@terryenglish @shampoobottle @a7 no, they are not, because the Republican party has gone absolutely insane over the past ten years.
@terryenglish @a7 @shampoobottle Democrats are what Republicans were a few years back, but Republicans now are far crazier.

@mewmew The Republican party is milquetoast as fuck in most regards, except for some holdover religous issues that no one actually cares about anymore. @terryenglish @a7

@shampoobottle @mewmew @terryenglish@blob.cat @a7 Not even a lot of those lol

Ain't no Republicans talking about gay marriage nowadays

@realcaseyrollins @shampoobottle @mewmew @terryenglish there is the abortion issue, but while im extremely far left and could be described a socialist i dont like abortion so i agree with them there.

@a7 I'm a horseshoe so I think we should have mandatory abortions for low income minorities. @mewmew @terryenglish @realcaseyrollins

@shampoobottle @mewmew @terryenglish @realcaseyrollins this is why i dont like abortion - it basically is this with how they educate it and shame poor people for having children and existing.

@realcaseyrollins @mewmew @terryenglish @shampoobottle “why are you only building abortion clinics in majority colored neighborhoods” - sshhhhh shhhh small one it is just womens rights its not eugenics and slow genocide !

@realcaseyrollins @a7 @mewmew @terryenglish @shampoobottle

The assertion that there must be a racial component here because black people get more abortions is rather fallacious, and the question about why more of them are built near poor communities is answered by the premise of the first question (i.e. they're matching supply with demand)
1) The raw stat doesn't account for socio-economic differences. Poor people get more abortions because part of the motivation for an abortion is not being able to afford the kid. More black people are poor, so you would expect to see higher numbers in that population.
2) It's an elective procedure, not something forced on them by the state. Someone choosing to have an abortion is very different than someone being sterilized against their will, and in fact isn't being sterilized at all.

@dave @realcaseyrollins @mewmew @terryenglish @shampoobottle yes the rich keep lining their pockets and tell the poor who they want working in their factory stores their lives arent valuable enough to have offspring.

@a7 @mewmew @terryenglish @realcaseyrollins @shampoobottle Hey, you know how you could stick it to those evil factory owners and reduce abortions at the same time? Support a living minimum wage, or UBI, or something to help lift people out of poverty so they don't feel as pressured to abort the kid.

@dave @mewmew @terryenglish @realcaseyrollins @shampoobottle i support those things. I am far left anarcho syndicalist in basically all my beliefs. I am against the death penalty, for public housing, for public child care, against private property.

@a7 @mewmew @terryenglish@blob.cat @dave @shampoobottle The trouble with a UBI is that it will destroy the economy; a whole lot of lower and middle class people won't work if they're getting paid to not work.

@realcaseyrollins @a7 @terryenglish @dave @shampoobottle they're not getting paid to not work. they're getting paid in addition to whatever they work. it's capitalism where you don't start at zero.
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