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Unbridled9 posted...

I don't recall saying I thought they shouldn't have access to medical care.

Abortion is medical care, as is health care related to preventing maternal mortality in general, as I would have thought my earlier posts in this topic would have demonstrated.

Gaawa_chan posted...

... I was thinking about this post and it occurred to me that I think a lot of people don't know much about pregnancy if they think this isn't valid for more than one reason. Putting aside the fact that it can kill the person in question, pregnancy/birth often permanently alters/maims the body:
It can increase risk of diabetes, stroke, and heart disease.
Chest (duh)
Skeleton (beyond the obvious change in hips, pregnancy seems to degrade teeth... I'd assume it's because the body is redirecting nutrients to the fetus? Not sure)
The sheer weight can impact blood flow to lower parts of the body, causing long-term issues with the circulatory system.
Foot size and shape, oddly.
Skin, both color and elasticity.
Musculature
Bladder (this one's fun :-/)
It can tear the flesh between the V and A.
Scarring caused by pregnancy/birth/c-sections can result in permanent chronic pain (If birth is not going well, it's not uncommon to have to cut the body mid-birth)

Just worth pointing out. This is why I compared forcing pregnancy/birth to forcing an organ donation. Even in the best case scenario, you're forcing someone to permanently alter their health to sustain someone else on pain of State violence.

If you're trying to argue against abortion, you're failing. All you're doing is further illustrating the point that poc deserve MORE access to health care, not less.