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Diamond_Dog

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21. My thoughts on this subject

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2025, 05:37 PM

Dec 18

Republicans, look what you have done. You have made having children so costly, and women’s healthcare so frightening, that young women are literally sterilizing themselves because they feel as though they’re backed into a hopeless corner. Literally, “Your money or your life.” Looking at you, Shady Vance, and others, who blabber on about how selfish child free women are. I’d like to see any of them go through pregnancy, labor, and 18 years of staying home with kids and no help.

Our society is heinously anti-family. No woman should be made to feel guilty about not wanting to children.

Men, you have to be better, too. Vigorously support and defend abortion rights, workplace equity, family leave, affordable healthcare.

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More young, childless women are getting their tubes tied. [View all] applegrove Dec 18 OP

The right-wingers are going to shit! Aristus Dec 18 #1

Well there's that but also the fact that they hate when women have autonomy over their bodies AZJonnie Dec 18 #3

Actually the male right wingers want to keep women at home and making babies. Diamond_Dog Dec 18 #4

And I can only imagine what the radtrads and fundamentalists will say... keep_left Dec 18 #19

the right wingers will take that away -- either by law or by buying the hospitals JT45242 Dec 18 #2

Probably doesn't have to happen in a hospital. MorbidButterflyTat Dec 18 #22

You are correct I had mine done at a clinic Akacia Dec 18 #23

Here in Iowa almost all clinics are associated with a hospital group JT45242 Dec 18 #24

Does anyone have a link without a paywall? This one does not work for me. Thanks in advance. Diamond_Dog Dec 18 #5

Sorry. I don't know how to do that. The link to the NYTimes applegrove Dec 18 #6

I have shown posters here the archive site link so so many times before. Here it is again: Celerity Dec 18 #20

Here is an out-take from the article: applegrove Dec 18 #7

I think this will work angel823 Dec 18 #8

Good. Tbh I haven't heard convincing pro-natal arguments to women not wanting babies and why they should have them. Oneironaut Dec 18 #9

Good. Their body, their choice. And frankly flvegan Dec 18 #10

Just one of the reasons to not have children in the US is area51 Dec 18 #11

We are not childLESS, we are childFREE synni Dec 18 #12

You are bloody well right irisblue Dec 18 #15

Can't say I blame them under the circumstances MustLoveBeagles Dec 18 #13

There are entire Discord groups xmas74 Dec 18 #14

I'm sure that tubal ligation woud be a seriously punishable crime in the Republic of Gilead. flashman13 Dec 18 #16

The wealthy can get in vitro gulliver Dec 18 #17

Men Have Options Too 2na fisherman Dec 18 #18

My thoughts on this subject Diamond_Dog Dec 18 #21