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So I recently noticed that my state has quietly removed the word "mother" from every official documentation I've seen, replacing it with "birthing parent" or some other euphemism. Iirc Colorado has already switched its language the same way, as have most Dem-run states.
Wasn't it only a few months ago we were told this was an insane conspiracy theory and only a few weirdos would ever try to abolish "mother"? Now it's been done so neatly and without fuss or any sign of resistance. Things that only last year would have sounded like insane paranoid delusions just... Happen with unanimous support.
What is there to even say? The insanity keeps coming so fast they hardly need to gaslight you any more. Has anyone here been "corrected" for saying the M-word yet?
Trump and the Republicans have played things like "post-birth abortions" very well so far. If they're smart, they'll apply the same mix of hyperbole and accuracy for the "abolition of motherhood". The Republicans may struggle with young women, but married women with children have been fertile ground (excuse the metaphor) for them and other conservative parties in the past.
Speaking of post-birth abortions, is this a real thing? My uneducated assumption : it's not, but also there is some kernel of truth there. Any abortion past fetal viability might look a lot like baby killing to someone who is watching it. How many of these happen every year? I will confess near complete ignorance.
While abortion is generally a winning issue for Democrats, they don't do themselves any favors when they hem-and-haw about late term abortions. It makes me think that the modal Democratic politician would support something that looks a lot like a baby being ripped from the womb. Biden, to his credit, did flatly say during the debate that he does not support late term abortions. Republicans in general should make this is an issue and force Democrats to take a stand against the more insane members of their coalition.
About a year or two ago there was a article published in a medical journal by two notable medical ethicists evaluating the possibility of infanticide, calling it “post-birth abortion” and coming down in favor of it.
Got a link? I need to keep that one handy. Not that linking it will ever do anything but trigger the "it's not happening" -> "and they deserve it" shift
Link (from 2013, not "about a year or two ago")
Editor's justification for publishing the article
I do approve of the editor's justification for publishing the article. Free speech above all.
Huh. It's... true. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groningen_Protocol
Who defines "unbearable suffering"?
Well then.
At least 20 years ago all cases seem heavy disabilities:
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