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[-] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 38 points 2 months ago

They know, that's the point.

[-] potustheplant@feddit.nl 29 points 2 months ago
[-] starbrite@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 months ago

Ikr? Lemmy is 99% stuff like this, when really all i want to do on here is laugh

[-] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago

Yes. It gets tiring. There aren't even breaks in between "zomg! Look what trump and friends are doing! We are so much better" memes over and over and over and over.

[-] Grumpy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

It's not and such content should be banned from memes. But Lemmy has nearly no moderation on validity of content. Tbh, I like Reddit a lot better in many ways except for the asshole admins. It has problems, but still lot better controlled than here.

[-] Rubisco@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 months ago

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[-] abbiistabbii 17 points 2 months ago

Which is why republicans and conservatives want it gone: they want you to have children.

[-] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 months ago

They want you to have children, and they want you to do it before you're ready. They want you to be barely surviving so you can't afford to switch jobs or take time off. They want you too powerless to have any leverage over your ~~owner~~ employer.

[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

They want having children to be a woman's punishment for unapproved sex, and they want the kid (who had zero responsibility for creating that situation) to suffer through it along with her, with zero help so it's all as unpleasant as possible, cuz apparently that makes Baby Jesus smile. Fucking lunatics.

[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 months ago

I know I'm probably wrong here, and I'm willing to be better informed, but I don't like the phrasing of abortion as mere "birth control," as if it were equal to methods that prevent conception or implantation.

Do people really feel it's not a different sort of act, or would people be comfortable using abortion as their sole means of birth control (if it were safe and inconsequential to the woman)? And yes, I understand that the morning after pill is something of a gray area.

Also yes, I am a Christian. But I understand that there are good reasons for abortion remaining legal.

[-] Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 months ago

Abortion is, by definition, a form of birth control, but I don't think most people would ever consider it to be equal to other forms of controlling birth. However, let's not forget that for a lot of people abortion is quite literally the only birth control they may have access to, and even that access may come at huge risk. There are often family, social, religious (this is the big one), or cultural pressures that get in the way of accessing contraceptives until it is too late.

[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Absolutely understand, and while it's hard for me to believe that anyone doesn't know about condoms, a religious person who chooses abortion over condoms really makes me scratch my head.

But I guess you mean a kid living in a "religious" household. Man, I wish there was a way to communicate to kids that feeling your old enough for sex means feeling you're old enough to make good decisions about preventing pregnancy.

I mean frankly the whole thing's just too damn big for me. My heart goes out to everyone who finds themselves with these kinds of choices.

[-] Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

Yeah, I was getting at living in a religious household, but I can say from experience that it goes far deeper than that. There is way too often a toxic and parasitic mentality that constantly says things like birth control are evil and aren't to be talked about. When that kind of thinking permeates every aspect of one's life or community, it can make it difficult, humiliating, or outright dangerous for people to seek out things like contraceptives.

Also, I know this thinking doesn't hold true of all religious folks, and it's refreshing to see someone genuinely curious and asking questions rather than judging automatically, so thank you.

[-] Funkytom467@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Well depends what you mean by birth control... is it a way to prevent pregnancy or children?

Since birth is in the name i'd say the term is better suited for referring to anything preventing the birth of a children. But what the term refers to has no barring on what's happening.

It never meant people don't make a difference. Any reasonable women knows and feel the difference.

The fact it's less safe and has worse effects on your health is just another way we realize how serious an abortion is. It will never be inconsequential even if it was safe.

Please do not trust anyone who says people disagree with this. They all have a political reason to lie.

[-] JovialMicrobial@lemm.ee 15 points 2 months ago

Birth control is nothing more than a form of medical technology. People against birth control and abortion(also medical technology) are Medical Luddites.

They must be afraid of losing their jobs at crisis pregnancy centers, or be afraid they won't be allowed to shame young single mothers anymore.

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[-] mEEGal@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

you forgot the funny part

[-] Naadan@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago

The folk wanting to restrict it probably don't want to respect autonomy too much.

[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

No need to sound like a political science textbook. Birth control means you don't have to get pegnorate!

[-] Piemanding@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago
[-] ReginaPhalange@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

PREG...PREGANANANT?

[-] chris@lem.cochrun.xyz 8 points 2 months ago

Doesn't not having sex do that a little better tho? Like i totally get the point, but also, having sex gives chance of baby right? So, don't do it unless you ready? Maybe I'm wrong.

[-] BaldManGoomba@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

Sex is a basic human need. Having a child isn't. You need to know you are compatible with your partner sexually or it will lead to tons of strife in a relationship. So not having sex unless you are asexual or a version of it isn't an option.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Sex is a basic human need.

Humans do not die if they don't have sex.

[-] FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Humans also do not die when they are shackled and locked in a dark room for years or decades, as long as you feed them. How is you argument sounding now?

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[-] gravityowl@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago

No, you're not "maybe wrong". You're absolutely and completely wrong seen as abstinence only programs have been shown over and over again to be ineffective. It's a sad attempt at policing people's desire for sex

[-] abbiistabbii 4 points 2 months ago

People fuck for various reasons. Taking away people's access to contraception doesn't stop that, it merely makes it more likely they'll have kids.

Abstinence only programs have shown themselves again and again to just produce teen pregnancies and STDs. Contraception, generally, is the best way to keep yourself from producing a child and the people who are against it tend to be the type of people who want the state to get into your bedroom.

[-] Liz@midwest.social 4 points 2 months ago

Logically, yes. But humans aren't purely logical. They're gonna have sex without access to birth control, even if they don't want a kid. Not all of them, but a lot of them. So why not just let them have both control?

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I've been told by multiple people that if men do not have sex they become fascists.

So, no, not having sex is apparently not an option.

[-] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You have the same worldview and understanding of human sexuality of an 8 year old.

Either your ridiculously naive or just straight up an idiot. Possibly both.

Jesus fucking Christ. I've never read anything so dumb on the internet. And I saw Trump get elected. Twice.

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[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago

Republicans:

Ban it

[-] Jarix@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

And mutually beneficially so does UBI et al

[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

You still are a wage slave paying rent to a landed lord.

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[-] Lila_Uraraka 3 points 2 months ago

Pro-lifers do not care a single bit

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