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babylonsister

(171,065 posts)
Wed Sep 29, 2021, 10:28 PM Sep 2021

Mississippi Attorney General Says Overturning Roe v. Wade Will Give Women "Amazing" Choices

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/09/lynn-fitch-mississippi-abortion-roe-v-wade

Abortion
Mississippi Attorney General Says Overturning Roe v. Wade Will Give Women “Amazing” Choices
According to Lynn Fitch, curtailing legal access to abortions will improve women’s lives.
By Bess Levin
September 29, 2021


In less than three months, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments concerning a Mississippi abortion law and the stakes, for those who think pregnant people should have the right to decide what to do with their bodies, could not be higher. The case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, will offer an opportunity for the court’s conservative judges to overturn Roe v. Wade, and given their decision to let Texas effectively ban abortion at six weeks, there’s a very real possibility that nearly five decades of precedent will be shredded overnight. Obviously, that’s a horrifying prospect to millions of people, particularly the ones who may decide at some point that they don’t want to have a child. But according to Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch, forcing someone to carry a pregnancy to term will actually improve their life, and they’ll probably even thank the government in the end.

In an interview last week, Fitch boldly claimed that ending most legalized abortion will “empower” women to both raise children and pursue careers. “Think about this,” Fitch told EWTN Pro-Life Weekly host Catherine Hadro, “The lives that will be touched, the babies that will be saved, the mothers that will get the chance to really redirect their lives. And they have all these opportunities that they didn’t have 50 years ago. Fifty years ago, professional women, they really wanted you to make a choice. Now you don’t have to. Now you have the opportunity to be whatever you want to be. You have the option in life to really achieve your dream and goals, and you can have those beautiful children as well.”

Disturbingly, she continued: “Just think about the uplifting, the changing of course for women that have for these new babies, these women. And everyone knows it’s all right, it’s acceptable. You can have these beautiful children and you can have your careers. And so this really gets into, how do we empower women? How do we prepare for that next step? And we have to look at it with this whole vision and strategy. And I just think God has given us this opportunity to be here.”


Ya hear that, ladies? You can have it all, minus the right to choose. An amazing life is just around the corner, as soon as you give birth to, raise, and pay for a child the government insists you have.
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Mississippi Attorney General Says Overturning Roe v. Wade Will Give Women "Amazing" Choices (Original Post) babylonsister Sep 2021 OP
god nt msongs Sep 2021 #1
That's not how you spell "terrifying"... Grins Sep 2021 #2
The choice to put the child up for adoption, the choice to sue the father for child support... n/t PoliticAverse Sep 2021 #3
she is a corrupt idiot Demovictory9 Sep 2021 #4
Horrifying. Says so much about her. babylonsister Sep 2021 #9
Aunt Lydia, is that you? StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #5
I'd bet on it Hekate Sep 2021 #17
Fitch Farms, a hunting retreat where guests can stay in the home of Confederate general and the fi Demovictory9 Sep 2021 #6
Safe and legal..now Deuxcents Sep 2021 #7
Sure, they'll get to choose what civilized state they can visit dflprincess Sep 2021 #8
Repugnant dribble. Joinfortmill Sep 2021 #10
They can't help but lie. Baitball Blogger Sep 2021 #11
Men are scared of women having their own success. BlueLucy Sep 2021 #12
The person stating this is a woman jimfields33 Sep 2021 #18
Which one? BlueLucy Sep 2021 #19
Olympic level eyeroll at "uncontrolled sexual market value 2Gingersnaps Sep 2021 #24
Hey ladies you know what to do Ritabert Sep 2021 #13
Switch teams? CrackityJones75 Sep 2021 #26
Many of us think women deserve a better menu to choose from... Wounded Bear Sep 2021 #14
Wanna bet she fights against mothers getting help with their children? Ka-Dinh Oy Sep 2021 #15
"You too can end up dumped in a landfill after a botched illegal abortion, struggle4progress Sep 2021 #16
"Amazing choices" no_hypocrisy Sep 2021 #20
What a choice. Back alley abortion or clothes hanger. Vinca Sep 2021 #21
Subtle flaws in her logic there Mad_Machine76 Sep 2021 #22
women are more than capable of making their own choices malaise Sep 2021 #23
Yes, take the decision-making process out of the hands of women and then . . . peggysue2 Sep 2021 #25
But what if your dream doesn't include children? jmowreader Sep 2021 #27
Is Mississippi Going To Offer Free Child Care? Deep State Witch Sep 2021 #28
You and the governor have the "Amazing" Choice to eliminate rape like Gov Abbot of Texas. keithbvadu2 Sep 2021 #29
Fitch can go fuck herself. roamer65 Sep 2021 #30

babylonsister

(171,065 posts)
9. Horrifying. Says so much about her.
Wed Sep 29, 2021, 10:49 PM
Sep 2021
"Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch sent state “bodyguards” to intimidate her stepmother during an ongoing legal feud over control of the attorney general’s 88-year-old father and family assets..."

Demovictory9

(32,456 posts)
6. Fitch Farms, a hunting retreat where guests can stay in the home of Confederate general and the fi
Wed Sep 29, 2021, 10:41 PM
Sep 2021

t Fitch Farms, a hunting retreat where guests can stay in the home of Confederate general and the first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, Nathan Bedford Forrest. Bill Fitch purchased the Forrest home in Hernando, moved it 40 miles (64

Deuxcents

(16,216 posts)
7. Safe and legal..now
Wed Sep 29, 2021, 10:45 PM
Sep 2021

Before they get chipped away for good. Women’s March is Saturday, October 2nd. Even in my Ruby Red county.,I’m going. I need to make a couple of phone calls, too.

dflprincess

(28,078 posts)
8. Sure, they'll get to choose what civilized state they can visit
Wed Sep 29, 2021, 10:48 PM
Sep 2021

or maybe even move to. -- At least those who can afford it.

BlueLucy

(1,609 posts)
12. Men are scared of women having their own success.
Wed Sep 29, 2021, 11:17 PM
Sep 2021

I was reading some comments Freepers were making on a post there. It terrified me! It was titled "Professor warns of a ‘mating’ crisis in US as fewer men go to college." Here are some of the comments on that thread:


'The real issue is the uncontrolled SMV of callow young women (who used to be subject to strict societal strictures) - which is further abetted by our current free-for-all culture.
Young women used to be told by their parents "Don't waste the pretty" -- meaning use your years of maximum attractiveness to attract a good man WHO WILL ACTUALLY MARRY them, rather than partying with a succession of "cute" guys who have no interest in marriage, finally arriving at 30 with their looks going, and no husband."



"This guy seems to think the problem is men.
I say the problem is women.

And although in many instances in life, a given problem is often a two-way street, in this instance, I think it’s a almost entirely a one-way street. The problem is women.

Men are better off avoiding college and avoiding women who think that they are some sort of special prize that deserve to be “won” by some “very lucky” guy."



"Ban the Pill and the problem will go away."


“The most dangerous person in the world is a broke and a lone male and we are producing too many of them,”





2Gingersnaps

(1,000 posts)
24. Olympic level eyeroll at "uncontrolled sexual market value
Thu Sep 30, 2021, 10:54 AM
Sep 2021

of callow young women." To people who think like that, that is the only value young women have. There is a reason the Taliban, trumpers, and our own Talibangelicals are so like minded. Education adverse, chaotic, violent, rapey.

Ka-Dinh Oy

(11,686 posts)
15. Wanna bet she fights against mothers getting help with their children?
Thu Sep 30, 2021, 01:23 AM
Sep 2021

I see her attitude "She got herself pregnant so she should pay the price," "She deserved and/or asked to be raped."

I think she should take each child she forces women to have and have to sign a contract that she will raise it right through college.

no_hypocrisy

(46,104 posts)
20. "Amazing choices"
Thu Sep 30, 2021, 05:43 AM
Sep 2021

Like what?

To travel around the country for abortion tourism? See new places? Meet new people?

Or stay instate and have illegal procedures that might kill or sterilize women?

Those ARE amazing choices if Roe is overturned.

peggysue2

(10,828 posts)
25. Yes, take the decision-making process out of the hands of women and then . . .
Thu Sep 30, 2021, 11:05 AM
Sep 2021

They can have amazing lives.

Because We said so.

Because We have set the parameters for those same women, too weak and feeble to make their own choices which should always, always include birthing babies. What are women for, after all, but sacred vessels for the next generation?

Women may not see their full potential but with God's grace? We do. We see it all and bring the message:

Under his eye, ladies. Under his eye.

jmowreader

(50,557 posts)
27. But what if your dream doesn't include children?
Thu Sep 30, 2021, 11:10 AM
Sep 2021

I don’t know about you, but if I was a young woman in Mississippi right now and there was some reason why I couldn’t move out of state, I’d be taking a little vacation to Seattle to have my tubes tied. I have no faith that I wouldn’t accidentally get a Mississippi doctor who believes interfering with God’s Will is a sin and would put me under, make two incisions in about the right places to do the procedure, then sew me back up without doing the tube-tying.

Deep State Witch

(10,426 posts)
28. Is Mississippi Going To Offer Free Child Care?
Thu Sep 30, 2021, 11:52 AM
Sep 2021

To uplift those women who make the choice to work outside of the home?

Yeah, I didn't think so.

keithbvadu2

(36,804 posts)
29. You and the governor have the "Amazing" Choice to eliminate rape like Gov Abbot of Texas.
Thu Sep 30, 2021, 07:25 PM
Sep 2021

Lynn Fitch,

You and the governor have the "Amazing" Choice to eliminate rape like Gov Abbot of Texas.

Or you can "empower" the rapists.

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