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"I think it's, culturally, time for us to re-frame how we think about
the uterus.
It's not a nurturing organ, it doesn't need to be; a fetus is
frighteningly good at getting the resources it needs to nurture itself;
if they are implanted anywhere other than the womb, (most often the
fallopian tube, but also sometimes the bladder, the intestine, the
pelvic muscles and connective tissue, and the liver) placental cells
will rip through a body, slaughtering everything in their path as they
seek out arteries to slake their hunger for nutrients. Fetal cells will
happily grow in any of these places, digesting and puncturing tissue,
paralyzing and enlarging arteries, raising blood pressure to feed itself
more, faster; but it will be unable to be ejected. It's no coincidence
that genes involved in embryonic development have been implicated in how
cancer spreads.
Rather than a soft cozy nest, a womb is a fortress designed to protect
the person from the developing cells inside them. Because of our huge
and (metabolically speaking) expensive brains, human fetal development
requires unrestricted access to a parent's blood supply, which makes
pregnancy (and miscarriage too btw) incredibly dangerous for the
carrier. The uterus has evolved to control and restrict whether
placental cells can get that access, and to eject it before it develops
enough to kill the host. The function of the womb is to protect the
parent's life. The very structure of the womb very firmly prioritizes
the life of the parent over the life of the fetus.
Even with modern medical care, at least 800 people die EVERY DAY from
pregnancy- and childbirth-related causes. Among developed countries, the
United States has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality in the
world, and Texas has one of the highest rates within that. The rate is
even higher when viewed among BIPOC only.
Pregnancy may be necessary for the continuation of the species, but it
is not a joke. It is a life-threatening event, a parasitic attack on a
human body; just one we have romanticized and been desensitized to. The
"miracle" of birth is that we have a protective organ designed to, if
all goes well, let us survive it. It doesn't always go well. It is life
or death. Someone who chooses to get pregnant, stay pregnant, and carry
a fetus to delivery is legitimately choosing to risk their life to do
it. Nobody else has the right to make anyone do that, and nobody should
be punished or vilified for not wanting to do it. Forcing someone to
carry a pregnancy, ANY pregnancy, is attempted murder.
Abortion is a human right."- Rabid Feminist
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"Michael Ejercito , from the perspective of those of us who are
physicians, the purpose of the uterus is to nurture the implanted embryo
just as the purpose of the ovaries is to produce the ovum which after
united with a spermatocyte becomes an embryo. In the interim, I am
simply #WonderfullyHungry and hope you, Michael, also have a healthy
appetite too. So how are you ?"- Dr. Andrew B. Chung
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