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[-] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 year ago

Reproductive rights is healthcare.

[-] Ohthereyouare@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yep. It is. That's sorta the point though. "Worst" is subjective. Personally? I'd never move to one of those 10 places. But, a lot of them think that the lack of reproductive rights is a good thing, not a bad thing.

I don't think that... But, a lot of folks in America do.

[-] Eldritch@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Just not a majority anywhere. Minority rule baby!

[-] Ohthereyouare@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Did I mention majorities?

[-] MomoTimeToDie@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Cool, popular and correct are not synonyms

[-] Eldritch@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

There's only one thing worse than mob rule by a majority. And that's authoritarian rule by a minority. So it doesn't mater.

[-] MomoTimeToDie@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Lol that's just what every populist jackass says to avoid actually defending their horrific views.

[-] rambaroo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah I agree, Christians do have a lot of horrific views, like equating a fucking zygote with a human being.

[-] Eldritch@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

So you actually have nothing valuable to say? Gotcha. I never mentioned any of my views BTW. But you keep stuffing that strawman.

[-] MomoTimeToDie@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago
[-] TotallynotJessica@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Only because the US doesn't consider healthcare a right because we're backwards af.

[-] MomoTimeToDie@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Healthcare isn't a right because a right cannot be reliant on service provided by others. That's just an entitlement given out by shitty governments. Not to mention that abortion isn't Healthcare

[-] JoeyJoeJoeJr@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago

Your right to a jury trial depends on the service of your fellow citizens, as well as the judge, etc.

Your right to vote depends on the service of many volunteers to work the polls, count votes, etc.

Rights are granted and protected by governments; whether they require a service is irrelevant.

[-] MomoTimeToDie@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I disagree that either of those is a right. They're just procedural rules regarding government power.

[-] JoeyJoeJoeJr@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

That sidesteps my point, which was that "rights" are granted by governments (the first of those two, jury trial, is literally in "The Bill of Rights"). You can disagree about what should be a right, and in a country with a democratic procedure for determining rights, you can vote to change what is considered a right, but whether it requires a service or not is irrelevant.

Healthcare requiring service does not preclude it from being a right.

[-] MomoTimeToDie@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

That sidesteps my point, which was that “rights” are granted by governments

False. Our rights exist whether or not governments choose to respect them.

[-] Balex@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

What would be some examples of rights in your mind?

[-] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

So tell us again how abortion is not a right.

[-] JoeyJoeJoeJr@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Where do they come from?

[-] marx2k@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If you're talking about natural rights, that philosophy works great if you're alone on an island. Once there's at least one other person, the philosophy gets drowned in a bathtub because you held something slightly valuable someone else wanted.

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