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marag

And a vid you need to watch that isn't funny at all

Oct 29, 2008 20:34

Oh. My. I know I'm all spammy today but...you need to watch this ad from the National Advocates for Pregnant Women, explaining the real life consequences on women who are trying to carry a baby to term of antiabortion and fetal rights laws. Wow ( Read more... )

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marag October 30 2008, 00:54:14 UTC

Yeah, pretty much. I was literally shaking with anger watching it. Several of those situations could have been me! I had a twin die. I might have chosen VBAC for this delivery. I had to make a decision about a C-section.

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marag October 30 2008, 00:59:08 UTC

I can't cope either. I mean, I feel out of control enough now, but just imagining this stuff makes me freak out.

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marag October 30 2008, 00:56:05 UTC

Yes, indeed it does sound a lot like what I remember of the Crazy Years. ::sigh::

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marag October 30 2008, 00:57:00 UTC

Sorry about that. Maybe I should have started the post with a four hanky alert, because that's about how many I needed.

Makes ya want to beat the crap out of someone, doesn't it?

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marag October 30 2008, 01:22:50 UTC

What scares me is how I can totally see that happening. ::headdesk::

Y'know, this fits in nicely with the discussion going on in fictionbya's LJ about feminism...

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marag October 30 2008, 01:03:10 UTC

Oh yes, I can take a wild guess how you feel. ::hugs:: I seem to recall you got some stupid enough stuff from the hospital personnel, but at least nobody arrested you.

I can't imagine...I literally cannot begin to imagine what it would be like to lose a baby and then BE ARRESTED. If I could meet the people who thought that was a good idea, I would hurt them very badly.

smurasaki October 30 2008, 01:48:50 UTC

That video makes me want a hysterectomy. The thought that my life could become irrelevant because of a decision I didn't make is horrifying.

Needless to say, I voted NO on 48.

(Oh a more amusing note, as far as I can tell, if 48 were passed - horrors - you could buy a gun for your fetus. And property. And it might even be able to vote.)

marag October 30 2008, 12:06:08 UTC

Hey, I think my fetus needs a gun, don't you? ::eyeroll::

Right now I'm just clinging to the fact that I've got a rational doctor. Of course, it doesn't help that one of the cases in this ad took place in Maryland...

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