A number of people have already made this exact point, which I totally get. I’m just saying that if these fucks are going to couch it as “women should know whether they want a baby or not before they’ve been pregnant for 6 whole weeks!” then they should at least try not to sound like morons.

Correction: orange male president

Thanks for sharing your story. It just highlights even more how important reproductive choice is and how evil these proposed laws are.

There are so many things wrong with these kinds of bills, but let’s just start with the fact that many women DON’T EVEN KNOW THEY’RE PREGNANT at 6 weeks. Like, if you aren’t tracking your cycles and taking a pregnancy test anytime your period is a day late, you might not ever notice any symptoms until you’re well past…

I’m not even sure what you’re talking about anymore. I’m not even sure YOU know what you’re talking about anymore. If you want to have a rational discussion, you’re going to have to stop moving the goalposts.

They might, but it doesn’t mean no disadvantage exists. Again, I’m not talking about whiteness, because I don’t question the existence of white privilege. I’m talking specifically about Kara’s statement that certain women benefit from being women, because that is demonstrably not true. It’s the entire reason that we…

Which is why I said that white privilege is a thing, because it is. But no woman benefits from being a woman, and your stats don’t contradict that.

Since when have women, white or not, “benefitted from their womanhood”? The whole point of feminism that women have historically been disadvantaged because of their womanhood. White privilege is a thing, to be sure, but don’t try to claim that “woman privilege” is a thing. That’s MRA league shit.

You seem like a real joy to be around. Are you this much of a dick to your husband too?

She did answer your question. No one has a “responsibility” to carry a pregnancy to term, whether one’s own life is in danger or not. The reason you think that a coat hanger abortion is extreme is because it is. But for many women, it seems like the ONLY option, especially in backward places like Tennessee where they…

To answer your “question”: no. A woman should not be forced a carry a pregnancy to term if she doesn’t want to. Why is this difficult to understand?

Congrats to you too! I imagine I’ll feel more at ease after my first ultrasound and checkup, but until then I’m trying to keep the worrying at bay so I don’t drive myself crazy. It doesn’t help that I have two friends who had miscarriages at 5 weeks and 6 weeks respectively, and I’m right in that zone as we speak.

I honestly think she never thought he’d win, so she went along for the ride. And now that she’s stuck as First Lady, she’s going to put in minimal effort.

At this point, I wouldn’t put it past him.

The question is, will Melania even bother to show up? I’m betting she and Baron will stay holed up in Trump Tower while Ivanka performs the First Lady’s inauguration duties, which is what she’ll be doing for the next four years anyway.

I just don’t understand how Ed Sheeran is still/was ever a thing.

Thank you!

Thanks! Here’s to nine boozeless months, haha.

Sooooo I found out this week that I’m pregnant with hubs’ and my first kiddo! I’m only at the end of my fifth week, so of course I’m terrified that I’ll miscarry, and I basically have no idea what I’m doing. But I’m trying to ignore those fears and just focus on being excited, getting sleep, eating good things, etc.

True!