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8 Outrageous Things Planned Parenthood Was Caught Doing

8. Taking Money To Abort African-American Babies 7. Offering Sex-Selective Abortion 6. Misinforming Women About Scientific Facts of Pregnancy 5. Lying About Abortion-Related Deaths 4. Lying About Offering Mammograms 3. Covering Up Child Sex Trafficking 2. Illegally Not Reporting Child Rape 1. Lobbying Against Protections For Babies Born Alive After Failed Abortions

#DefundPP

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I’m furious at tumblr rn because this ad is for what is called a “crisis pregnancy center.” If you have an unplanned pregnancy, this is NOT where you want to go.

Crisis pregnancy centers do not offer comprehensive sexual health services. They are often religious centers that shame women into keeping a pregnancy. They offer free pregnancy testing and ultrasounds and if you call ahead and ask if they offer abortions, they will not be clear with you, they will lead you to believe they do, they will lie to you.

Things to look out for as red flags for CPCs:

- free pregnancy testing

- free ultrasound - this one is huge!!! They want you to see the fetus and become emotionally attached to prevent you from choosing abortion. Which as we all know is emotionally manipulative and abusive.

- counseling on “all options” with no explicit mention of abortion

- the center website stating they have trained medical staff: this means they have staff that aren’t physicians or nurse practitioners; this staff will feed you lies like a common myth that abortions cause breast cancer. This is false.

-extremely gendered language and romanticisation of pregnancy

These people are NOT your friends, they are NOT here for you. They are here to shame you for having sex and shame you for wanting an abortion.

How to avoid these centers:

- look for the red flags above

- look at their reviews online!!! This center above had multiple reviews from people who were shamed and insulted by their staff.

- try to go to a Planned Parenthood instead

- or call a Planned Parenthood and ask about comprehensive sexual health service centers in your area

These people are monsters who take advantage of people whose emotions are running high and treat them like garbage. If you are freaking out about an unplanned pregnancy, do not go to these places. CPCs are everywhere, and if you know the telltale signs they’re obvious, but protect yourselves and protect your friends! Tell them what to look out for. Take care of yourselves yall.

This post is by no means comprehensive and I can add more to it later to help people out but it’s all I could do on mobile in the car. Feel free to send a message or ask me for more info. I’ll probably tag some pro choice blogs later.

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“They said that without parental consent, … she would not be able to sign for her own epidural,” Sweeney says.

In Ohio, people under 18 who are in labor cannot consent to their own health care. They can receive emergency services, but nothing considered to be elective. For the many Ohio minors who become pregnant, it’s a painful gap in coverage.

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Me: I don’t know if I ever want to be pregnant, I’d rather adopt a kid or two that are a bit older

Someone: Are you SURE? Older adoptees present UNIQUE CHALLENGES

Me: We are discussing human beings not digital pets

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Heartwarming Pics Of Children Who Were Just Adopted

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The reasons for the black-white divide in both infant and maternal mortality have been debated by researchers and doctors for more than two decades. But recently there has been growing acceptance of what has largely been, for the medical establishment, a shocking idea: For black women in America, an inescapable atmosphere of societal and systemic racism can create a kind of toxic physiological stress, resulting in conditions — including hypertension and pre-eclampsia — that lead directly to higher rates of infant and maternal death. And that societal racism is further expressed in a pervasive, longstanding racial bias in health care — including the dismissal of legitimate concerns and symptoms — that can help explain poor birth outcomes even in the case of black women with the most advantages.

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/magazine/black-mothers-babies-death-maternal-mortality.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

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I’ve been in such a funk all day and could not for the life of me put my finger on why. Then I realized, today was the 30th of June. A year ago today I found out we were expecting Levi and this morning I took yet another negative pregnancy test. We have been trying to conceive for over a year and a half now and after two early losses it starting to feel very discouraging taking negative test after negative test. Would y'all please pray for me? Infertility is a heavy burden and its starting to weigh on my heart in a major way. Please pray that God would bless us with children as he sees fit.

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If your idea of “compassion” is killing off the weak, poor, or disabled rather than helping them, then you’re not advocating compassion at all. You’re advocating personal convenience.

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The baby girl that was born just a few hours ago… her father wants to drown her in milk because he didn’t receive a male heir!

Rekha as Ramdulaari // Lajja (2001)

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Being a woman is constantly risking a parasite starting to grow inside you, eventually burst out of you and keep draining you for emotional attention for the rest of your life.

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HOW EVERY WHITE FATHER DENYS THEIR KIDS ON MAURY

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Jesus. This is the most concerning thing I’ve read all day. Really worried for you guys across the pond.

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Contrary to Popular Belief Africa is Not a Monolith

“You don’t look African”

Considering Africa is a continent with 54 different countries and over 3000 different ethnic groups, it really shouldn’t surprise people that there is no one set look for an African. 

Afar people:

San people:

Amazigh people:

Oromo people:

Hausa people:

Masai people:

Edo people:

Wodaabe people:

These are just 8 of the over 3000 ethnic groups in Africa, and you can already see how beautiful and varied the people of Africa are.

THERE IS NO ONE AFRICAN “LOOK”.

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We <3 Pro-Life Boys!

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This is probably still my favorite drug “advertisement”

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i know its the mets, but this is the coolest shit i’ve ever seen a human being do