Roe v Wade overturned isn’t a victory for life – it spells death for women (barf alert)

Independent ^ | June 24th 2022 | Katie Edwards

[Ennis85]

We saw it coming at us like a 10-tonne truck but, if anyone needed confirmation, here it is: the bodily autonomy of women is under a deadly assault. Think that’s hyperbole? Think again. In a sucker punch to women’s reproductive freedom, the US Supreme Court has overturned the landmark Roe v Wade ruling. This means that there will no longer be a constitutional right to an abortion in the US, and states get to decide whether to allow, ban or restrict pregnancy terminations. While former vice president Mike Pence celebrated the ruling with the words “today, life won”, I wonder which lives he’s talking about? It’s certainly not those of women – particularly Black and impoverished women, who’ll be disproportionately affected by the elimination of their legal right to abortion. Criminalising abortions means criminalising socially and economically disadvantaged women, and putting their lives at risk through unsafe termination procedures. Because this is what happens when abortion is criminalised. It doesn’t prevent women from terminating pregnancies, it just forces them into life-threatening, unsafe abortions with poorly trained or untrained practitioners and little or no aftercare, which can result in septic shock, perforated bladder and/or bowel, severe haemorrhaging, and death. The World Health Organisation states that “unsafe abortion is a leading – but preventable – cause of maternal deaths and morbidities” that can also lead to “physical and mental health complications and social and financial burdens for women, communities and health systems”. In other words, this isn’t simply a “women’s issue” – it’s a public health issue. It’s a human rights issue.

Everyone should feel troubled by the Supreme Court’s decision. The rhetoric around the ruling might be “pro-life”, but that’s a misnomer when the lives of women are collateral damage. Unnecessary maternal mortality seems to be the order of the day in the US Supreme Court. Bizarrely, there seems to be significantly more political appetite for banning abortions than for protecting children at the US Supreme Court. Have a look at the startling disconnect between the court’s decision on New York’s gun laws and its decision to overturn Roe v Wade. As the speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, comments: “The hypocrisy is raging, but the harm is endless.” You might think that the decision doesn’t affect us here in the UK, but it does – and the implications are chilling. How gossamer-thin is the fabric that binds us to our reproductive rights anywhere in the world if they can be ripped away so easily from US citizens? How can we feel safe knowing that our reproductive freedom is at the mercy of politicians who are willing to risk the lives of women to further a conservative agenda?

I’m grateful that, currently, my right to a legal abortion is recognised in the UK – but today’s decision by the Supreme Court is disturbing. There’s no such thing as settled legal precedents and our rights – even over our own bodies – are hanging by a thread of benevolence from those who’ll likely never need an abortion or deal with the implications of being unable to access the procedure safely and legally. Unsafe abortions affect the desperate and the marginalised, not the people making this draconian decision. And it’s not as if we can even take comfort from the idea that if the majority of citizens want to keep a law, then it’s likely to be protected. According to polling taken before the Supreme Court’s decision, the majority of Americans did not want Roe v Wade to be overturned – but here we are.

o, what’s next in the firing line? Whose lives will be in the balance once the domino effect of this decision starts to pick up speed? What other rights are on the agenda for elimination? Access to contraception? Sex education? Same-sex relationships? When Donald Trump says that the Supreme Court’s ruling “will work out for everybody”, you know we’re in serious trouble.

[Ennis85]

Cry more

[Nifster]

Another leftist lunatic

[Da Coyote]

Hmmm, another proof that one’s grasp of real science and data is inversely proportional to their leftism.

[piasa]

It is as if they completely forget that pregnancy is preventable.

[butlerweave]

The Left , the leaders of stupid stuff

[VTenigma]

How did we make it to 1972 without it?

[Toespi]

Well then, since it is life or death I suppose they will just have to give up sex OR
go on birth control, OR have their tubes tied, OR become a lesbian.

[rktman]

Can we choose .............

[Libloather]

And just like that, Katie knows the definition of a woman.

[hoagy62]

Here’s a wonderful idea: how about you keep your legs closed if you’re not married and don’t have sex. Or, if you do want to have sex, get married.

See how simple that is?

[Grampa Dave]

Juneteenth is the holiday celebrating, when the Republicans freed the slaves from their evil Slave Master Owners, aka Elite Democrats/The KKK.

Then, on 24 June 2022, the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade!

Abortion kills 1,000 black babies every day in America. Abortion is not just a woman’s issue. It’s a human rights issue.

Abortion is the number one killer of black lives in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, abortion kills more black people than HIV, homicide, diabetes, accident, cancer, and heart disease … combined.

In 2019, black women had 38.4% of all abortions in the U.S., despite African-Americans comprising only 12.4% of the total population.

In Michigan, black women make up only about 14% of Michigan’s female population, but they had 55.4% of all abortions reported in the state in 2020.*

*https://www.grrtl.org/genocide/ https://www.americanfreedomlawcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/BLM-sign.jpg

[Brooklyn Attitude]

Because women taking responsibility for pregnancy prevention is just too much to ask. There are many many different choices for birth control. Find one you like and use it regularly. Avoid unprotected sex (or any sex) on days near the fertile part of your cycle. Would it kill you not to have sex for a week? If not getting pregnant is so important to you, act responsibly.

[thecodont]

We live in a culture that expects casual sex because of the conveniences granted by contraception and abortion. It’s going to take a little while for the culture to catch up with this court decision.

[californian by choice]

The only thing that has no limit is outer space and stupidity, if bringing babies into the world was the cause of death for women, many thousands of years ago the human race would have been extinct

[jmaroneps37]

Put some ice on your lip and go away, elections have consequences.

[silent majority rising]

Accepting the consequences of their actions might be in order. Having unprotected sex is fine, as long as you realize that you might have a child which has to be taken care of in the future, or the financial burden imposed, etc. But if you think that a few minutes of pleasuring is worth it, go ahead. However, abortion should never be used as a form of birth control. It ain’t worth it.

[If You Want It Fixed - Fix It]

50% of women were already dying from abortion. Do actually many fewer women will die from less abortion!
Hurray for womens rights!

[GingisK]

Maybe that sort of woman is over rated.

[sergeantdave]

This is like watching hysterical Nazis crying that the Allies have successfully landed in Normandy.

[Luke21]

Crazed hyperbole from a loon.