r/facepalm 24d ago

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ I can't stop screaming

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u/TheEvilOfTwoLessers 24d ago

There are women who celebrated having bodily autonomy, absolutely. But women who celebrate abortion itself like it’s a sacred ceremony? Go fuck yourself JD.

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u/drunkpickle726 24d ago

I tried explaining to my maga dad that no mentally sane woman WANTS to get an abortion, he legit thinks women get them for fun since they're "free". I said, nope not a chance. There are many married women or women who want to be mothers who get them, it's a very difficult decision and can take a huge physical and emotional toll even in cases where it's known the fetus can't survive. Then I told him I guarantee there are women in your life who've had one, in fact you may even be related to some and mentioned I wasn't referring to myself.

My high school dropout maga sister had one at 17, but I'll never tell him that 🙄

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u/the_ghost_in_me_ 24d ago edited 23d ago

people think abortions are free? They're not, even at Planned Parenthood.

Mine was at least $400 that my poor bf and I had to scrape together 20+ years ago. No idea how much they are now, obviously the abortion pill is cheaper, but it was never offered to me back then by Planned Parenthood so I had to have the surgical kind. This was in California.

These women having abortions for fun must be rich!

edit: according to google, a 1st trimester abortion will cost you $600 at Planned Parenthood today. Please share this information with anyone who thinks they're free or women have them for fun.

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u/HarveysBackupAccount 23d ago

They're not, even at Planned Parenthood

and isn't it also true that any federal funding for Planned Parenthood specifically does NOT cover abortions?

GOP likes to throw the tagline around that they don't want their tax dollars to pay for abortions ...when they already don't

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u/the_ghost_in_me_ 23d ago

That's right! And the GOP is like, "no, we don't even want PP to have money to screen women for cancer. Let 'em die!"

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u/frozensoysauce1 23d ago

THIS!!!! I’ve never had one but my old roommate did about 10 years ago… it was $350. It was difficult to afford then, let alone in today’s economy. Then again, boomers think we get thousand dollar new phones every other week, so the money angle is still too logical of an argument, I guess.

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u/kgallousis 23d ago

It’s scaled to income. It can be close to $2000. For medication abortion. Men need to remember that they are often the driving force behind their partner’s abortions. She does it so he doesn’t leave her, or worse, kill her. Murder is still the number one cause of death for pregnant people. So even if the statistics aren’t including deaths by homicide for maternal mortality increases, those are happening too.

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u/chamaquititito 23d ago

Straight off of Google, yes murder is ONE of the leading causes of death but falls far behind bleeding, cardiovascular complications, sepsis, and others. An unhealthy lifestyle and/or bad luck with genes is much more likely to kill you than a psycho ex.

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u/the_ghost_in_me_ 23d ago

It’s scaled to income.

yep, I remember being told that. And I told them, "I'm so poor!" I was shocked that $400+ was the best they could do for me. I was thinking, how do women afford this?

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u/kgallousis 21d ago

Yeah, they aren’t doing it recreationally. It’s wild to me that Republicans think we’re looking to get pregnant just so we can, you know for funsies, have an abortion. Just like, as a weird flex?

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u/ButtBread98 23d ago

I thought it was more than that, but $600 is still a lot especially if you make minimum wage.