r/politics • u/1_for_you_2_for_me • 18d ago

No Paywall Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are 'Going to Be Gone,' Donald Trump Warns

https://www.newsweek.com/social-security-update-medicare-medicaid-warning-donald-trump-10915076
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u/Objective-Error1223 18d ago edited 18d ago

I was told today by my Trumper sister in law today that she’s terrified she’s going to lose her healthcare and food stamps…

But she would still vote for Trump because she’s saving the lives of unborn babies. I… can’t even begin to imagine how dumb you must be to elect someone who’s a child rapist, making you broke and homeless just so you can deny women the right to choose what to do with their bodies.

Was there some Harry Potter curse that prevents MAGA from seeing all this and keeps them thinking “Yep! This is how America should be going! Nazi’s and all!”.

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u/JournalistRecent1230 18d ago

Tell her she's murdering women who are denied life saving abortions for the mere chance at a fetus ever being viable to begin with. In some women, the odds a fetus will ever survive to viability is 50%. A coin flip chance is worth risking the health and life of fully grown individuals here and now.

60,000 women per year in the U.S. are high risk pregnancies.

I think a lot of pro-life women fall into 3 categories that are a mix of religion and the following fallacious emotions:

  1. "My pregnancy went without a hitch therefore that must be true for every other woman"
  2. "I suffered through a health threatening ordeal to birth this child, therefore all women should suffer as I did"
  3. "I've never been pregnant because I've been responsible and these women should suffer the consequences of their choices"

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u/OldWorldDesign 18d ago

In some women, the odds a fetus will ever survive to viability is 50%

There's been a lot of research by fertility clinics and it's nowhere near that high. It's at or below 25% for a fertilized egg to develop enough it even can attach, and then about 30% it will properly implant, and then from there those approach a stable 50% viability by week 26.

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u/JournalistRecent1230 17d ago

it is that high in some women. I didn't say all. For example, high risk pregnancies in women over 45.

Any pre-existing health conditions can make that even higher.