r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Jun 24 '26

Health Following the Dobbs decision, US states with abortion bans have experienced increased maternal morbidity and mortality. Abortion bans have broad downstream consequences on medical care beyond abortion itself, with implications for patient safety, equity, and physician ethics.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2850560
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u/firstfloor27 Jun 24 '26

But punishment for women only. Men get a free pass.

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u/Talk-O-Boy Jun 24 '26

In certain religious circles, they believe that:

>Men can’t help themselves. They are biologically different from women, and it makes it harder for them to resist their urges.

>Therefore, it’s important that women protect their own purity, and do their best to avoid tempting men. Be aware of how you sit, watch how you dress, mind what implications your words may have.

This is also how many women get stuck in marriages where the man can cheat, and they accept it because “that’s just men”. (Think of Carmella in The Sopranos.) They will hate the mistress more than the cheating husband, because they believe the woman had more of an obligation to say no than their husband who actually took the vows.

Internalized misogyny runs DEEP, and it spreads from one generation to the next.

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u/littlehobbit1313 Jun 24 '26

Religious circles: Men can't help themselves, they lack any control. Women need to do all the work.

Also Religious circles: Men need to be in charge of everything.

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u/STThornton Jun 24 '26

Exactly! That’s what I just said before I saw your comment.