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[-] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 40 points 2 years ago

This article is clickbait garbage. What they said is SO MUCH WORSE, but calling it "Menstrual Surveillance" is fucking stupid. While menstruation and pregnancy are obviously related, they're not the same thing.

What they actually said is that they want to have states he able to monitor pregnancies so they can know if a woman becomes pregnant, but then suddenly isn't anymore, so they can question them for an abortion, either illegally in state or out-of-state. Given they're also pushing to monitor menstrual cycles alongside pregnancies, it's full on police state shit that goes even further than what is described.

Clear. Concise. Factual. That's all you need. The right already gives you what you need to show how fucked up they are. You don't have to clickbait. It's dystopian enough on its own.

[-] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Having lived in the south, nothing about this is remotely surprising.

100% guarantee most neighborhoods are starting networks that watch local girls to try to monitor if theyre gaining weight and then take a trip, not that they need to be recruited, they're just idle pedophiles anyway.

Now they have something to threaten girls with for their silence...

[-] Reyali@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

Genuinely wondering: you say they are “pushing to monitor menstrual cycles alongside pregnancy.” How is that not menstrual surveillance? I haven’t dug into this myself but I’m confused by your comment and trying to understand better.

[-] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

They're pushing for that, but it isn't what this person was taking about that they quoted. Nowhere in the article does any direct quote say that.

We know that's the path they're going to take by their actions, but they're extrapolating in an article quoting something else.

[-] Reyali@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Gotcha, thanks for the clarification!

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