Domestic Abusers Are Using Abortion Bans to Control Their Victims
Domestic Abusers Are Using Abortion Bans to Control Their Victims
After Roe v. Wade fell, the National Domestic Violence Hotline saw a 99-percent increase in callers reporting that people were trying to control their reproductive choices.
After Roe v. Wade fell, the National Domestic Violence Hotline saw a 99-percent increase in callers reporting that people were trying to control their reproductive choices.
I just wanna pop in and state that this is a feature and desired impact of the anti-abortion movement.
16Why do they want this? What's the appeal of it? And before someone says something about control or cruelty or something, why do they want that? ~Strawberry
4Because they honestly believe women are inferior. They might not say it literally but we got the last GOP nominee for Arizona governor saying "God didn't create women as men's equals" so who knows
It comes from a desire to ensure that their worldview is never challenged, and people find appeal in it because it can give them a sense of purpose in life. A white woman might support Christian theocracy because she believes that she isn't like those "sluts", and that if she follows what rules are laid out for her she'll find contentment.
Check out BeliefItOrNot, a YouTube channel, former evangelical child who left the church in adulthood with lots of great perspectives on this.
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What is the appeal of it exactly? And I don't mean the surface level "something something control, cruelty" answer, what's the appeal of that? It's confusing... ~Strawberry
2Another channel: RenegadeCut, specifically his series on hierarchies
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I hate this. I appreciate that journalism is trying to highlight this as a way to help people understand why roe overturning was such a bad idea on so many levels.
11For some people, this is exactly why they wanted it overturned. Pro-Choice Activists have been saying for decades that this is about rolling back women's rights and freedoms, and that arguing over the merits of abortion as a medical procedure was pointless.
6Why do they want this though? Why do they want to roll back women's rights and freedoms? What's the appeal of that? Just... Why??? ~Strawberry
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Fucking evil. Not only sexual abuse, but controlling their victims not only through forced pregnancies, but using the potential life of a baby as a tool for coercion. Attacking abortion was never about protecting the fetus, it’s only another method for Christian fascists to control and subdue women.
10Probably also a lot to do with needing more bodies for the meat grinder that is our society.
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