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onecaliberal

(35,787 posts)
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 07:09 PM 8 hrs ago

This is why Americans are afraid to get pregnant.

Could it be that they’re afraid of bringing a child into the world YOU’RE currently building?

A world where you’ll let a starving child go hungry at school, let a 6 year old access a loaded firearm at home, or let an 18 year old future school shooter buy two AR-15s and more ammo than an army would need in the span of a few days?

Could it be that you’re not promising to help parents manage the devastatingly expensive reality of childcare costs? Even worse than that, you simply don’t care? Could it be that you’re trying to take away their healthcare? Or that you’re talking about no longer offering lifesaving childhood vaccines?

https://jojofromjerz.substack.com/p/americans-are-afraid-to-get-pregnant?

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This is why Americans are afraid to get pregnant. (Original Post) onecaliberal 8 hrs ago OP
That, and the immediate fear of dying because Republicans need to protect an unborn lifeform, even if it means killing OAITW r.2.0 8 hrs ago #1
Exactly. TomSlick 6 hrs ago #14
She knocked it out of the park! 💯🎯 love_katz 8 hrs ago #2
K & R Emile 8 hrs ago #3
Flawed logic Lincolnite 7 hrs ago #4
flawed logic here too WhiskeyGrinder 7 hrs ago #7
Children ideally only when they are wanted and can be cared for. All the "values" in the world... Hekate 6 hrs ago #12
The value of skipping meals? Of dodging bullets at school? NickB79 5 hrs ago #15
Stood up and applauded after reading. Dem2theMax 7 hrs ago #5
She is awesome and she is pissed. onecaliberal 7 hrs ago #6
I don't know if we are all awesome, Dem2theMax 7 hrs ago #8
Maybe not all of us. onecaliberal 6 hrs ago #11
True. nt. Dem2theMax 3 hrs ago #16
We already have the worse child care support for it's citizens than any modern country in the world? OverBurn 7 hrs ago #9
Yeah, I'm sure trump will "fix" it all right... Wounded Bear 6 hrs ago #13
Or your pregnancy could have life-threatening complications that can't be treated bucolic_frolic 6 hrs ago #10

OAITW r.2.0

(28,361 posts)
1. That, and the immediate fear of dying because Republicans need to protect an unborn lifeform, even if it means killing
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 07:16 PM
8 hrs ago

the host and the lifeform. Fully expect this trend to continue.

At the same time, lets kick 30MM people out of this country and see how that affects our national well being and economy. The hardest working part of our society.

love_katz

(2,799 posts)
2. She knocked it out of the park! 💯🎯
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 07:53 PM
8 hrs ago

She hit every issue.

And the corporate desire to get rid of all those " pesky" regulations against polluting and destroying the life support systems or making dangerous and lethal products: you can't make big profits off of a dead population.

Hekate

(94,623 posts)
12. Children ideally only when they are wanted and can be cared for. All the "values" in the world...
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 09:20 PM
6 hrs ago

…won’t matter much if their bellies are empty and mom has to live in a car with them. And will matter even less if mom just died from childbirth or miscarriage.

This is a cold, cold country.

NickB79

(19,621 posts)
15. The value of skipping meals? Of dodging bullets at school?
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 10:05 PM
5 hrs ago

Of Mom and dad working two jobs to make ends meet? The value of skipping doctor's visits because of no health insurance? Of wearing ratty clothes from thrift stores? Of getting a substandard education from underpaid teachers?

These are the GOP values a lot of kids are forced to learn today, whether the parents want them to or not.

OverBurn

(1,089 posts)
9. We already have the worse child care support for it's citizens than any modern country in the world?
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 08:52 PM
7 hrs ago

I'm sure the Trumpster is gonna fix it. He's probably has concepts of a plan.

bucolic_frolic

(46,970 posts)
10. Or your pregnancy could have life-threatening complications that can't be treated
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 09:09 PM
6 hrs ago

because lawyers and politicians and religious leaders are in your health care appointments and won't let your doctor do his job.

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