Instead of treatment, Project 2025 proposes shaming patients for premarital sex
  • LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Holy fuck I’m so glad I just got a hysterectomy. I was terrified BC was gonna be targeted and it was the only thing keeping my endometriosis and debilitating periods at bay. Symptoms of recurring endometriosis started happening last year and in February my specialist approved a hysterectomy. I got the procedure done 3 weeks ago. Seems like I got it done just in time, too.

  • DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works
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    6 days ago

    Hey Canada, my country is now officially under illegal occupation by the Republic of Gilead, can y’all start giving us refugee status?

    🥺👉👈

  • Alaik@lemmy.zip
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    7 days ago

    Let’s start attacking women’s rights and making financial stability a dream out of reach for most working Americans, that’ll make women want to have children!

    Wait, they’re not? We’ll obviously it’s the women’s fault!

  • VinnyDaCat@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    We’re really going back to behaving like we’re living in the middle ages. Your wife can’t conceive? Time to find an excuse to get rid of her as that’s one of her only purposes and you need a heir.

  • omniman@piefed.zipEnglish
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    7 days ago

    I have a question. Is it true that sperm get killed in the vagina by the vagina protection software while trying to win the race . If that is true then does not ivf makes like being able to buy battlepass with money and leave everyone behind and will it increase the chance of disability in the baby’s

      • omniman@piefed.zipEnglish
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        6 days ago
        1. What happens in natural conception

        Yes, the vagina, cervix, and uterus have a lot of built-in defenses. These exist to protect against infections — but sperm have to pass through the same gauntlet.

        Vaginal acidity → The vagina is acidic (pH ~3.8–4.5) to kill bacteria and fungi. This acidity does kill many sperm almost instantly.

Cervical mucus → Acts like a filter. During most of the cycle, it’s thick and blocks sperm. Around ovulation, it becomes thinner and more “friendly,” but still selective.

Immune system → White blood cells can attack sperm as “foreign” cells.

Structural obstacles → Only a small fraction of sperm (~1 in a million) make it to the fallopian tubes.

        So yes — you can think of it as most sperm being “eliminated” before reaching the egg. The survivors are the fastest, most motile, and most resilient. 2. IVF and your “battle pass” analogy

        In In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), sperm don’t have to run the full gauntlet — they’re either placed near the egg in a lab dish (classic IVF) or directly injected into the egg (ICSI). So in gamer terms:

        Natural conception → 1 million players drop in, only one survives to win.

IVF → The system says, “You’ve already bought VIP access, here’s the final round.”
        1. Does bypassing natural selection increase disability risk?

        This is where nuance matters:

        In natural conception, the weakest sperm usually never reach the egg, so there’s a degree of “natural selection” at the sperm level.

In IVF, especially with ICSI (where one sperm is injected directly), some of that natural selection is bypassed.

        Studies show:

        Slightly higher risks of some rare genetic or imprinting disorders in IVF/ICSI babies (e.g., Beckwith–Wiedemann, Angelman syndrome).

Slightly higher rates of preterm birth and low birth weight.

However, most IVF babies are healthy, and the increased risk is small in absolute terms.

        Many scientists think that these risks come more from underlying infertility issues in the parents rather than IVF itself. In other words, if someone’s sperm or eggs already have higher risk factors, IVF isn’t creating them — it’s just making fertilization possible despite them.

        ✅ In short:

        Yes, the vagina does “kill” most sperm — that’s natural selection.

IVF does skip a lot of that process — kind of like paying for early access in a game.

There is a small increase in certain risks, but the vast majority of IVF babies are healthy
  • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 days ago

    Yes, very on-brand.

    I had to laugh when these dipsticks took up the mantra of “promises made, promises kept” in his first term.

    WTF, these asshats got nothing from Taco unless they were multi-millionaires. He promised many things in his first term and many of these fucking morons voted for him again after he gave them nothing but the spectacle of “owning the libs”.

  • PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works
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    7 days ago

    Schulz, who went through the IVF process with his wife, seemed genuinely flabbergasted the notoriously dishonest president had lied about this. Sadly, however, Schulz doesn’t seem to have drawn the correct conclusion, which is that he should shut up about politics forever.

    Look - if you still believe what this guy tells you after almost 10 years of nothing but lies, I got nothin’.

    • StarryPhoenix97@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      We knew he was a liar in 2016. His business model was basically built on lies. “We won’t misuse those funds.” “I won’t be in charge.” “I’ll pay what the contract says.” Etc etc. He’s a liar. A lying liar. But because he was on TV for a bit and had that sweet sweet mean daddy face his base thought he’d be a good president.

    • Pup Biru@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      7 days ago

      But but but this is the first lie I paid attention to because it affected me directly! How could he do this to me specifically? It’s only every single other person that he was supposed to lie to, and about!

      Them, probably

    • Tja@programming.dev
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      7 days ago

      I’m sure you can find something. Like a ha-ha Nelson jpg, or a Pic of a fat leopard or something.

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      7 days ago

      I guess they learned nothing from his first term and the vapid and meaningless slogan of “promises made, promises kept”.

      Even towards the end of his first term, I saw his base mindlessly repeating that and clapping like trained seals at some qon events. You have to be a special kind of stupid, I guess…

  • Bytemeister@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 days ago

    This country needs to ensure the future of its conservative values. I suggest taking everyone in the Heritage foundation and putting them in a strategic federal conservative reserve (i.e. Locking them in an abandoned salt mine for decades.)

  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    7 days ago

    Instead of treatment, Project 2025 proposes shaming patients for premarital sex

    This shit makes no fucking sense. What, do married people not need IVF?

    Am I wrong in thinking that the majority of women seeking treatment for infertility are married?

    • Bob Robertson IX @discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      7 days ago

      What they are saying is that women who are unable to conceive while married are being punished for having had premarital sex and for having used birth control.

        • Deflated0ne@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          7 days ago

          No that’s actually how they think. They’re insane. Like actually insane. Howling at the moon, rubber room and grippy sock, danger to themselves and others bat shit insane. Gleefully bounding into new unknown lands of just snake-fuckingly crazy.

          I was raised in it. They really believe that all suffering is a curse from their impotent god. And that everyone who is suffering deserves it for one vague “sin” or another.

          • TheRealKuni@piefed.socialEnglish
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            7 days ago

            They really believe that all suffering is a curse from their impotent god. And that everyone who is suffering deserves it for one vague “sin” or another.

            Which is hilarious because according to their holy text that’s not how this works.

            There are examples in the Old Testament of God being like, “I’m going to punish you because of such-and-such,” but that doesn’t mean every bad thing is a punishment.

            Jesus disciples were like, “Why was this man born blind? Was it his sin or his parents’ sin?” And Jesus said, “Neither, duh.”

            It’s depressing to me how focused on sin evangelicals are. The whole point of Christianity is that all have sinned and fallen short, so they need Jesus. But evangelicals don’t know shit about their own theology. They sing their songs about how great and powerful their god is and they go out to judge people and enforce their idea of the law.

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      7 days ago

      We are neck-deep in a lot of insanely stupid people in this country. Lots of people think he’s a bigly important successful bidness man, too, despite all the evidence to the contrary.

  • floofloof@lemmy.ca
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    7 days ago

    In reality, as I’ve written before, they resent IVF for the same reasons they loathe abortion and birth control — conservatives believe women should be enslaved to their biology.

    They believe women should be enslaved in every way.

    • kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world
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      7 days ago

      A lot of Theo-Bros that want women to be chained to their husbands by outlawing no-cause divorce. Then they will redefine narrow rules for which causes are justifiable causes. They’re already trying to legalize child marriage. They’ve already made single living a poverty lifestyle for most. So they are happily coercing women into marriages and locking them in there because they know sane woman would not willingly partner with for their whole lives, and getting rid of their choice is easier than being a person they would choose.