• thefartographer@lemm.ee
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    10 days ago

    Your worst case scenario assumes that 100% of abortions in Texas are due to unwanted pregnancies and that the yearly average holds steady.

    As we’re unfortunately and acutely aware of here in Texas, as the family-planning resources decrease, the number of unwanted or unexpected pregnancies increase. Also, a terrifying number of abortions are due to medical issues that could harm the babies or the mother.

    So, worst case is that a minimum of 50,000 mothers die and/or their babies experience agony for their desperately short lives. The fact that your proposed worse case is comparatively rosy should help you understand how fucking terrified and horrified we are in this nightmare that is Texas.

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      10 days ago

      Beautifully written.

      I only focus on that because I don’t think think they care about women or children suffering but maybe they care about crime rates in their neighborhoods.

      I also normally tell racists not giving bc to minorities means more minorities. Can’t win with empathy so try every angle no matter how scummy to stop suffering.

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        Racists typically don’t want less minorities, it’s not even like minorities are considered that based on their population but the power they wield. Racists want people to look down upon or subjucate. Without them they have to look inward to their own inadequacies.

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          What a crazy logic. Maybe they know deep down without minorities it’s them next for not being in the club.