As they have diminished our right to bodily autonomy and necessary medical care, they’re now working feverishly to remove our right to vote. Soon it will be no education past fifth grade and no climbing to the top (middle?) of the corporate ladder. We will be allowed to clean hotel rooms, serve meals in restaurants, and work in hospitals.
But not if we’re married. Being married will dictate a life of child-rearing, meal cooking, laundry service, and sex on-demand. There will be no ladder to aspire to. Men are gods that must be obeyed, they truly believe, and laws will be forthcoming as the trumpublican government - kleptocratic, theocratic, plutocratic - maintains the heighest standards of control imaginable.
It’s a bloodbath at NIH. So many studies are being shut down especially those that have anything g to do with the health of women and people of color. And patients who were receiving care for participating in studies are being cut off.
Perhaps it’s time for a proper smear campaign. These pseudoscience looney tunes are emboldened and running amok all over the country. Collectively for decades we’ve been letting them control language and the narrative while they pull the persecution card at every turn. I’m tired of folks tiptoeing around it. It’s time to get unapologetically MAD.
Christianity has never been about anything but power and profit. Things have gotten better than they once were. At one time the Church could collect taxes. In some places in Europe, it still does. Not only that, but many Christians would be happy to collect for the Church from socialism and this characterizes many on the 'left'.
I’m not understanding where you are going with this or what your point is? I’m personally a devout atheist with no allegiance to any particular party or group. Also, I’m not sure you can say things are looking any better right now as the government is aiming to funnel tax money into crisis pregnancy centers, religious schools, and “privatize” AKA control our education.
You say that Christianity has been a malevolent power on the prowl for decades. I'm saying it has always been a malevolent power on the prowl. For centuries. I'm also saying that it has representatives on both the 'right' and 'left'. That's all.
The results of the “Turnaway Study” were what women experienced prior to abortion being made legal. These results and the tens of thousands of women per year who died from botched illegal abortions plus numbers reaching close to 100 thousand women who were maimed per year from botched illegal abortions, were simple facts before legal abortion. The ad “make every child a wanted child” reflected that lack of bonding between women and the children they didn’t want but were forced to raise when adoption was not an option.
Lots of people screaming about right to life - but not many willing to step up to the plate to support a woman financially and medically through an unwanted pregnancy or to raise the child after it’s born.
BTW - we also fought these fights about women’s health being studied several Presidents ago.
Before RvR, the coat hanger was a symbol of opposition to criminalizing abortion, this being the commonly perceived tool in illegal or "back alley" abortions.
I don't think "every child a wanted child" was a good argument in support of abortion. Better, "every pregnancy a wanted pregnancy" is more to the point and avoids the fact that it is vastly unfair to children and adults to insist that everybody want every child.
So many of the voters have made their choice and decided to protect abortion rights in many states and yet these politicians are trying to ignore their will. Impeach and remove all of those conservative politicians for dereliction.
"There’s already an OBGYN exodus out of anti-abortion states" What if abortion rights activists focused on doctors? Encourage OBGYNs to not go to anti-abortion states to practice. In other words, supercharge this natural tendency of doctors to leave these states, and encourage more of an actual boycott. Focusing on new doctors would be easier, since they would not have to actually leave a practice and could simply decide not to move to an anti-abortion state to begin a practice. If enough doctors participated, this kind of "voting with their feet" could put tremendous pressure on legislators, since some states could get to a position where there are few if any OBGYNs in the state and women could not get any kind of pregnancy-related care. Doctors potentially exercise a lot of power here, because there are relatively few of them. I wonder how much of this kind of dialogue among doctors is already taking place.
It may turn out to be a blessing in disguise if all this horror results in the gop losing every election for the next 20 years, but, I have no faith in voters any more. We'll see.
Please tell me you’ve seen this one. Apparently a fetus is a “person” when it can be used to control and punish women, but it’s not a person if a Catholic hospital might lose money. The mask truly came off with this one. Unbelievable.
Funny how, in Florida, they're trying to enshrine the right of a fetus to sue on its own behalf. Will Catholic hospitals bail from Florida as a result? Grabbing popcorn.
I'm making Catholic friends (honestly had no idea I still had those) mad by talking about this, and the blatant hypocrisy of the world's largest and richest cabal (to use their word) of pedophiles being anti-choice because abortion, not child molestation, is what makes Jesus have a sad.
I agree, but I'm not sure I would characterize it as anti science. It is more simple ignorance, probably institutionalized by calcified administration and education. What was once scientific fact is often revealed to be wrong and is replaced by better scientific facts, but impoverished or superstitiously run institutions can't catch up.
As they have diminished our right to bodily autonomy and necessary medical care, they’re now working feverishly to remove our right to vote. Soon it will be no education past fifth grade and no climbing to the top (middle?) of the corporate ladder. We will be allowed to clean hotel rooms, serve meals in restaurants, and work in hospitals.
But not if we’re married. Being married will dictate a life of child-rearing, meal cooking, laundry service, and sex on-demand. There will be no ladder to aspire to. Men are gods that must be obeyed, they truly believe, and laws will be forthcoming as the trumpublican government - kleptocratic, theocratic, plutocratic - maintains the heighest standards of control imaginable.
Given the state of affairs Bruno may need to become a regular feature here.
That section about the pulling of funding for Ms. Foster's work is particularly infuriating.
I am just gob smacked at the asinine evil that the Republicans are doing every fucking day.
It’s a bloodbath at NIH. So many studies are being shut down especially those that have anything g to do with the health of women and people of color. And patients who were receiving care for participating in studies are being cut off.
Perhaps it’s time for a proper smear campaign. These pseudoscience looney tunes are emboldened and running amok all over the country. Collectively for decades we’ve been letting them control language and the narrative while they pull the persecution card at every turn. I’m tired of folks tiptoeing around it. It’s time to get unapologetically MAD.
Uh, you know, you could be talking about a lot of people on the so called "left" as well.
The right has weaponized Christianity for power and profit for decades. 8 in 10 white evangelical Christians voted for DT in 2024.
Christianity has never been about anything but power and profit. Things have gotten better than they once were. At one time the Church could collect taxes. In some places in Europe, it still does. Not only that, but many Christians would be happy to collect for the Church from socialism and this characterizes many on the 'left'.
I’m not understanding where you are going with this or what your point is? I’m personally a devout atheist with no allegiance to any particular party or group. Also, I’m not sure you can say things are looking any better right now as the government is aiming to funnel tax money into crisis pregnancy centers, religious schools, and “privatize” AKA control our education.
You say that Christianity has been a malevolent power on the prowl for decades. I'm saying it has always been a malevolent power on the prowl. For centuries. I'm also saying that it has representatives on both the 'right' and 'left'. That's all.
Right on. Yes agreed
Sure, I don’t care if they claim left or right. This particular comment is regarding the extreme religious antiabortion activists and legislators.
Every time a woman dies because she can't get medical help, a legislator who passed bans needs to die, also
Oh how I wish I hadn't clicked on that NatalCon link...
The results of the “Turnaway Study” were what women experienced prior to abortion being made legal. These results and the tens of thousands of women per year who died from botched illegal abortions plus numbers reaching close to 100 thousand women who were maimed per year from botched illegal abortions, were simple facts before legal abortion. The ad “make every child a wanted child” reflected that lack of bonding between women and the children they didn’t want but were forced to raise when adoption was not an option.
Lots of people screaming about right to life - but not many willing to step up to the plate to support a woman financially and medically through an unwanted pregnancy or to raise the child after it’s born.
BTW - we also fought these fights about women’s health being studied several Presidents ago.
Before RvR, the coat hanger was a symbol of opposition to criminalizing abortion, this being the commonly perceived tool in illegal or "back alley" abortions.
I don't think "every child a wanted child" was a good argument in support of abortion. Better, "every pregnancy a wanted pregnancy" is more to the point and avoids the fact that it is vastly unfair to children and adults to insist that everybody want every child.
So many of the voters have made their choice and decided to protect abortion rights in many states and yet these politicians are trying to ignore their will. Impeach and remove all of those conservative politicians for dereliction.
"There’s already an OBGYN exodus out of anti-abortion states" What if abortion rights activists focused on doctors? Encourage OBGYNs to not go to anti-abortion states to practice. In other words, supercharge this natural tendency of doctors to leave these states, and encourage more of an actual boycott. Focusing on new doctors would be easier, since they would not have to actually leave a practice and could simply decide not to move to an anti-abortion state to begin a practice. If enough doctors participated, this kind of "voting with their feet" could put tremendous pressure on legislators, since some states could get to a position where there are few if any OBGYNs in the state and women could not get any kind of pregnancy-related care. Doctors potentially exercise a lot of power here, because there are relatively few of them. I wonder how much of this kind of dialogue among doctors is already taking place.
It’s all so terrifying and the worst part IS, as you say above, my loss of faith and trust in my fellow American voters now!!!!!!!!
It may turn out to be a blessing in disguise if all this horror results in the gop losing every election for the next 20 years, but, I have no faith in voters any more. We'll see.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2025/04/10/catholic-health-initiatives-iowa-argues-a-fetus-isnt-the-same-as-a-person-in-lawsuit/83018157007/
Please tell me you’ve seen this one. Apparently a fetus is a “person” when it can be used to control and punish women, but it’s not a person if a Catholic hospital might lose money. The mask truly came off with this one. Unbelievable.
Funny how, in Florida, they're trying to enshrine the right of a fetus to sue on its own behalf. Will Catholic hospitals bail from Florida as a result? Grabbing popcorn.
I'm making Catholic friends (honestly had no idea I still had those) mad by talking about this, and the blatant hypocrisy of the world's largest and richest cabal (to use their word) of pedophiles being anti-choice because abortion, not child molestation, is what makes Jesus have a sad.
Funny how that works. Go look for consistency in the antiabortion argument or religion in general.
I agree, but I'm not sure I would characterize it as anti science. It is more simple ignorance, probably institutionalized by calcified administration and education. What was once scientific fact is often revealed to be wrong and is replaced by better scientific facts, but impoverished or superstitiously run institutions can't catch up.