TellusChaosovich

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

They arrested an addict whose drug use may have led to a miscarriage, or who may have just had a miscarriage completely unrelated to the drug use, or a mixture of multiple issues.

There is no difference between this and obesity, alcohol, smoking, or poor diet. Obesity has a voluntary aspect to it, and increases your chances of miscarriage. Eating non-nutritious foods, micro plastics, not taking prenatal vitamins can all contribute to miscarriage. Getting into a car accident while voluntarily driving while pregnant, staying with a violent husband who beats you while pregnant... I mean where do you draw the line at making the pregnant woman 100% responsible for anything that happens while she is pregnant?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

No actually. They let the bill proposing to make unborn children dependents on your taxes die. So we get all the punishments, and none of the benefits.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Unfortunately they made embryos children for the purposes of punishments, but let the bill die that would have made them dependents on taxes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Even before this I would get really pissed when people casually said "It will happen when the time is right. God has a plan, though it isn't one we understand." In Alabama I was recently at the dentist, getting my teeth cleaned to the tune of religious music, hearing the hygienist say this bullshit to me.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago

That is not legal. They have made embryos children when looking for people to put in jail, and not children when looking to give out benefits. Very convenient for the state budget!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

No the religious zealots here do not. School coaches require prayer before practices and games, same sex couples get banned from prom, kids at school get tricked into going to fun after school events that turn out to actually be evangelism stunts. A lot of applications to educational programs, gymnastics programs, and jobs ask about "leadership" which is code for experience as a church deacon or active evangelist.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago

We almost got this with Alabama 2023 bill HB182 which would grant unborn children as dependents on taxes. The bill didn't pass. These people want children to count only when dolling out punishments.

https://legiscan.com/AL/text/HB182/2023

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

We here in bama have been preferring the term Talibama.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 7 months ago

Sure, cool. Make health insurance cover my IVF then.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

No no, you see it's called Synthetic data. Very serious stuff.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago

I called all the local PCPs today. One entire hospital system doesn't accept my insurance (Cigna) due to price negotiations. All the others don't have new patient appointments until December. So I guess in about 11 months, I can find out if I'm healthy!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Hehe are you referencing the Boondocks episode? I happened to watch that just a few days ago, and it was brilliant.

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