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General Discussion / Re: AmeriPol thread
« on: May 05, 2022, 12:46:04 am »I thought it was obvious that I meant more threatened than usual.It wasn't. If you wanted to make that obvious, use language that doesn't downplay the normal dangers of pregnancy, instead of implying they're not a life-threatening concern. Make it clear you're willing to force people to risk life and limb under common circumstances and punish them if they choose not to. It's seven kinds of frustrating to see the risks and dangers mothers take on to give birth downplayed, and it's something that's damnably rampant in a lot of places.
Still, while it's not something I agree with, for myriad reasons, I'm not going to try to stop someone from holding the belief that at some point a child's birth is worth more than a mother's health to the point coercion and the brutality of the carceral system becomes acceptable. I'd just really prefer folks bloody own that when it's the position they're staking.
And if it's not, well, try to be careful about how you're phrasing things when it comes to an issue this rough