So the previous government was bad because they because they “normalized or promoted sexual activity for minors,” yet Rethugs want there to be MORE teen moms? Make it make sense.
I had to look up 'Pregnancy Pact' and there is a whole slew of last-decade videos on YouTube that are basically fanfic 'trailers' set to the tune of pop ballads, stitching together girls from unrelated teen sitcoms that all decide to get pregnant together for some contrived reason.
I felt a little disturbed that I found it to be vaguely quaint, like I was teleporting back into a more naive time
We should never talk about teen pregnancy or abortion rates without talking about the amazing long-term birth control initiative for teen and low-income women in Colorado that dropped both rates like a rock AND reduced dependence on government assistance- but which the Republicans refused to refund on the grounds that it "wasn't necessary". Fuck you, Republicans.
MAGA's efforts to increase teen pregnancies forgets that many of those teens will be women of color or of uncertain legal status. All they want are the white babies and not the brown, yellow or black ones.
When I was a teen throughout the late 80s snd early 90s the message from conservatives was clear: Teen pregnancy and premarital sex in general was a yet another sign of the degeneracy and “moral decay” created by the godless and hedonistic left. Teens shouldn’t have knowledge of sex, lest they go out and do it. They shouldn’t have access to birth control, and certainly not abortion services. Condoms don’t work. Abstinence and chastity are sacrosanct.
Now, after the right has drifted further towards fascism and white supremacy, caucasian teen girls are now expected to forego all that “liberal indoctrination,” get married at 13 to an older man and start crapping out more arrows for white gawd’s quiver.
Ta, Robyn. As a teen, I had access to comprehensive reproductive healthcare, gratis, at our local free clinic. I knew a pregnant 14-year-old and a pregnant 15-year-old. No way were those children ready to have children.
Really, NOBODY in this whole shit show of a maladministration figured out that if they got rid of the immigrants, it would drastically reduce the supply of cheap labor?
Or did they know it full well, and just not care, because, as with homeless people, the money was actually less important to them than punishing a group they hate?
Of course they don't mention that teen pregnancies are BAD for women's health later in life: "Early teen pregnancy significantly increases the risk of chronic health conditions later in life. Adolescent mothers face higher rates of cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes, and obesity as they age. Additionally, they are more susceptible to mental health struggles and long-term pelvic complications compared to women who give birth in adulthood." https://utswmed.org/medblog/early-teen-pregnancy-health-risks/
Someone should remind Republicans; the United States will continue to exist and prosper, even if White people become a minority.
The desire to live free from persecution and oppression is a human desire. Freedom is not an idea White people invented.
Our form of abusive capitalism might be abolished, but Freedom and Liberty will stand.
History will remember all the terrible things Republicans did to their fellow Americans and people around the globe in their pursuit of political power. Abusers will face the abused.
Republicans are terrified of becoming a minority and they are worried the world will want revenge for all the atrocities committed by White people in the past.
Here's a hint for Republicans: If you're terrified of the future, maybe don't repeat the horrible mistakes of the past. Don't be a hateful, bigoted racist.
If you are part of a minority, you need allies, Republicans are just creating enemies who will laugh at the misery of the bigots.
Yes, Republicans want women to be young mothers. Anything to increase the birthrate for White women.
Motherhood makes women vulnerable. A woman who has children young is less likely to get an education and will be unable to support herself without help from a man.
Republicans will find ways to remove any program that helps women avoid a conservative lifestyle.
So the previous government was bad because they because they “normalized or promoted sexual activity for minors,” yet Rethugs want there to be MORE teen moms? Make it make sense.
Make Fetal Alcohol Syndrome great again
When people are trapped in a cycle of poverty and despair they sometimes choose a cheap escape with booze. Plus the Reich needs soldiers
But don't they want only white teenagers to get pregnant?
Teens of color, right this way to your abortions!
I had to look up 'Pregnancy Pact' and there is a whole slew of last-decade videos on YouTube that are basically fanfic 'trailers' set to the tune of pop ballads, stitching together girls from unrelated teen sitcoms that all decide to get pregnant together for some contrived reason.
I felt a little disturbed that I found it to be vaguely quaint, like I was teleporting back into a more naive time
Teen moms down from 35 per 1000 births in 2010 to 11.7 — an 80 percent reduction. Or as Trump would say, a 199% reduction.
You quoted the wrong number there :D, it's an 80% reduction from the earlier number of 60 per 1000.
Yep, it was an 80% reduction from the 1991 number not the 2010 number I quoted. And using Trump's math, that now becomes an overall 413% reduction.
We should never talk about teen pregnancy or abortion rates without talking about the amazing long-term birth control initiative for teen and low-income women in Colorado that dropped both rates like a rock AND reduced dependence on government assistance- but which the Republicans refused to refund on the grounds that it "wasn't necessary". Fuck you, Republicans.
Of course they want to encourage sexual activity among teenagers. That was Epstein’s entire business model.
MAGA's efforts to increase teen pregnancies forgets that many of those teens will be women of color or of uncertain legal status. All they want are the white babies and not the brown, yellow or black ones.
No, no, they know. How else can they point at the "wrong" teen moms and gin up outrage?
When I was a teen throughout the late 80s snd early 90s the message from conservatives was clear: Teen pregnancy and premarital sex in general was a yet another sign of the degeneracy and “moral decay” created by the godless and hedonistic left. Teens shouldn’t have knowledge of sex, lest they go out and do it. They shouldn’t have access to birth control, and certainly not abortion services. Condoms don’t work. Abstinence and chastity are sacrosanct.
Now, after the right has drifted further towards fascism and white supremacy, caucasian teen girls are now expected to forego all that “liberal indoctrination,” get married at 13 to an older man and start crapping out more arrows for white gawd’s quiver.
Ta, Robyn. As a teen, I had access to comprehensive reproductive healthcare, gratis, at our local free clinic. I knew a pregnant 14-year-old and a pregnant 15-year-old. No way were those children ready to have children.
But also, don't come here and have your baby, because something something birthright citizenship.
Except for white South Africans.
Really.
Really, NOBODY in this whole shit show of a maladministration figured out that if they got rid of the immigrants, it would drastically reduce the supply of cheap labor?
Or did they know it full well, and just not care, because, as with homeless people, the money was actually less important to them than punishing a group they hate?
The cruelty is the point. All the time with these people.
They (corporate sociopathic ‘leadership’) know. So do many ‘liberals’ & ’progressives’ , but they still vote for the frauds. .
Of course they don't mention that teen pregnancies are BAD for women's health later in life: "Early teen pregnancy significantly increases the risk of chronic health conditions later in life. Adolescent mothers face higher rates of cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes, and obesity as they age. Additionally, they are more susceptible to mental health struggles and long-term pelvic complications compared to women who give birth in adulthood." https://utswmed.org/medblog/early-teen-pregnancy-health-risks/
Someone should remind Republicans; the United States will continue to exist and prosper, even if White people become a minority.
The desire to live free from persecution and oppression is a human desire. Freedom is not an idea White people invented.
Our form of abusive capitalism might be abolished, but Freedom and Liberty will stand.
History will remember all the terrible things Republicans did to their fellow Americans and people around the globe in their pursuit of political power. Abusers will face the abused.
They would answer with "if white people are a minority, then it is no longer MY United States".
They're free to leave, if anywhere will take them in.
Nope, fuck 'em. Also, I hear you've discovered several new diseases and we don't want you to export those.
Agreed. And "doubtful". Certainly no one would take them if they behaved the way they do in America.
They’ll send out hit squads, when their endless lawsuits don’t work. Humans, and those able to buy power, are the worst animals on the planet.
Republicans are terrified of becoming a minority and they are worried the world will want revenge for all the atrocities committed by White people in the past.
Here's a hint for Republicans: If you're terrified of the future, maybe don't repeat the horrible mistakes of the past. Don't be a hateful, bigoted racist.
If you are part of a minority, you need allies, Republicans are just creating enemies who will laugh at the misery of the bigots.
Think I can say 99% of leftist Dems only want uber-wealthy to pay a tax-rate that supports social programs & infrastructure costs.
Yes, Republicans want women to be young mothers. Anything to increase the birthrate for White women.
Motherhood makes women vulnerable. A woman who has children young is less likely to get an education and will be unable to support herself without help from a man.
Republicans will find ways to remove any program that helps women avoid a conservative lifestyle.