America is absolutely barbaric in some states when it comes to reproduction. I helped my friend get an abortion when we were both eighteen (she didn't want a kid and was in no way able to cope with the costs). It was simple, the staff were kind and she didn't have to pay anything. These men should be handed an unwanted baby and be told "alright, you raise it".
Several years ago, the Dignity (Catholic) medical system in California (Redding, I believe) refused to give a woman an elective tube tie because of their "religious reasons." She ended up going to a clinic or other hospital many miles away to have the procedure. It was an unnecessary hardship for her.
I agree with someone earlier who said that religious organizations should not be running hospital systems.
I don't know if my ex did but my son got the message when he reported sexual harassment of one of his female classmates to the administration back in high school
If these men are so concerned, have any of these ghouls advocated for ways that addicted and pregnant women get free treatment and hospitalization?
The problem is the addiction, not the mother, often stemming from poverty, trauma, and the usual social ills that bootstraps can't address.
How about using the court-ordered fines from the Purdue Sacklers of Shit settlements, since they were the ones seeding the land with deadly opioids.
Those poor women, at such a low point, sick, grieving, and vulnerable, to be attacked by wealthy and powerful men and dragged through a bewildering and alienating court system by their hair. Shameful.
I got pregnant once and had an abortion. At the time, I was exiting a relationship with a nice boyfriend who REALLY didn't want me to abort. But I was so young and had just graduated from college, with a great job, living in a new city. That ex-boyfriend is someone I probably should have married. On the other hand, I would have missed out on so many wonderful adventures.
I recently changed my primary care physician of some 20 years because (despite the fact that he is an Orthodox Jew) signed into a network of Catholic hospitals. I remember all the hoops I had to go through when I wanted a vasectomy after Mrs. H and I decided that we weren't good parent material.
As someone who witnessed my brother's deterioration and death in a hospice, let me say how much I admire what you do. A lot of nurses and doctors seem to be hoping to pull an inside straight on their most difficult patients and sometimes they even manage to pull it off. You are the ones with patients who have four mismatched cards plus a Monopoly deed. You know that there's not going to be any good outcome. You are the ones who have to deal with asshole patients like my father who think that you're only doing it for that sweet, sweet, Medicare money. You are the ones who have to tell the grieving family members that it's all over and watch them break down, and you do it again four or five times during a shift, five times a week.
All the time, I see people with bumper stickers on the backs of their cars proclaiming that "My Son Is A Marine" or "My Daughter Is In The Air Force". As a child of a military family (the men from my dad's generation all served during WWII or during the aftermath, all my siblings and I served, as well as most of our contemporaneous cousins who were all part of the volunteer armed forces), I'd be much happier to see bumper stickers proclaiming "My Daughter Is a Hospice Nurse" or "My Son Is An Elementary School Teacher", because to me those are the people we should be celebrating. They're the ones who make our lives better.
Comments?. We don't need no stinking comments. VAMONOS!.
America is absolutely barbaric in some states when it comes to reproduction. I helped my friend get an abortion when we were both eighteen (she didn't want a kid and was in no way able to cope with the costs). It was simple, the staff were kind and she didn't have to pay anything. These men should be handed an unwanted baby and be told "alright, you raise it".
Several years ago, the Dignity (Catholic) medical system in California (Redding, I believe) refused to give a woman an elective tube tie because of their "religious reasons." She ended up going to a clinic or other hospital many miles away to have the procedure. It was an unnecessary hardship for her.
I agree with someone earlier who said that religious organizations should not be running hospital systems.
It's not safe to be a woman anywhere. Even California.
that wouldn't bother a lot of men I know who are grossed out by menstruation
I don't know if my ex did but my son got the message when he reported sexual harassment of one of his female classmates to the administration back in high school
If these men are so concerned, have any of these ghouls advocated for ways that addicted and pregnant women get free treatment and hospitalization?
The problem is the addiction, not the mother, often stemming from poverty, trauma, and the usual social ills that bootstraps can't address.
How about using the court-ordered fines from the Purdue Sacklers of Shit settlements, since they were the ones seeding the land with deadly opioids.
Those poor women, at such a low point, sick, grieving, and vulnerable, to be attacked by wealthy and powerful men and dragged through a bewildering and alienating court system by their hair. Shameful.
Religion is an abomination on humanity and should be regulated and taxed into oblivion.
I got pregnant once and had an abortion. At the time, I was exiting a relationship with a nice boyfriend who REALLY didn't want me to abort. But I was so young and had just graduated from college, with a great job, living in a new city. That ex-boyfriend is someone I probably should have married. On the other hand, I would have missed out on so many wonderful adventures.
My bad. But I was paraphrasing. ; )
Let's prosecute women for all miscarriages as negligent homicide. Carry the principle of life beginning at conception to its real conclusion.
I recently changed my primary care physician of some 20 years because (despite the fact that he is an Orthodox Jew) signed into a network of Catholic hospitals. I remember all the hoops I had to go through when I wanted a vasectomy after Mrs. H and I decided that we weren't good parent material.
Everyone who has watched Mad Men knows that women from the '20s to at least the mid-'80s smoked and drank alcohol during pregnacy.
As someone who witnessed my brother's deterioration and death in a hospice, let me say how much I admire what you do. A lot of nurses and doctors seem to be hoping to pull an inside straight on their most difficult patients and sometimes they even manage to pull it off. You are the ones with patients who have four mismatched cards plus a Monopoly deed. You know that there's not going to be any good outcome. You are the ones who have to deal with asshole patients like my father who think that you're only doing it for that sweet, sweet, Medicare money. You are the ones who have to tell the grieving family members that it's all over and watch them break down, and you do it again four or five times during a shift, five times a week.
All the time, I see people with bumper stickers on the backs of their cars proclaiming that "My Son Is A Marine" or "My Daughter Is In The Air Force". As a child of a military family (the men from my dad's generation all served during WWII or during the aftermath, all my siblings and I served, as well as most of our contemporaneous cousins who were all part of the volunteer armed forces), I'd be much happier to see bumper stickers proclaiming "My Daughter Is a Hospice Nurse" or "My Son Is An Elementary School Teacher", because to me those are the people we should be celebrating. They're the ones who make our lives better.
But you got one. Tried getting your tubes tied. Catholic policies are always much more heavily enforced against women.
With Kegs and Barret on the court it is only a matter of time.