forestwolf42 t1_j8a75x4 wrote on February 12, 2023 at 8:30 PM

Reply to comment by ctoph in You're probably a eugenicist by 4r530n

I'm not really familiar with anything other than what was mentioned in the article, access to abortion, pre-screening of pregnancies to give women the option to abort when the pregnancy is likely to result in a disabled person, access and encouragement to abort when a mother has been actively using drugs that damage the fetus during pregnancy.

As far as I know nothing forced, just a destigmatized culture around abortion and a lot of education about how to prevent disability. Coupled with government programs to aid the disabled that do exist.

I think similar policies in the US and other countries would be great, nothing extreme or forced.

I think encouraging people who are likely to produce disabled offspring to adopt and making it easier for them to do so could be great for society. Again, not forcing anyone, just providing better alternatives to people concerned for their health of their offspring than just hoping the genetic lottery is in your favor.

Kingbuji t1_j8boca3 wrote on February 13, 2023 at 2:54 AM

But we know in the US they would just tell minorities to abort.

NuncErgoFacite t1_j8cu9oo wrote on February 13, 2023 at 10:38 AM

Ever hear of a Mississippi appendectomy?

Kingbuji t1_j8cuusp wrote on February 13, 2023 at 10:46 AM

No but I’m now afraid to look it up cause it’s probably gonna ruin my day.

Freec0fx t1_j8ux2m2 wrote on February 17, 2023 at 2:58 AM

They don’t need to do that blacks are already having way more abortion then whites in the USA so they doing a good job at that already without having to make it obvious

AtlantisTempest t1_j8cdhjk wrote on February 13, 2023 at 6:40 AM

Yeah. It would get convoluted in the US pretty quickly. Already, abortion clinics are strategically overpopulated in the black communities. The pro-life crisis centers that are meant to get women to keep their babies are in white areas.

Kingbuji t1_j8cepeu wrote on February 13, 2023 at 6:55 AM

Not to mention the history of the US and serialization of certain WoC too… it would never work over here just off the history alone.

cdubbs75 t1_j8lfxny wrote on February 15, 2023 at 4:08 AM

Getting rid of "less desirable PoC babies" was the specific goal of noted Eugenicist Margaret Sanger when she started Planned Parenthood so their location in the black neighborhoods is intentional.

Not fun fact, more black babies are aborted each year than are born in the US.

Kiltmanenator t1_j8wy1y4 wrote on February 17, 2023 at 3:24 PM

I don't think it's fair to say there's really an overarching strategy here, certainly not between the people placing abortion clinics & the pro-life crisis centers. Different goals.

Abortion clinics are "strategically" placed where there are large concentrations of people who need their services including sexual health care, contraception, education, and yes also abortion.

Who needs this discounted health care? That means poor people.

Who needs abortions? That means unwanted, out of wedlock pregnancies. Which also means poor people

That means an urban environment.

And urban poor happen to be black.