I suggest the book "The Fall of Roe" which Dannenfelser features in quite prominently. It's insane to me that all of these people that are DEEP in the anti-abortion movement have so much power. Republicans are bringing forward THEIR legislation that they write. They don't even care what's in the bills!
After listening to & reading “The Fall of Roe: The Rise of a New America” by Elizabeth Dias & Lisa Lerer, I truly believe Marjorie Dannenfelser is pure evil. That access these authors had to the anti abortion movement is unmatched. During one of trump’s debates w Hillary Clinton when he said Democrats wanted “to rip babies from their mother’s wombs & kill them” Dannenfelser literally cheered when he said it.
I found it interesting that she was fine with a falling-out with one of her daughter's because she chose to support him even after the "grab em by the pussy" stuff.
This was a very interesting read. We need more people like you to help spread the truth about abortion. I'm also working to spread through the truth with my account.
Do these people know their pet project is killing women!? I can't imagine it feels good to look in the mirror.
The elephant in the room? How dare they call themselves "godly" people.
We will let them know, again, just as we did in 2018, 2020, 2022, that we aren't falling for this, and that their attitudes towards women are NOT acceptable, we will not stand for this.
And nobody is more vulnerable to abuse than an already abused, neglected kid. Ask me how I know! I honestly believe that anti-abortion nuts have had really soft, cushy lives and can't imagine the desperate poverty and unsafe relationships that so many American women live in. So their opinions are invalidated, IMO. If you can't understand it, you can't UNDERSTAND it, so sit down, close your mouth, and open your ears.
These people, honestly. Zero empathy, except for fetuses they only "value" because they ask nothing in return. As soon as they need food/clothing/diapers/medical care, Repubs are like BABY BOOTSTRAPS UR MOM SHOULDA THOUGHT ABOUT THAT AND KEPT HER LEGS CLOSED.
There ought to be no such thing as an anti-abortion group with 'mainstream credibility'. State governments doing their bidding are murdering women all over this country.
As bad as Trump is, the people controlling him are much, much worse. Trump is a charlatan who only cares about himself. But the people using him for power care very much about hurting the rest of us, which they believe their god commands them to do.
Hitler's contemporaries thought he was a clown too. There comes a point when the killing can no longer be discounted or ignored.
So excited - Vi, who used to be one of my roommates, got Dazi and I tickets to go with her to see Margaret Atwood tonight at Unity Temple on the Plaza!
Originally at the library, tickets were gone in less than 60 seconds, so they moved it to Unity. The additional tickets lasted less than two hours, but Vi managed to score three for us since she works for some event outfit.
Sitting here listening to a violin/cello duo serenading us while waiting for Margaret to arrive.
Why do they care? Why does anybody care about what other people do in their own lives? It just baffles me, why they feel so strongly about American women and their pregnancies. It’s so obviously about control, and women that participate in it are really offensive to me. I drove by a yard that had a sign that said vote no on 4 , (I have yet to see a single yes on 4 yard sign, I want one, but they are charging 30$ a piece for them) amendment 4 is our abortion initiative. Why?! I am a 36 year old woman and I already have 1 child a son from a previous relationship. I met a really great man and I have been thinking of having another child. But what a gamble to take right now, if there are any problems they will literally let me die here in Florida. This sucks, my biological clock is ticking, and I am older everyday.
I don't know what wire in their brains went haywire. What I do know is that this obscene crusade has killed women. The mortality rate of women in TX and other Trump abortion ban states is spiking up sharply (no surprise).
These people are sick, twisted, and perverse. It takes a sick mind to continue this work when I know damn well they're aware of the results of their disgusting crusade.
I worry about every woman of childbearing age today. I'm also so sad to read your post, because it is true. As an RN, I'm furious that things have gotten to this point, that women don't feel safe and worry about not getting basic medical, maternity, and gynecological care-all because of some sick freaks that think their mission is "god given".
As an ICU RN, I've become so disillusioned and pessimistic about religion. I would certainly consider myself agnostic at this point, if not completely atheist. This idea that a benevolent god let's this shit happen every fucking day is insane. No god I know would prefer that a woman DIE instead of get an abortion and that she leaves her living children behind with that trauma. I have told my husband many times and he agrees, if I was pregnant and it was a choice between me and the fetus, choose me every single time. My boys need me.
From another RN (hey, friend! you believe this crap?), sometime during the pandemic, I decided I was done being "professional" and "appropriate" and never telling anyone what shady garbage our higher-ups were up to, or why we seemed so short-staffed, or how they could really help improve things by answering Press Ganey honestly. I have no allegiance anymore except to my patients. Period. They ask me to level with them? If it's information they should have, morally and ethically, to make good decisions, I give it to them. I am done shielding hospital corporations from the consequences of their monstrous, profit-driven choices. The industry no longer has my allegiance -- every shred of loyalty I have belongs to my patients and them alone. (Hire strong, honorable women [and men], put them through hell, tell them [through online modules, not actions] how important it is to always do the right thing, make them both deeply empathetic and damn near indestructible, then expect them to be like "oh, okay!" and bend to your capitalist garbage? LOL. Caring doesn't turn off at the board's convenience.)
Ok? God understands when women choose to terminate a pregnancy, whatever the reason, electively or due to complications. These people are about slut shaming and limiting our choices.
Thanks Jessica. I hope Harris and her team are aware of this. The Catholic Church and Christian Nationalists. But the Catholic church has lots of money and old deep pockets. Glad I’m not Catholic anymore.
I suggest the book "The Fall of Roe" which Dannenfelser features in quite prominently. It's insane to me that all of these people that are DEEP in the anti-abortion movement have so much power. Republicans are bringing forward THEIR legislation that they write. They don't even care what's in the bills!
This guy is such an effing TROLL.
Thank you so much for all the work you are doing. I am so grateful for your wise words and excellent research.
I hope Walz is well prepared for this at the October 1 debate with fuck face Vance
I LOL'd loudly enough to SCARE THE NEIGHBOR'S DOG. Thank you.
Even if he wasn't, he is a compassionate man who supports women's right to bodily autonomy. The contrast will be stark.
After listening to & reading “The Fall of Roe: The Rise of a New America” by Elizabeth Dias & Lisa Lerer, I truly believe Marjorie Dannenfelser is pure evil. That access these authors had to the anti abortion movement is unmatched. During one of trump’s debates w Hillary Clinton when he said Democrats wanted “to rip babies from their mother’s wombs & kill them” Dannenfelser literally cheered when he said it.
I found it interesting that she was fine with a falling-out with one of her daughter's because she chose to support him even after the "grab em by the pussy" stuff.
This was a very interesting read. We need more people like you to help spread the truth about abortion. I'm also working to spread through the truth with my account.
My Amazon App says your book arrives Tuesday! I hope you get to talk to a lot of people about it.
I think this is a new story for the AED annals. Sickening. The fact that this is happening to black and brown people more must be seen as a pattern.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/23/health/south-carolina-abortion-kff-health-news-partner/index.html
This opinion piece by Michelle Goldberg is a worthy accompaniment to Jessica’s post. It’s here as a gift post from me:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/09/opinion/trump-anti-abortion-evangelical.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NU4.gB9R.G8RMPwAhm_50&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
This is just disgusting. *clears throat*
Do these people know their pet project is killing women!? I can't imagine it feels good to look in the mirror.
The elephant in the room? How dare they call themselves "godly" people.
We will let them know, again, just as we did in 2018, 2020, 2022, that we aren't falling for this, and that their attitudes towards women are NOT acceptable, we will not stand for this.
Holy shit
Quite frankly I have decided that one reason that the Catholic Church is so anti-choice is that their priest need more children to abuse.
And nobody is more vulnerable to abuse than an already abused, neglected kid. Ask me how I know! I honestly believe that anti-abortion nuts have had really soft, cushy lives and can't imagine the desperate poverty and unsafe relationships that so many American women live in. So their opinions are invalidated, IMO. If you can't understand it, you can't UNDERSTAND it, so sit down, close your mouth, and open your ears.
These people, honestly. Zero empathy, except for fetuses they only "value" because they ask nothing in return. As soon as they need food/clothing/diapers/medical care, Repubs are like BABY BOOTSTRAPS UR MOM SHOULDA THOUGHT ABOUT THAT AND KEPT HER LEGS CLOSED.
Disgusting people.
There ought to be no such thing as an anti-abortion group with 'mainstream credibility'. State governments doing their bidding are murdering women all over this country.
As bad as Trump is, the people controlling him are much, much worse. Trump is a charlatan who only cares about himself. But the people using him for power care very much about hurting the rest of us, which they believe their god commands them to do.
Hitler's contemporaries thought he was a clown too. There comes a point when the killing can no longer be discounted or ignored.
So excited - Vi, who used to be one of my roommates, got Dazi and I tickets to go with her to see Margaret Atwood tonight at Unity Temple on the Plaza!
Originally at the library, tickets were gone in less than 60 seconds, so they moved it to Unity. The additional tickets lasted less than two hours, but Vi managed to score three for us since she works for some event outfit.
Sitting here listening to a violin/cello duo serenading us while waiting for Margaret to arrive.
Why do they care? Why does anybody care about what other people do in their own lives? It just baffles me, why they feel so strongly about American women and their pregnancies. It’s so obviously about control, and women that participate in it are really offensive to me. I drove by a yard that had a sign that said vote no on 4 , (I have yet to see a single yes on 4 yard sign, I want one, but they are charging 30$ a piece for them) amendment 4 is our abortion initiative. Why?! I am a 36 year old woman and I already have 1 child a son from a previous relationship. I met a really great man and I have been thinking of having another child. But what a gamble to take right now, if there are any problems they will literally let me die here in Florida. This sucks, my biological clock is ticking, and I am older everyday.
I don't know what wire in their brains went haywire. What I do know is that this obscene crusade has killed women. The mortality rate of women in TX and other Trump abortion ban states is spiking up sharply (no surprise).
These people are sick, twisted, and perverse. It takes a sick mind to continue this work when I know damn well they're aware of the results of their disgusting crusade.
I worry about every woman of childbearing age today. I'm also so sad to read your post, because it is true. As an RN, I'm furious that things have gotten to this point, that women don't feel safe and worry about not getting basic medical, maternity, and gynecological care-all because of some sick freaks that think their mission is "god given".
I want nothing to do with a god like that.
As an ICU RN, I've become so disillusioned and pessimistic about religion. I would certainly consider myself agnostic at this point, if not completely atheist. This idea that a benevolent god let's this shit happen every fucking day is insane. No god I know would prefer that a woman DIE instead of get an abortion and that she leaves her living children behind with that trauma. I have told my husband many times and he agrees, if I was pregnant and it was a choice between me and the fetus, choose me every single time. My boys need me.
From another RN (hey, friend! you believe this crap?), sometime during the pandemic, I decided I was done being "professional" and "appropriate" and never telling anyone what shady garbage our higher-ups were up to, or why we seemed so short-staffed, or how they could really help improve things by answering Press Ganey honestly. I have no allegiance anymore except to my patients. Period. They ask me to level with them? If it's information they should have, morally and ethically, to make good decisions, I give it to them. I am done shielding hospital corporations from the consequences of their monstrous, profit-driven choices. The industry no longer has my allegiance -- every shred of loyalty I have belongs to my patients and them alone. (Hire strong, honorable women [and men], put them through hell, tell them [through online modules, not actions] how important it is to always do the right thing, make them both deeply empathetic and damn near indestructible, then expect them to be like "oh, okay!" and bend to your capitalist garbage? LOL. Caring doesn't turn off at the board's convenience.)
Ok? God understands when women choose to terminate a pregnancy, whatever the reason, electively or due to complications. These people are about slut shaming and limiting our choices.
Thanks Jessica. I hope Harris and her team are aware of this. The Catholic Church and Christian Nationalists. But the Catholic church has lots of money and old deep pockets. Glad I’m not Catholic anymore.