Gendercide is a serious problem in many countries in the world, but it isn't in the United States. The anti-abortion right would like us to believe otherwise. A new video from anti-abortion group Live Action called Gendercide: Sex Selection in America was shot undercover at a Planned Parenthood clinic and it claims gendercide is a widespread issue in the US. It lies.
The video is making a "feminist" argument against abortion claiming that baby girls are being compromised, but it's a fabrication. While there is some evidence of sex selection among Asian immigrants in this country, it doesn't seem absolutely to be from abortion. It could be from IVF. More importantly, in general, sex ratios in the US are normal.
So why are we being sold this lie? See below:
I am always happy to keep an open mind when it comes to the opposition's view point. But this makes it pretty difficult. Blatant lies are pretty off-putting.
Giving misinformation isn't the way to win supporters. It's a cheap way to get an agenda across and assumes that people are too stupid to do the research themselves. It also cheapens their argument.
Pro-choice does NOT mean pro-abortion and I believe that women should make choices for their own bodies. They should be able to have abortions for whatever reason they need them. It isn't Planned Parenthood's choice to make. It isn't their job to judge the reason a woman seeks a pregnancy termination. It's every individual woman's choice.
I am much more likely to be swayed by facts than deliberate lies. It's so manipulative and wrong.
Further, it takes a real problem that we should care about it and it twists it into a sick agenda. How could anyone possibly side with an organization so twisted and manipulative?
Feminism is about choices for women. Organizations like Live Action purport to care a whole lot about unborn women, but live women? The ones carrying the "babies"? Screw them. They don't deserve the right to make choices about their own bodies.
Forget it. Don't buy it. It's a web of lies and assumes we are all idiots.
Does this make you angry?
Image via Live Action/YouTube
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very very sad more than angry, that's just disgusting and leaves me speechless
Sorry, Mommyof1. Inconvenience is never an excuse for murder. You were 17. You knew the consequences and you were a willing participant (I'm assuming, since you make no mention otherwise). You could've given the baby up for adoption.
Of course the ectopic pregnancy couldn't be helped, and that's awful and heart-wrenching, and I'm sorry you had to go through that.
But the other....no. No excuse.
Caera how dare you call/imply Mommyof1 is a "murderer" - first of all, abortion does not fall under the LEGAL definition of murder, so legally, you can't call her that. Abortion is NOT a crime. Secondly, she was 17! She made a very difficult decision that was the RIGHT decision FOR HER. Please respect that decision instead od JUDGING her. *You* think there is "no excuse" and this is your opinion, but your words are HURTFUL to her and all other women who have had to go through this, and you should THINK about the PAIN you are causing before you castigate them. I'm sure you're no angel who has never done anything questionable, how would you like it someone on this board said you had "no excuse" for YOUR decisions? Also -saying she could have given the baby up for adoption is such a cop out. It's physically, emotionally, and financially draining to go through a full term pregnancy and adoption process and it's NOT the automatic simple answer you make it out to be. Personally, I am disgusted by your words and hope that you eventually learn what EMPATHY means.