Ravings of a Textual Deviant

I’ve never wanted kids, (for a variety of reasons) but even if I did, here’s something that would make me think twice. It’s been a long, hard road for women’s rights, and the last thing I want to is to give them all up to become an animate incubator because a bunch of facists with no medical training think that they know what’s best for people they’ve never met. A parent is expected–required–to make decisions about a child’s life and health after birth, but an expectant mother can be forced into medical procedures that are known to be detrimental to her own health or face criminal penalties! Why on earth would I possibly want to have a child if I have to consult the criminal code before the obstetrician?

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