That One Friend With the Reproductive Rights Reality Check

With the way things are looking, babysitting my nephew might just be the only birth control I can get
(via michele.ok on Instagram)
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[@dream2be611]

It's not funny. I had a baby at 17. If I didn't get help from planned parent hood I would have been a complete mess. You better fight. I'm 60 now and I'm telling you fight for health care and family planning, birth control. Fight! Vote Blue 💙

[@tracimetcalf3374]

I will vote for a doorstop before I vote for a Republican

[@sarahchristine2345]

“I almost lost a foot that day” 😂😂😂😂

[@yaelshan2632]

Just so yall know, fellow US natives & law abiding citizens, Project 2025, would like to remove terms such as, “gender, gender equality and reproductive rights” from society. If you think removing a term, doesn’t therefore remove the ability to service people who need access to these items, think again.

[@dma8657]

Amen!

[@Tormekia]

They remove the language so no one can accuse them of removing the people. Discrimination can't be proven if we remove the language that identifies it.

[@username00212]

BIRTH CONTROL IS GREAT. SUPPORT WOMEN.

[@Claireannette77]

My tooth broke and is rotting out. I was kicked off my parent’s insurance right before it broke. Hopefully, I can get it removed without becoming homeless due to debt… or before I lose my life to sepsis. Roll Tide, I guess!!

[@misspat7555]

Our country seems determined to go back to the 1800’s, I swear… 🤦‍♀️

[@Claireannette77]

@@misspat7555 you’re absolutely correct

[@Luke-zv6bb]

Get a plier and rip that sheet clean out wiggle it like a baby tooth till it breaks free u have to separate it from the gum and be careful not to take any soft tissue it will come right out, flush with a syringe full of saline, its a lot of pus and blood, do not complete unsupervised hydrogen peroxide will remove blood from cloth and surfaces buy a shitton of gauze for u mouth dont sleep with it in ur mouh

[@Luke-zv6bb]

Goodluck, also u can purchase a phenol based numbing agent spray for strep throat or one of those lozenges, if u need jus take ur tooth out

[@jeremiahlangin4184]

“The last thing this country needs is you without birth control” 😂😂🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💀💀💀

[@AngelaH2222]

It's about time young women made their voices heard, policies shouldn't be left to manipulative politicians pretending to be religious

[@BEVERLYRANDOLPH-lx4qu]

LOVE that-“the last thing this country needs is you without birth control!!!”

[@fatbuckrto8371]

"It's also in the name" got me good

[@charlenefaulkner5230]

Autonomy is what we need!

[@stratecaster547]

​​@@SpaceBethC131 the baby does, the fetus does not. You dont get to force another person to use their body to sustain you.

[@upbeatchupacabra6302]

@@SpaceBethC131even if you’re anti choice birth control doesn’t terminate a pregnancy

[@upbeatchupacabra6302]

@@SpaceBethC131 How about all the victims that were forced to birth their predators’ children or those with unviable pregnancies that died waited to be approved to terminate? You really want to be for the movement that protects pdf files and sends mothers to their graves for medical complications?

[@upbeatchupacabra6302]

@@SpaceBethC131that’s disgusting. You’re genuinely calling child abuse “adorable?” Also, abusers are usually someone already close to the victim so you’re also advocating for the next generation of victims to be ready for torture.

[@upbeatchupacabra6302]

@@SpaceBethC131And pregnancy already HAS killed people. Savita Halappanavar died waiting to be approved to end her already unviable pregnancy because of anti choice laws. The fetus was already dead and she was forced to hold it until it killed her.

[@a.b.2850]

That’s a good short.

[@AZbluedot196]

PREACH!!!!!

[@burlingo]

Reproductive care is healthcare 🧐

[@JJ-mp7rg]

Those toaster strudels can be tricky to prepare.

[@kimyeecarroll01]

Spot on!!!

[@patriciaobrien6600]

Nicely done!! Lol with the Toaster Streudal

[@Ayah12790]

"I like her, she did my taxes!" 😂

[@MsMookalate]

Thank you😂😂😂 I felt I was the only one who caught it😅 You know what’s happening in 5 years she’s gonna hate her when she owes the IRS🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@lenasamzelius5530]

We need you, girl!

[@jickles_181]

Keep it up 👏

[@glitchy9437]

This is just the beginning to be able have full control of our bodies... In any way... vote blue

[@user-nw9ng]

It's wholesome that the friends in this hypothetical are actually listening to you and having proper discussion. I hope that's actually how your friend groups are

[@LillikoiSeed]

Absolutely!❤️🌺

[@stonerollin3669]

SERIOUSLY!!

[@MichaelDarlingCo]

Cult don't care

[@alexportiiii6414]

Thank you

[@lauren3173]

I am absolutely listening to everything that she is saying because it’s so important but I can’t help it if I just pay attention to how her voice sounds. I love it! It’s so nice!

[@dontburstmybubble686]

Theyre so dumb even suggesting that the country can go without contraceptives

[@Tisapanda]

Not to mention people who need Birth control for medical reasons. I'm infertile and take it to control my periods. Now I just have one super bad symptoms day and not bleeding through a maxi pad in an hour while running 101 degree fever for 14 days. But apparently everything is totally fine. Including the scar tissue on my right ovary.

[@Kitty55634]

I’m happy your doing better ❤

[@toothless3835]

Birth Control isn't just used for no babies either. It's used to regulate hormones. WHich is what I use it for. Cramps that tried to kill me, depression that tried to make me off myself, and anxiety that wanted to give me heart attacks. No BC means that all comes back.

[@shimmershine6902]

Usually everyone has a “ughhh omg no one wants to hear that” reaction because they’re vibing and joking around, and then someone brings up the dire political situation unprovoked and this killing the vibe. I’ve never seen everyone groan because they “don’t think they need birth control” lool unless you’re talking to like 13 year olds…

[@gramplolo7530]

Birth control is also extremely important for healthcare, many women have hormonal/menstrual issues, and for endometriosis, birth control is the only treatment. I've commented this on nearly every video I've watched on birth control, but birth control saved my life, I have severe pmdd which made me severely depressed to the point of being suicidal for two weeks every single month, and birth control fixed that. I was already on antidepressants for many years but medications are not made for women, our hormonal cycles are not taken into consideration, so it didn't help during the two weeks of pms and period every month. I only started birth control less than a year ago, and I wish I started sooner, we need better education on birth control, there is so much misinformation/outright lies, especially in the conservative community. Birth control is a medical necessity for so many women, and not wanting to get pregnant is also a perfectly valid and good reason too.

[@eileenegger1466]

If you are of child bearing age,stay on BC until you want a child.

[@joseontiveros8173]

Yes, friends. They should give men the same rights as women. Give then the right to choose. If he wants the baby, then he has to take full custody, and she can sign away her parental rights. If she wants the baby, he can sign off his parental rights.

[@riareed1269]

Y’all literally do that naturally. Womp womp womp.

[@LilMissForgotten-nx4kf]

That's Littleraly allowed

[@DocKrazy]

The current political situation thrives on people thinking of human rights as an awkward political topic nobody should bring up and on the demolishion of community action

[@Claireannette77]

Yesssss

[@CalebTrask]

This young woman is spot on, plus she looks great in a t-shirt.

[@loriparks8657]

Don't blame you live your life the way that you want to live it you're not living your life for others females of the 🌎 Voting for President Joe Biden 🇺🇲 HARRIS 2024 also Voting for females under the age of 18 and the generations to come.

[@reanaa]

VOTE

[@ShimmerBodyCream]

❤❤

[@tarawalker7193]

Reckless 😂

[@kreativeforce532]

or we could be more intelligent, read the instructions to your box, and use only after marriage. crazy idea.

[@dma8657]

Married people use birth control too, did you know?

[@FiveAlive95]

I know plenty of married couples who never want to reproduce. Not my or your business what consenting adults do in the bedroom

[@Bigolhusk]

Wow what a bummer.

[@ambriaashley3383]

❤ 👏

[@mizsaftigj]

❤❤❤🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@Mrskamath-zq7qv]

😂😂

[@benr7294]

Hey I'm really confused did the affordable Care act stop paying for birth control? Hobby lobby versus the government. Let's not forget the fight for euthanasia as well. If healthcare can result in death then let's make sure we get everything on the table

[@CalebTrask]

What in God's name are you blathering about?

[@carmine8130]

So you need birth control to talk to people???? wtf

[@douglaswright9701]

I slept through my fair share of health classes, but I know that's not how it works.

[@carmine8130]

@@douglaswright9701 exactly what I'm thinking, you don't need to use it to go outside and talk to people.

[@Kitty55634]

@@carmine8130real.

[@Mythicalniceguy]

You could just be responsible enough to NOT get pregnant in the first place.

[@rmcdudmk212]

Someone should have told that to your mother. 😂

[@kristie825]

That's the point. Restricting access to reproductive healthcare and birth control takes away our ability to PREVENT PREGNANCY before it happens. For decades now, women have been discussing birth control with their doctors and have been preventing pregnancy BEFORE it happens through contraception. Because we had bodily autonomy that is now being taken away. Your comment is idiotic.

[@kristie825]

@@rmcdudmk212 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ellengrace4609]

You could just be responsible enough to NOT get into a car accident! See how stoop-id that sounds?! 🙄

[@andiward7068]

That's the point of BIRTH CONTROL: to NOT GET PREGNANT. Do the math you box of wet socks. That's not including those who need the hormones for Endo, PCOS, irregular/heavy periods, PMS/PMDD, mood stabilization and other medical conditions.

[@doet707]

She doesn't have friends, she's talking to herself 😂😂😂🤪🤪

[@user-nw9ng]

Rage bait used to be believable 🙄

[@doet707]

@@user-nw9ng🙄 is it only believable if it's enraging?

[@ridgebhouse]

What’s your nephew does is not what your child would do -don’t deny yourself the beauty of having a child that will call you mommy. I wouldn’t worry about the child. I would worry about the person you decide to settle down with make sure they are your husband first! Make sure the man is worthy employed and sane and willing to be a good husband that’s what’s more important than a rambunctious child!

[@juliusdauksys2183]

Why not get a partner who is all those things without the annoying parasite?

[@themidwestemo]

None of this.

[@backwoodsintheback9380]

Imagine telling someone theyre too stupid to ever have a child. Keep youre thoughts to yourself girl.

[@IcarusLhooq-bc7uq]

" repoduce and fill the earth" " don't be so stupid you can't control it tho.." y all we have already done this

[@williamalvarado1419]

Looks like that isn’t going to happen under a democrat or a republican. Time for a new political system

[@TheBlondNPC]

Maga

[@sarahchristine2345]

Be gone, bot!

[@pat77pat]

Does it mean you’re finally leaving? 😘

[@TheBlondNPC]

@@sarahchristine2345 go back to your gender studies nonsense

[@CalebTrask]

@@TheBlondNPC

[@jeremiahlangin4184]

Members Are Giant A💤h0les 😉