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The Real Lie: You Aren't WORTH What Your Amazing Female Body Can Do
Townhall.com ^ | May 28, 2014 | Kristan Hawkins

Posted on 05/28/2014 6:16:03 PM PDT by Kaslin

PolicyMic, a news organization that claims to know and report on what matters most to young people, tells readers that their promise is to report on "perspectives that aren't typically showcased at other outlets." Yet, a recent article regurgitated one piece of fiction that almost all of the other media outlets have already showcased ad nauseam. And I can't be the only Millennial who is getting annoyed by the lack of integrity in reporting about my generation.

Their recent article, Dear American Women: You Are Being Lied to, lists nine ways in which American women are supposedly being duped by "a society still steeped in the sexism of years past." This is as specific a description that the elusive guilty party of accused liars merits in the piece. (The site has a penchant for churning out lists of reasons why Millennials --well, mostly women and minorities-- are victims of one thing or another. If PolicyMic becomes the paradigm of Millennial reporting, today's young people will undoubtedly go down in history as the self-proclaimed victim generation.)

Number six in the list of nine reasons why women have it so bad in America is, "You are not capable of making your own medical decisions." The accusation reads:

Roe v. Wade is still the law of the land, making such a ban [on late-term abortion] arguably unconstitutional. But that hasn't stopped anti-choice politicians from passing legislation making access to safe abortion procedures increasingly difficult in states across the country. [Sen. Lindsey] Graham claimed he knows twins who were born at 20 weeks... let's all remember that what Graham believes should have no bearing on a woman's choices about her health. Research shows that in states with more access to contraception and family planning, teenage pregnancy rates are lower and median incomes are higher. In fact, when young women are given robust sex education and access to affordable contraception, they are able to make more informed choices and the teen pregnancy rate drops.

Aside from the fact that there is blatant misinformation about the effect of birth control and "robust" sex education in the author's attack on pro-life legislators, the title of the accusation itself is misleading. Claiming that pro-life legislators like Sen. Lindsey are trying to tell women that they can't make their "own medical decisions" assumes that life-affirming laws infringe on a woman's ability to be independent and to take care of her own health. In reality, they do the opposite.

Remember the "war on women" we heard so much about last year? Many actual American women know that it is being waged against us by the other side. The side that would tell us that our fertility is a disease, and that the pathway to freedom is sex without its biological consequences (like children). And if our carcinogenic pills and the copper IUDs in our bodies fail to prevent our bodies from doing what they so fiercely and incredibly do, there's abortion.

We know that legislators who are looking out for the welfare of our pre-born children, and for our own safety and informed consent in our reproductive decisions are acting in the interest of women's progress. They are upholding a commitment not to let women regress by being subjected to the coercive and misleading forces of the abortion lobby, which stands for little more than profit. We know that these forces mimic all too vividly the patriarchal nature of the American yesteryear. And that is why we are pro-life: because it is the only way to ensure justice for women -- including pre-born women -- and to ensure that women's rights move forward rather than slip away.

Maybe the real lie being told to women is: "You aren't WORTH what your amazing female body can do."


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: abortion; abortionandrape; millenials; prolife; waronwomen
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1 posted on 05/28/2014 6:16:03 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Here’s what people forget:

Pregnancy is the normal state of the uterus.

That is a medical fact.

(Of course, Marriage is the normal state in which it is to occur.

Natural Law, Common Sense, Ethics, Biblical teachings and all religions state this.)


2 posted on 05/28/2014 6:19:32 PM PDT by stanne
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To: Kaslin

When Vietnam vets came home the left spit on them and called them, “baby killers”. The left has become the champions of killing babies.


3 posted on 05/28/2014 6:28:56 PM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: stanne
Pregnancy is the normal state of the uterus. That is a medical fact.

Ridiculous. So a woman who never gets pregnant has an abnormal uterus for her lifetime? So virtually all women have "abnormal state" organs for the majority of their adult lives?

4 posted on 05/28/2014 6:31:50 PM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: stanne

where did you get your medical ‘fact’?


5 posted on 05/28/2014 6:32:45 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: Teacher317

I think some folks come to conclusions based on nothing. It is obvious the poster has never taken a simple intro physiology class


6 posted on 05/28/2014 6:34:07 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: Nifster

And doesn’t know what the word ‘normal’ means.


7 posted on 05/28/2014 6:37:27 PM PDT by TigersEye ("No man left behind" is more than an Army Ranger credo it's the character of America.)
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To: Kaslin

if they get to make the decision then i want to stop being forced to pay for their decision. their decision, their pocketbook, not mine.


8 posted on 05/28/2014 6:45:11 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: TigersEye

that too


9 posted on 05/28/2014 6:46:26 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: Teacher317

Pregnancy is not a disease. Women’s health issues revolve around avoiding pregnancy, terminating it and treating pregnancy as an unhealthy status

Wrong


10 posted on 05/28/2014 7:07:33 PM PDT by stanne
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To: Kaslin

JERRY: I couldn’t believe it. Uh, I mean I thought I was entering a “magical world” of sensual delights, but it was just so ordinary. I mean, there was nothing gymnastic about it.

ELAINE: Well, what did you think she was gonna do?

JERRY: Well, you know. I mean... I dunno.

ELAINE: No, what?

JERRY: Well, obviously I prefer not to mention any, you know...

ELAINE: What did you think, she was going to take some of that chalk and...

JERRY: You see, now I really don’t want to get into this, any kind of specifics...

ELAINE: Oh, come on. One thing? One thing! What?

JERRY: Well... Frankly, I thought, you know, I was gonna kinda’ be like the apparatus.

KRAMER: You mean like the uneven parallel bars?

JERRY: See, again, I really don’t feel that...

ELAINE: The balance beam?

JERRY: Could we stop?

ELAINE: (gasps in mock surprise) Not the pommel horse?

JERRY: All right. Let’s just drop it.


11 posted on 05/28/2014 7:10:48 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Anything is possible, if you don't know what you're talking about.)
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To: Nifster

He takes away his wife’s shoes during the winter months.


12 posted on 05/28/2014 8:59:11 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: stanne

Pregnancy is also not the normal condition for the human female body. Many health complications can and do occur specifically do to pregnancy.


13 posted on 05/28/2014 9:09:24 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: Teacher317
while stated inelegantly..the statement would be true..an organ has a function..what is the function of the uterus?

reproductive organs are for reproduction that's true for both men and women no need to be offended by that..

14 posted on 05/28/2014 9:09:48 PM PDT by tophat9000 (An Eye for an Eye, a Word for a Word...nothing more.)
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To: tophat9000

It was not inelegant it was wrong. It would be like saying the normal condition of the stomach is to be full


15 posted on 05/28/2014 9:12:30 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: stanne

And again I ask you where did you get your medical ‘ fact’ that pregnancy is the normal state of the uterus?


16 posted on 05/28/2014 9:14:31 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: stanne

“Pregnancy is the normal state of the uterus.”

Huh ?

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17 posted on 05/28/2014 9:26:14 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Teacher317

Thanks...good retort. That has to be among the stupidest statements I’ve ever read on FR...or anywhere on the web, for that matter.


18 posted on 05/28/2014 9:28:11 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Nifster

...the “normal” condition for a penis is erect? Sorry, gotta check with my doc after four hours on that one.


19 posted on 05/28/2014 9:29:25 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

The hits just keep on coming


20 posted on 05/28/2014 9:31:44 PM PDT by Nifster
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