• Cosmicomical@lemmy.world
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    “Congenital anomalies, which are the leading cause of infant death, also increased in Texas but not the rest of the US.”

    Just in case anybody was wondering

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    At least the babies that would’ve been aborted due to serious birth defects got to experience the joy of life, specifically life filled with suffering and agony, for the a few minutes/days they survived

    I’m sure they would be soo grateful to the fucking braindead assholes that made this happen

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      I do not understand. If the mama hurts the baby to abort it herself, she is also in wrong, no?

      I read other and im confused. I’m not an American and I’m not aware what the pro lifers want but if it’s a medical problem, shouldn’t the mamas get to decide what they want to do? I though that was default in 21st century.

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          This is real, that’s the human life they’re trying to save by preventing abortion. This kid can’t see, can’t hear, can’t feel. Very poor prognosis for this kid.

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            They all die, it’s so pointless. Antichoicers should be forced to explain to a pregnant 12-year-old incest victim why they have to have their father’s genetic mutation.

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    Clearly those dead babies didn’t have enough gumption. Should have just pulled themselves out of the womb by their bootstraps and gotten a job

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      Some of the most successful people on earth have a thriving business and achieve financial independence before they’re even born.

      If the first thing you do is nurse after you pop out, you’re already behind.

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    They absolutely do not give one single fuck. It’s almost entirely about the culture war and keeping a fanatical base frothing mad at everyone but their team so they can continue to hold power and be as legally corrupt as they want.

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    Sharp rise in syphilitic pregnancies. Congenital syphilis subjects a kid to some brutal handicaps from day one. And in a state like Texas, where Medicaid is made deliberately difficult to access and health care is obscenely expensive, it can easily be a death sentence.

    So, anyway, Right-To-Life hooray!

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    This shouldn’t be a surprise because many of the pregnancies that would have been terminated were nonviable.

    A pro-life person would argue that aborted pregnancies should count as infant mortality and therefore the rate has dropped precipitously.

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      They could argue that. It would be a completely fucking asinine argument, but that doesn’t stop them.

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    No see when it happens as a result of our maliciously horrible decision making it’s god’s plan.

    You didn’t expect us to ever own up to our own evil decisions did you?

    -RNC, loading Project 2025 in the chamber for if you don’t vote blue this year.

  • edric@lemm.ee
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    I read an idiotic comment on an article about this that said something along the lines of: “what is not mentioned is the amount of babies saved because of not being aborted.”

    • 🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.world
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      I think something worth considering is that pro-lifers were already counting abortions at any stage as ‘infant mortality’, so they probably don’t see an issue with this news.

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      Thank you for providing the context! Some people get their understanding of the news from memes alone, making society worse.