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But that is politics in today's environment - legislation is being passed based on identity so they are linked. As I mentioned, this also impacts men who are with their partners trying to plan their family. Do you think there was no impact to my husband when we lost both pregnancies? Yes, it is not an equal impact but the way you build empathy and a coalition is by hitting multiple messages on how it affects multiple identities/individuals and society. That's modern politics.

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K Youngers's avatar

No. This is wrong. Muddying the waters by suggesting that every issue affects everyone is confusing and ineffective. Pregnancy affects women and that's how we should talk about it.

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cinders0905's avatar

There is nothing confusing about saying a clinic saying we help anyone that is pregnant. Are you pregnant? Then we help you. That's pretty clear.

When we are discussing parental rights no one is confused that there might be one or multiple parents and those parents might be of various genders, marriage states, or different religions. We are more than capable of understanding some nuance.

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