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In reply to the discussion: Terrifying Precedent: Woman to Be Tried for Murder for Giving Birth to Stillborn When She Was 16 [View all]La Lioness Priyanka
(53,866 posts)166. taking a healthcare choice away from women is a misogynistic stance REGARDLESS
of your position on war/capital punishment.
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Terrifying Precedent: Woman to Be Tried for Murder for Giving Birth to Stillborn When She Was 16 [View all]
kpete
Mar 2014
OP
Think what a Teabigot administration would do with health records. They'd go back and find every
freshwest
Mar 2014
#41
I totally agree. And don't look now, but now you can add any woman who delivered a stillborn baby.
Squinch
Mar 2014
#43
Oh, you have to read her other books. Cat's Eye is good. Also Alias Grace, Bluebeard's Ghost.
Squinch
Mar 2014
#110
They fully intend to destroy the Constiution. Ryan has promised that with a majority of RED states,
freshwest
Mar 2014
#150
And not only that, the christening is 30 days after the birth, assuming it survives that long.
RC
Mar 2014
#13
i never heard that where and in which bible - not trying to start a fight just want to read that
leftyohiolib
Mar 2014
#24
The bible also says that the punishment for murder is death and the punishment for inducing
LeftyMom
Mar 2014
#56
The writing was on the wall when they started jailing women for falling down stairs while pregnant.
redqueen
Mar 2014
#4
African Americans and other minorities are usually where overreachers dip a toe in the water.
JoeyT
Mar 2014
#20
Yes. Deny them healthcare and then arrest them for not caring for the fetus. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Mar 2014
#113
Coroners are elected officials in Mississippi who do not require a medical degree.
PeaceNikki
Mar 2014
#11
MISSISSIPPI .. hate to say it but when I hear anything that comes out of that State >
YOHABLO
Mar 2014
#48
And can this "byproduct" be replicated by otherwise legal or prescribed substances -
haele
Mar 2014
#118
This is government overreach, even with prenatal care problems still occurs. I would wonder in this
Thinkingabout
Mar 2014
#27
My son is alive only because they caught this while he was being born.
Benton D Struckcheon
Mar 2014
#33
No question the solution to the problems you described is education and access
Maedhros
Mar 2014
#71
Never. ... Education about pre-natal care is a much better tactic than prosecution.
Arugula Latte
Mar 2014
#120
cause of death was also the most obvious: the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck.
pragmatic_dem
Mar 2014
#44
wtf??!! She may not even have known she was pregnant! Irregular periods are a common teen
riderinthestorm
Mar 2014
#45
Women often have no idea that they are pregnant until weeks or even a couple of months
tblue37
Mar 2014
#63
So we can add teenagers, drug abuse and addiction to the list of things you don't understand.
LeftyMom
Mar 2014
#76
So many nights staying up past dawn, half-hoping there's none left and half-hoping there is...
nomorenomore08
Mar 2014
#156
I agree no one should go to jail for using drugs. But cocaine is certainly addictive even if
nomorenomore08
Mar 2014
#155
What a stupid response to a post. You grammar police must be insecure as hell. n-t
Logical
Mar 2014
#145
There were no drugs in her system, and "cocaine byproducts" in the fetus could mean
tblue37
Mar 2014
#78
But sincea woman might have no idea that she is pregnant, how on earth could she
tblue37
Mar 2014
#81
I think for a lot of them that's already the case. Hence why they're usually such balls of sunshine.
nomorenomore08
Mar 2014
#157
With all due respect to Mississippians, but Mississippi is one truly f'd up place!!! nt
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2014
#46
I like that. And let's not forget yes, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, etc.
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2014
#89
All pro-lifers are misogynists. Pro-lifers think women should not have the right to bodily integrity
redqueen
Mar 2014
#122
LOL. that's because anti-choicers are misogynists. its not a misconception. nt
La Lioness Priyanka
Mar 2014
#139
taking a healthcare choice away from women is a misogynistic stance REGARDLESS
La Lioness Priyanka
Mar 2014
#166
"Pro-lifer"? Fine. I just hope no women bleed to death in an alleyway thanks to your "advocacy." nt
nomorenomore08
Mar 2014
#158
Because that's the sort of thing that happens when abortion is outlawed. Just saying.
nomorenomore08
Mar 2014
#163
Because when abortion is illegal, women who desperately don't want to be pregnant will still
nomorenomore08
Mar 2014
#175
Didn't believe that this crap goes on....buy yep it's true - are we on the same planet?????
burfman
Mar 2014
#129