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joe@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

You skipped over the whole 50% of the population lost the constitutional right to control their own body.

You skipped over a lot of stuff.

America is pretty bad, and we’ll never get better if everyone keeps insisting we’re not that bad.

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yenahmik@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
See, this just isn’t true. There are a number of states that have the right to abortion enshrined in their constitution. Others are voting to have it added to their constitutions. Just because it was removed nationally, doesn’t mean everyone lost that right.

Granted, it is absolutely a tragedy what is going on in the more backwards states. But things like this make it sound worse than the situation is nationwide. This is the issue the OP has. If you only see the negatives that are reported in the news, it sounds like the US is an absolute hellhole, which is not most people’s lived experience.

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- joe@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  It is true that 50% of the population lost this constitutional right.
  
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  - yenahmik@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    There are state CONSTITUTIONS that protect this right, so no it’s not true.
    
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    joe@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Dude you’re not going to get through this with shitty wordplay. They did in fact lose a US constitutional right. This isn’t a debatable statement, it is a fact.
    
    What is your end game here?
    
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pineapplelover@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
The only way we’ll improve is if people realize how shitty it is and vote for better reps and better laws.

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- joe@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I mean, case in point: someone replied to my post apparently not knowing abortion is banned in places in America. I don’t even understand how that’s possible it was everywhere on the news for months.
  
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