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Irish_Dem

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8. So who will deliver babies and provide health care to women?

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue Dec 3, 2024, 01:14 PM

Dec 3

I guess that doesn't matter to the men in Afghanistan.

Like the people in the US don't care about women who are dying blocked from routine care which could save their lives.

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Afghan women 'banned from midwife courses' in latest blow to rights [View all] Eugene Dec 3 OP

It's The Screwfly Solution Easterncedar Dec 3 #1

If all the women of child-bearing age just left Afghanistan that would solve the problem in a couple of generations. VMA131Marine Dec 3 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author CrispyQ Dec 3 #9

Marine's comment was a legitimate satirical one. Irish_Dem Dec 3 #10

I have been known to be dense some times, hence my appreciation for this: CrispyQ Dec 3 #12

You don't have to delete. Irish_Dem Dec 3 #13

Just assume everything I write is satire ... VMA131Marine Dec 3 #16

I don't think Muslims believe in "End Times" theology. Shipwack Dec 3 #6

We're a species currently at war with itself. CrispyQ Dec 3 #7

So men want a society with no women, because their hatred runs deep. Irish_Dem Dec 3 #11

Oh yes, birth control was a game changer. Abortion, too. CrispyQ Dec 3 #14

Exactly. We didn't quite realize it at the time when reliable birth control became available. Irish_Dem Dec 3 #15

Watch the US do this next 4catsmom Dec 3 #2

At home and abroad, the bad guys in the Global War On Women continue their juggernaut. Mister Ed Dec 3 #3

Maternal mortality rate in Afghanistan is 620/100,000 live births. VMA131Marine Dec 3 #4

So who will deliver babies and provide health care to women? Irish_Dem Dec 3 #8