After Which Failed Pregnancy Should I Have Been Imprisoned? Rep. Lucy McBath on Reproductive Rights
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- Опубліковано 19 тра 2022
- During a meeting of the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, Democratic Congressmember Lucy McBath of Georgia shared her personal story about accessing reproductive care after experiencing a stillbirth. In doing so, she pointed out how anti-abortion politicians and legislators fail to see the medical necessity of abortion in instances such as hers. “We can be the nation that rolls back the clock, that rolls back the rights of women, and that strips them of their very liberty. Or we can be the nation of choice - the nation where every woman can make her own choice,” says McBath.
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Lucy should NOT have felt compelled to give that speech.. SHAME on this COUNTRY!!!
She is going to have to give that speech many times. I am sorry. Shame on us.
What do you expect from a government that's leaning more and more towards authoritarian theocracy? Women have to justify their existence. People of colour have to justify their existence. Basic human rights are being overturned. And the only ones surprised by any of this are Americans.
Shame belongs to the Supreme Court Justices that lied about Roe to get on the bench. They have betrayed this country to the same level Trump and his cronies have.
As someone who has had more than one miscarriage I really felt for her. To have to carry a child that is already dead is heartbreaking. But what a woman to bring up her difficulties in public in this way and to so powerfully state that under new laws after roe she could have been imprisoned. These men don't get it do they! It is possible for ANY woman to have a miscarriage, or more than one miscarriage, myself included. It is possible for Any woman to have an ectopic pregnancy that could end her life without the correct treatment.Treatment that many of these new state rules plan to outlaw. It is also possible, that ANY woman however careful can find that her child has died before birth. The means to deal with all of these could be illegal even if prescribed by medical professionals under these proposed laws. What a wonderful speaker she is. She had me both angry and in tears. We need more women who can talk fervently about this. But too many women suffer the agony of losing a child already, and far too many hear their men say "just get over it" or "you can always have another one." It's totally heartbreaking and this law would ultimately make more women loose their lives because doctors will be afraid to treat them. 😭🤬
SHAME ON YOU FOR SAYING THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In a society that too often see women only in terms of sex and motherhood, women who lose children are only rarely given the emotional, medical, and social support they need and deserve. The crime to me is our treatment of vulnerable pregnant women.
She's saying that we'll be judged based on success or failure in pregnancy. She's not preventing a thing.
When I lost my 2nd pregnancy, I was terrified and absolutely beside myself when I discovered blood while out shopping with my husband. I was desperate for anything to stop the inevitable, begging my midwife for hope. It still chills me to this day how casually they treated it. That it wasn’t a big deal and to call if I developed any signs of infection. I’m losing my baby, but there was no comfort, no counseling, and no one to turn to.
I also had absolutely no clue how common miscarriage is and that my silent experience was shared by so many woman around me. I found out after that my own mother had a miscarriage and gone through the same grief and guilt! But it’s taboo to discuss. “It is what it is”.
I understand miscarriages are usually for natural reasons, but that doesn’t lessen the profound grief and guilt women experience as a result. That there’s little thought given to the mental health impact is so cruel, and makes me feel like we’re regarded as little more than incubators 😞
I still think about our little bean, and how excited we were to welcome them. I cry a little every time I have to write 3 pregnancies, 2 to term on every damned medical history form. I agree there is no excuse for such blatant dismissal of mothers in our country. It’s inhumane, and it is absolutely criminal for politicians (who don’t even understand a women’s reproductive system!) to practice medicine without a license and take our right to choice away.
Then maybe you should encourage democrats and progressives stop this “birthing people” and “menstruating Americans” bull shit that there are no biological differences between men and women. You can’t have it both ways.
@@christinajackson2662 no disrespect to your pain honestly but the whole point of The right to choose crowd is that abortion is no big deal it’s just a clump of cells. Then mix in the new progressive ideology that there are no biological differences between men and women and people with tragic stories like yours and please explain how are we supposed to come up with a policy out of that mix? You can’t have it three ways, and that’s not even counting the mental gymnastics of shoehorning transgender and LBGTQXYZ into the argument.
A pre viable fetus is basically a parasite on the mother . This causes physical issues and can cause harm . Forcing women who do not want to go through with an unwanted pregnancy is abusing that woman. The Right by banning abortions and criminalizing miscarriages is also abusing women as 1 women have no control over that 2 retaining a dead fetus or having an ectopic pregnancy can cause death of the woman.
What a heartbreaking story. And, to know that she finally had a son, only to have him murdered is shocking and excruciatingly sad. My God, how much tragedy can a woman withstand? Her courage in telling her story in an attempt to preserve the rights of other women is awe inspiring.
She is quite remarkable and should never had a need to bring her suffering to the public. Yet, she is extremely brave in doing this for it to bring reality to a situation that lawmakers should never be involved in. To revisit such trauma is not a simple matter. This is a medical issue - not a legal issue!!!
The same lawmakers supporting these laws also support (and fund!) pharmaceutical companies manufacturing drugs that kill patients and hold them harmless of any results of their drugs.
I hear you, but men know better. Your body my choice, unless it comes down to the COVID-19 vaccine, but only if you're against it.
@@petek2316 Leave the anti vax aside. Thus is not the time nor the place.
So much respect for Rep. McBath. My heart is torn apart listening to her story. I've miscarried 4 times; my only surviving child died in infancy. What makes a bunch of old male politicians think they have any business dictating what a woman can and can't do with her own body in matters concerning reproductive health? It's outrageous. How is this happening in the 21st century?
I lost four babies because I was a victim of repeated rape starting at the age of 18 months old which damaged me inside. NO one will EVER tell me what I can and can't do with this body!! It is MINE.
I send you many good thoughts
((HUGS))
@@pamelaj.betz-baron2420 Thank you Pamela. I needed that.
@@cmmc3400: You are welcome.. ❤❤
I'm so sorry you had to endure so much trauma. That is horrible. Please keep yourself safe and I am praying for you right now. I hope you have been able to find good counseling for all of the things you have had to deal with. ❤️
I carried a blighted ovum for seven weeks until I bled. Planned Parenthood saved my life. I feel like today I might be in jail.
I have had 5 pregnancies. My first pregnancy, the fetus died around 8 weeks but I didn't find out until 10.5 weeks. My mom took me to Planned Parenthood as they were the only ones in my area who could help. My second pregnancy, like you was a blighted ovum, of which I miscarried around 8 weeks. My last 3 pregnancies ended up blessing me and my husband with three beautiful children. That said I needed treatment after my first two pregnancies which would be illegal if roe v Wade gets overturned. I worry for my girls both teenagers now that they may not have the access to care that I had should they experience something similar in the future.
@@HB-oy5hc I also have a teenage daughter now and feel the same way you do. I don’t know how they think they can just put the cat back in the bag after all these years. My girl won’t even consider colleges in a state where her body isn’t her own. And she isn’t alone.
My grandmother had 8 pregnancies before my father survived. She had a still birth, miscarriages and one baby who died of SIDS.
She went on to have three children who grew to adults. And she never spoke of this time in her life, my aunt told me, and she made so much more sense to me once I learned all this struggle.
The shame culture puts on women that are just trying to live is heavy and cruel.
@@jillionairess If Roe v Wade is struck down, I think a lot of red states will find themselves losing half their population as people move to blue states where women are still free to choose for themselves. We also need to get rid of the electoral college and have true democratic voting in this country - one person, one vote that actually counts.
If some of these mouth-breathing knuckle-dragging misogynists get their way, yep.
That was powerful, and I agree with Lucy McBath 100%! We can’t turn back the clock on HUMAN RIGHTS!
Leslie- Lucy’s babies tragically, very sadly, died. No one took their lives. I support human rights for babies and mothers. I don’t want mothers killed and I don’t want babies killed either.
An incredibly heart-felt testimony. Unfortunately it will fall on deaf ears because those in power are incapable of human empathy.
We really need a system that prevents psychopaths and narci.ssists from becoming political leaders...
I'd like a psyche evaluation before they can run for office - seriously, 4 shrinks should check them out to make sure the are functional enough to serve. It could be voluntary.
@@kimberlyquinlan6788 Yes I agree I agree that she does need a psychiatric evaluation because her story has nothing to do with what’s being perpetuated about abortion. And if she goes to a doctor that did her her doctor was an idiot how’s that sound. Do you understand a tubular pregnancy a miscarriage and a baby that is 45 months old that died in the womb have nothing to do with abortion. So everybody saying that people are in jail women are in jail and they’re keeping the medicines show the law show the Bill show me where women have been prosecuted otherwise just be quiet
@@kimberlyquinlan6788 They also should have limits of two terms! That would stop a lot of things that go on. Unfortunately, the longer some are in office, the more power-hungry they become and the more they consider themselves some sort of gods to rule others.
Voting for Lucy McBath was the best vote I’ve ever cast. All I wanted was for her to replace my district’s far-right Republican. And wow… She’s proven to be an amazing Representative.
I’d vote for her if she ran for President.
I could not agree more!!!!
She spoke truth !!! ❤
I totally agree. Unfortunately, I can't vote for her this time around since I'm in District 6. I wish I could though. The fact we finally got rid of Republican Karen Handel was a cause for great celebration.
Is this the one who son was killed?
@@mamabear3217 Yes, over music in a gasoline station.
Thank you Mrs. Lucy McBath for sharing. I miscarried twins. It was an ectopic pregnancy. I could’ve died. These male politicians should not get to decide.
I'm a guy and totally agree
What gets me is that it isn't just MALES who are trying to control us! There are some women out there, politicians, religious zealots, and pro life organisations headed by females that imo are traitors who drank the kool-aid and want to control other women out there too! It's sickening!! I wish ppl would mention them as well when talking about all of the male politicians wanting to control women. It's like those women aren't out there trying to help these idiots in power gain more power!
NO POLITICIANS SHOULD GET TO DECIDE.
I expect in the near future women in a situation similar to yours will die.
They, those politicians, want women to die!!!!!! They hate us!!!
This is exactly why women must be in leadership, brings perspective and personal experience beyond the stories you do not know . How brave to share
What utter rubbish. Perhaps men bring a perspective women don't have. Do you think the male partner doesn't feel the anguish and grief of losing their child?
Hillary Clinton once claimed that women endured the most pain when war takes place as they lose their sons and husbands and everyone applauded.
Her speech was ridiculous. Women have no comprehension of what is must be like to fight on the frontlines but that has never stopped women from condemning and judging men for fighting in wars
Typical hypocrisy from women who want to have their cake and eat it.
@@markmooroolbark252 As the same as you say that women have no comprehension of what it must be like for men in the frontline, men do not understand what miscarriages feel like. They have a outer body or second person affect from that. The women can feel the child dying, have to carry a dead fetus, bleed out the child, and worse.
So, NO. MEN DO NOT BRING A NEW PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE THEY DONT EXPERIENCE OR FEEL ANY OF IT.
Rubbish. Your ideology is ridiculous and not popular, as evidenced by your bot account and the other bot accounts filling up the comment section 😂 All this woman has done is told a story about her miscarriages, nothing to do with the abortion bill.
@@markmooroolbark252 Nice job bot account. Perhaps show the real accounts instead of the bots, on the whole comment section and stop having conversations with other bot accounts.
@@markmooroolbark252 If "male partners" are so concerned, why are there so many deadbeat fathers - fathers who run out on the mothers, fathers who do not pay child support, etc.
A responsible father might feel the loss of an unborn child but he does not experience it the same as a woman. His loss is in his mind only while the mother's loss is magnified by her own body which is also mourning the loss of the baby. Men's hormones don't change during or after pregnancy while women's very definitely do!!!
40 years ago my mum had to carry in her womb for weeks a dead 6 month old fetus. Even though she's had normal pregnancies after that 40 years after she is still deeply traumatized.
After many IVF treatments one of my friends and his wife had to terminate the pregnancy they so desperately ached for. Their little girl wasn't going to survive and was suffering. They were both devastated but it was the best thing to do for their child.
From a European point of view it seems like people in the US are always saying their country is the best in the world and yet you people are going backwards.
The US was founded by thieves and vultures, and nothing's changed.
Believe me those who say it's the best are A. In denial of what is going on. or B. They are the loud conservative minority usually white men and thus benefit from rolling things back. We live in a corporate backed dystopia that is made of systemic racism which begets sexism, ableism etc. Yet none of can leave because we can barely eat and renouncing our citizenship is 3k on top of the flight and the new home and the job none of which we can save for because again we barely make enough to just get through the day and paycheck to paycheck. I've always dreamed of living abroad I was a teen when Bush Jr was a president and I saw it coming and wanted to get out but before Obamas Healthcare act I couldn't get insurance because I have epilepsy (no prior illnesses were allowed) I ended up homeless at 19 because I couldn't get insurance and it's been a hard climb uphill since then. Luckily I work for a non profit now and do have meds but I can't save anything to get out of here. So there you go this is one of millions of stories. I fought hard still do to get better anything but Trump sent us 5 steps back at least with conservatives. I hope I get out of here some day but i won't hold my breath.
I had 4 failed pregnancies. One of which I was forced to carry twin fetuses for 2 weeks because the male doctor refused to refuse them after telling me to “pray for a miracle” when actually a miracle was impossible. Another doctor removed the fetuses because they would continue to grow inside me even though there would never be heartbeats. This is why I will always fight for a woman’s choice.
I'm so sorry you've gone through all that! ((HUGS))
I'm sure some female doctors may have given the same advice- stop making it about gender. There are many females who oppose abortion.
@@markmooroolbark252 then they too are terrible doctors.
@@markmooroolbark252 Then they too are imposing their own values onto others, rather than actually providing health care. Those doctors should consider different careers.
@@cbjones2212 The government uses my taxes to pay for abortions. Isn't that imposing their values on me and asking me to fund something I do not believe in?
Why is this happening? My daughter was made to carry a dead fetus for two weeks. I can't see a reason for this cruelty. The psychological damage done is irreversible.
I've never heard of such a thing. It speaks of your medical system. I don't know of a country that would do such a thing. If the baby is dead, it needs to come out right away. By the way, miscarriage and abortion is not the same thing.
@@matilda4406 I would hope most adults do know the difference between both.
I agree, It does speak to the medical system in the US. I'm not originally from the US so, I added this to my long list of unexplainable things that happens in the US when compared to other Western countries. The ordeal was traumatizing as a mother who had to watch my daughter subjected to this.
@@taq1238 Could they be waiting for labor pains to kick in? I don't know, just asking. I find the infringement on women in many areas to be mean, vindictive, nasty. Wait till men decide that the MeToo movement is done. Women rise up, vote for democratic women only, get more Supremes or get a law that says You must stay out of the personal affairs of women forever.
The psychological damage is the reason. Has it not occurred to people that conservative politicians are so concerned with achieving power in this kingdom is that they have renounced a place in GOD's kingdom.
She could have died. Her doctor should have induced labor to bring on the miscarriage, since the fetus was already dead. She does not understand the medical issues; she would not have carried to term, because the fetus was no longer growing. I am glad she finally had a baby, and I am so sad her child died young.
That is heartbreaking, what representative McBath went through. She makes a great point. These men and few women who are the minority putting the smack down on women's health are tyrannical.
Heartbreaking...I went through the same thing. Carrying my dead fetus until I went into labor. I delivered him at home according to my doctors instructions, then hemorrhaged and had to have a D&C to remove the placenta. It was very traumatic and I have to wonder if I would be grilled for why my fetus died.
Miscarriages are so incredibly common (I lost six.) yet egotistical males want to make it a crime. I’m terrified for the younger generations of women.
They'll perhaps end up barefoot, bruised, pregnant and standing in the kitchen if some of these religious nut jobs in government get their desires.
They have no idea. Just like sexual assault. I guess we need a me too for miscarriage and female problems.
@@5amiann In my state marital rape was legal until around 2005, give or take a year. I divorced my ex in “03. He was the financial director of the local women’s shelter and knew damn well what he could (and did) get away with.
@@mrquick6775 well, Mr. Quick, I hope then you are quick enough to pull out.🙄🙄😳
@@mrquick6775 Even when the fetus has died in the womb? This happens for unknown reasons more often than you might think. Not all women will naturally expel the dead tissue so they will need medical help to do so. If it is not removed, the tissue decays (rots), causing an infection that can kill the woman.
So heartbreaking! To know this testimony from Rep. Mcbath then to know what happened to her son Jordan this woman has lived through so much pain.
Yes, she has but if anyone is expecting compassion or even comprehension from the Religious Right.....well, it isn't coming.
People are NOT required to carry a dead fetus. They need a dnc. It's not removing a LIVE fetus. Medical coding may call them both abortion but it is NOT the same thing. Life is life until it dies, then it's a risk of infection. Sounds like she had a bad doctor. She really sounds nuts.
20% of all pregnancies in the USA end in a miscarriage -people don't know /talk about this. People NEED to know.
Yet, still a fighter!
@@grantsmythe8625 But We Can Vote Them Out, As Of Right Now We Still Have That Power
@@13juju Yes we do and never forget, there is something in the Universe that lodges within the Human Spirit that doesn't like lies and untruth, whatever it is or whoever lives it.
This Representative moved me to tears. I hadn’t even thought of the subject she passionately talked about, that is, miscarriages.
I’ve had a miscarriage and it is miserable.
My daughter also had a miscarriage with her first pregnancy. Such a devastating experience. I meant that I hadn’t thought o miscarriages coming under the anti-abortion laws
I can’t stop crying. My heart is breaking for Lucy. My son was killed and part of me died with him. She’s so brave to share her pain with us.
I can't begin to fathom the amount of pain and grief representative McBath has had to endure. And yet she finds the strength to not just live on, but serve her people honorably and fight for women everywhere!
The points she was making with her questions WERE the focus! She is one of many who faces all the things that can go wrong & now in light of these dark age medieval RW bills asking what can we all expect US to be like now!!
**Any Rethuglicon in power is dangerous.**
3rd world fascistic America is here.
It's harsh. It's sadder than she makes it sound. But she invited people to blame me- I hope she needs the attention.
If ever there could be a mouthpiece for the right of women to control their own bodies, representative McBath was ordained by the Spirit of truth and everywoman, who have unique reasons why they seek abortion. She is our mouthpiece! We will find a way to restore our rights.🕊❤️🕊
@@patricialongo5746 What do you personally gain, by making abortion illegal?
@@patricialongo5746
You somehow made it all about you? WTF
I also carried a deceased fetus of 6 months. I suffered medical deflect and it took a year to overcome the agony of the nightmares and physical suffering from that one miscarriage- I had 5. FIVE. The nightmares were so terribke- carrying a dead child is one of the most terrible thing that you can suffer. Thank my ancestors that they settled in a civilized country and not in the insanity of your country. I have very little respect for America but a lot of fear of the ability to destroy everything with their sick religious bullshite. 🇨🇦
Agree with you 1000% the religious right is going to destroy our democracy
Agree 💯!
Carrying a dead fetus must be devastating, and SO dangerous physically. I had four (mercifully early) spontaneous abortions, and I am very glad that nobody ever considered not giving me care. I’ve had some health issues, and the Canadian healthcare system isn’t perfect, but I am thankful daily that I live here. If I were still alive there, I’d be bankrupt.
America is doing some terrible stuff with respect to those of us with uteruses, and many others, but having lived in Ontario and given birth to my child there - there is very little in the way of rights for disabled people. (Said as a disabled parent to a disabled child)
I was SUPER relieved to experience my pregnancy and emergency birth in Ontario, don't get me wrong. But Canada has a LOT to answer for and smugness doesn't help anyone on either side of the border. My 2c
@@sowocki It is unfortunate that the ones that are in power are the ones voting; they do not reflect the opinions of the majority of the people that live in America. More specifically, it is certain government officials that are misrepresenting the majority. Please say the American government, not America.
Rep Mcbath is someone I can definitely relate to. I had 2 miscarriages, a stillborn daughter and my youngest son passed away from SIDS in the bed with me. It takes a lot for her to get up there and talk about it.
❤️
OMG..... The fact that she's been on the end and the beginning of two increíble paths of loss and struggle as a woman.
Your child being murdered, after years of struggling trying to conceive, murdered at the hands of some guy who believes being armed is far more important that children's safety.
That said, the same people who don't give a rats ass about women's integrity and right to live and choose, are the same who gives a rat ass about protecting the children they keep saying they want to keep alive by forcing women to have them.
This is a lot to unpack.
I am shocked and grieved to see that a country that advertises itself as champion of democracy and human rights chooses to deny the most basic rights and dignity to 50% of it's own population.
Thank you. Well said.
Not to mention all the women in the military who fight for a country that takes away WOMEN'S RIGHTS!!!!🪖🪖🪖🪖🪖🪖
It's conservatives. 💯 fault of subhuman republicans
I am shocked that 45% of women vote for politicians that want this.
Conservatives believe women should be housewives. Restricting our ability to choose when, how and if we become mothers is just one more way to try to force women into motherhood, or punish them for being sexually active outside of marriage. Conservatives see getting pregnant and having children as the natural outcome of women having sex, and do not like women being able to avoid "god's will" for them to have children. It's a punishment, for those who are not married. It's a reward for those who are. That's why so many of them are also against birth control. Although they will often avoid flat out saying they don't want birth control to be legal (as this would be deeply unpopular even among many Republican voters) they will do whatever they can to make it harder to access, including calling some forms of common birth control (like the pill and IUDs) to be "abortion". We can absolutely expect that if Roe V Wade falls we will see sweeping, swift legislation to classify many forms of birth control as "abortions" and make them illegal. We can also expect to see greater restrictions on access to any legal methods of contraception including reduced access to condoms. They will want to make it illegal to give them out to teenagers, or find ways to restrict where and to whom they can be sold. We may even see some states require that only women with medical reasons can use birth control, or only married women, only women x age or older, or only with consent from their husbands (under the guise of "men's rights" to choose if they want to have children). It's never really been about "state's rights" or "saving babies" it's always been about enforcing their theology onto everyone.
I remember the story about her son being killed(murdered really). Didn't know about all her other tragedies. What an amazing woman that she still has the strength and compassion to represent her constituents and stand up for women's rights. Much respect.
She almost died having her son, making her loss even more tragic.
Yes I remember her son being killed
Simply tragic. But she is absolutely why we need diversity, gender and racial.
Right on!
My goodness!!
My niece went through very much the same thing. She suffered four miscarriages within 18 months. She was finally able to conceive and carry her daughter to term, but the grief and guilt she suffered were immeasurable. Bravo to Rep. McBath for speaking up on behalf of all of the women who, through no fault of their own,, have suffered through this trauma.
Such an impassioned plea, so profound, yet so true!
Thank you Senator for your personal story!
My heart bleeds for this woman & the many many like her, too!
Why are WE THE PEOPLE not being allowed to vote on this decision .? I don't need or want you to think for me.
This is what bothers me. How can this small group of judges make overall decisions for the whole country. The problem is we don’t have the votes in Congress and the senate to make the changes to law that need to be made
@@starlessmystery6429 dem majority in both houses isn't enough to pass a law favored by a majority of voters of both parties? The problem isn't the court; it is that we don't have actual democracy in the u.s.
@@NotAPacifist825 no Congress and the senate are both problems because there are democrats in there that are voting against their own party on a regular basis. Also the republicans are all voting no on almost everything whether it’s something they actually are in favor of or not. Until we change this nothing will happen and if republicans get back in power I’d say this country is finished
Actually, the repeal of the Roe v Wade decision is what would grant THE PEOPLE the ability to vote on this issue, in a state by state basis. Whether intentionally or* not, you're actually making the argument the right wing of the supreme court is expressing. The decision in Roe v Wade is basically that the "unenumerated right" to privacy for woman supersedes the privileges of the states and the people to "excessive(ly)" restrict abortion access, which is generally considered prior to 20 weeks of a pregnancy. In my opinion, arguing that you should be able to vote on this issue is like arguing that I should have the right to vote on whether or not you have the right to life and liberty. I don't believe I should have that privilege, nor do I believe a woman's (or any person's) right to bodily autonomy should be restricted by any level of government.
*Edit: spelling correction(our to or)
@@NotAPacifist825 It's because Mitch McConnell is still in complete control of the Senate. We're at 50/50 and only have a majority if there needs to be a tiebreaker vote, which would come from Kamala Harris. With the added obstructions from Manchin and/or Sinema we haven't been able to pass a few things that would have just needed Kamala to easily tiebreak. In other situations, we can never get the required number/percentage of GOP to cross the aisle in order to pass anything in the Senate.
Heartbreaking story! My heartbreaks for her and every woman or young girl in this country! SHE COULD NOT HAVE SAID IT BETTER! ❤
Bless you, Rep. McBath, for your own personal pain and for your strength and testimony.
Thank you Ms. McBath for sharing your personal story. My heart and tears are with you. You are brave and strong! Thank you on behalf of women everywhere. ❤️
When the kids we have in Foster care have a permanent home , and the kids with medical conditions that are in institutions have a home. When children in America no longer have food insecurities and have medical insurance. Get back with me This is Truly taking America Back wards
We The People have Right to Vote on our Abortion Law put it on the Ballot.
well said👍😊
Uh, that's what the roll back of Roe v. Wade is supposed to do; allow individual states to vote on it.
@@hughjassle5876 Incorrect.
That's what Roe does as it is RIGHT NOW.
@@contrarygirl really? Because I don't recall there ever having been an opportunity to vote on abortion laws. And I'm old enough to remember. Let me see if I can clarify this for you. I know how obtuse some women can be, and how angry they can get when they think they'll have to suffer the consequences of their promiscuity. You see, Roe v. Wade first and foremost is bad law. Even Ruth Bader Ginsburg said so. Why was it bad law? Because it stripped the individual states of their ability to pass their own abortion laws and federalized abortion forcing SCOTUS to essentially legislate from the bench. You see, they're the judicial branch. Not the legislative branch, so they really shouldn't be legislating from the bench, or from anywhere else. Undoing this decision will return the issue to state legislatures, where many laws will be passed, then struck down as unconstitutional then put before the people for a vote. Then y'all get vote to sacrifice your children on the altar of convenience. Hope that straightens it out four ya, punkin.
@@estellasanmiguelstarr3283 Thank you
My mom had breast cancer , and had to have an abortion or die and leave 7 kids.
Exactly. Do you think the MAGA GOP gives a damn about anyone like that? THEY ARE THE MURDERERS!
Man, that's a tough one.
Your example is just another example of the many situations that women are in and it's their decision about their body and they should make it. We cannot pass laws that legislate a woman's bodily autonomy. Women's rights are human rights.
@@lisawise9849 We Need To Legislate Men Bodily Autonomy, It Should Go Both Ways Then
@@13juju let's see... 🤔 ban vasectomies, ban masturbation, and ban erectile dysfunction pills & surgeries. That's a good start, yeah?
My heart breaks for this dear lady. She is so brave. PEOPLE, LISTEN TO HER!!
Unless you’ve experienced a miscarriage you can never know the pain. I had my second miscarriage in the 12th week. But I didn’t miscarry. I need a surgery to remove the baby. My miscarriage written down as an abortion which disturbed me greatly. I had no power regarding over my body miscarrying my baby. It’s not a crime. It’s an act of God. The trauma never goes away.
Clearly your procedure was not the same medical procedure as an abortion that ends a life. It is unfortunate there isn't a distinct term for "aborting" a dead or live fetus. You know which happened and I thank you for sharing your story as it points out how words can be so easily used to distract from true reality. God bless you and give you peace.
I'm so sorry you had to go through that. I lost twins at 12 wks but did not miscarry. I needed a D&C and, like you, was horrified to see it written up as a missed abortion.
These GOP leaders needs to take a cognitive test and not take the blame on Biden
Unfortunately, there are many who don't care what any of us have been through. They just want power. Reasoning with those who choose not to listen is truly pointless. To me, the bottom line is that the government has no business making any of these decisions. If it's not your life stay out of it.
These people aren't pro life they're pro control. Especially after so many of them voted against helping with the baby formula.
I personally hold a similar position.
For me...if the over-turning of Roe v Wade, makes the issue of abortion a "state's rights" issue. Then I'd argue that our "rights" begin at birth -- there is no "right to be born" -- the state shouldn't have more interest in the life of the unborn, than its parents do.
AMEN! PERIOD!
I have to listen to transgender women, male to female, say this is a health issue for them. You want to talk about the science and medical issues? Stop allowing crazy people talk for you, stop making them allies.
You want abortion to be safe, legal, and rare? Fine - stop having a bunch of lunatics like we do in California, arguing that it's perfectly acceptable to abort right up to the moment of birth.
Honestly, I don't have a problem with people like that terminating their pregnancy, I don't want a serial murderer having kids anyhow and the less you reproduce, the smaller you become as a group. Since the DNC has openly embraced absolute insanity, I'm in full favor of their access to abortion.
Agee 10000000000000%, To Many Busy Bodies
My mother lost 8 before I was born. It was devastating for her,she had always wanted a large family.
Thank you for sharing your heartbreaking story @lucymcbath... It is hard to share personal stories like this. You represent! You are our hearts, eyes and ears. Women's rights are human rights. Amen.
Lucy,
That happened to us. As a husband I was profoundly affected that we had lost our baby, however not a chance that I would have interfered with my wife getting a DNC. I instantly dismissed our Priests advice to carry the dead fetus to term. That the body handles this naturally. Thank you for your words Lucy, God bless you.
Wow. That priest is so ignorant. A woman could die from the decomposing dead fetus causing sepsis. I've had a DNC. The baby is passed. You're mot killing it.
Im sorry for your loss
Priests giving medical advice. As gross as Priests sexually assaulting children.
I'm so sorry you went through that.
Of course your wife should have had an immediate D&C. That is not abortion. Your wife's body already aborted the pregnancy. The D&C is removing the dead body from her womb so that it will not decompose in her and kill her. I'm sorry you had such a completely and dangerously ignorant priest. I'm glad you didn't take his advice, but in no way did the doctor doing the D&C commit an abortion. Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy, not the actual removal of the fetus from the womb. In that case, all births would be abortions. In elective abortions they remove the fetus from the womb in order to terminate the LIVE pregnancy.
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The fetus itself was alive, it just didn't have a functioning heart. Further grown can't happen and it does die sometime later. We asked to wait ten days and look for the heart again, but they were right. To me the ten days were an agony, I can't imagine what my wife felt. Yes we could have gone to term, many do, I can't imagine what would do mentally.
We found solace in the bible, where it maintains that God breathes life into the baby with its first breath.
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The fetus was not dead, the cells are alive, there is no heart to support normal growth and at some point the body does recognize the fetus isn't viable and it is rejected. That could be months. The hospital classified the procedure as an abortion and kept me out of the room when the actual decision to D&C was made. to keep me from influencing the decision I suppose, I respected that.
This poor lady. Feeling so sad about something not at all her fault. The horror she went through. Her doctors were atrocious. The Republican Senators and our new “less than Supreme Court” are even more atrocious.
Back to the Underground Railroad. We are going backwards to Jim Crow era because these Republicans are racist and dictators as to what we can do with our bodies.
I still have yet to find a gynecologist I like in 2022.
Again women don’t matter😡
Not just that but lost the child she finally had to gun violence because some white dude felt it was his right to kill teens over loud music.
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Don't get it twisted. Its BIGGER that her. Margaret Sanger design abortion specifically for black folks.but now sents Becky's and Karen's have been doing abortions way more now it's a problem and with there birth rates real low they are desperate.
Says the brain washed person. Keep watching msm as they walk you into k÷o÷m÷I i÷s÷m. Bet you know nothing about that either
My goodness! My heart is aching hearing this. My condolences Ms. L.McBath. As a women who suffered a miscarriage years ago, I would never wish that on my worst enemy. Whose heart does not ache hearing your story...the story of many women.
Thank you Senator! So very well said! I remember the pain that my wife shared and was challenged with when WE lost a pregnancy! WOW you ladies are heroes NOT murders!!!!
Yes! Expand the courts and make abortion legal for all ob/gyns to perform in their practice. To have special clinics is ridiculous. It should be available at any clinic and hospital
Yes clinics should be completely anonymous so that women don't have to make a very difficult decision even more traumatic having to deal with crazy BS protesters, some that have killed women and doctors so they can "save lives".
I concur with every word. Thank you.
@@Maevelikeschampagne "Abortion IS healthcare" on all those signs - this is the pure embodiment of why it really is.
Let the states decide that. Stop forcing people who fundamentally disagree with you to pay for your elective procedures.
@@RextheRebel yes, let the states decide if you deserve life saving healthcare just because you are a woman. Would you say the same if "they" could decide wheter or not to treat you for prostate problems?
My God! Rep. McBath is one of the strongest women on earth. I can't imagine all of the tragedy, in addition to losing her only child to a white racist, that she's had to endure.
Zeus is not here right now but i'll be your god for the moment
Why use colour, just say racist. You sound like a racist yourself.
Lucy McBath - wow what a human being! Totally thankful people with her courage and gusto are working to change things for the better.
Omg! What this woman and so many women have been through! I commend their strength and courage!
This talk falls on deaf ears. The religious right just doesn't care about reality. (edit that should say "real lives")
I am a Christian and I am Pro Choice.
@@brandym.williams7314 "I am a Christian"
Just being Christian doesn't put you on the religious right. It doesn't even say much about your religious beliefs.
We are fortunate to now have two very smart democrat black women competing for the best word salad recipe. Kamala Harris, a straight black woman, mixed together this delicious word salad: “We will work together, and will continue to work together, to address these issues, to tackle these challenges, and to work together as we continue to work, operating from the new norms, rules, and agreements, that we will convene to work together...We will work on this together." On another occassion our extinguished vice president served this salad: "For Jamaica, one of the issues that has been presented as an issue that is economic in the way its impact has been the pandemic...we will assist Jamaica in Covid recovery by assisting in terms of the recovery efforts in Jamaica that have been essential."
Competing with Kamala Harris is Karine Jean-Pierre, a black lesbian woman, who served this salad when asked how raising corporate income taxes reduces inflation: “Well, you know, we have talked about…we have talked about this this past year about making sure that the wealthiest among us are paying their fair share,” she continued. “And that is important to do. This is something that the president has worked on everyday when talking about inflation or lowering costs. And so it’s very important that, you know, as we’re seeing costs rise, as we’re talking about how to, you know, build an America that’s safe, that’s equal for everyone and doesn’t leave anyone behind. That is an important part of that as well.” This is her second attempt after having the simple question asked agsain: “So, look, I think we encourage those who have done very well, right? People who are concerned about climate change should support fairer tax codes. That doesn’t change. It doesn’t charge manufacturers, workers, cops, builders a higher percentage of their earnings that the most fortunate people in our nation and not let that stand in the way of reducing energy costs and fighting this existential problem, if you think about that as an example. It is important to protect basic collective bargaining rights. That’s also important. But look, it is, you know, by not without having a fair tax code, which is what I’m talking about, then like manufacturing workers, cops. You know, it’s not fair for them to have to pay higher taxes than the folks that who are who are who are not paying taxes at all.”
@@larryross1819 "two very smart democrat black women"
How does anything you say reflect on black women when it's the same babble-talk that is the preferred way of speaking for white male politicians? Why do they get a pass???
@@Blackmark52 exactly! It’s literal identity politics, the same kind the right love to hate on
OMG, this woman is SO strong! What she's gone through would leave many a useless, quivering mass of grief. Especially after her blessing of a child was taken by that worthless POS, racist devil. I happened to go to university with her, a year behind. I remember her.
Lucy, VA State University loves you, supports you and is very, VERY proud of you: Stay strong, my sister...
If she was so effected by her miscarriages she would not be an advocate for abortion.
@@rsr879 my spouse and I have gone through 3 miscarriages and still cry about all 3. We are both pro-choice because a woman’s body is her own business. The government shouldn’t decide what happens with a woman’s body, especially old men who have no idea about biology and the reproductive process.
@@rsr879 How many unwanted babies have you saved through adoption? Hypocrisy is the anti-choice crowd's way of life...
@@rsr879 I know this might be difficult for you to understand, but what may be a blessing for someone might be a curse for someone else. Its actually possible to understand this and be empathetic enough towards other people that you want to protect their right to choose whats right for them. Feeling pain over a miscarriage does not make you hate women that choose abortion.
@@rsr879 I think what you don't understand RS R is that 'abortion' is a natural and common process that the human body does normally when something isn't working or going right with the pregnancy, (or just because of bad luck I guess). My sister in law has had five miscarriages that I know of. It can happen early, it can happen late. It can happen often. I guarantee that however many women in your life that you think have had miscarriages, the number is way, way more than that. I am not at all surprised that people who have had miscarriages support abortion; it is a natural part of the reproductive process.
God bless you Lucy McBath! It's my honor to have you as my representative here in Atlanta.
This forced birth movement is shameful and disgusting. This poor woman. I can't imagine what she must've gone through...I'll keep her and all like her in my prayers. Thank you for standing up for justice.
It is estimated that 1 in 4 pregnancies end in miscarriage. The true number could even be higher if it occurs before the mother realises she is pregnant she may assume it's a late period. There are many reasons why this happens: none of them are the mother's fault. Criminalising what is already a tragedy is senseless and cruel beyond belief.
Senseless and cruel..
Republicans have entered the chat
No one is going to criminalize a woman for nature causing a miscarriage,you are putting this way out of context.
@@dianeschuloff3836 Are you sure? I hope you're right, but I have my doubts.
@@dianeschuloff3836 that's very naive. Women are in jail right now because infants have died of natural causes
@@dianeschuloff3836 That's completely incorrect. In fact, a woman was jailed in Texas after losing a pregnancy, this year!
My wife and I found out that one of our twins had anencephaly at the first ultrsound. She declined an attempt at a selective abortion, had a c section at about 9 months. The baby lived 18 hours, my wife has never been the same since then. And they call us animals for caring about the host(conservatives hate women, BTW).
Doug, while reading this, I was thinking of the twin that was born healthy. What he/she will have to deal with knowing the other child died. Have you told the child? I understand if this is a touchy question and you may not be able to answer. Take Care.
@@hardiemartellgarnett2911 Yes, he knows. Every birthday he releases a helium balloon in her honor.
Conservatives do truly hate women.
I could not agree with you more.
She is amazing! I want to thank her for sharing her story. What a strong woman. Can’t believe what she has gone through.
I feel for her. My first pregnancy, I carried for 3 months and had a silent miscarriage, after a week and several ultrasounds to ensure my baby was in fact dead, my doctors performed a D&C to remove the dead fetus from my womb. Thank God my country didn't see this as a crime.
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And it NEVER would because that is NEVER abortion! Abortion is ending a LIVE pregnancy. If the pregnancy has already ended because the baby has died, a doctor performing an "abortion" is actually impossible. He is merely removing a dead body from her womb.
This brought tears to my eyes. How dare they tell a woman what she can and can’t do with her body
F how dare they, they ARE!!! I ASKED MY GOD (which is the spirit of love to me) the same questions she did. I was blessed w good drs n good healthcare, after 11 miscarriages, two in the third trimester. I delivered a beautiful baby boy after HARD WORK N THE CARE OF GOOD DRS!! BUT, the two I buried, will never leave my mind or my soul. This woman is a f****** powerhouse. I did not know about what happened to her son.
Edited bc someone made a good point!
@@maghenshaw8717 Please keep religion out of this, it the religious trying to impose THEIR subjective interpretation of the percieved whims of THEIR subjective "god" upon societies that has led to the current situation
@@trumpbellend6717 Good point. I should have said I asked MY GOD/which I believe to be the spirit of love. I will correct bc I don’t want anybody think I conform to the mythical creator in the Bible or any religion.
@@tuckerbugeater my exp is funny to you? I’m sure you support overturning Roe v Wade. Sicko
They want to be YOUR GOD.
It's not just the lost of a foetus, it's also the damage a dead foetus can do to the woman which could even take that woman's life as well as causing complications that she would not be able to fall pregnant in the future.
the lady speaking her miscarriages were out of her control but to have to wait two weeks to deliver her dead baby, is inhuman in it self.
this bill is taken away the choice and right women have
Congresswoman McBath my heart aches for you. Thank you for your courage in speaking out. Thank you for not letting anyone silence you. You have spoken for so many, many others.
I cannot even begin to imagine her grief. She has been able to channel it into a powerful statement about a right to dignity and privacy. I had 5 miscarriages total, one of which was 2nd trimester and I would have bled out and died had I not had medical intervention and a D&C. I also had a couple of early miscarriages and a blighted ovum. I did eventually have 2 beautiful children, one daughter who is now an adult. I want her to have the same reproductive choices I had to keep her healthy. It’s agonizing enough to have losses we do not want without being judged about whether and what kind of intervention we need.
This was so powerful. Rep. McBath is wonderful.🙌🏽
No. It's going to prevent nothing. It's just telling the future for drama. Nothing from government. The party of choice picked abortion rights to lose and still be elected. Great speeches for nothing.
I agree. & it's so powerful because it's the absolute unadulterated TRUTH.
How can others just NOT feel this woman's pain? Or care, like... at all. But, they don't.
All those GOP MEN & "RELIGIONUTS"... telling us women just how it's gonna be... for US, not THEM.
Thank you Democracy Now this is really important!
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@@tedmarley4341 every democratic city is a disaster... the top worst 10 cities are all blue. How can you see what this egregious excuse for a President is doing to destroy the country and put us last, worst inflation in 50 years and about 25 other horrific blunders I can think of right off the bat, and you STILL think voting for the Dems again is the answer??? How can ppl be so willfully blind
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What democracy are you referring to? When the majority is run by a minority. When the public favorably supports policies and elected officials vote along party lines against those policies then whose running who? When you have a leader who smiles at killing any meaningful legislation and calls himself the grim reaper. Those leader are bs!
You should be thanking me
I’ve experienced everything Lucy spoke on. It’s as if she was telling my story!
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Thank you for speaking truth Rep. McBath! I blamed myself after a 2 month miscarriage which led to sepsis and dnc to provoke the body to stop it from thinking it was still pregnant.
Lucy Mcbath has been a hero to me since I saw her in the movie Armor of Light, about her teen son's gun murder by a white adult man, and how out of her pain she became an activist and ran for office in GA. I didn't know about her miscarriages and so appreciate her courage in speaking out. What a role model in resiliency and having a growth mindset. I feel inspired but also so heavy hearted that we live in a world where she and so many good people have had to experience so much unnecessary anguish, and in 2022 she even has to explain such things to a Congress that seems mentally impaired as though from a different century.
Representative McBath, my late wife suffered two miscarriages, and underwent therapy after one of them in order to regain emotional balance. I cannot imagine what you and your husband went through. This is another instance pointing to the need for the US to man up and establish a universal health care program that includes mental health care. Keep fighting the good fight, madame, and never give up. May God bless and keep you.
This was heartbreaking to hear. I felt every single word. But,... I have no faith that anyone that _needs_ to hear this, was actually listening, which is the biggest problem; they aren't listening and they just don't care to. They don't care about you, they care about themselves.
I had a miscarriage too. We wanted that child. We were devastated. I wanted to die too. Now imagine if I was arrested for murder? Imagine how much worse my guilt and grief would have been?
Thankfully, three years later we had a successful pregnancy and have a kid now. But I will never forget the first one.
That's not a live fetus ... so it's not an abortion it's a red herring
Completely different abortion is killing a live birth this is a dead fetus total red herring
@@joannajensen2221 In countries where abortion is illegal, there are women who die at home when they miscarry because if they go to the hospital they will be arrested. A woman was arrested in Texas recently when she had a miscarriage at the hospital and a nurse reported her. A miscarriage is also known as a spontaneous abortion. It happens, and it WILL happen here too if we go down this path. If we go down this path I better do my best to NEVER get pregnant again, because I'm at risk each time I do.
@@SuperNovaKat64 first you can't murder a fetus that's already not alive. So this woman is using emotion to get uou to vote.. second a woman who has a miscarriage has a dnc depending on how far along she is. This person is 100% lying to you. Abortion if a tool used to end a live birth not a dead birth. Put your thinking cap on... don't allow politicians to use you for their emotional votes like this woman.. politicians hope you don't think or research. These issues need to ve decided by the individual states. People make these comments like they should have the same rights as gun laws... they should.. each state decides their own laws decided by the people not the politicians. The only thing judges do is decide if laws are constitutional.
@@joannajensen2221 Also, I am pro choice so...
Breathtaking. I suspect genetic issues. NO ONE SHOULD GO THROUGH THIS. We are a democracy not a theocracy. 72 and safe and my rage has no bounds.
I won't interfere if someone who's pro-life keeps their pregnancy.
I expect those who are pro-life to not interfere for those who do not want to keep their pregnancies.
They don't see it as a choice to begin with. There is no other option besides "keeping", according to nature, which is why the rhetoric concerning what you should and shouldn't do and how you should abstain from sex if you don't want to get pregnant is so, so overused...
I knew I was pregnant within weeks because I started having excruciating pain in my abdomen so I immediately called my Gyno (he was an OB/GYN) and he told me I was about a month pregnant. His exact words to me, after a full exam, was I needed to "terminate or die" but I wasn't far enough along, I lived with excruciating pain for weeks until I was able to end the pregnancy. Because of the Hyde Amendment, my insurance could NOT cover an abortion so I had to pay for it out of pocket. I was traumatized by the entire experience and actually blocked all of it out of my mind, from the weeks leading up to the appointment, during the procedure, and immediately after in fact I don't even remember the WHEN I had it. I live with that to this day almost 30 years later especially since I've never been able to have children due to a back injury and several low back surgeries. The only thing I do remember about the procedure was I asked the doctor (or could have been a nurse) why I began having stomach cramps so early and he said it was due to my Rh and the fathers Rh being incompatible. I also had knowledge that my paternal grandmother died just have delivery of my father and his twin, but I had no idea why.
My heart goes out to her and every women who has experienced this. Thank you for sharing your story Lucy 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖God Bless every single women who is facing this.
This happened to me exactly the same way. Carried my dead baby for weeks, waiting to begin labour. So horrible
I'm so sorry you have gone through that kind of experience and grief...I had an ectopic pregnancy I was unaware of until one day I hemmoraged. It was heartbreaking. I often asked myself if my not knowing I was pregnant somehow was a blessing in disguise..but honestly I grieved that child very much.
My Aunt had to carry a set of twins that didn't make it.. I don't know what else I can to you other that I'm sorry...
My daughter’s baby also died in utero and she did not have a miscarriage. She had to have a D&C to remove the dead baby. Thank you for speaking out!
@@joyfullone3968 this is what happened to me. They called it a "missed abort." it was heartbreaking 💔
I am sorry for your trouble and your loss
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"You must have your baby but I don't want it" anyone who is against abortion should be legally required to adopt all unwanted pregnancies that are forced to bring to term!
If you ask these so called pro lifers how many unwanted babies did they adopt, they'll say none. If you ask how many unwanted babies did they foster, they'll say none.
And they should have to pay for all medical expenses incurred, and for time lost from work.
And shold be providing food sufficient to keep the incubator healthy enough to birth a healthy baby.
As an adoptee I hate this idea. What horrible parents these people would make.
@@vickygraham386 Of course, but the threat of it might change their minds on the issue. Well, ideally anyway...
Whewh…. breath taking. Powerful testimony. Thank you for sharing. We MUST do better!
This woman is so strong. She is brave, intelligent, well spoken and l commend her for taking all of this on after what she's been through...
Wow. What a powerful talk by Rep. McBeth. White supremacy and patrichary have caused her so much pain. It's so true what she says senators can't even comprehend this women's life.
If after this, hearts were not changed. We have no hope. Powerful testimony. I wish her healing and comfort.
She spoke to Republicans so their thoughts during her speech likely revolved around dinner plans…
If they’d been interested in what she was saying, she wouldn’t have been compelled to give her speech, sad but true!
Republicans don’t care; it’s that simple!
We have no hope
This was a wonderful beginning of a conversation.
I hope you continue it.
Watching this after having my miscarriage.. I feel stronger, and hopeful to try again. Thanks for sharing this.
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Lucy McBath is one of the most courageous people I’ve ever seen. I cannot imagine sharing such a personal and painful experience.
courageous and the definition of strength. agree with all of her policies or not, thats just undeniable.
IT'S A LIE....
@@harryballsacky how do you know?
But what was her point? She's comparing a miscarriage to an abortion. What a stupid speech.
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Her point is that the new laws could make it legal to imprison women who had a miscarriage and NEEDED those medicines that are now aimed to be banned or they‘d suffer much more or even die, which i hope i don‘t have to tell you is absolute madness.
OH MY GOD. That is absolutely tragic. Finally to have her child and to be robbed through gun violence and racism. What an indictment of our society.
Yes and people should actually do some research to find out exactly who is purported all of these atrocities aunt were society because I think everybody would be very surprised to learn that the same people that supported the slave trade act are the same people now that are tearing all countries apart and have been for 150 years. But people wouldn’t know that because people just keep listening to the mainstream media and the Democrats right where as there isn’t two parties there’s one party and they’re all responsible for it but go ahead and everybody blame it on whoever they think it is when in reality nobody knows what the hell’s going on if you haven’t done your research
Poseidon is not here right now but i'll be your god for the moment
Ms. McBeth: I am so sorry for your loss and thank you for sharing your story. Thank you for standing up for us. Thank you for trying to help keep our rights.
What a brave beautiful woman. I cannot imagine the pain and hurt this lady went through.
A brilliantly convincing speech by Lucy McBath. Listen to her.
I agree 💯. The day politicians give us the right to their balls let them come to us about our uteruses !!!
@@muurisoras5878 YES!
This.. This... Why do I have to have a government full of MEN telling me what I can and cannot do with my body?! Well spoken Rep McBath!!
Well spoken ... Zero effect
They're not telling you what to do with your body. They're telling you what not to do with the body of the life you choose to create.
@@hughjassle5876 It's only the womens choice what they do with their bodies. If you like it or not, it's their bodies. Men can choose between having or not having unprotected sex. But they don't take this responsibility very seriously.
@@hughjassle5876 Not all women choose to create. It's my body, I do what I choose to do with it, not you, not anyone else. I'm pro-choice because we all know our government doesn't give a shit as soon as the child is born. If you want to use the religious bullshit then, "LIFE begins at first breath" also the Bible teaches how to induce an abortion and treats a fetus as PROPERTY... You guys don't give a damn about saving anything you care about control and nothing more.. If you did you would be screaming at the Republicans to sign the bills that help single parents or low income parents as they try to attend college etc or parents that get sick but cannot take off work.. Give me a break with your pro pregnancy crap!
@@AudioPervert1 Never know, it may have one.. Has many times before..
I am Catholic and am an adoptive mom, my first adoption was less than perfect, her esophagus didn't separate properly, I loved her from the bottom of my soul, she lived only seven years, but she a delightful child, I learned more in her life and through her death. My second baby was a healthy black son, he is a fine young man, I am so glad to have been their moms. I adopted because it was more likely to become a mother
*"If abortion is murder, is miscarriage manslaughter?"*
What a profound question in response to a bill banning 'abortion' pills. The entire speech was gut-wrenching, but that line really hit me. What the hell is our country headed towards? I really don't look forward to the answer.
I felt every word of her testimony.
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I also do and I'm a guy
Girl down in my soul and I have never been pregnant.
This is borderline all out violence against women.
But it's definitely unacceptable to suggest arresting a women after a miscarriage.
And everyone as a human being has every right to tell the so called authorities you will not accept any violence towards you, or you will respond in kind.
Telling someone they cannot commit violence against you is in no way a threat.
But arresting someone is violence, and kidnapping, or being taken hostage, then put into an environment where you face violence each and every day .
So tell them if they are threatening you to stay away !!
This is absolutely NOT violence against women. This is justice for not only the unborn victims of this senseless violence, but also justice for every biological father over the past 50 years who has had their son or daughter murdered in the name of "convenience" by countless deadbeat mothers.
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Well that's a really stupid thing to say ! How is being physically assaulted , captured held hostage, likely without bail if it's a really red state. Then she would have to wait in jail until a kangaroo court decides her future and her life.
Which she would likely spend many years in jail, being physically assaulted each and every day until being released, or dying.
The more disgusting issue is morally challenged pinheds like yourself are able to run for office, when most of the people who think as backwards as yourself should probably be in jail right now lol.
Seriously !
But you also don't understand very much about anything.
Like the fact this is only the start, and will effect many other areas of human rights.
Or the really disgusting fact with no abortion rights a man can just rape any woman he chooses, then she would have no choice but to carry a rape child in her body.
So she can be in the middle of her life with a family of children, yet if she's raped the rapist will have more rights than she about her own body.
Disgusting really doesn't cover this.
But scum like yourself have no problem with it 😖
Ultimately people such as yourself are the trash of society 🗑
@@gregpresley1466 I cannot say enough how disgusting, sick, and twisted you are for thinking it is ok for any man to force a woman to give birth. No matter how much you want them to be, women are not breeding stock. May the full weight of the shame you should be feeling find you and never leave you.
@@gregpresley1466 You are delusional and very sadistic. STOP!
@@gregpresley1466 only religion and a church could lead you to such psychopathic conclusions.
Lucy McBath is amazing! The bravery she shows by sharing her story. She is a warrior!
This is so heroic! This is what a strong woman looks like. Despite all the personal tragedies she has faced, she is doing the right thing. I hope women of America get to live with the freedom they have and those rights are not taken away.
I had a baby die a month before I was due, and another die at 4 1/2 mos along. I had to deliver the 1st baby, after carrying it another 10 days. They did a d&c for the other baby. I'm so tired of morons trying to run my life. BTW, I have 2 beautiful daughters who could have lost their only provider when they were 3 yrs and 5 1/2 mos old, if these ridiculous laws were in effect.
Letting politicians with zero medical knowledge pass these kinds of laws is barbaric.
Right and wrong do not require a medical degree or any other sort of degree for other issues. Something is right (or wrong) whether you have the appropriate degree or not. Lastly, you're making an argument based on a logical fallacy, an argument from authority.
@@crucisnh But in this case, namely Mrs. McBath's, a medical degree was absolutely necessary, and there will be many, many more to come. Also, to you and to other commenters, please bear in mind that we all do not share the same religious beliefs about abortion.
@@crucisnh I don't think you understand what an argument from authority fallacy actually is. It is fallacious to claim that something is true BECAUSE it was said by someone in authority, otherwise it would be like saying the very concept of expertise is a fallacy and completely negate the idea of citing experts in their field. It would be the same with an ad hominem, if someone were to make a stupid argument, and I say "You're being stupid with that argument because X, Y, and Z" it would not be an example of an adhom fallacy, an accurate example of the fallacy would be to say "Your argument is wrong because you're stupid." Hopefully that clears it up.
Some of the politicians who are against abortion are doctors........
@@crucisnh The difference is explained quite a ways down the article if anyone wants to see it.
I have been able to carry five children, but I lost my first child, and I can still feel the sadness like being crushed in my bones. My heart breaking within me. My sister carried a lost pregnancy. So many of us have suffered. It hurts more than anything. If I could heal all the grief for everyone, I would. For those who have never suffered, be compassionate. Someday some woman you love may suffer through this. Become kind before you have to. It may be your only saving grace.
How could any medical and societal system be so cruel? I am astonished and angered.
Reminds me of an Irish medical case which became global news after the doctor's refusal to abort a woman's pregnancy (illegal in that country) for medical reason led to the woman's death. I don't know if they have amended their law since then but this was medical murder of the pregnant woman when it became a choice between saving the woman or the unborn fetus. In the end of course both were lost.
This was only in 2012. A perfectly healthy mom was having serious complications- basically a miscarriage in progress at 17 weeks. An extremely faint heartbeat was still detectable and therefore a medical abortion wasn't allowed, even though she and husband begged the doctors. The baby could not possibly have lived. Doctors waited 3 days, she became septic, and died... a totally preventable death. Because of outrage over this, legalized limited abortions won the popular vote around 2018. However it's still difficult to get abortions there because of few providers.
Irish law did change because of that case.
People used to call Ireland a third world country because of their draconian laws re abortion and unwed mothers etc. Ireland no longer has those laws yet the the USA is going backwards in time. It's insane. People need to take to the streets. Even the Taliban does not forbid abortion. USA more backwards towards women than the Taliban. That's saying something
That doctor let his patient die because of legislation?! More women will die if this is allowed to happen in the U.S. I fear for the women in your country!
Shows you just how much government officials in Dublin are willing to end the stranglehold the Catholic Church has held on the Irish government for centuries. I can't recall what year it was in the 1970's; but it was in the 1970's where the Irish government approved access to contraception and in 1995 the Irish government amended the Irish Constitution to approve divorce by mutual consent.
She makes such a powerful statement for healthcare. As well, there is no woman’s story that highlights the difference between early pregnancy loss, still birth, and then the death of your child. When men say that a 6 week abortion is ‘killing your child’, they should think to ask this of her. I’ve had six pregnancies, and four of them ended in spontaneous abortion. They were early, all before 11 weeks. Women are designed to be able to handle this psychologically. It’s devastating, and so guilt inducing, but if someone had asked me if I ‘killed my child’ can only serve to make it worse. I didn’t lose children, I lost the hope of a child. If losing an early pregnancy was as hard as a still birth, or as hard as giving a child away, or loosing a grown child, women would collectively lose their minds. That’s why women talk about pregnancy loss as very different from stillbirth. There’s real physiological and psychological change around 12 weeks, when the bundle of cells becomes ‘something’ and another around 23/24 weeks, when that little ‘thing’ becomes ‘somebody’. These dates aren’t arbitrary, and I think many men have NO idea that there’s a reason why we talk about the first and second and third trimesters. And why countries around the world who have laws around abortion, and medical guidelines use the same timeframes. Men who don’t ‘get’ this seem to think that giving a child away at birth is the same as if you gave away an embryo, or worse still, that voluntary abortion is the same as infanticide.
I so wish those who hold power over pregnancy would pay attention to a modicum of science! One such politician from Oklahoma yesterday, said that an embryo is a "human being" with rights like any other human being. "No!" I screamed at the screen. "That is not a human being. It's a cluster of cells implanted in one of the organs of a host." If the host dies, so does it. If you don't approve of abortion, don't have one. But, don't send women back into the unsafe regions of back alleys!
@@petersdotter1 So true! All the evidence shows that if you want fewer abortions, make them legal, then do other things like early sex ed and free birth control. Those actually help. If you want to control women, then you do as little sex ed as possible, and ban abortion and birth control. You’ll have lots of young, dependent women having babies. Educated empowered women have fewer babies, and are less dependent on the fathers of those babies.
Karen, I agree with everything you say. For many people who are against a woman's right to decide, the reason they give would give you the impression that they think women will go and have abortions left and right carelessly and freely. As if women would organize abortion parties and toast to each other. What woman in her right mind would want to be lying in that position on a cold table with suction? I personally don't think I could have an abortion but I am glad that in my young womanhood, I had the choice.
One thing few people talk about is the fact that many times it is the man in the relationship who urges a woman to get an abortion. Years ago I re-met the cousin of a cousin of mine and I remember him from when we would play when I would visit my cousin. He confided in me that he had a lot of guilt that is haunting him. He was very, very handsome. He had women throwing themselves at him all his life. Some of these women would get pregnant because he did not feel he should have to wear a condom. He would encourage these women to get an abortion or he would threaten to break up with them. These women would get abortions and he would break up with them anyway. A couple women had their babies regardless of what he said so he did have 2 children. But most of the women stupidly did what he asked in an effort to hold on to him. So as he got into his 40s and beyond he had guilt. So it makes me wonder just how many abortions are done at the urging of men but they like Hester Prynn's lover, the lazy pastor lingered in the shadows while the woman and child take the brunt of scorn and abuse? How many abortions are really at the urging of men?
@@hardiemartellgarnett2911 Not only that, but the fact that repeat abortions do have a negative effects on the body. Having abortions "left and right" is neither rational nor desirable, despite those who may claim in the heat of an argument that they will have as many abortions as they want.
In general, to skew abortion as something that is purely by choice is the most insane thing ever. I can't say I've ever known of any woman who just casually has an abortion with the same nonchalance and they would go grocery shopping, y'know? And it's not even an issue of just slutty women having abortions, as Ms. McBath makes absolutely clear as a married woman. It affects all women regardless of background and social standing.
The way states are moving to virtually ban abortion is just one of many dark paths this nation is heading down... It shouldn't take women dying or even suffering just to make some bells go off in people's heads as to why abortion is an essential service. And yet, women will suffer, as well as children, and those who are in power will be hard put to turn their heads from their lavish lifestyles for a moment and deign to empathize with the plight of people who mean nothing to them.
How is this women alive after so much sadness! She must be the stronger women in the world!
extremely direct and powerfully clear points. unbelievable tragedy, too. second i heard “loud music” i instantly remembered the case of her sons murder. such an unreal extra layer of awful to know the history of her struggle with conception. this is something ignorant people need to hear.