Having an abortion JUST because the fetus is or might be disabled is ableist. There’s just no way around that.
But that doesn’t make it okay to force someone to carry a pregnancy to term against their will. Ableism isn’t going to be fixed by torturing pregnant people.
We need to look at the reasons WHY people make that choice and see what we can do to fix those issues.
For instance, in the US raising a child with special medical needs can be horribly expensive. So can we offer better financial support to disabled people? Universal healthcare might be a step in the right direction.
What about other types of support? Affordable help with daily care? Transportation services? Mental and emotional support for caregivers?
Instead of striving to force people to continue pregnancy against their will. Or shaming them for making a decision when they feel like they have no other choice. Let’s offer actual support.
i know its a stingray but it looks like cthulhu popped his head up to say hi
I thought it was a giant squid.
holy shit they get this big?
They do get this big! They also tame relatively easily and are surprisingly docile animals. Its popular to swim with them in many beachy areas. As long as you’re not stupid and mean to them, your odds of being hurt by them are very low.
I had the opportunity to swim with a school of them on a sandbar once and I must say they are very aggreeable animals, though they do have the tendency to mob you if you have food, and they can be quite heavy. Still very pleasant animals.
ha cthulhu
Humans will pet anything. If aliens come, that might be what distinguishes us from the rest of the galaxy.
“we were going to blow them up, but they engaged in an oddly pleasing patting ritual and, well, it was nice.”
I read today that stingrays recently passed the mirror test: they recognize their own reflection, potentially implying they have some concept of self.
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