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I grew up in church and have kind of falling off but I still go occasionally with my mother. The Sunday after they reverse roe versus Wade the pastor got on the stage and the entire church clapped and cheered and I got up and walked out with my husband who was even angrier than I was
I got pregnant when I was 19 with my husband still together after 10 weeks I started to bleed and it turned out the embryo was stuck in my fallopian tubes I was rushed into emergency surgery for a DNC because my life was on the line my blood pressure was 60 over 30. Today in the state I live I would not be able to do that because I was 10 weeks pregnant. I would have had to have gone to another state but it was so dire I might have died. 19 and I would have been dead and the crazy thing is at the time I was pro-life and when they told me that this was basically abortion I was really against it and they said if you don't do this you're going to die and that is not a baby in there. That's the day I realized that pro-life was pro-men
Living in Colorado only protects women as long as a Democrat is in office. The second a republican gets in there, you will be cast back to the dark ages.
I had a moth go inside my ear and flutter flutter flutter. I was smacking my head against the wall, I couldn't control how horrible it felt. My mom had to lure it out with a flashlight and tweezers. Worst expirence of my life .
Pro choice mom of two here. Many women who have or want children choose abortion. Some out of necessity and some because they no longer feel they’re in a position to continue with another pregnancy.
And I agree as of now I am not personally affected by it here in lil old Germany but I also have COMPASSION for anyone that IS. So if anyone reads this comment even people outside the USA THINK OF YOU & THIS FIGHT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS!
Can you touch in one of the next Episodes since Janelle mentioned it here that this is (most likely) "JUST THE BEGINNING" and many people are afraid for their own hard fought for rights as well to just be taken away under their feet? As sad as it is even from the outside of Germany I'd have to agree this is probably "JUST THE BEGINNING." Contraception and LGBTQ+ being next and I think we ALL Know (since you're the (self-)educated part of the worldwide web) where this (could be) is GOING. I guess Geroge Carlin was a foresighted man as he said "Rights aren't Rights if someone can TAKE THEM AWAY , they are PRIVILIGES, and that's what we ALWAYS HAD in THIS COUNTRY a BILL of TEMPORARY PRIVILIGES!" as wella s "Pro-lifers" not being Pro-Life but ANTI-WOMEN.
love love you all. you are so right about everything you are saying. amazing!! basic human rights. some things are just not up for debate. period!!!!!!
I’m 100% pro choice, however I don’t agree with abortion as a form of birth control. If you’re purposely having unprotected sex, knowing you could be pregnant with the mindset “if I get pregnant I’ll just get an abortion”, that’s wrong. But I understand mistakes happen, so of course it should always be a choice
I don't comment on many videos, but I had to say something with everything going on. The ability to get pregnant and carry a child is a really cool ability that half the population can do. However, the minute that we start telling people if, when, or how they are able to do this, then it is the beginning of the end… Legalizing abortion/ women's healthcare options/ education is VITAL to make sure that half of the population has 100% control over their own lives and decisions. Only THEY know when it is appropriate in their own lives to carry & raise a child. This has nothing to do with IF those cells are considered a living human yet, it 100% has to do with control over people who have the ability to get pregnant. I refuse to be apart of the narrative that is trying to force women have less bodily autonomy & rights than men. We are NOT second class citizens!!
This takes my heart. I feel it. I'm angry and worried. I was worried my kids would see the end of the world when I was growing up. 💔 I've been scared to have kids because of my cancer and chemo treatments and my physical damage. I want kids. But now I feel like I can never have kids. I'm at risk already but to know we could suffer… that everyone is suffering. I love you guys. I'll write you eventually just to tell you how I found you. The way things just happen 🙂
Killing babies is not a human right. It’s so weird to me that people think, killing off under developed humans is empowering and a right a woman should have.
But yet you want sympathy and it’s a loss of a baby if you have a miscarriage though. It’ll never make sense. I’m so glad I don’t have that violent mindset.
Thank you! I never new all the reason a women would need an abortion. In my upbringing I always thought women did it because they didn’t want to have a baby I never new the medical reasons. I was anti-abortion until I listened to you podcast… I understood “my body my choice” and I respected that but now I respect that more. When I heard about the overturning of Roe VS Wade I was shocked and disappointed in our government and thought now women will be back doing abortions in basements and that’s not good. Now I am thinking that all those women who need abortions medically can’t even get it done safely by a doctor. It is heart breaking.
I wrote a big comment went back and read it, my ADHD was in squirreling all over the place. It all boils down to control "they" are trying to get us under control. Keep fighting, warriors, we all need to be warriors!
I never thought the sesh would make me cry. This one was hard it took me a longggg time to listen to. If you had asked me a few years ago I would’ve said that I was pro life. I personally would not and could not go through with an abortion. What I’ve come to realize like you said It’s really hard. No one wants to have an abortion. A lot of people close to me now are really angry with me for being pro choice and sometimes I do wonder if I really am wrong. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and peoples stories it just deeper validates and empowers my beliefs as we’re all still learning so much. This is absolutely insane… 💜
Never watched the Sesh but yeah it’s crazy how this country is running out of gas food water and now we a going back to the 1950s. Separation of church and state. I’m not pro killing babies I’m pro her right to choice for herself and her own body. Pro healthcare for all pro safe children. We can tell a woman yes you’ll keep this child a product of maybe incest you can’t feed you will have to figure out how to make do with rising rent no housing active shooters working two jobs the list goes on. Wake up America it’s no longer the greatest country it’s a second world country now.
The world is overpopulated as it is…. Speaking as someone that has wanted more than almost anything in my life, to be a mom since I was still a child myself (at least the age of 12, or younger)… I don’t really see why anyone would complain about population limiting (by those that choose abortion, and those that choose to adopt, etc), when there are hundreds of thousands of children waiting to be adopted 😭 Given the number of human beings that are already alive, I don’t think we reallllly need to be adding to that number any faster than we already are, ya know? It never made sense to me why abortion was even up for debate???
The reason it’s happening is because they want more workers for this country and also because of religion which ; it doesn’t even say in the Bible anything about abortion but they think it does . Basically it’s out of ignorance and evil . Just like LITERALLY EVERYTHING ELSE in this god forsaken fucking country if you look into it . CLIMATE CHANGE, ROCKEFELLER , PESTICIDES ETC ETC TIMES A MILLION and IT ALL COMES DOWN TO GREED
America is twisted , you can go into a school and kill kids and nothing is ever done about that issue, but your not allowed to abort your own child with your own choice .
I’m nearly 50, from the uk. I tried my whole life to have a a baby. It’s all I ever wanted to do was be a mother . Adoption want the same for me , I needed to be a true mother . But , I would never ever not want a woman to have an abortion. It’s a woman’s body , a woman’s right . It’s just shocking why America has done. I feel for you all , I really do.
The pregnant woman with the fetus having seizures with a terminal diagnosis is a somber story. However, the idea that you can just end the suffering through abortion is not accurate either. If the baby was already born, experiencing seizures, and struggling with survival, would it be right to kill the child? This does raise the need for more discussion than simply saying that this mother should be able to end the pregnancy. Some babies with terminal illnesses survive in spite of the diagnosis, and she might be blessed by the prospect that the baby could live for her to know her child. I like the law in Utah that allows for abortions under certain circumstances to help these women in difficult situations. I'm sorry for those in states without these kinds of protections.
I don't know if anyone will read my story about abortion but I want to put it out there.
I have always considered myself pro-life and would openly speak out against abortion and how wrong it was. Well I chose to get a divorce and became a single mother of three. I met a man who became my absolute best friend and who I thought was truly my soul mate, we had talked future plans, future kids, moved in together, and he adored my children. We were together a year almost then it happened and I got pregnant. Even though we had been careful. This was so conflicting because things were unstable and he would be getting out of the military soon and moving back to his home state and I was still trying to figure out my life after almost 7 years of marriage (my entire adult life). Ultimately we decided to have an abortion and let me tell you, this was no easy choice. I constantly went back and forth and after it was done I fell into a heavy depression. Then my "soul mate" left me because I think it was all too much and he was just gone, like that. I was in the worst place ever in my life for months. But I worked through all that pain and now that it's been about a year since all that I can honestly say I made the right choice.
Even at my lowest point, if I could have gone back I still would've chosen the abortion because I was not financially, mentally, or physically in a place to have a fourth child to care for. I still am not capable and am so grateful I had that basic human right to choose. This whole past year has matured me so much and opened my mind up to so much more. As a mother of three daughters it makes me absolutely sick to my stomach knowing they don't have those same rights despite the fact that we live in a world that is dangerous and poses more disadvantages for women. Idk if anyone will read all this but this country is going down hill and fast.
Love you guys and I’m so thankful you put out this video. I used the be on the other side of the argument but thank god I’ve educated myself and truly learned the depth of not only my empathy but true humanity. The other side of the argument will never make sense. Sending love to you guys and anyone who may read this. I am so proud of all of us we just need to hold on longer with hope ❤️🩹❤️🩹
I chose life after a really tough situation. Having the choice though was something that I guess I took for granted, even though still the hardest choice of my entire life. I’m with you both and proud of you women for this episode. I can’t wait to get shirts for my daughter and I. 💗✊ Freedom has felt lost for quite some time. I try each day to never live in fear.
Thank you for openly expressing your thoughts and sharing with us. I think it'd be great to do a deeper dive into what this actually does to the rights of women not being able to get essential medical care
There is no black and white to this issue…there are so many gray areas…most pro life people don’t understand this. Please educate yourself…this is about way more than “saving babies”
Thanks for covering this topic today. I am Canadian but my beloved grandfather was born in Croatia in 1922. His mom died when he was 5. She’d already had 7 pregnancies in her life by that time. When she became pregnant *again*, she couldn’t carry it out – for whatever reason I have no way of knowing but it could have been poverty. Unfortunately she did not have access to a safe abortion. Someone came to her house to do it, but something went wrong & she bled to death. My papa’s last memory of his mom was watching her be carried away in a wagon while bleeding to death.
I know this was a long time ago but…….it impacted my papa even at the age of 5 – bc of course he lost his mom. This story just highlights one of the tragedies/traumas experienced in the female lineage I come from & highlights WHY women need access to safe abortions everywhere in the world!
I love you ladies so much and I needed this sesh too. My own birth story is centered around reproductive rights. My mother went to get her tubes tied in her 30s and her Dr thought she was too young. He finally had agreed to do the procedure after arguing with my mother. She found out she was pregnant with me not long after. Thats when she discovered that the doctor only tied one tube. No she did not take legal action. I’m not entirely sure why she didn’t but it doesn’t matter. She tells me she didn’t want me to find out when I was older and have my feelings hurt.
This has been on my heart a lot lately and it brings me to tears thinking about all the unimaginable things that can happen now that women’s right to a medical procedure has been taken from us.
It will only perpetuate the mistreatment to women and to anyone who isn’t a white, cis-males. I feel like when we finally take one step forward in the states that something right after makes us take a hundred steps back.
When I was 19 I became pregnant during an abusive relationship and I made the choice to have an abortion. I am now living a better life than I would have if I had been forced to have the baby. If I had to keep the pregnancy I would have been in an abusive relationship for longer and would not be where I am today.
Today I woke up next to my dream guy. Someone who treats me like a princess. We even work together and are building amazing careers. I am on my way to having my own business and owning a home. This would not have been possible if I didn’t make the choice that was right for me.
If you take that choice away many young girls will resolve to either using a coat hanger or getting it done in someone’s filthy basement for a fee, basically it’s like the old days when many women died from the methods themselves or from deadly infections. It’s barbaric
The system is mostly run by men and they should respect a woman’s choice, but because they will never be in the position of having to make such a difficult choice, it’s easy for them to dictate what choices a girl can make about their own bodies. I am very concerned about what choices my granddaughters will have later in life😓
This effects me and family a lot because my mother has to get one because it will kill her if keeps the baby. We are known to have many miss carry. So it effects me big time
I grew up in church and have kind of falling off but I still go occasionally with my mother. The Sunday after they reverse roe versus Wade the pastor got on the stage and the entire church clapped and cheered and I got up and walked out with my husband who was even angrier than I was
I got pregnant when I was 19 with my husband still together after 10 weeks I started to bleed and it turned out the embryo was stuck in my fallopian tubes I was rushed into emergency surgery for a DNC because my life was on the line my blood pressure was 60 over 30. Today in the state I live I would not be able to do that because I was 10 weeks pregnant. I would have had to have gone to another state but it was so dire I might have died. 19 and I would have been dead and the crazy thing is at the time I was pro-life and when they told me that this was basically abortion I was really against it and they said if you don't do this you're going to die and that is not a baby in there. That's the day I realized that pro-life was pro-men
Thank you for using your platform to take a stand for women's rights!
Living in Colorado only protects women as long as a Democrat is in office. The second a republican gets in there, you will be cast back to the dark ages.
Pro choice is pro women! 💕💕💕
I had a moth go inside my ear and flutter flutter flutter. I was smacking my head against the wall, I couldn't control how horrible it felt. My mom had to lure it out with a flashlight and tweezers. Worst expirence of my life .
Pro choice mom of two here. Many women who have or want children choose abortion. Some out of necessity and some because they no longer feel they’re in a position to continue with another pregnancy.
And I agree as of now I am not personally affected by it here in lil old Germany but I also have COMPASSION for anyone that IS.
So if anyone reads this comment even people outside the USA THINK OF YOU & THIS FIGHT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS!
Can you touch in one of the next Episodes since Janelle mentioned it here that this is (most likely) "JUST THE BEGINNING" and many people are afraid for their own hard fought for rights as well to just be taken away under their feet? As sad as it is even from the outside of Germany I'd have to agree this is probably "JUST THE BEGINNING." Contraception and LGBTQ+ being next and I think we ALL Know (since you're the (self-)educated part of the worldwide web) where this (could be) is GOING.
I guess Geroge Carlin was a foresighted man as he said "Rights aren't Rights if someone can TAKE THEM AWAY , they are PRIVILIGES, and that's what we ALWAYS HAD in THIS COUNTRY a BILL of TEMPORARY PRIVILIGES!" as wella s "Pro-lifers" not being Pro-Life but ANTI-WOMEN.
love love you all. you are so right about everything you are saying. amazing!! basic human rights. some things are just not up for debate. period!!!!!!
I’m 100% pro choice, however I don’t agree with abortion as a form of birth control. If you’re purposely having unprotected sex, knowing you could be pregnant with the mindset “if I get pregnant I’ll just get an abortion”, that’s wrong. But I understand mistakes happen, so of course it should always be a choice
I don't comment on many videos, but I had to say something with everything going on. The ability to get pregnant and carry a child is a really cool ability that half the population can do. However, the minute that we start telling people if, when, or how they are able to do this, then it is the beginning of the end… Legalizing abortion/ women's healthcare options/ education is VITAL to make sure that half of the population has 100% control over their own lives and decisions. Only THEY know when it is appropriate in their own lives to carry & raise a child. This has nothing to do with IF those cells are considered a living human yet, it 100% has to do with control over people who have the ability to get pregnant. I refuse to be apart of the narrative that is trying to force women have less bodily autonomy & rights than men. We are NOT second class citizens!!
Not a right
This takes my heart. I feel it. I'm angry and worried. I was worried my kids would see the end of the world when I was growing up. 💔
I've been scared to have kids because of my cancer and chemo treatments and my physical damage. I want kids. But now I feel like I can never have kids. I'm at risk already but to know we could suffer… that everyone is suffering.
I love you guys. I'll write you eventually just to tell you how I found you. The way things just happen 🙂
Wow this got me in all the feels. I am in tears seeing Kendall hold back her tears. Thanks for talking about this ladies.
Killing babies is not a human right. It’s so weird to me that people think, killing off under developed humans is empowering and a right a woman should have.
But yet you want sympathy and it’s a loss of a baby if you have a miscarriage though. It’ll never make sense. I’m so glad I don’t have that violent mindset.
🤷🏻♀️
Thank you! I never new all the reason a women would need an abortion. In my upbringing I always thought women did it because they didn’t want to have a baby I never new the medical reasons. I was anti-abortion until I listened to you podcast… I understood “my body my choice” and I respected that but now I respect that more. When I heard about the overturning of Roe VS Wade I was shocked and disappointed in our government and thought now women will be back doing abortions in basements and that’s not good. Now I am thinking that all those women who need abortions medically can’t even get it done safely by a doctor. It is heart breaking.
I wrote a big comment went back and read it, my ADHD was in squirreling all over the place. It all boils down to control "they" are trying to get us under control. Keep fighting, warriors, we all need to be warriors!
I never thought the sesh would make me cry. This one was hard it took me a longggg time to listen to. If you had asked me a few years ago I would’ve said that I was pro life. I personally would not and could not go through with an abortion. What I’ve come to realize like you said It’s really hard. No one wants to have an abortion. A lot of people close to me now are really angry with me for being pro choice and sometimes I do wonder if I really am wrong. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and peoples stories it just deeper validates and empowers my beliefs as we’re all still learning so much. This is absolutely insane… 💜
Oh and retirement ages for those in politics. Term limits for Supreme Court judges
Never watched the Sesh but yeah it’s crazy how this country is running out of gas food water and now we a going back to the 1950s. Separation of church and state. I’m not pro killing babies I’m pro her right to choice for herself and her own body. Pro healthcare for all pro safe children. We can tell a woman yes you’ll keep this child a product of maybe incest you can’t feed you will have to figure out how to make do with rising rent no housing active shooters working two jobs the list goes on. Wake up America it’s no longer the greatest country it’s a second world country now.
The world is overpopulated as it is….
Speaking as someone that has wanted more than almost anything in my life, to be a mom since I was still a child myself (at least the age of 12, or younger)… I don’t really see why anyone would complain about population limiting (by those that choose abortion, and those that choose to adopt, etc), when there are hundreds of thousands of children waiting to be adopted 😭
Given the number of human beings that are already alive, I don’t think we reallllly need to be adding to that number any faster than we already are, ya know?
It never made sense to me why abortion was even up for debate???
Infuckingsane people in the USA can not get a PROCEDURE
The reason it’s happening is because they want more workers for this country and also because of religion which ; it doesn’t even say in the Bible anything about abortion but they think it does . Basically it’s out of ignorance and evil . Just like LITERALLY EVERYTHING ELSE in this god forsaken fucking country if you look into it . CLIMATE CHANGE, ROCKEFELLER , PESTICIDES ETC ETC TIMES A MILLION and IT ALL COMES DOWN TO GREED
America is twisted , you can go into a school and kill kids and nothing is ever done about that issue, but your not allowed to abort your own child with your own choice .
I’m nearly 50, from the uk. I tried my whole life to have a a baby. It’s all I ever wanted to do was be a mother . Adoption want the same for me , I needed to be a true mother . But , I would never ever not want a woman to have an abortion. It’s a woman’s body , a woman’s right . It’s just shocking why America has done. I feel for you all , I really do.
The pregnant woman with the fetus having seizures with a terminal diagnosis is a somber story. However, the idea that you can just end the suffering through abortion is not accurate either. If the baby was already born, experiencing seizures, and struggling with survival, would it be right to kill the child? This does raise the need for more discussion than simply saying that this mother should be able to end the pregnancy. Some babies with terminal illnesses survive in spite of the diagnosis, and she might be blessed by the prospect that the baby could live for her to know her child. I like the law in Utah that allows for abortions under certain circumstances to help these women in difficult situations. I'm sorry for those in states without these kinds of protections.
I don't know if anyone will read my story about abortion but I want to put it out there.
I have always considered myself pro-life and would openly speak out against abortion and how wrong it was. Well I chose to get a divorce and became a single mother of three. I met a man who became my absolute best friend and who I thought was truly my soul mate, we had talked future plans, future kids, moved in together, and he adored my children. We were together a year almost then it happened and I got pregnant. Even though we had been careful. This was so conflicting because things were unstable and he would be getting out of the military soon and moving back to his home state and I was still trying to figure out my life after almost 7 years of marriage (my entire adult life). Ultimately we decided to have an abortion and let me tell you, this was no easy choice. I constantly went back and forth and after it was done I fell into a heavy depression. Then my "soul mate" left me because I think it was all too much and he was just gone, like that. I was in the worst place ever in my life for months. But I worked through all that pain and now that it's been about a year since all that I can honestly say I made the right choice.
Even at my lowest point, if I could have gone back I still would've chosen the abortion because I was not financially, mentally, or physically in a place to have a fourth child to care for. I still am not capable and am so grateful I had that basic human right to choose. This whole past year has matured me so much and opened my mind up to so much more. As a mother of three daughters it makes me absolutely sick to my stomach knowing they don't have those same rights despite the fact that we live in a world that is dangerous and poses more disadvantages for women. Idk if anyone will read all this but this country is going down hill and fast.
Love you guys and I’m so thankful you put out this video. I used the be on the other side of the argument but thank god I’ve educated myself and truly learned the depth of not only my empathy but true humanity. The other side of the argument will never make sense. Sending love to you guys and anyone who may read this. I am so proud of all of us we just need to hold on longer with hope ❤️🩹❤️🩹
I chose life after a really tough situation. Having the choice though was something that I guess I took for granted, even though still the hardest choice of my entire life. I’m with you both and proud of you women for this episode. I can’t wait to get shirts for my daughter and I. 💗✊ Freedom has felt lost for quite some time. I try each day to never live in fear.
Thank you for openly expressing your thoughts and sharing with us. I think it'd be great to do a deeper dive into what this actually does to the rights of women not being able to get essential medical care
There is no black and white to this issue…there are so many gray areas…most pro life people don’t understand this. Please educate yourself…this is about way more than “saving babies”
Thanks for covering this topic today. I am Canadian but my beloved grandfather was born in Croatia in 1922. His mom died when he was 5. She’d already had 7 pregnancies in her life by that time. When she became pregnant *again*, she couldn’t carry it out – for whatever reason I have no way of knowing but it could have been poverty. Unfortunately she did not have access to a safe abortion. Someone came to her house to do it, but something went wrong & she bled to death. My papa’s last memory of his mom was watching her be carried away in a wagon while bleeding to death.
I know this was a long time ago but…….it impacted my papa even at the age of 5 – bc of course he lost his mom. This story just highlights one of the tragedies/traumas experienced in the female lineage I come from & highlights WHY women need access to safe abortions everywhere in the world!
The world is going to have a lot of traumatized women now
Any plans to donate to a fund that helps families struggling with the cost of infertility treatments such as IVF?? Or just abortion?
I love you ladies so much and I needed this sesh too. My own birth story is centered around reproductive rights. My mother went to get her tubes tied in her 30s and her Dr thought she was too young. He finally had agreed to do the procedure after arguing with my mother. She found out she was pregnant with me not long after. Thats when she discovered that the doctor only tied one tube. No she did not take legal action. I’m not entirely sure why she didn’t but it doesn’t matter. She tells me she didn’t want me to find out when I was older and have my feelings hurt.
This has been on my heart a lot lately and it brings me to tears thinking about all the unimaginable things that can happen now that women’s right to a medical procedure has been taken from us.
It will only perpetuate the mistreatment to women and to anyone who isn’t a white, cis-males.
I feel like when we finally take one step forward in the states that something right after makes us take a hundred steps back.
When I was 19 I became pregnant during an abusive relationship and I made the choice to have an abortion. I am now living a better life than I would have if I had been forced to have the baby. If I had to keep the pregnancy I would have been in an abusive relationship for longer and would not be where I am today.
Today I woke up next to my dream guy. Someone who treats me like a princess. We even work together and are building amazing careers. I am on my way to having my own business and owning a home. This would not have been possible if I didn’t make the choice that was right for me.
Sorry for so many comments but this really grinds my gears😖
If you take that choice away many young girls will resolve to either using a coat hanger or getting it done in someone’s filthy basement for a fee, basically it’s like the old days when many women died from the methods themselves or from deadly infections. It’s barbaric
I am Canadian and it’s gotten so bad here. Our Prime Minister has completely shit the bed!
The system is mostly run by men and they should respect a woman’s choice, but because they will never be in the position of having to make such a difficult choice, it’s easy for them to dictate what choices a girl can make about their own bodies. I am very concerned about what choices my granddaughters will have later in life😓
Fuck the trolls! Don’t even acknowledge them because that is what they are after. Bottom line is YOUR BODY YOUR CHOICE🤘
This effects me and family a lot because my mother has to get one because it will kill her if keeps the baby. We are known to have many miss carry. So it effects me big time