What Happens When We Deny People Abortions? | Diana Greene Foster

What Happens When We Deny People Abortions? | Diana Greene Foster | TED

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5 ай бұрын

How does getting an abortion - or not - influence a woman's life? Demographer Diana Greene Foster puts forward the results of The Turnaway Study, her landmark work following nearly 1,000 women through abortion or childbirth, presenting definitive data on the long-term physical, mental and economic impacts of the right to choose on pregnant people and their families. "Access to abortion is about control over one's body, life and destiny," says Foster.
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@VivianStorm 5 ай бұрын

Only thing I would add - abortion can indeed affect your mental health. It is not a fun, easy thing to do. I still get sad thinking about it - but if had carried on with the pregnancy, I would have been much, much worse mentally, physically and economically

@ruaraidh74 5 ай бұрын

Killing a baby is easier on your mental health then putting him/her into a loving family?

@freedomishavingachoice3020 5 ай бұрын

@ruaraidh74 If the refusal of your body to the not viable is considered killing, you're a killer. You refuse your body to the not viable daily. Go to jail, I guess. Please don't be illogical for emotional bait.

@mikaelkasike854 5 ай бұрын

Killing your child was so bad for your mental health that it makes you think having the child would have been worse.

@freedomishavingachoice3020 5 ай бұрын

@mikaelkasike854 again, refusal of your body to the not viable can't count as a crime with malicious intent or we would all be in prison. There's not enough cells dude.

@ruaraidh74 5 ай бұрын

@@freedomishavingachoice3020 again, nobody is saying otherwise. He's talking about conceiving and subsequently killing human beings, not refusing someone's body to someone else. Try arguing with someone in the room, Nancy.

@Happy_Bnzo_Puppy 5 ай бұрын

How many people suffer terribly for their whole life, because they were born into situations, that didn't actually provide the circumstances for it at all? And how many of them become addicts and/or commit suicide? Or simply suffer in silence until they die? It's cruel, unbelievably cruel. Don't get kids if they don't get a chance to live a mostly good life.

@gabrielleambrose8657 5 ай бұрын

I think it’s important to realize that it doesn’t matter how good someone has it, unfortunately people will suffer regardless throughout life. That’s the darkness of life. You can’t have light without darkness. It isn’t far to play the judge, jury, and executioner, leaving any unborn baby without the opportunity to become a successful being. There are no statistics on babies who could have been potentially murdered being suicidal or born into awful situations. These are not parallels. There is no question that the government needs to do more to provide resources to individuals and families to support mental wellness and development. But in the same token one could say that it is unbelievably cruel to abort a fetus (for the sake of it being inconvenient) to alleviate its potential suffering because you are also denying any potential of that child to flourish and experience the beauty and light that can also come from existence itself.

@Happy_Bnzo_Puppy 5 ай бұрын

@gabrielleambrose8657 It's important to realize that it DOES matter very, VERY much, how good or bad people have it because there is a huge difference in the amount of suffering. Your post is ignorant and it shows where you are coming from. No offense, it's just too human, sadly.

@leagarner3675 5 ай бұрын

All children should be wanted. You are right that's not the way it is now.

@TeamAwesomeDad 5 ай бұрын

@@leagarner3675 Please clarify. Was it different a long time ago?

@wadebrewer7212 5 ай бұрын

@gabrielleambrose8657 sounds like some of these people want income thresholds before someone is aloud to have children. All of these statements about poverty.....drugs.....homelessness.....they automatically assume that life for a baby born in a poor home is going to, undoubtedly have a terrible life. Maybe these folks need to take in a different perspective....like....I dont know....love the child....its notnjust about buying them things or having a giant TV. The #1 most important thing you can do as a parent is love your child. Children can do without a lot of the material things we think they need amd grow up ok....love and feeling actually wanted they cannot do without.

@UseAnAdblocker 4 ай бұрын

I was in Romania in 1990 when after 25 arduous years of oppression, the notoriously cruel and murderous dictator Ceaușescu was deposed as the people revolted. The world was horrified by the images that emerged from the countless orphanages, overflowing with babies and children, many of whom were infected with HIV/AIDS. Crammed into rusty, cage-like cots, the hollow eyed victims of a tyrannical ban on contraception and abortion, told of their desperate hunger, not only for nourishment, but also medicines, attention and love. An eerie silence echoed the would-be cries, that these victims of one man's campaign of terror, knew would go unanswered. Many had parents who were unable to feed their existing brood. Condemned to an existence knowing only suffering and pain, Ceausescu's children saw their mothers die, forced to seek dangerous illegal back street abortions. Driven into abject poverty, families knew their daughters faced the same perilous fate. We ignore history at our own peril. There's no reason why the consequences of America's war on female bodily autonomy should turn out any differently. They need to heed the warning and stand together now, before it's too late and the world turns their backs on a nation, too afraid to stand up for what is right for this generation and the many yet to come.

@JohnJ-ke1sz 2 ай бұрын

We don't have that problem here. In fact, couples have to adopt foreign babies because they have to wait years for an American baby.

@Paraphrase1-Z9 27 күн бұрын

@@JohnJ-ke1sz about 113,589 children in the United States were waiting to be adopted 7 Nov 2023.

@SunraeSkatimunggr 5 ай бұрын

I am an old woman (68) and have had one of each; one abortion, one miscarriage, and one live birth (who is now 36). The abortion was emotionally disturbing because I wanted it but really no way to take care of it (very young and one night stand). The miscarriage was the most emotional disturbing. I was very fortunate to have abortion legally available in my case (Washington in 1973). I can't imagine what my life would be like if I hadn't. I am sure it would have grown up very poor.

@ruaraidh74 5 ай бұрын

Translation: You had 3 children. You killed the first one. The second one died tragically. And the third is a healthy 36 year old today.

@lissanne9769 5 ай бұрын

Hi, I also had a legal abortion in 1973. I have thought over and over about how my life would have been different. However during the 3rd month of the pregnancy I developed severe complications that could have killed me. I couldn't have children due to a blood defect. Thank you for your telling your experience. It's important for everyone to know.

@SunraeSkatimunggr 5 ай бұрын

@MikeJJJ existing is not everything.

@SunraeSkatimunggr 5 ай бұрын

@MikeJJJ Who really knows. In my family, they could have been a junkie, killer, child abuser, or thief, or all of them.

@user-ty3ek9wq9c 5 ай бұрын

@@ruaraidh74You celebrate your birthday the day you are born. Not the day you were conceived. A woman has a right to their own body autonomy and what they want to do with their body. Your circumstances are different from any human being on this planet. You are not the one who would raise the child. The one who gave birth would.

@jessscott 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for highlighting this public health issue, this is the truth that needs to be talked about!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏❤

@ruaraidh74 5 ай бұрын

An abortion is not considered successful unless a human being dies. It is, by definition, NOT healthcare.

@ThomasMgtow-jq4fb 3 ай бұрын

Help support mandatory DNA testing and stop paternity fraud. It is a human right to know if someone is or is not your child. It is also a national health issue.😊

@PreciositaVane 5 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, my grandmother died due to an illegal abortion. She was beautiful to look at, very smart and independent. She was widowed at a young age and was left with two teenage daughters. She worked hard and could barely make ends meet. In her memory I live my best life🙏🏽💖 Much respect to all women who know why they have to make certain decisions in their lives. Trust the woman 🌹

@onomatopejaB 5 ай бұрын

Soooooo…if she didn’t do any abortion she would lived. You know, logic? Adoptions exsisted and I think she would prevail and would stand stronger at the end. She choosen poorly. RIP

@TokenBlackman7 5 ай бұрын

@@onomatopejaB - Your entire argument is suppositional. Abortions in a medically-safe environment is ALWAYS safer than enduring childbirth.

@onomatopejaB 5 ай бұрын

@@TokenBlackman7 not for child, I assume…

@victorlinares4137 5 ай бұрын

@onomatopejaB what they're saying is it had to be illegal and thus very unsafe. If it were legal shed have had all the resources to not have died. Stupid

@rager4able 5 ай бұрын

@@TokenBlackman7Not for the child, he / she dies most of the time.

@sheila7450 5 ай бұрын

Why Do People Have Abortions for Medical Reasons? Some of the medical reasons for having an abortion include: Severe pregnancy complications are making it impossible for you to continue with the pregnancy You need a treatment such as chemotherapy or medication that you can’t have while you’re pregnant The pregnancy is putting your health or life at risk Giving birth would put your health or life at risk You are at high risk of a miscarriage or stillbirth, so it is safer for you to have an abortion A serious or fatal foetal abnormality was found during your antenatal tests The pregnancy isn’t viable, for example if you have an ectopic pregnancy

@ruaraidh74 5 ай бұрын

Less than 10% of abortions have anything to do "medical reasons" and of those 8%, the vast majority are not serious or terminal for the fetus.

@ruaraidh74 5 ай бұрын

@@Eet_Mia PLEASE HELP SHIFT KEY STUCK DOWN HOW DO I STOP SHOUTING

@GTRKT-qr5sf 2 ай бұрын

"Severe pregnancy complications are making it impossible for you to continue with the pregnancy" can you please list examples of these. "You need a treatment such as chemotherapy or medication that you can’t have while you’re pregnant" Chemo should be allowed, thats all change that needs to be made. "The pregnancy is putting your health or life at risk. You are at high risk of a miscarriage or stillbirth, so it is safer for you to have an abortion". In those cases, you just get a c section, no abortion needed. A c section is much safer than a later term abortion. "A serious or fatal foetal abnormality was found during your antenatal tests" Then you give birth to them and don not murder them. "The pregnancy isn’t viable, for example if you have an ectopic pregnancy" They can remove the baby without killing the mother and without aborting the child. They do not have to physcally kill the child to do it.

@rodintremboy6459 2 ай бұрын

@@GTRKT-qr5sf you arent an expert. the decision of whether to do abort or not and which way is the safest is something to be determined by the pregnant woman in discussion with her doctor. politicians and random people should not be trying to make that decision.

@GTRKT-qr5sf 2 ай бұрын

@@rodintremboy6459 Yet doctors and biologists and scientific text books around the world agree that human life starts at fertilization. So your point is moot...

@elisa48092 5 ай бұрын

I was abused at 12. Now tell me if a 12 years old girls shouls be forced to endure pregnancy and birth the disgusting result of rape. No. Just no.

@freedomishavingachoice3020 5 ай бұрын

Hey, thanks for your experiences and I hope you have made many happy moments since then. You deserve them. 👏

@PatientPerspective 5 ай бұрын

In a healthy law, your case would have been considered an exception. In general, it's not the general women populations experience. Stats say most abortions are financial reasons, then not being ready, and third already haven children. Abuse and medical emergencies tend to be near the end since the 80s, in the latter, because of newer medical treatments.

@anniejuan1817 5 ай бұрын

In a healthy law, the rapist would have been punished, and whether or not you chose abortion would be up to you.

@rager4able 5 ай бұрын

I don’t believe you.

@alexwyatt2911 5 ай бұрын

@@rager4able Your words are as ugly as your heart.

@seattlegrrlie 5 ай бұрын

There are pros and cons to getting an abortion. Women are smart enough to make those hard decisions and have a right to their own body. It might upset them? Finding out they are pregnant already upset them!

@Junkinsally 4 ай бұрын

Well said!

@FunTylerVids 3 ай бұрын

women do indeed have a right to their own body and to make their own decisions, as long as that doesn’t mean harming another human body, which in this case it does.

@markthorson6656 3 ай бұрын

@@FunTylerVids Through the slightly-convoluted syntax, & a bit of verbal trickery, I hear you saying that you are AGAINST all abortion. Is that not your meaning?

@fashionbabytumbler0 2 ай бұрын

@@FunTylerVidswell, no matter what, the women should still have the final say as long as that fetus is connected to the woman’s body. No one should be forced to give birth. Since when were humans allowed to have full control of other humans organs they were born with?

@GTRKT-qr5sf 2 ай бұрын

@@fashionbabytumbler0 The uterus has the sole purpose of carrying the child. Don't compare it to random other organs with other functions, unless you want to keep being intellectually dishonest. No matter what, a mother should never have the final say over whether or whether not she can murder her child.

@airenmarie1250 5 ай бұрын

Some years back, I had a dream which still haunts me. In the dream, abortion was completely outlawed in my state, Kentucky--no exceptions, not even health reasons. In fact, in the dream, any pregnant person with a life-threatening complication was required to receive end-of-life care in hospice until the baby was born or until the pregnant person died, whichever came first. The dream played out in part like a television news report, and the focus was on a 10-year-old rape victim who was heavily pregnant. She was a tiny, blonde-haired girl who could barely carry the extra weight. She knew that she wouldn't survive childbirth. She kept saying, in tears, that she didn't want to die. I have since written a poem about this, called "The Little Madonna." I dare someone to brush this off as a "false narrative." Far from. It's already happened, far too many times. While it's unlikely that anyone will spend their pregnancy in hospice (as if the politicians putting bans in place would actually care that much 😒), there will be far too many people lost to abortion restrictions, many of whom are children who will meet the same fate as the little girl in my dream. Abortion bans will cost more lives than they will save, and no one seems to understand that.

@bawb1ez957 3 ай бұрын

wow, and yk whats scary? all states can completely outlaw abortion, this can happen more and more.

@Paraphrase1-Z9 12 күн бұрын

About 287 000 women died during and following pregnancy and childbirth in 2020.

@Paraphrase1-Z9 8 күн бұрын

Most in low income countries. The outcomes are lower for those who can access good medical intervention.

@roxyroxy6824 5 ай бұрын

In the end, it is every womans right what she would want to do. Nobody gets to decide that! ... I loved this video!!

@ruaraidh74 5 ай бұрын

Which woman? Does the woman in the womb get the right to choose what happens to her?

@alexwyatt2911 5 ай бұрын

@@ruaraidh74 No one has the right to choose whether or not they get to use/occupy another person’s body. That’s not a thing. Let it go.

@travisjohnson7065 5 ай бұрын

@@alexwyatt2911 That's how human life works, starting in our mother's womb. You're trying to say humans don't have a right to live...the way humans live?

@alexwyatt2911 5 ай бұрын

@@travisjohnson7065 What I said was no one has the right use and/or occupy a person’s body-especially against their will. Are you saying that you don’t understand that?

@travisjohnson7065 5 ай бұрын

@@alexwyatt2911 And like I said, that is literally the exact way human life works. Human life starts by occupying our mother's body. So you're trying to argue that humans don't have a right to live in accordance with normal human life? Their "will" is irrelevant. The human right to life doesn't depend on whether or not someone else wants you alive or dead.

@VigGleeson 5 ай бұрын

Thank you, Diana, brilliant research and talk! I hope you (the US) get this issue sorted pronto! Getting pregnant at 16 was devastating, taking my own life or running away was on the table. I will forever remain grateful to the Norwegian state for my right to choose an abortion -- without having to tell my parents -- and for the Norwegian health service to care for me at such an early age. I've never regretted MY CHOICE one. single. day.

@rager4able 5 ай бұрын

Most biologists say life starts at conception, do / did you believe you ended your child’s life?

@alexwyatt2911 5 ай бұрын

@@rager4able The collective wisdom of the medical community is that abortion is essential healthcare. You can’t pick and choose what science you want to champion.

@TeamAwesomeDad 5 ай бұрын

@@rager4able Most? According to who?

@rager4able 5 ай бұрын

@@TeamAwesomeDad just google when the consensus say life begins.

@ruaraidh74 5 ай бұрын

@@alexwyatt2911 What disease does abortion treat? I'll wait.

@kaylorado 5 ай бұрын

Beautiful ted talk❤

@TheEverFreeKing 5 ай бұрын

It's a disgusting Ted talk justifying baby murder🚬🗿

@CarolMcLean1972 Ай бұрын

you are beautiful ;p

@jay3898 5 ай бұрын

If we start recognizing the trauma that‘unintended childbirth’ causes to the mother, we might have to start addressing how traumatic‘intended childbirth’ is. Then, we’ll have a real problem.

@jaygee5344 5 ай бұрын

just like all the "unintended pregnancy" that so many women get sleeping around. Don't make me get into that statistics of of reason for abortions....incest and rape are under 1% of reasons.

@xRockycherrYx 5 ай бұрын

But 'intended childbirth' is much less likely to be traumatic! Because then it is your decision to go through it! It's a sacrifice you make for something you strongly believe in! It's like donating an organ to a loved one to save their life compared to being kidnapped and robbed of an organ without giving consent.

@justusbryce3392 5 ай бұрын

Maybe make your decision to have children before you make the decision to engage in the behavior that creates them

@jay3898 5 ай бұрын

@@xRockycherrYx that’s true, but it isn’t the point I intended to make. I’m saying, although ‘unintentional pregnancy’ is worse than an intentional one, the ‘intentional pregnancy’ is probably sufficiently traumatic that it would require public addressing if we acknowledged the trauma. Im also implying that the way we would have to address it as a community would not be fun.

@victorlinares4137 5 ай бұрын

And why is that a problem? Dont you think women should know what theyre signing up for?@@jay3898

@shakibakhajavi9063 4 ай бұрын

This ted talk is gold👏🏻

@traitor_joe 5 ай бұрын

people in this comment are so dense lmao, like who are you to govern over other people’s choices. they have their own problem, not you, look in the mirror cuz this ain’t about you.

@MrSnivvel 5 ай бұрын

Who do you think the government is comprised of and gets its power from? The people, including those in the comment section you're addressing.

@rager4able 5 ай бұрын

Should the government not care about mass murderers? It is their choice after all. Should we just let them run rampant? I mean “this isn’t about you”.

@alexwyatt2911 5 ай бұрын

@@MrSnivvel The freedom of personal choice has long been an American value. The government should not infringe upon people’s human rights, nor restrict their access to essential healthcare.

@johncox3541 5 ай бұрын

@@alexwyatt2911 Individual liberty does not include the liberty to kill another person.

@MrSnivvel 5 ай бұрын

@@alexwyatt2911 Every country has restrictions on personal choice and has since the concept of nation-states has been around. Having an abortion is not a human right nor is it essential healthcare; it's a lifestyle choice that's trying to cover the consequence of poor life choices that were freely chosen by women with full agency over their lives.

@rkayad 3 ай бұрын

You don’t have to belive in gravity or heat, you kniw how it works even you do not want. 🤷🏻‍♂️

@summer78946 5 ай бұрын

Thank you ❤

@pr23487 5 ай бұрын

Why do people care if a stranger gets an abortion? Are they bored? It’s really strange. Maybe it’s just a political thing. Either way is creepy and pointless. Like who cares? You don’t know these people.

@ruaraidh74 5 ай бұрын

Why do people care if a stranger bans abortion? Are they bored? It's really strange. Maybe it's just a political thing. Either way is creepy and pointless. Like who cares? You don't know these people.

@alexwyatt2911 5 ай бұрын

@@ruaraidh74 Restricting people from accessing essential healthcare is not equivalent to your creepy hyper fixation about the personal healthcare decisions made by total strangers.

@Duude125 4 ай бұрын

Why do people care if a stranger gets murdered? Are they bored? It’s really strange. Maybe it’s just a political thing. Either way is creepy and pointless. Like who cares? You don’t know these people.

@alexwyatt2911 4 ай бұрын

@@Duude125 Oh, please. You don’t give af about other people.

@ruaraidh74 4 ай бұрын

@@alexwyatt2911 That's your contention to prove, Socrates. If your argument presupposes you being right then it's a bad argument😂

@Aella91 3 ай бұрын

Not everyone follows your religion though.

@Happy_Bnzo_Puppy 5 ай бұрын

👏

@Krsnaabhishek 5 ай бұрын

Yes

@CarolMcLean1972 Ай бұрын

ja'

@taylorma959 4 ай бұрын

Support abortion and womens choices

@misslaput7010 5 ай бұрын

these comments arent it lmao you're outing yourself

@mariaantoniettamontella9173 5 ай бұрын

applausi, brava

@fernanda_carcamo 3 ай бұрын

So, you were born, Diana Greene?

@bluewave4163 3 ай бұрын

Yes, her mother chose to give birth to her.

@ruaraidh74 2 ай бұрын

@@bluewave4163 I know, isn't it great that her mother didn't kill her?

@Shskfjekdnf38587 Ай бұрын

@@bluewave4163”I’ve noticed that everyone for abortion has already been born.”

@ZakFromOhio 5 ай бұрын

Sudden rise in accidental falling down the stairs and coat hanger sales skyrocket.

@leagarner3675 5 ай бұрын

Falling down stairs? Really? Do you live in soap-opera world?

@victorlinares4137 5 ай бұрын

@@leagarner3675you missed his satire

@ruaraidh74 5 ай бұрын

"We need to legalize killing babies, otherwise baby killers might hurt themselves" - Aristotle or something

@stonehands72 5 ай бұрын

Bold of you to assume pro-life folk watch TED talks.

@freedomishavingachoice3020 5 ай бұрын

Sometimes I go to Kristan Hawkins fans and let em know data that doesn't confirm their bias exsists. That's fun.

@Griexxt 5 ай бұрын

Looking at the comments, they do.

@airenmarie1250 5 ай бұрын

@@Griexxtjudging from the comments, they look at the title, click on, leave some ignorant comment, then click off. They're not watching. They came here to argue because "aBoRtiOn bAd" and "fReE sPeECh" 🙄

@Griexxt 5 ай бұрын

@@airenmarie1250 I didn't think of that, you're probably right.

@rager4able 5 ай бұрын

TED has became Left-wing propaganda, just look at their recent uploads, I don’t blame them 😅

@babydii3487 Ай бұрын

I wasn't getting rid of my baby.. I thank God for being the center of my life and the reference in my decision

@leonseymore263 4 ай бұрын

Most people live believing "1 + 1 =2". Life is much more complicated. Try "1 + 1 = 3", make it work. You'll learn along the way. We are all just tomorrows' photograph in a dusty album.

@frednovak506 4 ай бұрын

Save the whales

@adrenaline7898 4 ай бұрын

So sad, this has shocked my view on abortion. I'm glad my mom didn't abort me. Could have been justified at the time considering we were pooping in a bucket the first 11 years of my life. It wasn't until my father Jack came along and worked our way out of poverty. Even though it wasn't his swimmer who birthed me! He set the foundation of who I am today. Unfortunately not everyone has the opportunity of having a father and strong leader. I wish the U.S. had the money to repair infrastructure to take care of these children.

@hm-zr3uh 5 ай бұрын

💔

@mr.blackman3312 5 ай бұрын

Now can we simply define what an unintended pregnancy is?

@ZucchiZ 5 ай бұрын

An mistake during frick When balloon pops or balloon not used cause of several reasons

@wadebrewer7212 5 ай бұрын

TedX has turned into a woke mess. I subscribed years ago because they had a ton of really good topics worth listening to.

@ZucchiZ 5 ай бұрын

@@wadebrewer7212You still underestimate the effects of abortion or lack thereof on women and their children. If this isn't an important topic, I don't know what is

@safaesaufie3852 5 ай бұрын

Rape ! Does it ring a bell ?? Narcissist partner? Early marriages?? Addiction to drugs, prostitution or alcohol? Poverty ? No money to buy pills....etc .. .. to Err is human

@safaesaufie3852 5 ай бұрын

I'd add : taking the pills with other pills or some kind of food that abolishes the pill's effect !

@marklehigh1040 5 ай бұрын

What about the baby's rights? Here's what I got out of this video: Abortion doesn't harm mental health. Childbirth is more dangerous than abortion. Denying abortions harms women. finances, children, relationships, life aspirations Trust women.

@magitrop5336 5 ай бұрын

a baby does have rights a fetus or a lump of cells - doesn't

@JustinCarter 5 ай бұрын

@@magitrop5336Do you know the definition of "fetus"?

@magitrop5336 5 ай бұрын

@@JustinCarter "an initial stage of development of a multicellular organism" A stage is not always a result, fetus is not a human yet

@JustinCarter 5 ай бұрын

@@magitrop5336 inside a pregnant woman a fetus is not human? What kind of fetus is it? A "clump" of what kind of cells?

@magitrop5336 5 ай бұрын

@@JustinCarter do you want to say that sperm is a human being too? It contains the same DNA, it is organic matter, it _can_ evolve into a human - so sperm must be human too, mustn't it?

@user-it9vs3vq2z 3 ай бұрын

Women have to raise children into adulthood where they'll get shot. Then they get all ticked off like the saving private ryan mom because she was like "what in the heck did I do all of that work for? I've been bamboozled."

@ruaraidh74 2 ай бұрын

Maybe don't raise them in Saudi Arabia then?

@Shskfjekdnf38587 Ай бұрын

Do you think the shooters were “raised” well? Look into their lives. How many had absent fathers?

@ronalddancaliva883 5 ай бұрын

Is new York city has the most number of unintended pregnancy?

@aprilvogl2463 4 ай бұрын

Did you ask the women that were denied the abortion if they wish they had still had it once they raised their children?

@jamer14056 5 ай бұрын

so, she is saying that the women who genuinely need an abortion it helps. which personally i agree with! save mothers! but i dont think she is advocating for abortion for mothers who just dont want the kid. most women from my understanding would rather have their kid but if they find it unwise to have the kid at the time, then abortion should be the answer. i also do not believe these are reasons for reasonless abortion. Only for saving lives/major life improvements.

@rager4able 5 ай бұрын

These are fair points but it disregards her child’s life imo.

@alexwyatt2911 5 ай бұрын

Your opinion is your own. Don’t infringe on other people’s rights and access to essential healthcare.

@rager4able 5 ай бұрын

@@alexwyatt2911 Not when it’s killing an innocent human life, we call it murder. And we live in a society where we don’t just let people murder…

@alexwyatt2911 5 ай бұрын

@@rager4able Stop being a drama queen. Essential healthcare isn’t “murder.”

@ruaraidh74 5 ай бұрын

@@alexwyatt2911 So we're in agreement. Abortion isn't essential healthcare :)

@hal511bm 2 ай бұрын

The worWOW

@HeikkiHeer 3 ай бұрын

And France put the right of abortion into their constitution.

@Baby_ghost__b Ай бұрын

As they should 🙏

@freedomrings.0007 5 ай бұрын

I just want to say that this was the biggest mistake of my life that at the time i thought i was making the right decision. I know im not alone with that thought and all i have to say is, they should offer and discuss possible therapy or counseling to these women, which they do not. They treat you like a piece of meat through the process. There is no sympathy. Most of these places dont even make sure its really what you want or what is best for the patients who feel like they have to take this kind of route. I live with my regret every single day. Ive asked for forgiveness and ive cried a ton. I hate myself inside because of it. If they want to sensationalize this method. They should at least be honest about the emotional side of it. And who is to blame for women feeling like they have to go through this procedure? Who? Really, think about that.... No im not blaming men... Keep thinking.....

@leagarner3675 5 ай бұрын

Is it any different for a miscarriage or a live birth delivery? How about still birth. I have had experience with all of these and can tell you that the situation is worse for women in these situations. Yes, you do need counselling if you are not able to recover and move on.

@grmpEqweer 5 ай бұрын

Maybe you're beating yourself up because the people you surround yourself with are rabidly anti-choice. Edit: one out of 4 women will have an abortion in their lifetime. So, lots of "pro-life" women have or have had abortions.

@ryanwolf3950 5 ай бұрын

Obama?

@freedomrings.0007 5 ай бұрын

@@leagarner3675what a cute way of trying to devalue my comment however it is different for every women. You can't put all of those eggs in one basket. But nice try-

@alexwyatt2911 5 ай бұрын

What in the world?? This entire video was _specifically_ about effects of abortion on women’s mental and emotional health/outcomes. Your comment was made in bad faith.

@leenaright3949 3 ай бұрын

Have you thanked your mother today for allowing you to live ?

@TheLegendOfRandy 3 ай бұрын

So you think your own mother is nothing more than an incubator? That's really sad.

@leenaright3949 3 ай бұрын

@@TheLegendOfRandy no, I simply appreciate that she decided to give me life. She was unmarried, had no family support and had every excuse to say now was not the time to have a baby. I simply love her and appreciate the struggles she went thru. She died on my birthday last year, I miss her so much 🌷

@TheLegendOfRandy 3 ай бұрын

@@leenaright3949 First of all, I'm so incredibly sorry for your loss. She sounds like she was an incredible person and that the world has a hole in it after loss. There's just something special about mothers. That said, you somewhat described my mother, too. Never really knew my dad, but she somehow managed to give her life up and raise 3 children on her own. I suppose my point is that I love my mother so much that I would have happily chose to never be born if it meant that she would have had an easier life as a result. She could be living the dream life, but she chose to have 3 kids, instead, and lose all of her money as a result. Personally, I'd rather never be born and let her live her dreams, but she _chose_ to give birth to 3 children instead. I'm so incredibly happy that she had that _choice._ I adore my mother. If she was legally _forced_ to give birth to me, against her will, I would feel sick to my stomach. I'm grateful that I was a choice and not a legal obligation.

@leenaright3949 3 ай бұрын

@@TheLegendOfRandy Thank you, well spoken 🌷

@ruaraidh74 2 ай бұрын

@@TheLegendOfRandy I am also grateful that my mother did not chose to slaughter me and my siblings in the womb. Mothers are amazing!

@paleDragon 4 ай бұрын

Hahah do not excuse !

@jimb4715 Ай бұрын

How is the health of the murdered children? Oh ya all dead

@augusto2239 4 ай бұрын

the baby should not suffer the consequences of the mother's actions

@beetlebob4675 4 ай бұрын

You should watch the videos you comment on

@Aella91 3 ай бұрын

What if she was raped? What if the birth is life-threatening?

@elijahobviously1288 3 ай бұрын

@@Aella91 Then she should still not kill her children. And she should get medical treatment for whatever life-threatening illness she has.

@Aella91 3 ай бұрын

@@elijahobviously1288 Why does it matter so much to you what a woman does with her own body? You can disagree with abortion but it has got nothing to do with you.

@elijahobviously1288 3 ай бұрын

@Sam-pd9mp Actually you can. You can just waltz right into any hospital and ask them to treat you. Pretty cool. What other question did you have? Happy to answer for you.

@OptimisticHominid 5 ай бұрын

Sadly, few Trump voters will watch this, and if they did, they wouldn’t believe any of it.

@ruaraidh74 5 ай бұрын

None of it is true lol

@thrillyria 25 күн бұрын

Imagine an underaged sexual assault victim that gets complications and now in some states can be told that basically she'd now just need to die to protect the fetus that won't live outside her body anyway. Better luck in next life, I guess.

@thetaexali9550 Ай бұрын

What happens to the fetus?

@BOSS_1417 5 ай бұрын

I don't know what's sadder Not being mentally impacted after ending a life or being mentally impacted for not having ended your child's life

@ZucchiZ 5 ай бұрын

At the prior point, it wasn't yoir child's life. It was a blastula, Morula, etc Taking away a buncha cells from my body wouldn't cause any mental ills

@anniejuan1817 5 ай бұрын

Oh, the second is far sadder. Far, far sadder. Because now there is a child born into an unwelcoming situation, who will have to live with that forever.

@rager4able 5 ай бұрын

@@anniejuan1817I’d say the first, sure in both situations the child is unwanted by the mother but at least the second gives the child his/ her natural right to live

@alexwyatt2911 5 ай бұрын

What’s sadder is your attempt to manipulate people by using inflammatory verbiage. Don’t engage in the public discourse about abortion access unless you exercise intellectual integrity and emotional maturity.

@freedomishavingachoice3020 5 ай бұрын

@rager4able the right to life does not include an unwilling body when we are not viable.

@JimMiniscus 5 ай бұрын

In today’s Ted Talk: how to do confirmation bias in a professional way.

@sparli.n 5 ай бұрын

I’d take a look at the study! It’s actually very well done and rigorous. Just because the conclusions align with the speaker’s support for abortion, doesn’t mean that the study is filled with confirmation bias. If you’re looking and can’t get past a paywall, a well-sent email can usually get you the paper for free 😊

@rager4able 5 ай бұрын

Lmaooo spot on. 🙌

@alexwyatt2911 5 ай бұрын

@@rager4able And you’re engaged in confirmation bias in an amateur “way.”

@ruaraidh74 5 ай бұрын

@@sparli.n LMAO "an additional 5% of women self-identify as having poor mental health if they don't get abortions, in an entirely uncontrolled study, where participants are painstakingly aware that we're measuring abortion outcomes. ALSO those same participants are people who HAD abortions (the literal definition of bias). And this justifies killing 900,000 innocent human beings in the womb every year". That's your definition of "AKSHULLY really well done!"? You might as well have sampled Catholics and asked them if abortion=bad.

@goodtalker 3 ай бұрын

I'm a 61 year old male. I've raised 4 girls and had two wives. Reliable birth control and legalized abortion have been introduced in our culture at about the same time. From what I can tell, it seems to me, things are not going well, particularly, in our social and relationship areas. I am a retired educator and part of that new-found boogey man, The White Protestant Male. I've lived in California my whole life and will soon be moving to another state. IMHO, the US we currently inhabit, in 50 years, will have split in two with conservatives forming a new nation. I have my grandsons move there. Thanks for reading.

@group555_ 3 ай бұрын

Did you know that by far most unwanted pregnancies come from people brought up conservative

@leagarner3675 5 ай бұрын

So now that Justice Kennedy has the facts, has he changed his conclusion?

@MrSnivvel 5 ай бұрын

Abortions are determined by the states as it should be since it's not a federal issue, some states allow them and in others they're illegal.

@leagarner3675 5 ай бұрын

@@MrSnivvel Sorry, that's not acceptable to women to have tiered rights in different states. What I would like to see is that all men must get a vasectomy and only get a woman's permission to reverse it if she decides to get pregnant. It would be a lot easier to enforce and it's safer, les costly and a lot less harmful than unintended pregnancies. If you object, why?

@MrSnivvel 5 ай бұрын

@@leagarner3675 You definition of acceptable doesn't matter, this is the way things are since Roe v Wade was repealed. Everything else you wrote is too stupid to address.

@leagarner3675 5 ай бұрын

@@MrSnivvel Why not? A vasectomy safer, cheaper, and would stop unintended pregnancies. What's the problem with forcing men to undergo a medical procedure?

@rager4able 5 ай бұрын

I think abortion should be a federal issue, just how a black person or a slave were once looked as lesser than a person, life should be recognized at conception federally

@KingOfGamesss 2 ай бұрын

What happens when you don't allow People to Murder at will?...the answer is they get annoyed because now they have to sneak around in the shadows to do it and try not to get caught instead of committing murder in broad daylight in front of everyone while praising 'Satan' and covered in Innocent victim's blood

@Circuses 5 ай бұрын

Nonsense.

@tararobertseveningstar2968 4 ай бұрын

Putting aside being pro or anti, does anyone else find it strange that the love we feel towards our children is never mentioned? How, unless you're suffering from some psycopathy, every person loves their child once they are here. Even the ill equiped parents... ? I feel that was intentionally omitted. Kind of weird. If we are going to talk about it, lets talk about all of it. Real truth on both sides. Not carefully worded sales pitches.

@GC-pq6vm 3 ай бұрын

I mean the love I have for my dog is beyond what most people feel for their children. But I would never force someone who didn’t want a dog to get one. Of course, that would only end in tragedy and suffering. Many women forced to have a child against their will will likely experience poverty and even infanticide.

@ruaraidh74 2 ай бұрын

@@GC-pq6vm You obviously don't have children if you think that lol

@Baby_ghost__b Ай бұрын

@@ruaraidh74yes and? It's not because you love your child that everyone would loves theirs. It's not complicated to comprehend.

@ruaraidh74 Ай бұрын

@@Baby_ghost__b "Yes and" **proceeds to disagree with me** Dude idek what you're saying here

@Baby_ghost__b 29 күн бұрын

@@ruaraidh74 that it is not true that everyone loves their childs. They don't need to psycho to do it. The aunt of my friend can't stand her child younger than 4 years old. And she is not crazy or something. But everyone has an opinion ☺️

@user-vx8nf1em8v 3 ай бұрын

Abortion is a serious trauma for the woman concerned as well as for the soul of the being in the making. often this remains attached to the mother for a long time, unable to ascend into the light

@Thomasfboyle 5 ай бұрын

Answer: millions of innocent people aren’t killed

@rager4able 5 ай бұрын

Abortion has killed millions.

@alexwyatt2911 5 ай бұрын

Your “answer” is to question: What would be the result of the implementation and enforcement of adequate firearm safety restrictions in the US?

@ruaraidh74 5 ай бұрын

@@alexwyatt2911 There are ~11,000 gun homicides per year in the US. For reference, car accidents kill 40,000 people, smoking kills 100k+, 2nd hand smoke alone kills 70k+, and abortion kills 900k+. 11k people killed from firearms is not "millions" 😂😂😂 You're hysterical

@beetlebob4675 4 ай бұрын

@@ruaraidh74 Why are you spreading all your brain damage in the replies?????

@ShowMeSomething1 4 ай бұрын

@@ruaraidh74More people are killed by other things than abortion, because abortion doesn’t kill anyone, im pretty sure less than 1% of woman actually die because of one or the % gets higher for those who DONT Receive one if they were needing it. 👍

@Xeonophon 5 ай бұрын

stop using abortion as a contraception.

@Tinkbook 5 ай бұрын

Your comment demonstrates your lack of knowledge of this issue.

@Xeonophon 5 ай бұрын

@@Tinkbook ok

@Hayhoestudios 5 ай бұрын

@xeonophon 💯

@anniejuan1817 5 ай бұрын

No one uses abortion as contraception. Just be logical for a moment. Contraception is cheaper, more available, more options, and less trauma to the woman's body. No one chooses abortion as their method of contraception. Be real.

@onomatopejaB 5 ай бұрын

@@anniejuan1817 No one, are you sure? 100%?

@susandavis9510 3 ай бұрын

My parents were piss poor but thank God never ever contemplated aborting me and my four siblings🙏

@markthorson6656 3 ай бұрын

As Mr. Spock would say, "Your statement is illogical"--i.e., you would not be here to have those sentiments had your embryo been aborted, and of course, there would still be billions of people having experiences equally-marvelous to yours.

@group555_ 3 ай бұрын

So your parents decided to have 5 kids and not adopt a single baby to help stop abortions. They are part of the problem according to your logic

@ruaraidh74 2 ай бұрын

@@markthorson6656 Nice non-sequitur. She didn't say anything about whether or not she would "be here" to have the sentiment. You can say the same thing about killing anybody. It doesn't justify killing them or in any way invalidate their argument. Maybe you should spend less time larping as a space alien and more time actually studying propositional logic.

@ruaraidh74 2 ай бұрын

@@group555_ When did "his logic" include "if you don't adopt babies you're part of the problem"?? That's not a valid argument you just invented premises that don't exist. There are at least 3 sets of parents waiting to adopt for every single baby in the adoption system. America has a massive baby shortage they don't need more adopters.

@Shskfjekdnf38587 Ай бұрын

@@markthorson6656 “Your embryo” makes absolutely no sense. You WERE the embryo.

@alexandrawhitelock6195 22 күн бұрын

As for putting a baby for adoption…they end up in the overloaded foster care system…most age out..angry…abused…unloved…look at the past of the Parkland School shooter!!!

@onomatopejaB 5 ай бұрын

You know what happens? Natural human rights are respected, human right to live and prosper. human dignity and worth does not depend on skin color, nationality, height, weight or... age. Or you should by law attache 3/5 value to unborn vs adoults? There is also things like accountability and responsibility for you actions…

@1234516121 5 ай бұрын

How about pregnancy after rape? Stop spouting the BS like "it is minorities of the cases". You are the one who act as if women should take responsibility for all unintended pregnancy. Of course, if you actually propose to transplant the pregnancy into the rapist, then I would agree with you wgoleheay.

@onomatopejaB 5 ай бұрын

@@1234516121 are you advocating abortion ONLY for rape, insest and danger to mothers live? If not why are you being disingenuous…

@Tinkbook 5 ай бұрын

If abortion is illegal women's human rights are not respected.

@derriegel5705 5 ай бұрын

@@onomatopejaB What about cases where the condom burst? Or where the man pulled it off (which happens quite regulary)?

@onomatopejaB 5 ай бұрын

@@derriegel5705 what about? Are you an adult who understands the consequences of your actions and can take responsibility for them? A-C-C-O-U-N-T-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y. Sometimes our decisions have unintended consequence.

@noeaguilar5772 5 ай бұрын

If we think that the existance of a innocent human being is the problem, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE WRONG PROBLEM

@stonehands72 5 ай бұрын

Unless the guaranteed supports are available for both the mother and the CHILD, abortion should be available. My life as a result of not being aborted is terrible! Some women should not have children. Period.

@grmpEqweer 5 ай бұрын

@@stonehands72 Sympathies extended.

@rager4able 5 ай бұрын

I agree, but life is not the problem.

@Balil_Wrld 5 ай бұрын

Are there any bad effects of Abortion?

@leagarner3675 5 ай бұрын

Illegal abortion is unsafe.

@PatientPerspective 5 ай бұрын

According to the video, no.

@grmpEqweer 5 ай бұрын

Not really. It's a lot less dangerous than bringing a pregnancy to term.

@anniejuan1817 5 ай бұрын

If someone is forced or coerced into having one, then yeah, the abortion is likely more harmful than the pregnancy would have been. Otherwise, generally not. Of course there will always be a few people who regret the decision that they made (not just that they were in the position to have to make a choice). Just like there are a few people who honestly regret having a child. But laws that govern the masses should not be based on the few.

@ruaraidh74 5 ай бұрын

Abortion is not considered successful unless a human being dies. So... yes.

@antonioherrera1324 4 ай бұрын

This video is the most pathetic, why woman claim the phrase my body my choice,,,, cant we at least agree they do have that right , and theyve had it also when the got pregnant,

@michaelpuckett6612 5 ай бұрын

Don't kill babies

@monstaginga5273 4 ай бұрын

That’s not what an abortion is

@Aella91 3 ай бұрын

Don’t stop women from making choices about their own bodies.

@elijahobviously1288 3 ай бұрын

@@monstaginga5273 That's actually exactly what an abortion is

@elijahobviously1288 3 ай бұрын

@@Aella91 They're called laws. No I'm not going to remove all laws.

@Aella91 3 ай бұрын

@@elijahobviously1288 I don't think you personally make the laws 😂

@PetarStamenkovic 5 ай бұрын

This is such a sad overview of where our culture is. A woman speaking in euphemisms because she cannot acknowledge either the women or the kids involved. She then quickly concludes that there wasn't any mental harm in "people who got abortions." Mental health was clearly the first to go, but no one listening in auditorium called her out, and TED promoted her view to the wider public. God help us.

@freedomishavingachoice3020 5 ай бұрын

There is more harm in denying the choice. Those with both the right to give birth and not give birth are the happiest people in less poverty. You didn't watch the video.

@rager4able 5 ай бұрын

⁠⁠⁠@@freedomishavingachoice3020I watched the video, and no he’s right this video didn’t acknowledge any of that, it’s only concern was pushing pro-choice propaganda 🤦‍♂️ As you are doing now… What about the harm to all those unborn children? I don’t think killing children should be tied to happiness and solving poverty. L solution.

@freedomishavingachoice3020 5 ай бұрын

@rager4able If the refusal of your body to the not viable is considered killing, you're a killer. You're calling yourself criminal. Critical thinking is not encouraged in identified hate groups.

@freedomishavingachoice3020 5 ай бұрын

@rager4able Refusal of your body to the not viable is not "harm". You refuse your body to the not viable every single day. You are allowed self preservation as a free person. You all act like not viable people don't perish. They aren't viable, what did you expect to occur, for them to live forever?

@rager4able 5 ай бұрын

@@freedomishavingachoice3020 wow you learned to paint false picture 👏 Killing your child is indeed harming them to the point of death.

@tocaalex123 5 ай бұрын

First

@wojciechochaa7724 3 ай бұрын

Killing someone is never a good way. I know there are circumstances that abortion seems like the best way, ex. lethal illness of a child or threat for life of mother, I understand that. But economic issues? I don't get it. It has to be remembered that child don't appear magically but choice is in fact taken when intercourse happen. If someone don't feel ready to have a child, have to think about it earlier. And there is a lot of testimonies of women after abortion that says it was the worst decision in their lives and it was devastating for them. Just remember when that talking about abortion that it is about living persons like you or me, but we actually had opportunity to get birth.

@shaunpatryck 5 ай бұрын

So complete irresponsibility is an OK reason to abort a baby??? Funny how they'll use the worst to justify serial abortion.... TED have a speaker talking about how ABORTION IS BAD.

@derriegel5705 5 ай бұрын

It's quite hard to argue that abortion is bad, as the results can clearly be seen in conservative states. Women being sued for manslaughter after miscariages, being forced to have the babies of their rapists, being forced to have a baby because the man was an a** and decided to pull off the condom in the last second. What a great society to be argueing for.

@Griexxt 5 ай бұрын

Yes, let's ban everything that some people use irresponsibly. Cars, motorcycles, guns, cigarettes, alcohol....

@grmpEqweer 5 ай бұрын

Abortions are expensive, and half the women who seek abortions are living in poverty. So, no, most women will have one abortion in their lifetime, about 25% have two. Three lifetime abortions are unusual.

@shaunpatryck 5 ай бұрын

@@grmpEqweer 1 or more is also bizarre

@grmpEqweer 5 ай бұрын

@@shaunpatryck That's your judgement talking. 1 in 4 women in the USA will have an abortion in their lifetime. ...You KNOW at least one, probably more. And they aren't telling you. Because you've been taught to judge harshly. Even pro-life women have abortions. They just keep their mouths shut.

@strangereyes9594 5 ай бұрын

Killing an unborn child, women most affected, sorry "people" most affected.

@freedomishavingachoice3020 5 ай бұрын

If the refusal of your body to the not viable qualifies as "killing" you're currently killing people. There is always someone who is not viable who would survive if only they had access to your unwilling body.

@leagarner3675 5 ай бұрын

It's not up to you. And I don't for a minute believe that you care about children.

@strangereyes9594 5 ай бұрын

@@leagarner3675 You can count yourself lucky that this is not up to me, yet.

@freedomishavingachoice3020 5 ай бұрын

@leagarner3675 These slight threats to you can be alerted to the platform. You deserve better than this treatment.

@ruaraidh74 5 ай бұрын

@@leagarner3675 It's up to me actually. And I love how you just met the guy 5 seconds ago but your entire worldview requires you to demonize everyone with a different view point than your own 😂

@Ideas336 3 ай бұрын

That was not the case for my friend who received the abortion. The guilt ate her up. However another friend she accepted her abortion and had another one. Another lady I knew ( an acquaintance had four). It will depend on the individual. The acquaintance was glad she did because she could not afford it. My friend who had two wished she would have been more responsible as she reflects on her past. She sees things differently now. If my daughter should ever get pregnant I would advise her to have it and decide if she wants to keep it. I personally believe that aborting a child would be hard. A lot of women cannot have children. There are couples who are willing to adopt.

@konfyd110 3 ай бұрын

Unless you are manipulated, raped or have health complications; if you sleep around be ready for the consequences of pregnancy and hopefully your partner in pleasure stays close too. You play with fire, you get burnt sometimes. Own up.

@GC-pq6vm 3 ай бұрын

So when you have a heart attack, we can just turn you away and say “learn to deal with the consequences of your actions?”

@konfyd110 3 ай бұрын

@@GC-pq6vm ???

@ruaraidh74 2 ай бұрын

@@GC-pq6vm Treating a heart attack doesn't kill anyone. :D ??? Try arguing with someone in the building perhaps?

@lee4094 5 ай бұрын

So I guess children are cattle if we want them we keep them but if not 🤷🏽‍♀️ get rid of them why not. So as adults where is accountability, when is it OUR duty to prepare better,look for other ways of contraception, how about as women keep track of when your ovulating I mean come on we can’t blame a child for an adults “mistakes”. No I’m sorry children should NOT be killed due to an adults negligence or their missteps in life. 🧐 both my children my husband and I planned. I kept track of my ovulation and we did it the right way.

@derriegel5705 5 ай бұрын

Counter questions: How can something be killed that is not alife? (The definition for life is clear and fetus are not qualifing) Don't you think mistakes can happen? What about all of those instances where men just pull of their condoms, because they are assholes? What about cases where contracaptions just don't work? What about cases of rape? If a fetus is alife and a woman is having a miscarriage, she could be sued for manslaughter (which is already happening in conservative states). Do you really want to live in a society like that?

@Tinkbook 5 ай бұрын

A foetus is not a child, it's a few strings of DNA with some clouds of tissue. It is the right of every woman to have the right to choose what is best for her. You have no place making decisions for other women.

@leagarner3675 5 ай бұрын

Men could easily stop unintended pregnancies. Why do you think they don't?

@rager4able 5 ай бұрын

Biology says that it’s 100% human and 100% life @ conception so yes right to live applies 🙌

@anniejuan1817 5 ай бұрын

@@rager4able Liver cancer would also qualify, under your defintion.

@TheEverFreeKing 5 ай бұрын

It's amazing to watch this cognitive dissonance of her trying to justify baby murder 🧐 We all know her study was likely BS looking for a conclusion. But even if it wasn't nothing justifies human sacrifice of a baby to attain wealth or love. This is the kind of evil person we want to see cry as abortion becomes illegal, this is the kind of person that would have been a slave owner a few hundred years ago.

@JustinCarter 5 ай бұрын

Think about the two study groups, it was a bias study from the start.

@geoffrobinson 5 ай бұрын

Babies live. Murder prevented.

@freedomishavingachoice3020 5 ай бұрын

If the refusal of your body to the not viable qualifies as murder, you're currently murdering someone. Go to jail, I guess.

@geoffrobinson 5 ай бұрын

@@freedomishavingachoice3020 I'm sorry I've studied logic and rhetoric. You made an attempt but you'll need to lay more out.

@freedomishavingachoice3020 5 ай бұрын

@@geoffrobinson There is someone every day that could survive if only they had access to your unwilling body. Just because they aren't viable doesn't grant them access to it. The right to life does not include an unwilling body when we are not viable. If we made it a crime to refuse our body to the not viable, we'd all be considered criminals. You included. I don't think that's logical.

@jenniferrenee5876 5 ай бұрын

How would you feel if your country had forced organ donation? You have two healthy kidneys and by not donating you're killing someone who needs one.

@rager4able 5 ай бұрын

@@freedomishavingachoice3020A mother is responsible for her child’s life.

@rkayad 5 ай бұрын

Killing is killing. Even if he/She is in your womb. A human being without the capability to save her/himself.

@jose15802 5 ай бұрын

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@beetlebob4675 4 ай бұрын

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@Aella91 3 ай бұрын

Exactly. It’s in *their womb. It’s not their body, it’s the woman’s and she has the right to choose.

@rkayad 3 ай бұрын

You can choose any “right”, to do any bad things. Depends on “your” intelligence. (Intelligence is a gift from God to do the right thing according to your conscience.. even the right to spoil both!) Responsibility is theirs of course…

@Aella91 3 ай бұрын

@@rkayad Not everyone is religious or believes in that though. Women should have the right to choose what to do with their bodies.

@user-sv1of4tu1i Ай бұрын

1 Corinthians 10:24 24 No one should seek their own good, but the good of others. . Mark 9:35 35 Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.” . Philippians 2:5-8 5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in very nature[a] God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; 7 rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature[b] of a servant, being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death- even death on a cross!

@BeachBumZero 5 ай бұрын

If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen. Don't want to be faced with such a tough choice? Choose self control.

@RedwoodEden 5 ай бұрын

That’s a pretty archaic response. I hope you follow your own advice.

@onomatopejaB 5 ай бұрын

@@RedwoodEden archaic 😂 maybe you ment „wise”, „timeless”, „common sense”?

@freedomishavingachoice3020 5 ай бұрын

I'm sure Gabriella Gonzalez had a choice with the man recorded holding her in a chokehold. Sure.

@grmpEqweer 5 ай бұрын

Women (and other uterus owners) just don't want *the government making that choice for them.* FWIW, I want guys to have more control over their fertility than at present, too. Male birth control needs to be a thing. Culturally, though? we put almost all the responsibility on women. So drugmakers don't think American guys will buy male birth control products. So they don't make them here.

@alexwyatt2911 5 ай бұрын

What in the world are you talking about?

@villagecpa 5 ай бұрын

Protect babies…? Isn’t that what we do when we deny an abortion?

@anniejuan1817 4 ай бұрын

No, it's not.

@ShowMeSomething1 4 ай бұрын

Not really, you are just making a strangers life worse by forcing such things that wouldn’t even effect you or anyone else.

@ahmedsulieman3455 5 ай бұрын

The problem here is not abortion or its absence...the real problem is that there are no men in Western society to bear responsibility and that women have become a cheap commodity by focusing on women...because the fertilization process is shared between the male and the female...and here the family is created, which is the nucleus. Society... To dismantle society, the relationship between women and men was distorted... This resulted in many problems, one of which was abortion... Thank God we are Muslims...

@freedomishavingachoice3020 5 ай бұрын

We test drive a car before purchasing, knowing fell well no fault accidents occur. Imagine buying, and finding out you didn't want to drive a "stick shift" AFTER the fact. Young people are going to test drive. The best you can do is encourage seatbelts.

@Tinkbook 5 ай бұрын

The problem is people trying to control, or make laws that harm women. The problem is not allowing women the human right to choose, to choose what is best and right for themselves.

@rager4able 5 ай бұрын

@@freedomishavingachoice3020I think this is a fault of current culture. Having to “test drive” wasn’t a thing.

@rager4able 5 ай бұрын

@@TinkbookThere are laws already saying killing innocent lives is wrong.

@freedomishavingachoice3020 5 ай бұрын

@rager4able You'd make a huge commitment and live with the regret, if you picked a car you didn't like by not test driving it. How irresponsible of you just to avoid the inconvenience of walking. People perish in no fault accidents. You're choosing the thing that puts more life at risk. That's selfish. I don't believe you. I think you look at the interior and make sure you're confident driving it before you dropped paychecks. I don't appreciate the disingenuous comments. You absolutely test drive because that's the logical thing to do. I do not support hypocrisy. Move on.

@voiceofreason3278 3 ай бұрын

Life is precious. Your life is Priceless. The baby in your womb is also priceless, God’s creation, a unique being that will never be duplicated. Life is the most valuable gift we have. There are many reasons and excuses for ending your baby’s life in the womb. Please consider all options, including adoption, where your baby has a chance to be loved.

@blythe4567 14 күн бұрын

May the fetus that you save turn out to be a pro-choice TEDTalk speaker !!!!

@saenzperspectives 5 ай бұрын

Premise 1: A human being has inherent value and dignity. Premise 2: An unborn fetus is a human being. Conclusion: Therefore, an unborn fetus has inherent value and dignity and should not be intentionally killed through abortion. Explanation: This argument is based on the belief that all human beings have inherent value and dignity, regardless of their age, stage of development, or any other characteristic. The second premise asserts that an unborn fetus is a human being, and not merely a clump of cells or a part of the mother's body. This is supported by scientific evidence that shows that a fetus has its own unique DNA and can develop into a fully formed human being if allowed to continue to grow and develop. The conclusion follows logically from the two premises, stating that an unborn fetus has the same inherent value and dignity as any other human being, and therefore should be protected from intentional harm, including abortion.

@derriegel5705 5 ай бұрын

Taking your premises seriously for a second (even though a fetus does not even fullfill the definition of life in its early stages) and ignoring that you want to take away a womans choice over her own body: So if a pregnant woman stumbles, falls down and as a result has a miscarriage, the woman could be sued for manslaughter as her accident caused a human to die. What a great world to be living in. Same goes for women where the fetus just doesn't make it by pure bad luck. After all 10 to 20 percent of pregnancies end in miscarriages. All of these women could be sued for manslaughter. You might say, that this is absurd, but on the contrary, this is what is already happening in the US. It is really that important to you that you make society such a horrible place for women? And do you seriously believe that more women will decide to have kids, if there is a one in five chance that in addition to a miscarriage, they could be sued for that?

@Amethyst_Friend 5 ай бұрын

A fetus is not a human being, it’s a potential

@freedomishavingachoice3020 5 ай бұрын

What human being has the rights to an unwilling body when they are not viable? I'm human. You're human. We both have value, right. Can we use an unwilling body when we aren't viable? Why should a fetus get a right that none of us have?

@MrSnivvel 5 ай бұрын

Your Premise 1 is wrong. No one is automatically valuable or is there any sort of equality of value, some are very valuable whereas some have no value.

@derriegel5705 5 ай бұрын

@GreenDemon618 Yes, third parties can be charged for endangering a pregnancy (as with any harm, you could do to another person, in this case the mother), but not the person itself. This is not outside of abortion. The only somewhat sensible path of argueing against abortion is by claiming that the fetus is a living human being. But the second that becomes true, all other laws apply for that human being as well, so if the mother has a miscarriage, she can be sued for manslaughter under the assumption that she is somehow responsible for the miscarriage.

@noeaguilar5772 5 ай бұрын

If her grandmother would've had an abortion, neither her mother or her would've existed. Just ponder that for second.

@freedomishavingachoice3020 5 ай бұрын

If we'd use our mother's unwilling body in immeasurable pain, risking irreparably harming her, can we possibly love her? I don't believe so. I'd rather not exsist than hurt my mother against her will. She deserves to choose who she saves with her body.

@noeaguilar5772 5 ай бұрын

@@freedomishavingachoice3020 Going along with that. Think of the joy she had by meeting her daughter and granddaughter, the memories, the experiences, having somebody by her side her last days, the future generations, etc. The pains and inconveniences dwarf at the positives in the great scheme of things, specially for the mothers.

@freedomishavingachoice3020 5 ай бұрын

@@noeaguilar5772 We can't predict the net good abortion provides. Just because a uterus can save a few lives via pregnancy, a person not pregnant on bedrest can save countless lives with their body. Can you tally the happy moments of people they save while not pregnant? Kinda odd to tell people to be scared of losing happy moments when choosing to give birth is also making the choice to lose out on happy moments with other people.

@noeaguilar5772 5 ай бұрын

@@freedomishavingachoice3020 can't predict the net bad or good equality. But saving a life is a net good even if people are bother by that life. Freedom can't exist if some part of humanity doesn't have a choice whether to live or die.

@leagarner3675 5 ай бұрын

@@noeaguilar5772 You need to go talk to your mother. I think you don't know the world as women do.