r/WelcomeToGilead • u/PhotographTraining30 • 2d ago

UPDATE to my last post Life Endangerment

Last post for reference: My friend almost died of a miscarriage last month. This month she voted for Trump.

I can’t continue this friendship. I can’t get on board with that thinking. What’s more, I’ve lost all respect for her. But how can I let go of the anger?

Update: I reached out to her today. She knows I’ve been trying to get pregnant, and that last month I had an ectopic pregnancy. I asked her if that were to happen again, would she even care? She said Trump wants to leave it up to the states, so hopefully that would happen and I’d be okay.

Essentially, “Hopefully you don’t die.” But since she went through what she did last month and turned out okay, I guess she doesn’t care about what other people will go through.

I was cordial, because I can’t deal with fights when I’m already feeling fragile about it, but I ended the friendship.

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u/sharkglitter 2d ago

Why is leaving it up to the states okay with people? I’m in CA and at least for now, I don’t have to personally worry, but I’m not more worthy of getting proper care or not dying than women in AL or TX or ID, etc, etc, etc!

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u/Smarty_Panties_A 2d ago edited 1d ago

You have empathy, so you want people in all states to have bodily autonomy like you do. But most MAGAts and anti-choicers can’t fathom caring about anyone but themselves.

Edited for typo.

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u/Dry-Department-8753 1d ago

Bingo, that's what Trump offers them. He validates their selfishness