Skop serves as vice-president and director of medical affairs for the national anti-abortion research group Charlotte Lozier Institute and is a member of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists. She is also a plaintiff in a US supreme court lawsuit seeking to revoke the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the key abortion drug mifepristone, which she argues is “dangerous” despite years of evidence showing the drug is safe. She has authored a number of research papers that were ultimately retracted for misleading errors.
We can’t beat far right extremism with moderate politics.
There’s no compromising with people who lie and say anything to get what they want.
I’d argue that we can beat them from any position, as long as we do it in unity.
And with armaments.
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And with big sticks.
Mifepristone, which we have known is safe for over 40 years, is apparently too dangerous but a 9 year old giving birth is a-okay how this quack.
That’s what I mean
They 100% know it’s safe.
But they do t like that it’s legal for other reasons that they know don’t have plausible deniability.
So they claim (against all science) it’s dangerous, and count on extremists judges to pretend they believe it and outlaw it on that premise.
No amount of factual evidence about the safety of the drug will change any of their actions, because they don’t give a single fuck if it’s safe or not.
Moderates always fall for the trap and take them at their word. Which is insane, and at this point it seems safe to say the reason is they have a lot of the same donors, and part of the strings to that money is going along with the dog and pony show even tho everyone involved already knows what the result will be.
They do know that. However, a woman (a fucking doctor nonetheless) who thinks it’s safe for a 9 year old yo give birth is not playing with a full deck of cards. She honestly should have her license revoked. That is straight batshit.
Other things they try to lure moderates with:
“European countries ban it after 12 weeks!”
They of course fail to mention that their 12 weeks is closer to our 14/15 weeks, that you can get one at any hospital, you don’t have to pay for it, and exceptions for that ban are not hard to come by.
“Babies can survive after 21 weeks!”
One. One child made it at 21 weeks. At 22 weeks it’s a bit better but still extremely unlikely. At 23 weeks there is a 25% chance and at 24 weeks there is a 50% chance. But the percentage of fetuses aborted after 20 weeks is 1%. The vast majority of those are due to issues with the fetus like it will die an excruciating death shortly after birth or the woman will die which is absolutely now a thing in states with restrictive abortion laws. The few where that isn’t the case likely could not get one earlier due to expenses or lack of availability in the area or restrictive laws requiring multiple visits.
“Fetuses have a heart beat at four weeks.”
A rhythmic electrical pulse is not a heart beat.
“Women use abortion as contraception!”
Abortion is no walk in the park and not cheap. Much easier to simply use birth control which is what the vast majority of women do.
Most Americans do not want unrestricted abortion!
Yeah. Most people ones do not want unrestricted surgery. Not surprising. The vast majority (~85%) were fine with Roe v Wade staying in place and states only being able to pass laws after the point of viability.
“Jesus hates abortion!”
First, his name is Yeshua. Second, an abortifacient is prescribed for a suspected cheating woman in the Bible. Southern Baptists dios Not even hice a shit about abortion until the late 70s.
The overall goal is obvious to all of us who recognize that access to abortion is necessary. But be on the lookout for anti abortion advocates who try to seem moderate. They are not.
This message is not directed directly at you but if you happen to come across these arguments, these are some easy responses to point out their bullshit. Also mention that since the end of Roe there have been about 65k pregnancies from rape in the 14 states with near total bans on abortion. Super great. /s
Jesus fucking christ, has she an iota of empathy, let alone any idea of the consequences of a term pregnancy to the physiology of a NINE YEAR OLD?
Leaves me wondering if she’s not a closet pedo.
The issue with the high-paying medical profession is that it attracts 2 kinds of people: nice people who want to do good and help people, and self-centered people who want to feel powerful and in-control while making a bunch of money. The latter are the reason for shit like this. I’d bet that she doesn’t care about children at all, and just wants to feel powerful, while raking in the cash from rich people looking to use her license to validate their terrible behavior.
Leaves me wondering if she’s not a closet pedo.
Anyone promoting or supporting child pregnancy are either a pedophile or a pedophile supporter
edit: added “or supporting” after “promoting”
has she an iota of empathy
Absolutely not. That is the fundamental issue.
Unironically saying “if she’s old enough to bleed she’s old enough to breed” which is a pedophilic statement.
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And they call trans people groomers
If they project any harder they’ll run IMAX out of business.
Woah. Even Saudi Arabia has doctors insist a 12yo “wife” to have an abortion. Amarica has been going downhill fast.
It is. Yikes.
Sadly, people think like this, I’ve known more than a few in Texas - having spent my whole life in this shit hole.
This is just a symptom of a larger problem in some communities; and it won’t be the ones most expect - locally speaking.
I’m sure anyone who lives outside a Christofascist state would be right on the money with their guess though.
I wonder whether or not she’s sociopathic enough to say that to the faces of the parents of a raped and pregnant 9-year-old.
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Well that bitch is an ugly flavour of stupid. Can’t you get your license revoked for employing alternative information? christians need to go back to being meek like the bible tells them to and stop acting like they can understand anything, when the bible tells them they can’t. No wonder fascism is on the rise, the fucking dipshits.
Religion is arrogance masquerading as humility.
alternative information
Lies. We can and should call them lies. It is deception.
Right-wingers are terrible people. Right-wing Texans take that to the extreme.
A 9yo definitely does not have the hips for natural birth. Unless that doctor thinks that birth via caesarian section is safe, she’s full of shit.
“Abortion is against nature!”
Forces little girls to give birth via unnatural means…
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Wow, you really got everyone laughing with your shitty ass “(sarcasm)”.
Boy, Doctor Who is gotten weird recently.
Define “safely”. Births are risky at the best of times.
How has her shit not been revoked spewing all this nonsense??? Or is it a state thing?
Yeah, isn’t there a review board for all licensed doctors?
John Oliver does an excellent episode on why this system is quite lackluster, you should check it out.
I had to stop watching his show. It was just too degrading to my mental well-being.
For a liberal he’s pretty damn good. Him and Jon Stewart are the best in the mainstream game if ya ask me
Oh he’s a treasure I just refuse to consume topical media that’s not in podcast format. If I’m sitting and watching I’m doing two things wrong at once.
Those are at the state level
Does she mean “it has happened”? Or is she suggesting it’s actually safe?
It’s impossible to know what these peoples motives are
Then why are teenage girls far more likely to die from pregnancy than adult women who finished growing???
If I was some crazy schizophrenic religious nut job, I’d say God is punishing states like Texas with severe weather due to shit like this…but I know it’s just awful weather patterns from Global Warming…which is also Texas’s fault by a lot so I’m not too far off either way
Said chomo, I mean doctor, needs to be investigated for any connections to pdo activities.
That’s not the doctor’s job and that doesn’t fix the issue of the girl being pregnant
