ I'm really trying to find good believers and recruit more believers. But only if they want to be found and recruited. 🥰

[@EpicMiniMeatwad]

Practicing conscientiousness of faith is a good thing. Religion has no basis in the state, and should never.

[@1wolftank]

It’s disturbing the way people treat women’s medical care

[@Why_do_I_even_existt]

yes 100%

[@SMILEFUNGUSGLAZER]

What do you mean just asking

[@StarmisYTP]

As a guy, I am so sorry for all the women out there going through stuff like this, especially now given how the "men" in power apparently calls that to be abortion, which is so dumb.

[@Tyto-ATTA]

As a man I say we put the power over women’s body’s in women’s hands

[@madlythesecond]

i mean the women know the risks

[@onethatdoesart5650]

​@@madlythesecondso do the men who actively put a woman in that position. Birth control isn't 100% effective. That's like telling someone with skin cancer that they knew the risk when going into the sun so they shouldn't get treatment. It's stupid.

[@Nejdetärbratack]

​@@madlythesecond🤓🤓

[@Comiclysm_]

@@madlythesecond Did you even watch the video?

[@grimmick9446]

I miss periods from stress often, when I was 20 I found out I was 13 weeks pregnant. I was walking 2 miles a day to work working over 40 hours a week . I made an appointment with planned parenthood and the protesters railed me verbally. Some even brought their children. Women were crying in the waiting room and scared to leave the waiting room. The amount of arrogance it takes to try to belittle someone for making their own health choices, is insane. Idk . We're really devolving

[@astral_shooting]

I'm sorry to hear about your experience. People who have a choice to have an abortion should not be harassed, or be threatened.

[@Blurpian]

It’s so sad that people are trying to control what YOU do with YOUR body. It’s your decision and it’s not peoples place to tell you what to do

[@astral_shooting]

@@Blurpian right

[@am_Nein]

yes. there doesnt even need to be a reason. wanting to should be reason enough.@@Blurpian

[@Blurpian]

@@am_Nein Absolutely.

[@michellechang5882]

Can’t believe sponsors pulled out of this. Just shows you how greedy everyone is. Thank you for doing this. I know this isn’t much but I want to thank all of those from your team that contributed to this. It really hits on the point of what’s going on in America now and how stifled we are

[@sophiefdez]

youre the best

[@connernelson8124]

It isn’t out of greed it’s just that people don’t support killing baby’s :/

[@michellechang5882]

@@connernelson8124 it’s not a baby? Also circumstances change, people care about a fetus but not the kid after it comes out of the womb. We can’t even survive in this economy let alone bringing a kid to the world.

[@michellechang5882]

@@connernelson8124 it’s just like bud light ambassador issue

[@connernelson8124]

@@michellechang5882 well if you want a better economy, don’t vote the man that ruined it, his names Joe Biden, and he’s the reason why we live in the poor economic crisis we do today. And I know in this video it wasn’t a baby, but when people talk about an actual abortion, they will be talking about the removal of the fetus. And if people don’t care about the kid after their born, then why am I alive, why are you? It’s because we had parents that cared about us and gave us life. Also, abortion should be a last resort, adoption is a great choice too, if you don’t want to be a mom. It’s pretty simple, and I find the people that see protesters that want to protect the unborn child, as controlling psychos, are ignorant. That’s my opinion.

[@Siofra-od5zh]

the protest sign that said "I KNOW MORE THAN YOU" is hilarious to me! it really shows what protesters believe in a comedic way. GOOD JOB ILLY

[@yepidoodles]

As someone from the UK, I had no idea it was this bad, and I am beyond horrified

[@humanthing5709]

It’s getting bad. Please try and educate yourself more on this and convince others to, because of this point we need outside help as well.

[@ButtaDawg05]

It’s not bad, it’s only bad for the >95% of people who want to kill the result of their poor decision making. Obviously you can get surgery to remove something from your uterus that isn’t a baby; saying otherwise makes about as much sense as saying that the earth is flat. It’s mind blowing that everyone blindly believes this idiotic story with 0 proof of anything she’s saying

[@isabelladanielle]

@@humanthing5709 an abortion is removing an alive baby from your stomach. Removing a blockage or tumor is not an abortion. It may be considered that but it is not. You May say Women get raped. Proven fact 1% of thee woman who get abortions is from rape. Thee rest? Because they like to do it for fun. If you do not want a baby don’t reproduce period. God loves you

[@DannyDeee]

Funny how the actual threats against democracy gets overshadowed by distractions like "woke" and "pronouns", eh?

[@AnotheraccountonYT]

Same I mean this infuriated me when It was happening and so I did my research about different states and their abortion rights/punishments as well as arguing with countless, clueless anti-choicers but u had no idea dl how many things could be classed as an abortion

[@RobertIDK]

This video is going to help so many people. I can only imagine how difficult it is to navigate a situation like this, so thank you for sharing your story!

[@yorp.]

Woah my brother watches you this feels surreal this only has 1 like

[@jflaplaylistchannelunoffic3951]

Why would such ill-informed misinformation about abortion laws help anybody? On the contrary, it creates unnecessary conflict.

[@mstudios33]

Hi Robert! I watch your videos and I totally agree... it's just... hella depressing that Illy could be...gone... right now. I know you probably won't make a video about this because of the topic, but thanks for being here. (also, watch Alpharad because he looks EXACTLY like you with the pfp hairstyle)

[@jflaplaylistchannelunoffic3951]

@@mstudios33 Has nothing to do with abortion laws, though. Such procedures are always legal, even in the most strict anti-abortion states.

[@yorp.]

@@jflaplaylistchannelunoffic3951 what are you talking about? This is an important topic to touch on. It's glossed over so much.

[@ghostproductions7908]

I still remember when I was little and my aunt (who we're all 100% has anti social personality disorder and has done very awful things to me and my family) drove me around in her car and passed a planned parenthood where there were people outside protesting and shouting, she rolled the window down and stopped at the light there and as I watched she just told me that what those people were doing was good and they were right to do so. But even when I was small and didn't understand what was happening all I could see was that they were harassing people and that wasn't okay. Now I know what she was trying to do and I think it's so horrible. I will never agree with her and those people. Everyone should get those chose what to do with their bodies it shouldn't be a political thing. They don't care about us, they don't care about kids, they don't care about our broken systems. They care about power and money. There are no morals. And if you're wondering, yes she's an awful mother.

[@limesandlemons1367]

what does her having aspd have to do with this...?

[@rocketismail711]

Im part of two groups. One of them is called Muslims Against Planned Parenthood, and the other is called Immigrants Against Planned Parenthood. What we do is that during the month of Ramadan, where we cant eat or drink anything, we stand outside of our local one (located in a city where over 65 percent of the population are immigrants or Muslims, so plenty of supporters), but their is one difference from the other protests. We are silent the whole time, we stand their quietly, for 8 hours, without uttering a single word. There have been multiple times where nurses have come out and told us to "go back to Taliban", times where patients would see us, and call us terrorists and bombers. One protester, a guy who escaped the Darfur genocide in Sudan, was seen by a 28 year old patient. She walked right up to him and punched him. She is in jail for assault. Police have ruled on our favor multiple times because we werent yelling anything, not screaming in peoples ears, just standing silently with signs. We have only done this for three years, but two in the St.Paul area have moved because of us, just because of some immigrants fasting holding signs outside. Its crazy

[@tilmook]

I agree. It’s a political opinion that everyone has a right to, but that doesn’t mean you choose what someone does to their body. Because when it comes down to it, no one cares about the kids that are actually here. What are people going to do about the ever growing numbers of children in foster care or orphanages? Nothing. But no, let’s eliminate an option so no one can care about women during gestation, postpartum, and medical care, and financial support, and also ignore kids in terrible homes where no one should have given birth. No one fights as hard for a thing that hasn’t even become a thought as one fights for the rights of kids that need to be heard.

[@ILoveMenWayTooMuch]

@@limesandlemons1367 People who are against abortions and protest outside of """abortion""" clinics (clinics that essentially allow those to happen) thinks that any women entering in the clinic WANTS an abortion. But no, no. People come for their ASPD, STDs and other health related stuffs, not just abortions !

[@ricardoavacado3901]

I'm sorry but the people with "no morals" here are those that uphold abortion which results in genocide of tens of millions of unborn people annually

[@harps4507]

It's crazy how helpful abortion is when it doesn't particularly target removing a pregnancy. My mother had to get one because her (planned) pregnancy formed into a tumor, and she could have died if she didn't get it removed. That is exactly why abortion should not be banned. It saves lives more often than it "kills".

[@Mizuki-dx5cu]

Abortions happen in the first weeks anyways because that's when the Fetus isn't even considered a baby or anything alive.

[@palaeocryptid8995]

I’ve really appreciated the recent videos on topics that aren’t talked about enough, like psychiatric wards and autism! So I’m really looking forward to watching this! Thanks Illy :D

[@AnimJz]

Yooo! Congratulations on the heart!

[@AnimJz]

100 LIKES LET'S GOOOOOOOOO

[@AnimJz]

YOOO 150 LET'S GOOOOO

[@Gu1t4rs.R.c00l]

:0 IZ DAT A BASIL PFP!???

[@palaeocryptid8995]

@@Gu1t4rs.R.c00l You know it!

[@Itz_Just_Tea]

I'm so glad you shared this. My sister had multiple tumors, with a similar experience. She was harassed trying to get into the building that was checking her tumors with an ultrasound since the protesters thought she was getting an abortion, since she looked pregnant due to a tumor the size of a basketball. I'm glad you were able to get the tumors removed and that they were not cancerous as well. This video really helped show how horrible the laws are too. Thanks again, -Tea

[@spudsbuchlaw]

Oh my god a Basketball sized Tumour sound hellish, Im so glad She's okay!

[@TanzenRaye]

I'm so glad your sisters ok!❤️ (Also is your name Tea or Teá, for some reason that's been on my mind 🤣)

[@Theviolentredpanda]

Going to an abortion clinic in the conservative state I live in is disgusting. I wasnt even going for an abortion, I was there to support a friend who was lightheaded and needed someone to drive her. I got screamed at for being a murderer and a sl** and a wh***. But the worst thing I saw was a teenager who had clearly been crying alot getting harrassed. They called her an idiot, a wh***, a sl**, a b****. For making a mistake. Nobody yells at the boys. It takes two to tango. But no, it's only the women.

[@Nejdetärbratack]

Thats literally a horror movie. Every single day i wake up and thank god over and over for not making me american. Im so so so so sorry for what your goverment is doing to your people

[@EuanFarren]

I fucking hate this abortion ban thing,and I'm not even american, it's that bad Edit: Thanks for the 130 like y'all, means a lot

[@Princes_Luna]

None of that is ok no one should be yelled at or insulted. I am always appalled at them. Just because I disagree and wish people reallt consider what it means to share their body with someone else doesnt mean I will ever in my life insult someone, harass them or call them names. That is most definitely not what I was taught

[@GayDino1]

And on top of this, some of these women and raped! And they have to have that child?? The people who fought for our rights are probably frowning on what’s happening right now.

[@safaiaryu12]

That's so awful. I cannot IMAGINE harassing a teenager at an abortion clinic. Obviously something has gone really wrong for her to be there. Isn't that enough?? Firstly, as Illy pointed out, many people go to "abortion clinics" for reasons other than abortion. Secondly, I'm pretty sure that it's a VERY TINY MINORITY of people who get an abortion flippantly. There are SO many people who feel forced into it, due to dangers to their own health or the health of the fetus, or knowing perfectly well that they are unable to care for the baby if they gave birth. And people who are like "just put it up for adoption!!" INFURIATE me. It's so fucking ignorant. Healthcare in the US is extremely expensive, including childbirth - lots of people can't afford the medical bills even if they aren't keeping the baby. Pregnancy is also EXTREMELY hard on the mother's body, sometimes with lifelong consequences, which again means medical bills that they might not be able to afford. And more than anything, the foster care system in the US is absolute trash, there are so many thousands of children who can't find homes (I keep hearing stories about foster kids having to sleep in offices and in CARS because the system is so overwhelmed and there's nowhere else to go). Many more foster kids are tremendously abused - statistically way more often than other children - and statistically adult foster children are much more likely to end up homeless or in prison. It's fucking awful. Why would you think that's somehow better for the child OR the parents?? I feel like so many pro-life people believe that people get abortions and "end a life" on a whim, and it's simply not true... for the vast, vast majority of cases, abortion is an absolutely crushing decision, one that the person lives with for the rest of their life, but they feel they have no choice. In some cases, they really do have no choice. And some people will be like "then just don't have sex!!!!!" Like abstinence-only education EVER works... we're human. Everyone makes mistakes. We shouldn't have to suffer lifelong consequences for making a mistake. Especially young people. And it's especially awful to inflict lifelong suffering on the potential child because their parent(s) made a mistake. I just don't understand.

[@johnconner9149]

As a guy. I just want to say. I’m so sorry you went through that. I hope you stay safe and healthy

[@peterpumpkineater6928]

Why specify your gender? Just curious

[@VioIetRamirez]

@@peterpumpkineater6928fr

[@IwonMin]

@@peterpumpkineater6928probs cuz males are usually unaware of this kind of ‘problem’, and its not stereotyping its just sadly the truth

[@nanameii_5746]

I think the most vile thing about the protesters in front of plan parent hoods is 99% of them will try to approach you. Pretend like they understand your fear and pain, explain that you do have options but that the ONLY RIGHT and MORAL one is keeping the thing growing inside of you. And even thinking about choosing another then turns you from a victim into a monster.

[@mahimsterunicorn7948]

Planned Parenthood and Pro-life protesters shouldn't have the right to protest, all they do is disrupt the peace and care that women need. It's no different from holding the confederate flag in publics. Its just like hate speech

[@jamyor1411]

I'm sorry but like babies are so weird they frigin grow inside of you.. Wth😂 Also yeah I totally agree with you

[@nanameii_5746]

@@hothdog or they could not have to be forced into 9 months of hell….

[@Thenumberstationangel]

@@hothdogyou know a lotta people don’t even get the opportunity to give the kid away, since they die trying to give birth

[@marinKem]

@hudthod mmmmmmm yeah you know absolutely nothing

[@pineconeloverdontask]

I find it so upsetting that videos on these topics get demonetised, we need more people making videos on this topic, not less. I know £10 isn’t much but I hope it can do something. I just can’t believe that people are destroying young women’s (and girls) lives. Your one of my favourite KZbinrs illy, don’t stop being amazing

[@Alenaexists]

You’re so kind to help her! I wish I could but seeing so many people help her restores my faith in humanity ❤❤

[@peterhannon79]

@@AlenaexistsI agree with you but rn I’m playing the big con, I just finished the game and my option was when I got asked if I got hurt was “my toe hurts” or “just my faith in humanity.” And it did make me feel like that, this comment refilled it.

[@alejandrotorrescruz6883]

The legal definition of an abortion is the ending of a fetus. So no you did not get an abortion. And in all red states an abortion is allowed if the life of a women is at risk. Secondly the percentage of women that get an abortion because their life is at stake are 10%. So what you’re saying cannot be further from the truth. And don’t say pro life don’t care about the actual living person because an abortion = killing a baby so I would say pro choice don’t care about the life of a living baby in the wound And yes we do care for the life of the baby and the women. But guess who doesn’t have any rights the baby. What is the value of a life to you? When do you think life begins?I answer you the second one conception

[@jenniferteague6458]

Hey, OB/GYN in Texas here! Thank you for sharing your story and bringing awareness to how safe and necessary D&Cs are for a variety of reasons. The good news is we can still perform them in Texas for abnormal tissue in the uterus and to manage miscarriages even now that Roe v Wade has been overturned. We can still treat ectopic pregnancies too! It's frustrating that law makers have criminalized abortions (which people should have access to), but just wanted to provide some hope to people that we're still here doing what we can even in Texas

[@Aramakie98]

Thank you for the clarification and also helping provide much needed care, doctor.

[@Sahdirah]

+

[@g1ngrbread]

My views were always against abortion but hearing this made me realise that i was just heavily misinformed and that i might actually be on the wrong side to this story. So i decided to chang my mind.

[@Judacopia]

same

[@das8.kapitel260]

That's nice to hear. Do you have any more questions?

[@resurrectionist5112]

I'm sorry this got demonitized, but I hope this video and more like it can normalize discussing these important topics in public spaces. Love your stuff, and remember you deserve to be safe and happy!

[@ThePersonMan]

Usually they pin donations, I'm kinda surprised they didn't.

[@ThatCatByTheStreet-ln2yc5we7d]

KZbin. GO AWAY!

[@HappyXID]

​@@ThePersonManwell, she has her own comment pinned, so that's probably why

[@rottenbrain2516]

You are amazing. 🎉

[@gracekim5291]

how do we know it got demonitized

[@audriedewyn1124]

My sister had an abortion. The baby had no brain, the medulla was just flapping in fluid inside it's head. There was the tiniest, slimmest of chances that the baby would survive if born, but it would have been a vegetable hooked up to machines, would have been unable to grow, or do anything. Not to mention, the birthing process would have been incredibly difficult on my sister's body, due to the position the baby had grown in. There was a high chance she could have permanent damage, or even die, just to birth a baby that had a 99.99% chance of being still-born. So, she had an abortion. What kills me is that, because of the state I'm in, if she had been born just 25 years later, and had lived the same life, and had gotten the exact same pregnancy...she would have been denied that procedure. Just because of the state she lived in. Something a lot of "pro-life" people don't seem to understand is that this can be a lifesaving procedure, in so, so many ways. So, what they do, is they take away that choice, because of their own ignorance and refusal to even think about the possible consequences of their actions. I genuinely hope things turn around, and start getting better.

[@rocketismail711]

Im part of two groups. One of them is called Muslims Against Planned Parenthood, and the other is called Immigrants Against Planned Parenthood. What we do is that during the month of Ramadan, where we cant eat or drink anything, we stand outside of our local one (located in a city where over 65 percent of the population are immigrants or Muslims, so plenty of supporters), but their is one difference from the other protests. We are silent the whole time, we stand their quietly, for 8 hours, without uttering a single word. There have been multiple times where nurses have come out and told us to "go back to Taliban", times where patients would see us, and call us terrorists and bombers. One protester, a guy who escaped the Darfur genocide in Sudan, was seen by a 28 year old patient. She walked right up to him and punched him. She is in jail for assault. Police have ruled on our favor multiple times because we werent yelling anything, not screaming in peoples ears, just standing silently with signs. We have only done this for three years, but two in the St.Paul area have moved because of us, just because of some immigrants fasting holding signs outside. Its crazy.

[@lawrup]

WHA- what are you even talking about ?

[@ruaraidh74]

Congratulations, that's

[@bludsucker]

​@@lawrupdo you not understand?

[@augustuslunasol10thapostle]

@@levicarnus1591 while thats a nice sentiment and all that a fetus isn’t a child yet most of the time abortions are carried out before the fetus has developed into something that could be viable

[@04Nerd]

i got an abortion when i was 16 because i was.. raped by a family member. I live in Texas at that time and it was success.. though I haven't had a period in 4 years- until recently 4 days ago. so many people wanted me to keep the baby at such a YOUNG HELPLESS AGE. Im 19 now and very happy with my partner. this video was very touching to me. also that family member has to serve 50 years. they were 40. because im not their first victim

[@miaruuu8375]

ik it might be touchy, but did they also rape a related family member?

[@needleswithblue]

im so sorry that you had to go through that, hope you are doing better now ❤❤

[@maple-arigon]

I am so sorry that you went through that mess. I am happy for you that you have a loving partner now:))

[@seemingly9885]

punching a baby in the womb and if it dies its murder. should it not be?

[@maple-arigon]

@@seemingly9885 why did you bring something like that here? bruh

[@solitaire_6241]

This is why i'm moving away from texas as soon as I can, not having a abortion can be life-ending I can't imagine this happening to me because then I would have no choice. You are a very strong woman!

[@emilyemily9831]

I had an actual abortion at 10 weeks and I am grateful it was extremely easy for me to access. I literally felt like I was being ripped apart daily. Pregnancy nearly killed me, even at that early stage. I was terrified of my own body and I felt trapped. I did everything “right” (used protection, only slept with one partner) and I was still punished. If I didn’t have an abortion, I would be dead, along with the “baby” that legislators were trying to save.

[@itsmxtwist]

People just don’t understand how dangerous pregnancy can be

[@ancemedi]

I'm so glad your ok, people seriously don't understand that pregnancy is not safe for everybody. People die from giving birth, sometimes along with their baby. Even if somebody COULD give birth safely, that does not mean they want a baby. Some people are just not ready or are never going to have children, and that's perfectly fine. Thank god you were able to get an abortion easily, it can be so hard going to get one, even if it's easily available. People are so judgemental and they need to mind their business in certain situations.

[@cloudieo]

I think alot of us are happy you are still alive. I'm scared of pregnancy too and the fact you had to experience that is VERY bad. I hope you are doing alot better now.

[@divine555]

If you were actually safe you wouldn't of had a baby, lol you were just dumb at one point, that's ok lol

[@Onlyonedch]

I didn't know any removal from that area is considered an abortion. That's freaking crazy. So sorry you went through this. Love it when our bodies turn against itself.

[@cuedepie4376]

Us: So did you get an abortion Illy: Well yes but actually no.

[@MrDeWinner]

Its not an abortion. No US law prohibits this or the removal of a miscarried child.

[@OGAngie]

Fetal cells that grow into your tissue can cause cancer too. :/ cancer is usually your own cells going rogue, but the glob of fetal cells (that don't even have a consciousness) could grow into a tumor that can threaten your life too. :/ Most people let alone politicians don't know any of this.

[@itsrobloxhere]

republicans be like: wtf is a human right?

[@MrDeWinner]

@@itsrobloxhere life

[@MariAnimates]

I went to Planned Parenthood because I had endometriosis that started up at 14. The obgyn didn't want to see me because I was a young girl. At Planned Parenthood they were able to get me an ultrasound and realized it was a cyst. I had to get a DNC. When we got to Planned Parenthood I told my mom I didn't want her to go in with me, I was so embarrassed and scared of people seeing me and seeing her. She let me go in by myself and then she'd wait until I was out of the OR. There were people out there, chanting and stuff. I got dropped off at the front and didn't acknowledge them. When I came out post surgery I yelled to the crowd "I feel so much better now!" Oh boy they were pissed

[@Kensuke22]

Welp at least your fine now 👍

[@MariAnimates]

@@Kensuke22 physically

[@larakleefeld8855]

You are so cool in my book for saying that

[@MariAnimates]

@@larakleefeld8855 in my defense, them drugs got me loopy and loose lipped

[@Potato.dog.]

If I was never able to get an abortion, I would probably not be here today

[@PaulBorobia1619]

so you murdered your own child for your own benefit? now you have your own blood on your own hands.

[@CreamIc7]

As a guy I think it's a good thing to learn what women have to go through for this sort of stuff

[@ZK-ib2wp]

If only the guys making the horrible laws would take that advice

[@SpiffyBoi345]

absolutely, education about these things is so important

[@PleaseCrossaunts]

Same her video’s make me understand what women go thru and it’s very helpful for future life (example like if someone is going thru say a period I’ll know how to help them and comfort them)

[@oracle9_tann472]

As a women, that's all we ask. We don't want sympathy really, just understanding. I'm not in the US personally, but even here women's anatomy and health are stigmatized as "sexual" or "indecent". They don't teach about periods, much less this stuff, until it's way to late. Some girls can get them before they even hit 10 ffs. Sorry for the semi-rant, but it really is just refreshing and nice whenever a guy, regardless of if they're a friend, partner, family, whatever is willing to listen and help without being grossed out or viewing it as sexual.

[@MichelleSolecki-xq3eo]

And that’s all women want and need.

[@LissieJade]

I've been to a planned parenthood once to get a pregnancy test and some advice because my partner and I had been struggling to conceive for months, I was in such denial from all the negative results and I was ecstatic about it. People need to stop automatically assuming that going to planned parenthood is just for abortions. If it weren't for them, I wouldn't have known I was pregnant because I kept getting negatives on my tests. I didn't have morning sickness or anything until I was in my second trimester. A couple weeks after I found out I was pregnant, I thought that I was having a miscarriage or an ectopic pregnancy. The pain was unbearable and I was bleeding so much. Went to the ER and found out I was just having a hemorrhage in my uterus. Thank God I was in Washington at the time of all this.

[@marlaneperkins8175]

Exactly, thats why its called Planned Parenthood. One of their goals is to help people plan and prepare for Parenthood.

[@kantaria1138]

Exactly and they also provide basic medical care like birth control and other contraceptives for a more affordable price. They also offer services for men. It’s literally a place for basic medical care and these people act like it’s a drive through abortion merry go round. Like bro it’s planned parenthood for a reason

[@tabathaalshalhoub1653]

I went to Planned Parenthood to get my birth control pills on the wrong day and was verbally assaulted for about 20 minutes about “killing my baby” until I screamed at the men (yes, they were all men), “I’m not pregnant! I’m just fat, you idiots!” And then just laughed in their faces at their shock.

[@Ashbrash1998]

I had to go to get my birth control removed and replaced. All the other genealogical clinics couldn't see me until like 6 months out, yet they were ready for me a couple days later.

[@naomi_2949]

thank you for this video. Reproductive health is so controversial (for no damn reason) but so important. I work in Healthcare and see these cases often. I am thankful to be in New York State so I can help my patients. But my heart BREAKS for the states that have restrictions. The fact that ppl see "abortions" or the D&C procedure as murder is ridiculous. This is why education is so so important. THANK YOU ILLY. This video make me so emotional and the workers in healthcare are fighting everyday for our patients.

[@Ella-kx4ct]

@@SMCwasTakenreproductive health is “controversial” because men like watching women suffer and having power over us shut up

[@costelinha1867]

@@blaizegottman4139 Yeah but here''s the thing, it's irrelevant, wether or not you think the process is disturbing is irrelevant, cuz this "disturbing" process, SAVES LIVES! You don't get to strip a process that saves the lives of people, ACTUAL PEOPLE, NOT SOME FETUS WHO ISN'T EVEN BORN INTO THIS WORLD YET, just because you think it is "disturbing".

[@katiefairfull7311]

@@SMCwasTakenwhy? It is just the same as any other form of healthcare apart from the fact it only really (at least the ‘controversial’ bits) affects women.

[@greenbeantm1096]

@@SMCwasTakenno it’s not. Health care about anyone other than yourself and potentially close family should never be a debate topic

[@vanshikachouhan6836]

I dont get it why women dont have the right to their OWN BODY?

[@TRUMPWILLMAGA]

It's not their body being unalived is it?

[@ethandollarhide7943]

​@@TRUMPWILLMAGAYou Pro-Lifers showed that it's actually about controlling other people's bodies when you started going after things like Birth Control and Transgender Surgeries.

[@vanshikachouhan6836]

@@TRUMPWILLMAGA but still causes so many problems in their body

[@vanshikachouhan6836]

@@TRUMPWILLMAGA some women die giving birth because abortion wasnt option for them

[@AmeliaJohnson-v6h]

@@TRUMPWILLMAGAsome are unalived. That’s a horrible point.

[@ErynnSchwellinger]

The difficult sensation of being glad someone is ok but knowing many others are not.

[@starry.nightss]

money

[@AlpineTheTherian]

@@starry.nightss you can tell my sense of humor is weird when one single word made me laugh

[@someguy1686]

money 🤤

[@tjmonkey5795]

​@@AlpineTheTherianthe pee pee poo poo man

[@AlpineTheTherian]

@@tjmonkey5795 what

[@marvinleitch3822]

I'm not even a woman and this still terrified me,I feel bad for the women who can't get the right care and have to suffer Thank God it wasn't cancerous

[@NecrochildK]

:( Not being cancerous isn't always safety either. Even benign tumors can grow big enough to be life threatening if not removed. I had to have two tumors in my liver removed in 2009 because one of them was getting as large as a softball. My doctor was afraid that if it got any bigger, it could potentially rupture and I could bleed out internally. I can't imagine not being able to access the surgery that saved me from that.

[@justyourlocalrat_]

not only women have a uterus, stop using exclusionary language

[@ajstudios9210]

​@EstroniaidSame.

[@NecrochildK]

@@justyourlocalrat_ Dude, chill. We all know what he means. I'm a trans man, I still have a uterus, I don't have my undies in a twist over it.

[@LviathanGG]

Anti-Abortion lawmakers mansplaning what defines an Abortion is the most American thing I've ever heard

[@accjust.j]

my bad

[@ImNotEnoch]

Don't we live in america? And life begins at conceptions which means you're literally killing a child. And the term fetus comes from Latin which means baby. How about you're just responsible with who you have sex with 😕

[@Flaminhotrufflesfan]

​@jamesconlin5099 OH will you shut up. It's every gender that's doing this but mainly men

[@SailorCouncil]

@jamesconlin5099 guess

[@finnosaurusrex]

@jamesconlin5099often times its men passing these laws

[@pansyflower9697]

And again I say why are old grey men in their 70 and 80s telling women what to do.

[@iloveoctober7andtheholohoax]

Maybe because they don’t like seeing babies being Kd that are done forSatanic rituals for the juice?

[@gilgamesh6869]

@@iloveoctober7andtheholohoax are you actually slow don’t listen to everything your parents say kid

[@JayJayAviation]

What are you on lol

[@LvkeNineT8]

@@JayJayAviationnothing, it’s just that the old men lawmakers-that-shouldn’t-be-lawmakers that are on something

[@anjelloproductions]

It’s infuriating that a person can dictate another person’s life, while not UNDERSTANDING how their body works… Thank you for using your platform. Thank you for sharing your story. You’re amazing don’t forget that!

[@costelinha1867]

Children are literally being force to give birth to their rapist's children because of these stupid laws. They're not pro-life. They were never pro-life, this isn't about saving children, it's about controlling women.

[@Southerner_1]

Its more crazy that murdering babies is legal

[@theoneandonlyanimates]

This video was demonetised??? That’s appalling and horrific. I’m so sorry about how hard it was to get a simple care for you. Sending my support.

[@OttrPopAnimations]

i love your technoblade pfp

[@Leroy_the_Flying_Chihuahua1]

Man KZbin needs to fix their policy's

[@itzTeTe]

When the video was first up there were these “pro-life” ads I had to refresh to see if there were more and omg… I know I reported more than 6… it’s crazy how misleading info from pro-lifers is fine but this video that’s putting important information out there isn’t…

[@sologray3867]

There are children on this platform. Plus she’s promoting murdering babies. Of course it’s demonetized.

[@choliosis2551]

hell yeah techno says pro choice lol

[@ChrisPaul-yl8hf]

Her admitting she was on birth control ever since the age of 15 was just powerful and that she was open enough to say it to the public. You have my utmost respect illy!..

[@Weeniehutnurse]

Birth control shouldn’t be called birth control honestly. It should be something like hormone control or something similar

[@user-mi2jq4od8e]

@@Weeniehutnurse agree because it doesnt only control birth but periods too

[@HufflePuff-vx7ls]

I agree but she actually was on it for period issues as she says in her video on periods

[@lunafulz]

...why...exactly? Lots of women and girls are on birth control, and start at a young age for many different reasons. When I was a teenager many girls I knew were on it and it wasn't because we were all sexually active. Get that stigma out of your head.

[@synsvids]

I've been on birth control for hormone related reasons since age 14, and people look at me differently when I tell them I'm on birth control if the topic comes up. It's very weird that it has such a stigma around it

[@elliefishh]

The "great" thing about this is that they're trying to save babies, meanwhile I'm terrified to get pregnant because I wouldn't be able to save myself if i was dying.

[@TimeBucks]

You are so brave to tell your story.

[@MDTarikulIslam-tg8vb]

Nice

[@johnlinus13]

👍

[@tahirhussain-fj6jp]

Good

[@Aseal223]

Good

[@ogochukwumercy5868]

So courageous 👍

[@ctoinc9471]

Planned parenthood is the only place that hasn't treated me like a subclass patient or misdiagnosed me just because I'm a woman. I'm so tired of the government controlling the God damn uterus *i* suffer with, not them.

[@briansupermega5692]

How does a doctor misdiagnose you because your a women. I’ve read studies about this when it comes to black people and bigger people. But not women

[@brandonj7586]

@@briansupermega5692 It's not uncommon for women to not be listened to or believed, especially in regards to their uterus/reproductive health. If you don't listen to your patient, it's likely you will misdiagnose them.

[@ranun5973]

@@briansupermega5692women’s pain is treated as less than consistently in the medical community.

[@ElizabethParker-bx5fv]

@@briansupermega5692 Wow. You're in for A big surprise

[@liviroon2449]

@@briansupermega5692you get told “it’s just your period” or “it’s just anxiety” when you have any kind of issue

[@MagnesRagnesDagnes]

I grew up in a pro-life household. As an elementary schooler, my parents and grandparents would take me to these so called “pro-life rallies” in front of Planned Parenthoods. They would have me hold up signs I could barely read and pray the rosary out loud. I had no knowledge of what any of it meant, all they told me is “these people think it’s ok to kill babies”. As a young child with no idea about biology and uteruses, that was terrifying to me. And this extremest narrative was the only one I heard for the majority of my life. I can’t describe how sorry I am that I ever had part in that, even if I had no idea. I only recently started to educate myself on the matter and I am devastated by what I’ve found. Thank you so much for sharing your story illy. I send my love and best wishes to you and everyone who has had to experience these awful and unacceptable situations. ❤

[@rocketismail711]

Im part of two groups. One of them is called Muslims Against Planned Parenthood, and the other is called Immigrants Against Planned Parenthood. What we do is that during the month of Ramadan, where we cant eat or drink anything, we stand outside of our local one (located in a city where over 65 percent of the population are immigrants or Muslims, so plenty of supporters), but their is one difference from the other protests. We are silent the whole time, we stand their quietly, for 8 hours, without uttering a single word. There have been multiple times where nurses have come out and told us to "go back to Taliban", times where patients would see us, and call us terrorists and bombers. One protester, a guy who escaped the Darfur genocide in Sudan, was seen by a 28 year old patient. She walked right up to him and punched him. She is in jail for assault. Police have ruled on our favor multiple times because we werent yelling anything, not screaming in peoples ears, just standing silently with signs. We have only done this for three years, but two in the St.Paul area have moved because of us, just because of some immigrants fasting holding signs outside. Its crazy.

[@porg3544]

The reason they say “they like killing babies” is because they have the medical understanding of a child, and that is how the Fox News man said it, so it must be true, they needed education, and that is what the modern right needs, Re-education.

[@DonKrieg-382]

parent issues

[@DonKrieg-382]

@@MiniTanTan how its hateful ?

[@DonKrieg-382]

@@MiniTanTan its only useful if the womans life is in danger, got rapped (especially underaged),the fetus is already dead or in the case of the vid, but if someone aborts just to go to parties o then they dont really need abortion

[@Paulettchen]

Watching this now feels Different. I'm so glad I'm not in america

[@just_cole1983]

sadly i am i hope stuff will be okay idk if it will be tho :

[@dungeonsanddisasters1475]

I will say that I genuinely had no idea that the term Abortion was so broad, thank you for the knowledge.

[@caseysmith544]

It varies from state to state in the USA, some consider this not an abortion since it is not a living child or will develop into one and still have abortion bans while others Texas, Florida. Alabama, and Mississippi ban going outside the state for any kind of abortion should you need one to keep living or even visiting a planned parenthood even if you do. Florida is the worst state right now with teachers leaving and I hope that DeSanto's runs then gets blocked by a Democrat, or even a smarter Republican who is not a true Dictator, as if it were legal DeSanto's would have made it illegal to leave the state of Florida before all these bad laws were passed. Then 2 of my Cousins who went to school there by parents choice went to a private school in the mid 2000 to 2020 and other 2023 for them because the public school systems in most of Florida outside of Miami's good district to live in Sucked even in 2000's nobody was learning in school, you basically only got taught to read well and write okay even back pre the DeSanto's mess of learning with even the math's being so far behind as well as all other subjects that use knowledge on purpose to try and keep people in Florida so it did not become a conservative retirement state full of those people only at the time. My other Cousins who now live in Florida only do becuse their mom they do not really like is ban from State of Florida for some reason and mom is in Georgia now, so they can visit her on good weeks/months at times yet go home to a state she go ban from. The mom she is crazy, but they also hate dad Uncle I am related too as he drinks way too much.

[@sydneyreynolds8647]

Well thats why she used quotation marks in the title. Cause it was the definition of abortion by law. But abortion is still simply the removal of an embryo or fetus, which illy didnt have.

[@TheOblongTomato83]

Like when people say ABORT SHIP

[@PeriluneStar]

I didn't know that either, and I'm glad I do now!

[@ruaraidh74]

It's not. She didn't cite a single state law because it does not exist. NO STATE defines what she did as an abortion.

[@june1952]

Women's menstrual and overall health needs to become much more common knowledge. Peoples' ignorance is astounding.

[@user-hn4zn9nx3c]

I really don't get why people are so hush hush about it, It's great knowledge to have and thinking it's too gross to teach people is "preschooler who cant say swears" type of dealio. Teenagers ESPECIALLY need to know, yet they do not, since they're going through it already. Bodily functions, people have killed themselves and others because they don't know jack diddly squat about periods, teach boys too. Ignorance is never bliss.

[@VeniVidiVici-OG]

I think MOST kids and teenagers know what this is...just saying😅

[@raton5810]

@@VeniVidiVici-OGyou’d be surprised how many kids think pee comes out of the same hole as a baby

[@VeniVidiVici-OG]

@@raton5810 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ambitiousoddity85]

When I read the title, I thought "Oh so she just wants to tell everyone about how dangerous it was to carry a child in you if it grows in the wrong place cuz it could kill her." But now we gotta worry bout Uterine and Cirvical cancer tumor removal being called ABORTIONS too?! Also I'm so happy you're okay honey I am more relieved to know you're doing okay!! 😢❤

[@rockweirdo8147]

They're not abortions, not even legally.

[@covereddonuts1279]

@@rockweirdo8147I see that you’re replying to these comments- show your sources

[@rockweirdo8147]

@@covereddonuts1279 - The definition of abortion only includes the removal of an unborn child. You can look up the laws, they're online.

[@sto-humanfriendly]

Laws, the most accepted medical literature

[@cicimimi741]

​@@rockweirdo8147politicians don't care, because they're not doctors and shouldn't have a say . Did you see the video? How dense are you?

[@Lea-mf1hl]

I had an ectopic pregnancy, not knowing for weeks until I had to have emergency surgery - I’m lucky to be alive and I’m in absolute awe you hung on so long

[@lavendermenace8078]

There is a planned parenthood near me that has a biker group that tries to come as much as they can to create a physical blockade to protect the patients which honestly gives me some hope. I live in Canada tho, and while our healthcare is “better” technically we’re sliding into these same problems as conservative politicians are trying to copy and paste the same shit that’s happening in the states. One technique their doing is we have the legal right to access all healthcare, but they can make it that only select hospitals can offer it, clinics have to jump through ridiculous hoops and often receive no public funding. This doesn’t even go into how long our wait times are, and how little primary care doctors there are. I’m lucky and have a family doctor, but the earliest I can get any appointment is 3 months away, and to see a obgyn can be over a year wait list. And there are also limits to what a walk in clinic can do, so if you don’t have a primary care doctor your kinda left to go to emerg and hope you get to see a decent emerg doctor. Hospital emerg wait times can be up to 12 hours. So some provinces especially on the east coast will have maybe 2 locations where they can access a abortion or most reproductive health. Depending on where you are that could mean a 5 hour drive to access healthcare which is insanely inaccessible. It basically means you have to hope you catch it ridiculously early, you can get a day off work, have a car, wait between 4-12 hours, hope you can have a same day appointment which likely would not happen, possibly stay at a hotel or drive back same day. And you may need childcare on top of that, and you also need to have another adult go with you who’s schedule is also free. The amount of hoops you have to jump through to access healthcare is insanely frustrating.

[@IttyBrittyB]

I live in the east coast of Canada and this is very accurate. I am still waiting to see and OBGYN since last November. I have a growth in my uterus but no one deems it important enough and I have to wait over a year to make an appointment.

[@idriveajihad6709]

I AINT READIN ALLAT

[@Nezuko667]

I support abortion but I ain’t reading all that that’s to much

[@RandomLittleTurtle]

I always comforted myself with the phrase "stuff like this doesn't happen in Canada just the US". Now what?

[@chrisbower1770]

I ain't readin allat

[@AMirrorCat]

This is why I’m getting my tubes tied as soon as I possibly can. I’m terrified of not just having a child, but having to go through a situation where a small lump of tissues that doesn’t even feel or is sentient is valued more than my life

[@sweets_Cat88]

I don’t plan to have kids. I’m not in the right mental mind to care for a child. Plus I’m a aunt and I’m ok with that. Hopefully they won’t make tubes tying illegal. That be hypocritical since men can get a vasectomy with out any harassment

[@szarwi]

Same, and on top of that I'll ask my future boyfriend to get a vasectomy. No way in hell I'm going through that bulls*it.

[@AMirrorCat]

@@sweets_Cat88 Sadly I wouldn’t be surprised if they did

[@Awidferd]

Same...

[@eloraandkhan3288]

I don't recommend that. Get the tubes removed instead. Tube tied women still get pregnant it's just a lot more life threatening

[@The_Dealmaker992]

What kind of claptrap bullshit is going on down there in America? The DEATH PENALTY for abortion???? That's just wild to me. The fact that somebody even *suggested* that is absurd.

[@FandomousBeginningReboot]

Trust me, whoever suggested THAT dang idea deserves the Death Penalty themselves. Most likely the idiots at office and all those Life-idiots. If anything, they need to see what women go through in their lives, and then once they dang do, they’ll regret this, and I’ll make sure they will. I’m guessing USA is tearing itself apart, and I’m starting to think of Moving to Canada when I graduate so I don’t end up in a fricked up country.

[@quetzel3564]

I agree, we should cut off all the balls of the American Supreme Court

[@RACOONAFIED]

and they spew that they are a "free country " 👍

[@capt.artemislivius7601]

That's cuz the people who support abortions tend to lump stuff like ovarian cysts and uterary tumors in with _actual living human babies_ !!! By God people, if you just made your definitions clear NONE of us would be arguing.

[@norah8883]

​@@quetzel3564where do I sign

[@AmyTheMudkip]

Hi Illy, I doubt you will see this but I had the same issue for years and I could never figure out the cause and I was too nervous to see a specialist. After watching your video and realizing how similar my symptoms were to yours I finally got it checked. I had surgery yesterday. I am really grateful for this video and I just wanted to thank you

[@superlucas6456]

Good job!!!😊

[@xboomslayer2]

I… never knew about this. That the procedure we call abortion is used for other things such as tumors. Tumors that could kill you. Wow. I wish more people were educated about this, thank you so much for sharing this message, your message. I hope things get better, I really, really hope they do. Please, take care of yourselves out there yall Edit: I’m reading the comments and I understand there’s multiple reasons to have this procedure, I used tumors as an example. I understand that having a baby itself could be dangerous. I was highlighting my shock that people wouldn’t be able to get the procedure for situations like (but not limited to) dangerous tumors that would be there only to harm. I wasn’t trying to summarize the main point in any way. Please don’t argue in the comments now

[@kkxkayla]

What she got done isn’t an abortion, an abortion is defined as terminating a pregnancy(killing a baby) no true prolifers want to restrict access to getting things like pylops removed

[@blacksesamecandies]

Even scarier when some law-makers are trying to push for women who have miscarriages to be considered guilty of manslaughter - despite being entirely out of their control.

[@ruaraidh74]

1. Planned Parenthood literally says its not an abortion 2. There are ZERO laws in existence that define it as an abortion 3. NARAL was the first group to popularize this claim, and their co-founder has OPENLY ADMITTED they lie and make up stats to push a narrative 4. Every OB/GYN and their mom can tell you this is NOT an abortion. 5. Even if none of those were the case, frontal lobes exist and human beings are capable of making nuanced laws, however incompetent the government may be. So this is a bad argument for killing 2300 innocent humans a day.

[@OpossumOnTheMoon]

Miscarriages are medically called Spontaneous Abortions. Removal of an eggtopic pregnancy (fertilized egg developing within the phallopein tube) is also considered an abortion. Basically an abortion is anything involving the removal of something growing within the reproductive system. It’s really messed up because of the Roe V Wade overturn

[@ClaireWhiteheadIrl]

It's also used for an incomplete miscarriage. Those can turn septic and kill you.

[@anabelloc98]

Today I have my second appointment to discover if my ovarian cysts have grown smaller to decide whether I should get surgery or not. The fact you uploaded this exact video today means a lot to me as a young woman. Thank you for bringing awareness!!

[@larakleefeld8855]

All the best of luck to you, I hope things go as smoothly as possible!

[@ichigokurosaki8523]

Stay strong. I pray that everything will go great and that it has grown smaller. Hugs!

[@asryvr]

❤❤

[@EclipseAstrayama]

Hey illysa I have recently came across your autism video which I heavily related to and enjoyed (related to it due to my actual autism that I have been diagnosed with) and I’m very glad that you are finding happy and very well worded explanations on these topics. This one though… it must have been tough to talk about not only that but I can only imagine how it felt… I’m sorry that law makers are doing all this stuff and making it harder on not just you but all females who need to get that procedure to save their lives. I’m huge on pro choice and I just wanna say that despite everything that has happened… I’m glad that you chose what you thought was best and I just hope that later on, law makers figure out that what they think is an abotion isn’t always the case, and that people put in your situation sometimes need to get the procedure to continue to live a nice and enjoyable life! I’m sorry if this was a lot… but I’ll end it by saying, illysa, you’re doing awesome and I want you to know that you aren’t fighting these battles alone. There’s always someone willing to stand next to you and help you fight.

[@madisontalyor8148]

i was raped by my ex boyfriend at 15 and when i got an abortion, i was given a singular over-the-counter ibuprofen tablet and a drop of anti-anxiety meds through an IV. it was the most atrocious pain i've ever experienced and i could NOT stand afterwards. the nurses were passive aggressive and did not handle me with care. it has left me traumatized and i am now terrified of places like the gynecologist.

[@rocketismail711]

Im part of two groups. One of them is called Muslims Against Planned Parenthood, and the other is called Immigrants Against Planned Parenthood. What we do is that during the month of Ramadan, where we cant eat or drink anything, we stand outside of our local one (located in a city where over 65 percent of the population are immigrants or Muslims, so plenty of supporters), but their is one difference from the other protests. We are silent the whole time, we stand their quietly, for 8 hours, without uttering a single word. There have been multiple times where nurses have come out and told us to "go back to Taliban", times where patients would see us, and call us terrorists and bombers. One protester, a guy who escaped the Darfur genocide in Sudan, was seen by a 28 year old patient. She walked right up to him and punched him. She is in jail for assault. Police have ruled on our favor multiple times because we werent yelling anything, not screaming in peoples ears, just standing silently with signs. We have only done this for three years, but two in the St.Paul area have moved because of us, just because of some immigrants fasting holding signs outside. Its crazy.

[@JOhnJohnson-xg6sq]

@@rocketismail711Idgaf what religion you are; if you’re against women accessing reproductive healthcare, you are a piece of shit, and you should feel bad.

[@TheBigJayAgenda]

@@rocketismail711 Being a Muslim doesn't make it okay to be against women's rights

[@Good_luck_.]

@@rocketismail711being a muslim doesn’t mean your aloud to be a horrible person you jerk

[@corruptedchannelx745]

@@rocketismail711you should tell your group that planned parenthood doesn’t exclusively deal with abortions

[@allanandriel7448]

The fact that both yt demonetized this video and the planned sponsor step out cuz "delicate topics" is so sad This kind of story must be heard and spread, Thank you Illymation and team.

[@skedizzle]

They're cowards. They don't want to touch "sensitive topics" like this because they are cowards.

[@jmiller6066]

Thanks for talking about this. I don't have a lot of respect left for most "pro-life" people at this point. There is a critical difference between believing abortion is wrong vs making it illegal, and this is a prime example of why.

[@kufenkiproduction7069]

Yes the problem pro lifers have is in alot of cases people just kill the child for inconvenience aloooot and rare cases like these ones are washed under the rug it's not black and white but can't you get we're they coming from ik I can cause the people who are pro choice alot of them look insane idk this topic isn't completely black and white

[@juliaboon9741]

Exactly

[@rocketismail711]

Im part of two groups. One of them is called Muslims Against Planned Parenthood, and the other is called Immigrants Against Planned Parenthood. What we do is that during the month of Ramadan, where we cant eat or drink anything, we stand outside of our local one (located in a city where over 65 percent of the population are immigrants or Muslims, so plenty of supporters), but their is one difference from the other protests. We are silent the whole time, we stand their quietly, for 8 hours, without uttering a single word. There have been multiple times where nurses have come out and told us to "go back to Taliban", times where patients would see us, and call us terrorists and bombers. One protester, a guy who escaped the Darfur genocide in Sudan, was seen by a 28 year old patient. She walked right up to him and punched him. She is in jail for assault. Police have ruled on our favor multiple times because we werent yelling anything, not screaming in peoples ears, just standing silently with signs. We have only done this for three years, but two in the St.Paul area have moved because of us, just because of some immigrants fasting holding signs outside. Its crazy

[@N000c]

I realized people aren’t “pro-life” they are anti abortion. Which might sound the same but they are completely different.

[@ricardoavacado3901]

That's a quick and drastic assumption on pro-life people. Does that mean you uphold legalized murder? How much respect do you think people should then have of you? Abortion that murders a human being (fetus) is wrong, but yes it is insanity that politicians made such a stupid defining error in what an abortion is.

[@KatieVanHelsing]

“You only value an organ and its ability to produce children, not the actual breathing person who has to beg for the right to their life.” Truer words were never spoken. Thank you for sharing your story. ❤❤

[@logisticstone]

It’s really sad we have to sacrifice the living for the unborn. Banning abortion doesn’t stop abortions, it just stops safe abortions.

[@Voightier]

It's really sad to see people need to sacrifice the lives of criminals to defend themselves. BAnning guns doesn't stop gun violence it just stops safe civilian handling.

[@AlCatSplat]

@@Voightier Yet the US is the only country with regular mass shootings.

[@sebastiangudino9377]

This is the mindset that made be start to accepting abortion. I was very much against the concept, I am against all forms of killing in general, and I just saw abortion as taking a kid you don't want and killing it. Even now, I don't really see it as "ethical" (conceptually), but I fully accept it as a practice. It is only there to keep people safe, and having the option will ALWAYS be better than not having it. But it was not easy forme to see that before. The part of the video about the guys protesting outside the PP really made me reflect on the mindset I used to have in the past

[@sae-]

@@Voightierdid you watched the video? Are you a woman?! If the answer is no to any of those you literally have no right to say shit

[@LeifTheSmortGamer]

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