#anti-abortion activists

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

You might assume that Dr. Anthony Fauci, after 54 years working at the National Institutes of Health and helping save countless lives, has retired so he can rest. However, Dr. Fauci doesn’t have time to retire.

Last month, Fauci joined Georgetown University School of Medicine’s Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases as a Distinguished Professor. He was also appointed to the university’s McCourt School of Public Policy.

“I’ve also been busy lecturing and writing my memoir, and since I’ve been out of the NIH for seven months, I’m not following the ins and outs of the government, but I am paying attention to what’s going on with PEPFAR,” he tells me.

PEPFAR is the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, which was signed into law 20 years ago this summer by President George W. Bush. It serves as a conduit to providing HIV medications to individuals in impoverished nations who would otherwise lack access to these drugs.

When I spoke to Fauci a couple years ago on the 40th anniversary of the discovery of HIV, he cited the opportunity to be the architect of the program as one of his greatest achievements. "It is the largest commitment by any nation to address a single disease in history," he told me. "It's been an honor to help lead this. I really value my participation in this program that has already saved 15-18 million (in 2021) lives around the world."

“PEPFAR impact has been truly remarkable,” Fauci told me during our phone call Friday evening. "It is one of this country’s greatest global health policies in history. It’s been a resounding success, and has saved at least 25 million lives worldwide and it provides antiretroviral treatments for over 20 million people worldwide.”

However, groundless claims from anti-abortion activists have put the program in jeopardy. Conservative and anti-abortion groups sent a letter to Republicans in Congress who are responsible for PEPFAR’s reauthorization. The letter said that PEPFAR funds are “used by nongovernmental organizations that promote abortions and push a radical gender ideology abroad.” They provided no evidence to back their claim.

Also, the ultra-conservative Heritage Foundation released a report that said Congress needs to “reassess” PEPFAR. The report claimed, “The Biden Administration has misused the program as a well-funded vehicle to promote its domestic radical social agenda overseas, as it has done with other foreign aid programs.” This so-called report also did not provide any proof.

As a result, Republicans in Congress are threatening not to reauthorize the program.

“The idea that this program would be interrupted, despite its overwhelming success, is unfortunate,” Fauci said. “There’s a real danger to associate the program with cultural issues as opposed to scientific ones that clearly show PEPFAR is saving lives.”

“It seems paradoxical that abortion rights groups who fight for life want to interfere with a program that has saved millions of lives,” Fauci pointed out. “If the program doesn’t function, lives aren’t saved, millions of them.”

Instead of castigating the program, shouldn't these groups, as well as all Americans, be celebrating the 20th anniversary of this milestone? “What’s ironic is that it was signed into law by a conservative Republican President, and it is without question George W. Bush’s greatest achievement. It took years to put together, in a bipartisan way, and it is one of the world’s signature global health initiatives. The thought of it not being authorized is not only dangerous, but disastrous.”

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[fatfemme-inist]

The best revenge is living well. Doing it in the way most likely to make your abuser mad is a glorious cherry on top of the "fuck you" sundae.

[nando161mando]

"Feminists crash Bernie Finn’s speech at ‘march for the babies’ rally for the 5th year in a row. Full media statement

T-shirt says ‘Pro abortion. Anti fascist. Banner says ‘pro life is a lie. You don’t care if people die. Stop black deaths in custody’."

[just-mebs]

Friendly reminder to not follow me if you're pro-life :)

[bluebeetle]

Also this is a v good video

[residentmiddlechild]

Would you mind explaining something for me? Why do people who say they love freedom and the rights of citizens want to take them away? Isn't it enough to say "I think abortion is wrong, so I will not get one." and allow others to make their own choice on the subject?

First things first, thank you for the question and for being so respectful in your ask :) I don't want to fight, I just want to have civil conversations.

So you say we're taking away freedom and rights. But a person's rights stop when they are bringing harm to another human being. For example let's say there's a no parking sign and someone says that the sign is infringing on their rights because they want to park there. But by parking there they could cause a car crash and harm to others. So that person does not have the right to harm someone else, which is what I believe abortion is. Of course, people who support abortion would say that pre-born babies are not actual human beings. And this is where the root of the abortion issue actually is. What is the pre-born baby? I would say that a pre-born baby is a human being with the same rights as anyone else. People who support abortion would say that they're clumps of cells with no rights. (I'm also a clump of cells and so are you, but that's not the point.)

But your question is why can't I just disagree with you and move on. Well it's simple. Since I believe that the pre-born are human beings with rights, that means that abortion is the murder of a human being with rights. So replacing "abortion" in your question with "murder" (because that is what it is) you come out with this: Isn't it enough to say "I think murder is wrong, so I will not do it." and allow others to make their own choice on the subject?

But again, I do not want to fight. I hope I could answer your question well!

[theapachevikingnomadfromhell]

Decided to try something new. On the pilot episode of Weird Tabloid Foolishness, I'll be discussing strange WTF stories from the news. The 1st story about a Black Metal band apologizing for throwing severed pigs head a Houston, Tx show, Anti-abortion activist arrested after climbing the Las Vegas sphere and Minnesota cop sucking on experimental drug testing machine. This channel is supported exclusively by the viewers like you. Please send your digital donations to support my work to CashApp, Chime, PayPal and Venmo to rockinrobsa210. Thank you very much.

[dduane]

"GOP operatives have already crafted an expansive blueprint, 887 pages long, laying out in painstaking detail how they intend to govern, including plans to leverage virtually every arm, tool and agency of the federal government to attack abortion access. The document explicitly names their intention not just to rescind FDA approval for the abortion pill if they regain control of the White House in 2024, but to revive a 150-year-old law that criminalizes sending or receiving through the mail any “article, instrument, substance, drug, medicine or thing” that could be used to facilitate an abortion. That law, the Comstock Act, is viewed as a de facto federal abortion ban by reproductive rights advocates and anti-abortion activists alike."

When somebody tells you in that much detail what they're going to do if you let them... believe them.

Please get registered early, and vote.

[intobarbarians]

i try not to get bogged down in arguments about labels but one thing i am extremely pedantic about is calling anti-abortion people “pro-life” like no. they are anti-abortion.

[emogirlitsok]

A word from a woman

I am speaking to you as a woman, we as a minority, must look out for each other. We are in a world not built for us, so we must fight as to not be overpowered or forgotten.

“Your liberty starts where mine ends”, that means you are entitled to do and think whatever you want, that is until your actions start harming other people. You can believe abortion is wrong, but as soon as that evolves to protesting against abortion rights, then you are imposing your beliefs into someone else’s life, then you’re trying to take control over someone else’s body, someone else’s…

[identitty-dickruption]

anyway I will always be suspicious of people who tell disabled people to shut up for “activist reasons”. you know

“now’s not the time to talk about eugenics, we can’t give the anti-choice people the fuel” then stop being ableist when you argue for abortions

“now’s not the time to talk about the overlap between disability and queerness, we can’t let people think that queerness is a disease” stop letting conservatives control the narrative and start forming coalitions with your disabled siblings

it’s not progressive if you’re leaving disabled people behind. it’s not good leftism if you’re using ableist rhetoric to justify your positions. seriously

[lkinews]

After climbing Oklahoma's highest building, an anti-abortion activist was taken into custody

After climbing Oklahoma’s highest building, an anti-abortion activist was taken into custody

After climbing Oklahoma’s highest building, an anti-abortion activist was taken into custody Maison Des Champs scaled at most two other skyscrapers last month in other cities. By lki news According to authorities, an anti-abortion activist who had scaled buildings in at most two other cities, climbed Oklahoma’s tallest structure Tuesday morning before being taken into custody. Oklahoma City…

[monsieurenjlolras]

Hot tip that, legally speaking, absolutely did not come from my mother (who was, and still is, an activist starting in the early 80s and continuing till now): if you fill one of those thin glass Christmas ornaments with paint, it makes an excelent projectile that you can really whip with a lot of speed and distance, say, out of the passenger window of the car, and it will explode on contact covering whatever flat surface it hits with paint. On an unrelated note, there are a lot of anti-abortion billboards covered in misinformation, manupulative language, and straight up lies all over the U.S. right now.