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Abortion Ban Stories Are Worse Than Anyone Imagined

July 17, 2022 at 9:47 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 2 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2022/07/17/abortion-ban-stories-are-worse-than-anyone-imagined/

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Laura Bassett: “Reproductive rights advocates have long warned that women would die if abortion were banned again—that children would be forced to give birth to their rapists’ babies. I’ve been covering abortion rights for over a decade, and I expected these horrifying, dystopian stories to trickle out over the next six months to maybe a year, forcing people to acknowledge a reality that had long been just hypothetical.”

“Instead, the stories have sprayed out like a firehose: A 10-year-old rape survivor had to travel to another state to get safe abortion care, and politicians immediately went after the doctor who helped her; a Texas hospital let a woman with an ectopic pregnancy bleed until she almost died to avoid getting sued; Idaho Republicans overwhelmingly voted to let women die before giving them care. The dystopia is upon us, and it arrived faster than anyone expected.”

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Abortion Ban Stories Are Worse Than Anyone Imagined [View all] applegrove Jul 2022 OP

Many stories will never see the light . . . Lovie777 Jul 2022 #1

100% agree Johnny2X2X Jul 2022 #28

I fear they will only get worse as time goes on. riversedge Jul 2022 #2

What is the purpose of this? EnergizedLib Jul 2022 #3

Dead women and felon women musette_sf Jul 2022 #4

So EnergizedLib Jul 2022 #5

It never was. That's been clear for a long time. n/t Frostlight Jul 2022 #9

Cruelty is the one and only point. n/t Hugin Jul 2022 #14

It was never about saving any life. Many men Maraya1969 Jul 2022 #30

Exactly Novara Jul 2022 #31

Sadly, I think you're onto something. dchill Jul 2022 #7

Didn't Biden announce that women and doctors are protected wnylib Jul 2022 #10

Texas AG is suing him for making them save the woman's life. SharonAnn Jul 2022 #19

"What!? We can't save the woman's life! We're pro-life!!1!" Beartracks Jul 2022 #35

Texas AG is suing him for making them save the woman's life. SharonAnn Jul 2022 #20

These state legislators know their constituencies. Mariana Jul 2022 #21

Meanwhile EnergizedLib Jul 2022 #29

and the WAR ON WOMEN continues apace. Would you consider cross-posting this in niyad Jul 2022 #6

Crosspost done! applegrove Jul 2022 #15

Thank you! niyad Jul 2022 #23

They have always been the uncivilized, violent, irrational, angry, Frostlight Jul 2022 #8

Standing right there with you. niyad Jul 2022 #24

I have believed all along Haggis 4 Breakfast Jul 2022 #11

When I was a teenager, the pastor's 11 year old daughter got pregnant Coventina Jul 2022 #34

Did her pastor father ever investigate who raped her ? Haggis 4 Breakfast Jul 2022 #37

They knew, but I don't think they prosecuted. Coventina Jul 2022 #38

There's more horror to that 10 y/o story. MerryBlooms Jul 2022 #12

[Citation Needed] n/t Whatthe_Firetruck Jul 2022 #16

An earlier OP here with the citation. niyad Jul 2022 #25

Target these legislators, loud, hard, and no holds barred. wnylib Jul 2022 #13

Each one of these stories will get a collective yawn feom pro-death Republicans AZLD4Candidate Jul 2022 #17

I wonder if the no exemption laws some states are passing could be challenged under the state cstanleytech Jul 2022 #18

THEY DON'T CARE. They hate us so much they WANT us to die. niyad Jul 2022 #26

Roe, Roe, Roe your vote against theocracy ... Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2022 #22

Older women are not surprised at all. Irish_Dem Jul 2022 #27

They want to kill women dlk Jul 2022 #32

Republicans are evil. COL Mustard Jul 2022 #33

I expected it. "The dystopia...arrived faster than anyone expected." sybylla Jul 2022 #36