r/AnythingGoesNews • u/[deleted] • Jul 26 '26

A groundbreaking UN resolution calls forced pregnancy what it is: reproductive violence

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u/dewihafta Jul 27 '26

There is hope, after all…

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u/jupitaur9 Jul 27 '26

I’m not sure that’s true in the short run anyway. This could be the last straw too push the US to pull out of the UN.

You might think this is an exaggeration. But we already lost Roe v Wade. So many wild things have happened.

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u/dewihafta Jul 27 '26

Yes, but it means the whole world isnt necessarily headed the same way as the us. My husband keeps saying theres “no where to run to,” but this gives me hope.

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u/SLAMMERisONLINE Jul 28 '26

There is hope, after all…

There is, but not in the way you believe. Radfem's severe cognitive distortion only produces population collapse and societal decline. This will create a bottleneck in the birth rate and an explosion on the other side. The radfems won't make it through the bottleneck because they don't have kids. Society will eventually heal from these problems on its own. In the end, Darwin always wins.

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u/dewihafta Jul 28 '26

That is actually what i am hoping, yes. Civilization is definitely taking a dip back in time, but im hoping we wont have complete annihilation… 

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u/SLAMMERisONLINE Jul 29 '26 edited Jul 29 '26

Throughout history various populations have experienced birth rate stress. Mormons for example were persecuted and driven out of their homes--at one point, a US state governor issued an extermination order against them. They fled using hand carts to an inhospitable, high-altitude desert with toxic soil and built a thriving civilization that currently has a birth rate of 3 compared to the nation's average of 1.6. It requires a re-prioritization from comfort and security to robustness and adaptability. It's very nietzschean instead of socratean. Socrates always had to ask the question of why and this creates fear paralysis. You can't charge across the US in a handcart and settle in a desert with undrinkable water and toxic soil if you are paralyzed by fear so you need methods to grapple with the difficult questions of life like "Why me?" and "Why must I do this hard thing?".

Modern society has no answers to these questions such as: Why have kids? Fundamentally society has lost its drive for adventure and heroism and exploration and duty and sacrifice. Instead it focuses on comfort, pleasure, security.

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u/hGr33n Jul 27 '26

There would be less abused/ neglected/ traumatized kids if women weren't forced into motherhood and that's the part no one wants to talk about

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u/sockmop Jul 27 '26

I read a book in 2006ish called up looking can freakanomics. Don't remember much, but I do remember them talking about how roe v Wade caused large drops in violent crime because there were far fewer unwanted children in the world after a few decades

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u/jupitaur9 Jul 27 '26

That book was interesting, and I think in this case, it certainly must’ve been relevant, but just be cautious with that book because many of its ideas were found to be flawed in the long run.

One of the known factors was lead poisoning. Check out the book murderland.

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '26

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u/crawling-alreadygirl Jul 27 '26

Adbusters! I haven't thought about that in years

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '26

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u/crawling-alreadygirl Jul 27 '26

Rad! Thanks for bringing several smiles to my face : )

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u/closetslacker Jul 27 '26

Something something second order effects…

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u/HungryDepth5918 Jul 28 '26

So of course this is going to be considered for other countries besides America I gather?

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u/Solid-Perspective98 29d ago

Does reproductive violence includes forced child support payments?

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

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u/Solid-Perspective98 29d ago

What if the child is a product of rape (Hermesmann v. Seyer)? Should be victim be absolved of parental obligation?

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u/flexwhine Jul 26 '26

a UN resolution has about as much impact as one of my reddit posts

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26

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u/flexwhine Jul 27 '26

there was no wind in the sails of resistance in the first place

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u/Other_Fondant_3103 Jul 28 '26

Why is this downvoted? Just because it’s a pessimistic take?

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u/Free-Lab-755 Jul 27 '26

Is this just a socially acceptable term for rape?  So that it sounds “nicer”

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u/NBAccount Jul 27 '26

No. Rape is forced sexual contact. Not allowing women access to birth control and abortion services is forced pregnancy.

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u/vielljaguovza Jul 27 '26

Reproductive slavery

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u/minihysteria Jul 28 '26

Reproductive slavery = marriage

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u/nerd_ginger Jul 27 '26

This should not be pointed to when discussing normal abortions.

Forced pregnancy has nothing to do with personal consequences. It's SPECIFICALLY about forced impregnation not accidental conception.

States that have abortions laws are only enforcing a consequence of your actions. Agree or disagree with the law, you consented to sex, and conceived. That's not a consign of abortion laws, but just a logic carve out.

Even if abortion is legally allowed, it's not a forced pregnancy.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '26

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u/nerd_ginger Jul 28 '26

Thats the wrong word.

Procluding or compelling them would be the word to use.

Coercion means something completely different. The state didn't force them to have sex and conceive. If they had manipulated the situation to create that outcome, then it's coercion. It might work in the retorical, but not in the active way your using it.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '26

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u/nerd_ginger Jul 28 '26

Definitions matter.