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by Runways 1459 days ago
Because tons of children will be born to parents that do not want them. They are not guaranteed to be adopted, and could be tossed into a foster system that is rife with physical and sexual abuse. There are many paths here that can lead to destitution, homelessness, lack of education, lack of compassion, lack of guidance, and exploitation.

Once the baby is born, the people who forced that baby to be born no longer care about them. They are no longer a political pawn. In fact, they will continue to attack the social safety nets and programs that they could end up relying on to survive. Safe sex education so that this child doesn't have a baby? NO! That goes against the Bible.

This is advantageous sometimes to the Christian nationalist cause, as they may be adopted by large fundamentalist families or lured towards religious charities that ARE subsidized through the state. Sounds crazy, but you should hear how some of these extremists talk. It's borderline child trafficking.

It's funny you mention cutting up your insides. That's propaganda. Most abortions are done with pills, up to more than 12 months. What happens? It comes out as a heavy flow. That's it. Most people don't wait until they have an noticeable baby-bump to have an abortion. Most propaganda about the operation is dishonest, exaggerated, and straight up propaganda.

Another fun fact is that these abortion laws are extremely draconian. Some have no exceptions for rape and/or incest. Meaning that rapists will and have been given parental visitation rights. Children victims can even be forced into this situation, disgusting.

Had a miscarriage? That can now be investigated as a crime. Police can now get your messages, location data, search history, hard drives, and search your house.

This is theocratic insanity, in America. Feels like Iran.

Christians don't always behave this badly in other countries, but in America we've *really* sipped on the GOP/Christian propaganda Koolaid and we look like absolute clowns.