The abortion pill "safety" lawsuit continues to be bullsh*t

[@DragonFae16]

Imagine if a group decided to use this insanity as a basis to get viagra banned.

[@Butterflier00]

i lowkey wanna see that tho.

[@suzanner8360]

I would love to see that suit brought. Lol.

[@bs-gi3gs]

Immediate counter lawsuit comming in hot n fresh in 3...2...1..

[@breakingbadheisenberg9703]

Yes ! Let's stop that hideous Drug Kiling men .

[@cortster12]

I unironically think Viagra is bad for you, and would be down for this.

[@iamjane9628]

The press does such an awful job of covering this issue. Ignorance is everywhere. Thank you for continuing to speak up about this.

[@rachelsnee8926]

well that depends on what press - you will see plenty of lies if you watch Fox News or it's wannabees, but if you use media that is driven by journalistic values and the search for truth, you will get balanced coverage based on actual facts. There is also the 'both sides' issue on news programs where they attempt to show 'balance' by having one person from each side of the argument - I think that's a huge problem when the majority of experts and the population are on one side (as they are in every country on abortion). For example, it has emerged that when the UK was debating Brexit, the people commissioning BBC news could 'get multiple top 10 economic experts' in 20 minutes to speak about why it would be a disaster, whereas it could take them 3 days to track down a single, much less qualified and credible, economist to speculate there was anything positive about leaving the EU. So the viewer saw 2 experts with opposing views - I wonder if the result would have been different if they'd had, say the 99 top experts arguing against it and only 1 for? Spoiler alert - Brexit's a disaster, the experts was right and every single person in this country is suffering financially because of it (well except for the small number of rich people who made a fortune on our currency dived).

[@shingshongshamalama]

The mainstream media's MO is generally "one side says gays are people, one side says gays are satan, YOU decide who's right!"

[@maelpoulinlatulippe6613]

Every news outlet in America is owned by the same company. Who also happens to be owned by the same people donating to the ADF.

[@anthropomorphicpeanut6160]

As someone who isn't from the US, I wish the best to every woman affected by this :( take good care of yourselves

[@Razmoudah]

As a guy who is from the US, I've never been more grateful for being single and not having any dating prospects.

[@michaelmay5453]

Perhaps Mexico or Canada can do what us Swedes do for Polish women (who also don't have the most basic human right there is, the right to their own person)?

[@michaelmay5453]

@@Razmoudah Women lost the most basic human right there is, the right to their own person, and here you are playing the victim as a male? Stand up for your fellow citizens instead.

[@Razmoudah]

@@michaelmay5453 What the fucking hell? I never claimed to be a 'victim' over this mess. I was stating how I was glad I DIDN'T have a girlfriend/wife who was being screwed over by this mess (not that that situation would've been any different without these idiot laws being passed). I should also point out that the only female relative I have who would be notably impacted by this I haven't spoken with in over a decade, and the rest are all in their 50's at the youngest and much less impacted by this idiocy. As for doing something about it, that'll have to wait for election day as I'm a part of the lower class who barely manage to keep a roof over their heads and food on the table. Unless you're offering me a decent paying job so that I can get my washer fixed (or even better, replaced), a leaking sewer pipe repaired, and the heater in my roomies van fixed before the cold weather fully sets in?

[@michaelmay5453]

@@Razmoudah Yes, you ignored the fact that women no longer have the most basic human right there is and thought only about yourself. How could you not get that that is what you are doing? I specifically explained it to you. I also like how you're going "It doesn't matter to me, none of mine are affected anyway".... This is why this happened, because of people like you. They know you don't give a fuck that women no longer have the most basic human right... Just remember that when people go "well I'm not poor and neither is my family" and so they don't give a flying fuck about you either, remember that you are EXACTLY like them. Congrats on your society, 'muricans, you made it just like you want it.

[@ricequin]

It would be nice to see this group spending their massive income on supporting the children they are forcing to be born from their actions to block access to safe and legal termination.

[@katie_vee]

Agreed.

[@ktmac7610]

I’m sure brainwashing children is next on their agenda.

[@ghyslainabel]

Why should this group spend its hard earn money to support bums? Those babies should take personal responsibility and lift themselves by their bootstraps! /sarcasm, of course.

[@EmilyCheetham]

Especially in states where abortion even for rape is illegal.

[@TrueBeauty2974]

Forced? Not all are grape victims. If a guy complains about being forced to pay child support, for a chld he didn’t want, he would be told that he should have kept it in his pants. Keep your legs closed ladies or you might have to get a regular abrtn because the abrtn pill isn’t available. Oh, the horror!

[@Arisaem]

It kills me. If the US is going up force us to pay tons of money to see a doctor, why can't we get medications without? Including antibiotics, bc pills and abortion pills. Crazy thing is - it wouldn't have to be this way if we had universal healthcare.

[@MNP208]

You need prescriptions for some medications because people abuse them. Antibiotics should not be available over the counter.

[@magnarcreed3801]

Why would I want to pay for others healthcare when we got a drug and obesity issue?

[@MichaelDeHaven]

You're already paying. The costs are just hidden. People who go to the emergency room get care. They often just can't pay for it. That cost is then passed on to us all. Additionally lost productivity, sick days, disabled, etc all cause an effect on our economic system. It's just more efficient to put everyone in the system and then use that as an incentive to encourage healthy lifestyle choices.

[@magdolyn]

​@@MNP208Came here to say this. Antibiotics tend to be overprescribed as is. It just creates more superbugs.

[@nikoletahanakova8573]

​@@magnarcreed3801Because you are paying for other people's health care anyway. If you have an insurance, then the money you pay them goes to pay for someone, that needs the care now. Same way, when you need the care, the money will come from someone else. It is the same, but with universal healthcare, you will not go bankrupt because of one accident/illness.

[@kated3165]

Following abortion ban logic there should no longer be shortages of organ donations anymore in places where abortions were banned, since they have established that a ''person'' may have rights over the body of another person if it means saving their own life. This including disregarding any risks to the other person. Guess pro-life advocates should not have any problems with being forced to donate a kidney or part of a lung or intestine if it means saving the life of another person!

[@feliciasjoberg9886]

3:41 Umm... What do ADF think the FDA does? Rolls the dice to decide what medications to approve? 7:01 Have they not heard of clinical trials???

[@rachelsnee8926]

have they not heard of decades of world wide actual useage data?

[@theopkingdom3433]

They think the scientists are bought off by the pharmaceutical companies like they buy off their physicians to pretend concern.

[@RebeccaOre]

They don’t care.

[@danschuh93]

Exactly. They don’t care

[@dpofahl]

I hate that medication is so politicized. I have had chronic intractable pain for 25 years and am on meds but even my doctor says it’s not enough but our govt doesn’t let them prescribe more long term. I completely understand there risks of opiates but so many people have committed suicide due to not having adequate pain relief from their doctor. It’s also pushing people to the streets which is dangerous. I hate that our well being is used as a bargaining tool for politicians.

[@katie_vee]

As a fellow sufferer of chronic pain, I feel you. I asked my doc once if I could get just 4 a month for the really bad days, he looked at me and said "well there's a risk for addiction" I just stared at him. I said " how am I going to get addicted, when I'm only allowed 4 rinky dink pain pills a month? I have to take them every day and even then that doesn't mean I'll be mentally addicted, just physically. Like with a lot of medication, I'm physically addicted to my heartburn meds because if i stop cold turkey, it'll come back worse than before. But that doesnt mean I shouldn't take it, my heartburn affects my quality of life. You know, and you know I know, it's b.s" After a year of appointments, tears and passing out from pain my ob gave me 10 percocet 5's as a 10 month supply and told me to make it last lol I tried my best but they only lasted about 5. I have endometriosis for reference, as well as fibromyalgia, degenerative disc disease, lumbar stenosis and numerous other back issues, the list goes on. It feels like a cruel joke. I feel bad for the doctors that want to help but don't because they're afraid of the DEA, who should have zero say, even if it's a completely valid reason. Like to prevent a patient from passing out multiple times. Ffs every day is a struggle, suicide crosses my mind because my future looks grim, you can't give at least an occasional respite? Sorry for the rant lol in short I agree. Our medical system and government are so broken. Hang in there, my heart goes out to you ❤

[@dpofahl]

@@katie_vee I’m so sorry you’re going through this!!!! Endometriosis has also ravaged my body along with degenerative disc disease, spinal stenosis, RA, IC and possibly MS. I’m so over it. I’m happy to give you one of my social media handles so you have someone to talk to if that would help. No one deserves to suffer in pain every day. It’s cruel and inhumane. I often feel like my dogs get better treatment at the vet than I do at the doctors. The shenanigans the DEA pulls makes me so angry especially since they claim it’s to help the drug epidemic. Little do they know, not giving people relief from chronic pain doesn’t help anything and I’d even argue that it makes the illicit drug issue worse. After all, none of us asked for these awful diseases and a lot of us have already lost the ability to work, spend quality time with family and friends, sleep peacefully, etc. Yet these politicians continue to weaponize our pain leaving blood on their hands. Not sure how they sleep at night

[@wmdkitty]

UGH. Dude. I'm glad I got lucky with gabapentin. The situation rn with pain meds is ridiculous. The DEA fked everything up.

[@SabzKhumalo]

Just asking out of curiosity, doesn't weed help long tern severe chronic pain?

[@HiKingMargo]

@@dpofahl I have IC as well, pcos, among other painful things and symptoms throughout my entire body. I am unable to get any pain medication at all to help. However, I am able to get my dog hydroc0done cough syrup and xànax for symptoms from his collapsing trachea/bronchi without any issue whatsoever. So you aren't wrong that it is easier to get a dog help. At least for the issues that mine has in my experience. I am so glad that I have medicine for him, and I can see his quality of life improve. Which means so much to me, but it is also upsetting that I can't get ANY help at all to improve my own quality of life. If my quality of life were better, his would be even more so, because I wouldn't be stuck in bed a lot of the time like I am now.🤦‍♀️

[@rowanneramsay4397]

As someone who has administered mife and miso for both wanted and unwanted pregnancies this is stupid …

[@cameoburress8160]

Yup i was prescribed miso in OKlahoma for a very wanted pregnancy and I was lucky to live in the OKC area because not one single person including the pharmacist who filled my prescription asked any questions. I cant imagine trying to do that today.

[@karenm7857]

@@cameoburress8160 I live in NE Oklahoma. It wouldn't. You were lucky to live in OKC.

[@emsf1354]

I had to use mifepristone for a missed miscarriage in canada a month ago. Had to pick it up from a special pharmacy. It helps misoprostol work and i was very thankful that i had access to it and could go that route. My body was not expelling the pregnancy naturally, it had been 4 weeks that the embryo had stopped growing by the time i took the drug. It was a very wanted pregnancy but my body didn’t want to let it go. I was finally able to heal and begin the grieving process. It's so important to have access to these drugs.

[@fairychangeling8337]

As someone from the uk the US healthcare with regards to womens health is a absolutely sh*t show. I keep waiting for politicians to listen to doctors about doctor stuff but I dont think it's going to happen...I'm feeling they actually dont care and it's crazy to me.

[@Razmoudah]

Ummm.......if anyone actually believes the politicians care about anything other than gaining more wealth and power than they are severely divorced from reality.

[@dietotaku]

america is rife with anti-intellectualism, of course the (right-wing) politicians don't care to listen to doctors about doctor stuff. going to college and learning stuff is bad and makes you a stuck-up elitist baby-eating communist, didn't you know that?

[@HiKingMargo]

They really don't care at all. I live in one of the *bad* states when it comes to abortion, and I just had my annual visit last week. The intake nurse asked me about my "d&c" in my record. I was blown away, because literally nobody has asked about that before. I had a pelvic/abdominal surgery pre roe v. Wade being overturned, and something they did during that surgery was classified as a d&c. I had massive amounts of scar tissue removed from the entire area. But I had to sit there and explain the "circumstances" around the "d&c". The surgery and the results should already be in my chart, so it really just made me feel icky and like my state is tracking anything that could be an abortion, even before the law was overturned.

[@yukismith4518]

They don’t care here. And if your a POC woman and or identify as LGBTQ+ and or below middle class your chance for proper care are so low it’s common to have misdiagnosis, denial of care, or a brush off of concern. I have no hope it will ever get better with people in power making decisions about the health many as a political move.

[@tearainey1]

@@HiKingMargo That just sounds *wildly* unprofessional. I mean, as you said the reasons and results should have been available within the record. No woman should be grilled for their past medical procedures and treated like a criminal. Your story is a great example of the dangers these ridiculous out of touch laws stir up. Once medical "professionals" start treating their patients like that, trust in the medical sector plummets. And I wonder what the effect of that would be?

[@il42]

it is sad that healthcare is politicized in such a way. It's not just US though.

[@vprez4925]

That's why I don't trust the "science." Everything has become political, including health science.

[@GoBlueGirl78]

It mostly is.

[@michaelmay5453]

It's not politicised, it's religious entities enforcing their beliefs by law and the courts ignoring the constitution to do it. Just like in Saudi Arabia and Iran women in the US no longer have even the most basic right there is, the right to their own person. You can argue that it's because of politics but we both know it's because of religion. The only stronghold against women's rights these days among the population are the religious fanatics, the cultists, the ChristoFascists and their party is carrying out their will using religion as the explanation for their actions. Tell me, which other developed nations are moving in this direction? Is it not a single one and all that have these sorts of restrictions are moving in the other direction? It is, isn't it? Can you find a single example of any other developed nation that is going in the direction the US is going in regarding restricting women's rights to their own person? I can't.

[@vprez4925]

@michaelmay5453 news flash, I'm not religious by any means, and I have values that align with conservatives. Not every person's values stem from religion necessarily.

[@vprez4925]

@michaelmay5453 developed nations' new religion is the LGBTQ+ community, antifa (which is ironically a fascist group), and the government itself. There are many ideologies within developed countries that are trying to push agendas onto people's freedom of speech and freedom of choice, like getting the jab just to name an example. Communist countries are anti religion, but they sure have their share of tyrannical ideologies themselves. There are radicals in every group.

[@crystalzimmermann4597]

I had to use misoprostol when I had a missed miscarriage. There was no cardiac activity for over 4 weeks and my body just wasn’t miscarrying. I can’t imagine what I would have done if I had to keep waiting for things to happen “naturally”.

[@MissShembre]

Miscarriage isn't an abortion.

[@arkbien9303]

​​@@MissShembre🙄 It is medically classified as spontaneous abortion, Peachum.

[@user-mv5zt8qd9l]

​@@MissShembre Then why are anti-choice religious nuts campaigning against medications and interventions that would aid people in getting through them, then?

[@Hollyucinogen]

Missed miscarriages can also be deadly. You could go septic. Drugs shouldn't be banned just because they have the potential to be dangerous or misused. Overdoses are common, but that doesn't mean that painkillers should be banned. Some people are allergic to antibiotics. That doesn't mean that they should be banned. Xanax can be dangerous, if you get addicted to them. That doesn't mean that it should be banned. Pretty much every drug can potentially be dangerous if used in large doses. This seems more like it's about control to me.

[@arkbien9303]

@@Hollyucinogen It is solely about controlling women and their bodies, and you are correct about medication. By the logic these people are using, aspirin, acetaminophen and ibuprofen should all be banned because people can suffer lethal allergic reactions to Aspirin and the other two can damage the liver. Never mind that these are some of the most studied and used meds in existence.🤷🏻‍♀️

[@underwailer]

Can we have everyone read the first amendment in its entirety and how religious organizations aren't allowed to make laws.

[@Windmelodie]

Not just that, but as non-American it absolutely baffles me that judges are appointed based on their political alignment... rather than whether or not they are a good judge. A judge should not openly represent conservative OR liberal opinions and instead rule based on the written law and the evidence presented. A judge must be neutral.

[@theopkingdom3433]

They only care about the second amendment.

[@savagesweetheart90]

They preach about the First Amendment but jump over the freedom of religion part and Establishment Clause which prohibits the government from funding or supporting ANY religious institutions. Apparently they pick and choose what Amendments they want just like how they pick and choose which Bible scripture to use then it later contradicts everything they say because they refuse to read the entire thing. I can't stand religious zealots

[@RebeccaOre]

@@Windmelodiethe US presently has a Supreme Court where a majority committed perjury to get confirmed. And some of whom are financial corrupt.

[@morganpavelka4945]

I so appreciate that you continue to highlight the stupidity of theses law suits from a medical perspective. Your content is really helpful to me as an advocate. Thank you!

[@shiro8765]

I just hate when non-experts have to take life and death decisions

[@mousestripedgrass2123]

You mean decide that they want to take life and death decisions 😑

[@4niasomnia573]

The walking back the DOSAGES on the grounds of safety and effectiveness is the part that’s utterly absurd to me. We are legislating science from the bench now? So because we’re walking dosages, women will now have to take the HIGHER dosage from the OG approval even though the lower dosage is at least as safe and effective. It’s mind boggling.

[@patmaurer8541]

When I check the credentials of the doctors who are ignoring current science, I find a lot of chiropractors, a few veterinarians, and some academics in theology. They may be legal to use the title "Doctor," but are utterly unqualified to comment on pharmacology or even biology! At least, in humans. :-/

[@michaelmay5453]

When religion trumps science and medicine you have to question the intent. And just to be clear on this, this is about religion and nothing else. Without the fringe religious groups who really couldn't care less about the science because they know "truth" and no amount of evidence or reality can change their minds. It's all about "Gods will" to them. One would think that is unconstitutional to base laws on religion but apparently the first and fourteenth amendment isn't that important to courts these days and its turning into a theocratic rule rather than a free society. I mean, the most basic human right there is, the right to your own person, is no longer a protected right for women in the US. That's Saudi Arabia or Iran level insanity.

[@Just1Nora]

We have less bodily autonomy than a corpse!

[@michaelmay5453]

@@Just1Nora All of this because of religious beliefs made into law. Same in Poland and other places where this is the law. Maybe Canada or Mexico can do what us Swedes do for Polish women and arrange trips to a nation that isn't ruled by fundamentalist religious law? I can't do much more than to ideologically support you in every way I can. Unfortunately I can not wage war, as a Swede, on the theocratic idiots of the US. I can only hope you vote, ALL of you because the more that vote the less chance there is that this downfall will last.

[@rachelsnee8926]

It's not insanity, it's a decades long, well planned and incredibly well funded attempt to create a theocracy like Iran with a dictator like Saudi Arabia (yes, I know that's technically a monarchy, but if the monarch has all the power, then it comes to the same thing)

[@vivianbender8257]

Though many pro-life/anti-abortion folks are religious, there are loads and loads who are not. Consider checking out groups like @secularprolife to understand how so many non-religious people also stand strongly against abortion

[@michaelmay5453]

@@rachelsnee8926 The well planned orchestrations of insane people is still insanity.

[@anonymoose116]

The bottom line is, these people have forgotten just how dangerous pregnancy and delivery actually is. Abortion is, by leaps and bounds, much safer. Thanks to abortion bans in my state (Texas), I have foregone trying for another baby. I will never be able to have the child I wanted to have, because I can no longer do so safely. If something goes wrong, it's a death sentence. I can't risk that with my spouse and existing children. If their goal was forced birth boom, this all will have the opposite effect.

[@PhantomQueenOne]

They are going to try to ban most forms of birth control as well if they can.

[@SL-gz3dy]

The abortion law doesn't go over miscarriages. Help with miscarraiges happen in a hospital, not an abortion clinic. It's not going to be a death sentence. Also, if something should go wrong. Most of the time your body handles it without needing help. I had a miscarriage last year and my body did it all without help.

[@PhantomQueenOne]

@@SL-gz3dy Tell that to the woman that have gotten arrested for miscarrying. You are clueless 🤡🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@SL-gz3dy]

@@PhantomQueenOne how do i find this. 20% end in a miscarriage. Lot's of woman would have been arrested by now. Edit: a woman admited to using regular drugs (not for a miscarriage discribed by her doctor) during her viable pregnancy AFTER using she lost her baby at 4 months pregnancy. The other i could find was shot during a fight that made her loose her baby. She was charged for putting her unborn (5 months pregnant) in that dangereous situation. She did not actually go to prison. Another lost her baby at the end of her pregnancy and gave birth at home without calling anyone... she was arrested for keeping a dead body behind and not seeking medical treatment immediately when she noticed labor had started. And again another gave birth at 24 weeks, didn't tell anyone, burried them and later the bodies of her dead fetus twins where found. That is what she was charged for, not for loosing them. If you do everything with your doctor in the hospital, this isn't going to happen. None of them where charged for the miscarriage itself. Edit: i could find some doctors are confused and scared of the new law because they can end up being arrested for an abortion too. Ask your doctor before getting pregnant if he understands the new abortion law and what they do after a miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy. If hey don't understand the new law, find another doctor! If even a doctor doesn't understand abortion vs miscarriage you don't want that docor anyway.

[@PhantomQueenOne]

@@SL-gz3dyLOL Google is your friend.

[@fairychangeling8337]

I feel like mdj has to rage walk her dog after filming every one of these infuriating videos. If she doesnt have a dog she needs to get 1 to walk off this insane nonsense.😂

[@boogiebear3095]

Rage walk… now that sounds interesting.

[@VampyRagDoll]

She’s so mad she’d walk a giraffe to stubby legs.

[@waffles3629]

Rage walk, I love that. I'm gonna start using that cause I've rage walked, I just didn't have a name for it.

[@meredithnavin1358]

I'd love to hear your take on the woman who was denied medication for her cluster headaches because she could potentially become pregnant.

[@MichaelDeHaven]

That's horrendous, do you have any more info? I'd like to look into that one myself. I fortunately don't have cluster headaches, but inherited migraines from my mother.

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

I get migraines too :( @@MichaelDeHaven

[@meredithnavin1358]

@@MichaelDeHaven I can't put links in here, but if you look up Tara Rule and cluster headaches, you'll find heaps of articles. It's infuriating.

[@nicked_fenyx]

Wow, I just looked that up thanks to your comment, and you're right - it's infuriating. This whole "fetal rights" thing is being taken further and further. The madness has to end.

[@ReineDeLaSeine14]

That’s happened with autoimmune disease medications too.

[@carlosboterosuarez7027]

I just want to add, Mifepristone is also approved for Cushing Syndrome and these laws can have various repercussions to patients that have these conditions. Thanks for the passionate video. Doctors don’t do enough to voice their opinions

[@pattyrobberson4152]

In 2020 I had to take that pill twice for what my doctor thought was a missed miscarriage. Finally after two rounds, horrendous cramps, no bleeding, and my insistence on a D&C I was diagnosed with placental site trophoblastic tumor and swiftly had a hysterectomy. Honestly the state of how these medications and abortions and D&Cs are being viewed right now in this country is scary to me. I live in AR and had to go through three months of ultrasounds and two rounds of that medication prior to even having a D&C offered(at my insistance) because they wanted to give my body "more time"

[@luciewalton6896]

This is really scary. Like you say, there are other uses for these drugs too. I had rpoc after the safe delivery of my baby and the drugs that were used to prep me for removal of the retained placenta fragments are also used in abortions. If all these drugs get banned what happens when you have complications relating to birth? Are they just expecting women to live (or die) with the consequences? Luckily, I'm from the UK, so this doesn't impact me personally. But it worries me, because stupidity is contagious.

[@rachelsnee8926]

Agreed - if they want to prevent doctors from providing standard care to save lives then where does it end? Do they simply believe that whether that woman lives or dies is 'God's will' and that humans shouldn't intervene at all? I would like to make those religious extremists who don't believe in science give up everything in their lives that is based on science - all modern medicine, all technology, all non-human powered means of transport, all processed food.....somehow I don't think they'd be happy with that?

[@traceyflater]

Thanks again Dr. Jones for continuing to speak on these things.

[@ushere5791]

comment for algorithm: whose "freedom" does adf fight for--the freedom to oppress people with uteruses and turn them into livestock?? the freedom to criminalize people's private, fully-consented-to, victimless behavior??

[@m.r.6264]

They are not fighting for freedom. They are fighting to rule over us

[@linkcarter6664]

Yup!

[@savagesweetheart90]

Welcome to the beginning of Handmaid's Tale Scary, but I see that is their end goal

[@hvfd5956]

Thanks for putting forward correct information. Sadly it is needed too much. Too many (mostly men based) organizations who wouldn't know about women if their life depended on it, have involved themselves in this issue. FYI - Plan B is available in Austin at some CVS pharmacies, as is Juli, but both are priced high enough that the younger folks who are more likely to need it will have a hard time paying for it ($50). I do know someone near has used a Plan B, as I live near a high school and found the discarded package on the sidewalk near where a number of students park. I can only hope that correct information remains available for those that needed it.

[@cassidybrewer]

Thank you for continuing to be a voice for people with uteruses.

[@SalivatingSteve]

You mean women?

[@bloodrainicorn6193]

@@SalivatingSteveno people with uteruses. 😊

[@fourleaves6877]

​@@SalivatingSteveNot all women have uteruses, not everyone with a uterus is a woman ❤

[@meahdahlgren5875]

​@@SalivatingSteve man does not have a uterus

[@meahdahlgren5875]

​@@SalivatingSteve right

[@Nikki_81]

It is used in my area for vaginal hysterectomy and/or surgeries needing to go through the cervix!

[@coriroo9323]

Thank you for standing strong about this. Sometimes, I find it hard to stay up-to-date with these ongoing attacks against everybody with a uterus because it is so disheartening and unbelievable. However, I do and will continue to watch every single stinking video you produce, because what you are doing is so important and I am so grateful for it. Even though it is exhausting, terrifying, and awful, we need to keep speaking back, calmly, with facts and evidence.

[@hopefulmonsters4407]

That's a feature, not a bug! Breaking you down so you're too overwhelmed and dismayed to fight back is part of their strategy!!

[@coriroo9323]

@@hopefulmonsters4407 I don't doubt it one bit. Monsters

[@cuttingedgeinnovationstati5208]

Thank you for your videos as always! You are providing a great service not only to your patience’s, but a much larger audience. Which, I hope will listen and consider the extreme consequences we all are subject to if hate groups like this continue to infiltrate political systems globally. These groups are in some ways no different than those of Hamas, Hezbollah and other extremist. By educating people with the facts about Mifepristone, stating sources and getting a professional such as yourself to help interpret this case “without a lobbyist” provides some insight on how the medical community should be working together on preventing miscommunication of these medications and their uses. All news media should be held accountable for the amount of misinformation they are putting out, so that it limits the amount of interpretation and alteration of the facts only to be re-shared and perpetuated.

[@amandaw6872]

Minor corrections: 1- it went to the 5th circuit, not the 7th. 2- the Scotus got involved because there was a conflict between the 5th circuit ruling and an 11th circuit one that confirmed the FDA classification as a safe medication.

[@rachelsnee8926]

As a Brit, I don't even know what a circuit is! Surely the problem is that it is going to Scotus, one which already struck down Roe v Wade, despite all the GOP judges saying they wouldn't in their confirmation hearings. In that ruling, they cited English law from witch burners from centuries before the US even existed, so they are clearly not basing their decisions on the US constitution or laws, and some of them have made it clear they want to make contraception and gay marriage illegal too. So they are (as the lower circuit Trump judge did at the start) following their religious beliefs, not the law they are supposed to uphold. If a highly funded extremist group can pick a single judge from anywhere in the country to guarantee a ruling in their favour, you don't have a functioning legal system any more...

[@jmbailey7220]

Thank you for this. It’s incredibly important for doctors to highlight how religious groups use their money to influence politics regardless of medical science and how it impacts healthcare.

[@christytrimble2293]

Isn't this medication also used to open the cervix for IUD insertion/removal or for a hysteroscopy? That's a pain medication, too.

[@thatjillgirl]

No, that's misoprostol, which is often used as the second medication in a typical medication abortion. The one being challenged is mifepristone.

[@kelli_1652]

@@thatjillgirl but mifepristone is used to treat uterine fibroids and endometriosis symptoms along with cushing syndrome (which isn't even uterine based). Methotrexate (the next one they'll come for if this is successful) is used in auto-immune disorders, cancers, and other things. But women who are child bearing ages are unable to get methotrexate in some areas because doctors are afraid to prescribe it even for non-pregnancy related conditions.

[@user-th1pv6ks5o]

​@@kelli_1652 Damn, imagine k*lling cancer kids. Couldn't be me. 😖😖 Conservatives are unironically k*lling babies. Like about to be out of the womb late term babies like they claim the left is doing. The fact that EVEN THIS is an every conservative accusation is a confession is kinda crazy. I thought they would pull back because their own base isn't that cruel. I guess not.

[@thatjillgirl]

@@kelli_1652 Never said they weren't. I was just responding to the mix-up in the above comment. Mifepristone is (currently) the only one being challenged.

[@cassie.minimalist]

We have this stupid law now in Poland and I am no longer wanting to have a baby because of that. So as many other women. Meanwhile our government thinks this will give them more babies if they ban abortion...

[@emmawieson2121]

Yup. All it’s gonna do is result in more under the table abortions and people just refusing to get pregnant. It’s happening here in America too. Our population has dropped over 20% since 2008

[@Claireannette77]

Please please help us😭💕 I wish you could sit down, and educate these people!!! Some would still purposefully make the wrong/dangerous decision

[@margaretjohnson6259]

the people trying to take the drug off the market DON'T CARE about facts. oppressing women is their purpose.

[@Claireannette77]

@@margaretjohnson6259 facts… money, money, money🎶 Power, and control… I wish I could afford to leave this country.

[@margaretjohnson6259]

@@Claireannette77 if donnie gets back in office i suspect people will leave whether they can afford to do it or not.

[@Claireannette77]

@@margaretjohnson6259 true true👀 maybe I should start looking into my favorite countries. I just wish I could visit first before committing

[@rachelsnee8926]

Do you really think the politicians and religious leaders are that ignorant? While it's clear from some of the quotes I've seen from state level politicians (like, if a woman is really raped her body knows and won't get pregnant, or that the doctors should re-implant an ectopic pregnancy in the uterus) that they are truly ignorant, I think the leaders know exactly what they are doing: cynically using women's health and lives to manipulate an ignorant population in order to get power.

[@dyerseve3001]

This makes me ill. SC will probably rule in favor of anti-abortion side and we'll have decades of suffering until its finally fixed again.

[@LLandS18]

Unfortunately I think that as well. Let's be honest this group's probably got the supreme Court in their pockets with fancy hunting trips and homes and paying for their children's education.

[@shenencalhar]

Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk also made reference to the Comstock Act (passed in 1873) in his ruling (unprompted by any arguments), which forbid any information or device or medicine related to abortion (and birth control) to be sent through the mail. Supreme Court precedence neutralized these aspects (eventually), but the law is still on the books. It was never repealed. I'm sure he wants this kicked up to the Supreme Court so the law can be brought back into full effect by overturning more precedence. I have no doubt that they would also like to get rid of birth control, as well.

[@lynnebucher6537]

It's pretty disingenuous to claim concern over mifepristone safety while simultaneously promoting forced birth for pregnant preteens.

[@cameoburress8160]

And also ignoring misoprostol???? Like.. theres 2 abortion drugs. They are usually given together because its safer but... theyre just completely forgetting about the second one? They clearly know very little about the whole thing.

[@biCARRIEous]

​@cameoburress8160 They'll probably go after the others in due time. They play the long game with stuff like this because they think they're sneaky or something.

[@bmjesus08]

Maybe preteens have no business having sex

[@makakachaput]

​@@bmjesus08 You're right, they don't!! It really is so horrible that they're being raped and end up pregnant because of it- Oh, wait! You probably didn't think about that, did you? 🙄

[@bmjesus08]

@@makakachaput the average abortion isn't because of rape . That's all liberals ever throw but rape. Abortion for rape is under 0.5 % .

[@okaro6595]

There are decades of practical use in the US and other countries that prove it to be safe. What does it matter anymore how FDA approved it? In anyway why should courts have anyway second guessing such an approval and how could those suing have standing. You cannot sue just because you do not like something. The law has to harm you. In Finland that it to my knowledge for hospital use only - which is good as it is not cheap and you do not pay for drugs used in hospitals.

[@tearainey1]

In America people can sue for anything they want to. It doesn't mean they'll win, or that they'll escape unscathed financially, but usually it rarely holds legal consequence for them. That's where the term 'Frivolous Lawsuit" came from. There are many cases of people suing just because they didn't like something (some very high profile cases even concerned religious nuts suing gays because they didn't want to have to serve them in their business). Unfortunately with a system so heavily rigged in favor of money, justices will oversee any case that comes to their desk. Only the morally upstanding ones will toss such frivolous suits and tell the people to knock off their ridiculous behavior. In this case the fringe group knew which judge to target to have their grievances heard. They knew that politically the judge would side with them, and that if they could game the system hard enough they could actually succeed in banning the drug. I've heard that some states are trying to ban it on a state wide level now as well, a result of these extremists pushing their foul agenda and getting away with it. They'd gladly watch the masses suffer just to uphold their minority religious bullsh-t agenda, and unfortunately they have the money to do it. They've also been funding putting their own brand of doctors through medical school, and have even been found to be funding their own judges and lawyers in hopes to get them installed in key regions to continue pushing their fringe agenda. And somehow... It's completely legal and they're making progress.

[@jazzcat320]

I had to take this drug before I had a D&C when I had a ovarian fibroid removed recently. The Dr. wrote on the script that it was NOT for an abortion. I was OK w/that statement, but just amazed that she had to clarify that.

[@shroomyk]

The amount of money, time, and effort put into BS like this when we could be solving real problems is just maddening.

[@MNP208]

I’m very happy that my daughter lives in a state that allows abortions. I have peace of mind knowing she can receive proper treatment if she has pregnancy complications.

[@user-th1pv6ks5o]

Right, if you live in a ban state, not even if you planned the pregnancy you are safe. Many women in Texas go to pro-abortion states to get care, because the doctors refuse to touch them with a ten foot pole. How is that an "exception" for life of the mother, if you have to go to a pro-choice state to be awarded those "exceptions" ???

[@MNP208]

@@user-th1pv6ks5o My state just ruled that our 1849 law does not apply to abortion. We'll see what occurs upon appeal. Luckily, a liberal SC Justice was recently elected!!!

[@Jen_Agnes]

As a new GP in India hearing this happening in the USA is quite terrifying to me. A nation many of my peers aspire to work at yet so much medical ignorance. It's baffling to me

[@AnniCarlsson]

The fact that you can't pick out every medication on every pharmacy (if rare order it in or if need to be a fresh thing so they can't keep a stock) is betond me. In sweden i can go to doctor in 1 place tale a plane to diffrent part of the country and pick my medc up there as easy as the one I live closest to. It's just if they are out i need to order it to the pharmacy i going to. I show my ID and that's all I need.

[@DawnDavidson]

Yes, it really makes no sense.

[@sisuguillam5109]

Same in Germany. And I do not even show ID. All I need is the presciption. My mum was so desperatly sick that several people picked up her meds... if we had had to navigate an additional level of organisation a we probably would have had a collective break down.

[@jennymckenzie5304]

As a non American, I have to wonder what the culture is that this is now the situation. It's just mind blowing people don't listen to experts in a country that's supposed to be a world leader in science.

[@rachelsnee8926]

well, these extreme religious folks don't believe in science, and that's where the problem lies. They bring their children up in ignorance, making sure they don't develop any critical thinking skills, then blindly follow their leaders and keep giving them money, so now they have a ridiculous amount of power compared to religious leaders in other countries. They have a playbook, and they use 'wedge' issues like abortion and trans health care to create fear and panic in their ignorant followers, and that the fact that they have judges in their pocket all the way to the supreme court is terrifying for the future of the so called democracy in the US

[@user-th1pv6ks5o]

Well abortion bans are not popular. These are politicians and lawyers that cheated through large amounts of voter suppression and money laundering to get where they are.

[@rayschoch5882]

Spot-on, doctor. Keep holding their feet to the fire…

[@Elektrochoke]

I’m so thankful for your channel. Thanks so much for caring, Danielle.

[@KingoftheJuice18]

Infuriating!...Why can't these people be honest and simply say it's against their religious beliefs?

[@anniejuan1817]

Because their goal is to enforce their own religious beliefs on others' bodies.

[@KingoftheJuice18]

@@anniejuan1817 I know. It's just so ironic that they have to use dishonesty to achieve their religious ends. (I say that as a religious person myself.)

[@iamjane9628]

@@KingoftheJuice18 No offence, but since when has religion concerned itself with honesty? Religion is not fact-based; it is mythology.

[@KingoftheJuice18]

@@iamjane9628 I don't follow your reasoning, Jane. The Bible, for example, is filled with an emphasis on the virtue of truth. I could quote you many verses, if you wish, decrying deception, dishonesty, lying, and falsehood. Religion, generally speaking, is extremely concerned about this issue. I believe you are confusing the failings of many religious people with religion itself. Religion can be an important force for countering the human tendency to lie and deceive. But nothing touched by humans is perfect.

[@EmilyCheetham]

Defiance against freedom. I’d like to say to them- UH excuse me but it should be MY freedom to choose whether I want a baby or NOT.

[@Michaelalovespandas]

Ironic that the “alliance defending freedom” wants to control what happens in someone’s bedroom

[@KxNOxUTA]

Ofcourse! "Freedom" = "What I want". "Lack of freedom" = "All needs that are not in alignment with mine" Simple, no? Makes perfect sense, no? That is the one and only way "freedom" works, no? According to those people, that is! :'3 I wish I could laugh, but it's too bitter and disgusting.

[@richarddeese1087]

Thanks. I don't understand why such issues as this can even be brought in court. This is a fact-based, statistics-based issue dealing with medical science & people's health. How can such a thing be rationally decided by a system that treats everything as a cross between partisan politics & highschool debate class? As you pointed out, these are people with an agenda. If I were a judge, how could I justify NOT simply consulting my own outside experts to get some real facts? Has the machinery of our society developed an allergy to truth? tavi.

[@KxNOxUTA]

Oh the American justice system is not about justice, you got that wrong. X'D The American system is a system of pushing egocentrism under the guide of justice, prevention of justice against jerks and applying injustice to the innocent. In short, "court" is mostly merely a theatre stage that is supposed to give off the impression that justice is taking place, and appease the crows, you know, like the amphitheatre in old Rome. If the system was about actual justice, then the existence of religiously biased judges would be quite impossible, even in states that are overflowing with people who are all about resentment and discrimination. I mean their political voting system is also all about the show and not actual representation of the people, so ..... on the contrary! Whenever actual justice happens, you can call it a miracle and the very very very hard labour of people with morale integrity, to grind through that injustice system, frequently while putting their literal lives on the line.

[@gobosMommy]

yet ozempic is causing intestinal paralysis and i saw an article yesterday where someone's skin became charred and thats ok to keep on the market!

[@tearainey1]

Isn't that the one that's now being pushed as a weight loss drug and a global shortage is occurring because of it? If so the drug is being used for purposes outside of its intended use and by a much larger pool of people. I recall listening to someone discuss how, in the case of that drug, the tests they ran to ensure its safety were ran on people who genuinely needed it. So they're focusing on intended use. But once you open it up to millions, you have so many other medications possibly interacting, health problems that may be causing an unknown adverse effect, etc. These side effects probably were never known about because their test pool wasn't large enough to encounter the large variety of people/health conditions/types of use. Either way they should stop using it outside of its intended purpose.

[@Cait491]

I never thought I'd say , I'm glad I live in South Africa.

[@bencoomer2000]

Decades of use and they think it's not safe? Such BS.

[@rachelsnee8926]

they know perfectly well it's safe - they are just part of the well funded progamme to bring the US under theocratic control

[@vertigine69]

The turn that the world is taking is so disheartening

[@thelegioncollective]

America isn't the world.

[@vertigine69]

It’s part of it, though, and part of why is getting so disheartening.

[@lynnepotvin875]

Watching from Canada and I AM SHOOK! Cannot believe this ongoing war on women's reproductive health in the US. Thank you so much for educating the world on this topic, Dr. Mama Jones.

[@Hollyucinogen]

I'm Canadian too (Ottawa), and even Trudope didn't try to mess with our reproductive rights. Then again, he could've just been too busy dealing with this C-19 mess that they've foisted upon us. 😒

[@dvorak920289]

Thank you, MDJ, for shining light on the case. There are many people who don't understand the scientific basis of the risk-benefit balance upon which medicines are approved by FDA and other health authorities worldwide. A medicine's marketing licence would be called off if the risks associated with its prescribed use outweigh the benefit. So few people know that and it's easy for someone to fall prey to "preachers" who are loud and don't base their arguments on evidence.

[@cllynch3653]

It is so sad that our country (US) is going backwards socially.

[@user-th1pv6ks5o]

It isn't, technically Texas is a blue state, the problem is cheating, the conservatives are cheating so f*cking heavily that the blue state of Texas is perma red from the voter oppression, and gerrymandering alone. The main actually red states are, Alabama, Alaska, Florida (I think), and some of the middle ones no one thinks about. And even all the states I mentioned don't like abortion bans. Besides maybe Alaska.

[@il42]

off topic - I thought that video was spead up, but nope, just our lovely MDJ is a fast talker 😄

[@Justanotherconsumer]

In a sane world this would result in a serious evaluation of expert witness standards in court. We don’t live in one of those.

[@rachelsnee8926]

do you mean world, or country? No other developed nation is doing this...

[@soundlessbee]

Alliance for Defending Freedom must have a silent "of us controlling others" in the end.

[@GlennKurusu]

The ADF need to be told that it costs money to "look [them] up and throw away the key." ($10.00/day for one person.) Depending on how many people are locked up, it may be more inexpensive to let people have “gay” sex.

[@rachelsnee8926]

If you mean prison, then I assume your figure is a typo - In 2018, the Bureau of Prisons found that the average cost for a prisoner was $36,299.25 per year, and per day $99.45 12. However, this number can vary greatly from state to state. For example, in California, the average cost is $75,560 per year, while in Louisiana, it is only $20,767 per year 12. If it ends up that doctors are being imprisoned for providing standard health care that is guaranteed under the UN bill of human rights, then you are truly heading into fascist territory...

[@GlennKurusu]

@@rachelsnee8926 In the end the ADF need to be more focused on corrupt lawmakers than people who are having sex with people of the same sex.

[@GlennKurusu]

@@rachelsnee8926 Let me make this clear (if my logic wasn’t clear for you): The only people that need to be incarcerated are groups like the ADF and Moms For Liberty. To penalize people for abortion or sex with someone of the same sex is counterproductive to our society. Giving people more rights and options will lead to more money for the things that we need in our communities. If these people want to “conserve/defend” freedom, then they should allow the freedoms that they may not agree with.

[@windyfranks8428]

I don’t understand how the religious group has any standing to file a suit against the manufacturer. As far as being able to ship it to different states, it seems like it would interfere with interstate commerce.

[@sim_aware]

Thank you for keeping the focus on the actual science.

[@BlueNOrange]

you know when mama doctor jones curses, it's gonna be a hell of a video

[@pamr.429]

This is silly, but it's probably deliberate: has anyone noticed that the acronym for the group bringing the suit is FDA spelled backwards?

[@RamenNoodle1985]

It's getting too scary to be a woman

[@samanthagibson5791]

I cant remember the name, but Europe has a group who approve medicines, like the FDA. Europe tend to be more cautious, but they approved it. Probably other similar groups also approved it. So its not safe, but has been approved by other agencies and your own agency how?

[@ktotogdeto7353]

EMA? European medical agency

[@rachelsnee8926]

It was approved in France in 1988 and the UK in 1991, so the FDA had a combined 21 years so they had data from a population of roughly 2,500 million person years when they approved it in 2020. There was probably more from other countries which approved it sooner. Surely more valid than the clinical trials they are objecting to!

[@insomniapetals4424]

I love you, Dr. J. I just do... The ending in this one was a little abrupt, though.

[@ShawnWaldron0]

Ohio - Vote YES on Issue 1 Nov 7 like your life depends on it, because it does!!

[@wysgyeman]

A fair way to judge and rule on this would be, as Justice is supposed to be, blindly. What I mean is, take all the scientific date - studies, historical date, etc., and rule the safety based on that, NOT on what the drug is used for. If this is ruled unsafe, bring a suit that declares Viagra unsafe! Use an ruling a of mifepristone being unsafe as a basis for Viagra being unsafe. It's only fair - only women use mifepristone, men use Viagra.

[@inakuvaswaldenstrm6117]

Damn, I'm glad I live in Norway

[@pattieprophet7987]

Any wear but here , america destruction is LOOMING ( wait and see ) 😱☠

[@DarkFleurofIra]

@@Jess-737 Most of us can’t afford to move ( ._.)

[@anniejuan1817]

@@Jess-737 Anyone who tells others to "simply move"... well, that person lacks basic empathy. Lacks imagination, too. People have valid reasons why they can't move. Shared custody of a child or responsibility for an elder spring to mind without even trying hard (for those of us with imagination and empathy). I'm sure I could come up with more.

[@inakuvaswaldenstrm6117]

@@Jess-737 the thing is that the US is supposed to be a developed country. That's why I said it. It's a country that I used to wish I lived in and that we used to idolise.

[@invisibleabi999]

alliance defending freedom having the opposite acronym of the fda is something that an editor would call too obvious if someone wrote this... what is this timeline

[@RustyDust101]

The disgust I can hear from your voice over the many non-scientific claims made, as well as direct falsehoods, is pretty much beyond the scale. I feel you empathically, despite being male, thus not being DIRECTLY affected by it. But I completely support women's rights to all medical treatments they require. Greetz from a German in Hamburg who just can't believe how extreme religious groups inflict their retarded thinking on laws in the USA.

[@dougsheldon5560]

I don't see any problem getting cocaine anywhere.

[@sheHerTheyThem]

I am one of the people who unbeknownst to be,was taking copious amounts of Tylenol &ended up with a swollen liver &a version of hepatitis..I can't remember the version..but I had to be treated, I didn't realize Tylenol was in Pepto which I was taking a lot of,immoduim (sp)cold medicine etc.by the time I was out of the hospital and we went through ALL of my other stuff that had hidden acetaminophen, I was banned from my drs from EVER taking any otcs because It was hidden in so many things and to this day,I now have lifelong problems because of ACETAMINOPHEN..Tylenol is WAY more dangerous because people are so cavalier with its use

[@nicolad8822]

I think it’s more aspirin and ibuprofen which are contraindicated with Pepto as it contains a type of aspirin itself so there is a risk of bleeding. It is not readily available in Europe, the bismuth element is considered harmful. I thought it was well known not to double dip with flu meds, even with OTC we get warnings on our packaging and the pharmacist always flags it if you ask for the slightly stronger flu remedies.

[@shellb1633]

Love you Mama Dr. Jones ❤ Thank you, for you!

[@PhantomQueenOne]

And now Poland has figured out a way to find out if this drug has been used. Forced birthers piss me off.

[@themodernhippy8946]

If places like Texas cared about fetuses and life, they wouldn't have prevented a mom in labor from leaving work causing her to give birth to a stillborn, per her doctor.

[@dianawei9552]

Agreed. Never understood why these greedy power tripped people are so bent on ruining people’s lives regardless of wealth, ability and health, especially towards women and female children. This does a disservice to not just them but also to future children. I’d much rather have a world where women can choose when to get pregnant and with whom in regards to their health regardless of wealth.

[@undefinederror40404]

Alliance defending freedom!? They are also taking action to privatise schools and pull apart the public schooling system! The channel "More Perfect Union" made a video on it, which shows the reasoning and strategy that the group is using for that.

[@undefinederror40404]

People part of that group are so insane and cruel, that I'd almost call them monsters instead of people. Lucky for them my public school taught me how dangerous dehumanization is, so I won't go there.

[@leenavanderwood5150]

They are also actively trying to reverse conversion therapy in minors bans across the US. It's disgusting.

[@Thegirlwhoknowsthings]

🤬🤬🤬 I wish I could say "unbelievable ".... but unfortunately, it's not.

[@youiswhoyouis3304]

I love seeing the smoke coming out of MDJ's ears! It's a bit sadistic, but it's kinda funny in a sad way 😅

[@notnyssi8210]

Too full of rage at this situation to add anything, but commenting for the algorithm.

[@karenneill9109]

Gilead is closer than ever.

[@ElsaLoui]

Goodness so many grown adults that I speak to are so misinformed and they literally don't want to know the truth.

[@christopherporto3902]

Thanks for explaining. This is the sort of case I'm sure most people are vaguely aware of, but we all need the kind of details you provided here to really understand how messed up it is

[@feroxsayshello518]

This is terrifying. I'm a woman in America and this makes me feel so afraid for my safety and for the future safety of my female child. We are not livestock and our rights are in danger

[@jeanne-marie8196]

I’m in the US and am wondering if induced labor used to birth a deceased child, is labeled “an abortion” through medical language. Are miscarriages using the term “spontaneous abortion” added to statistics of the total number of abortions? I sometimes wonder if statistics are skewed, due to a misunderstanding of terms, possibly giving fodder to inflame sentiment

[@rachelsnee8926]

I'm in the UK so I don't know for sure, but I do know that since Roe v Wade was reversed, there have been mulitple women in the situation where the doctors know that the pregnancy is not viable, they will never give birth to a live, healthy baby, but because a heart beat can still be detected, they cannot legally do anything about it. This forces women to go through what can only be defined as torture, waiting for their baby to die inside them, fearing sepsis that might prevent them having another baby or even killing them. I can't believe these extreme christians think this level of cruelty is 'what Jesus would do'

[@TheAccidentalViking]

Just as a reference, 'Mayday' was what the resistance was called in the book, 'A Handmaid's Tale'.

[@feroxsayshello518]

And we're now living it. I'm scared 😢

[@TheAccidentalViking]

@@feroxsayshello518 I'm afraid so. Did you hear about the Texas attorney did to his wife who was pregnant and that he only got 180 days? You can't tell me this is about 'saving unborn children' . Not at all.

[@estherlouisamay]

Interesting 🤔 I think there is conflict of interest by the people who went perposely to have a conservative Judge hear their case on their belief. I'm on the autism spectrum aspergers and have an interlectual Disability I do research the heck out of a medication before I use it and do know how to read medical literature but this group should perhaps have a lesson in reading medical literature just a friendly thought.

[@thelittleowl8399]

From outside the country: This is some WILD dystopian fever dream. Wishing you all the best.

[@gerrimilner9448]

since when has any group cared about womens health

[@PeteOtton]

This is why we need national licensing for medicine. We need to disbar doctors who push BS like this.

[@arcticxabyss]

i've never heard of the ADF until this video, but i don't already like them.

[@Dyejob01]

WTH???? When will this STOP???

[@susanwestby1792]

The president of Alliance Defending Freedom, Alan Sears, said this: "We are on a winning trajectory. It may be that the day will come when people say the birth-control pill was a mistake."

[@rachelsnee8926]

I can't image a world view where he thinks 'people' would say that - the people who agree with him already think that, and the majority of the human population will never think that - how many millions of women were spared abortions and unwanted pregnancies and their health and life complications because of it. If he and his group want to go back to pre-science, pre-modern medicine times when women weren't educated or allowed to work outside the home or had their own money, then they should just find a rural area and set up a commune, like other such groups do, not try and force their views on everyone else. I'd also like to know what their solution is to the problem of massive numbers of extra children born to people who don't want them is...

[@farhana6913]

Here an idea if they want to prevent abortions instead of legisating to ban them why not offer financial support to single mothers or couples struggling. Its disingenuous because when life begins is objectively subjective. They equate a fetus without any neural activity or ability to feel to a person because that fetus isnt asking for anything. So if you want more ppl to see it your way offer financial support to new parents, free maternal health, support finding child care to empower those who would carry to term if they had the means. Adoptions aren't the answer, children who are adoption even at birth to loving homes have an increased risk suicide bc the maternal separation is felt. Offer love & compassion. Offer your support to help them with child care & community

[@rachelsnee8926]

Legislating to ban abortions never decreases the number carried out - there are literally millions of data points on this from throughout history and all over the world. And although I agree that support for new parents e.g. maternity/paternity leave and pay, child support payments, free healthcare, free or low cost childcare should be available to all parents (here in Europe we've taken that for granted for over half a century), that is only going to tip the scales on the decision for people who want a child but can't afford it, particularly those who already have children (which I think is the majority of abortions in the US). But it's not an alternative to adoption for those who are victims of rape or incest, who don't wish to interrupt their studies or careers, who are in abusive relationships, who feel they are too young or too old to take on parenting a child, or who just don't ever want to have children. So abortion will always be needed, especially as no contraception method is 100% effective.