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Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Reasons to be happy about menopause #29
Posted by Jill | 10:43 AM
You no longer have to treat yourself as "pre-pregnant."

Props to ShakesSis for pointing us to THIS little goodie in the Annals of Treating Women as Uteri with Tits:

New federal guidelines ask all females capable of conceiving a baby to treat themselves -- and to be treated by the health care system -- as pre-pregnant, regardless of whether they plan to get pregnant anytime soon.

Among other things, this means all women between first menstrual period and menopause should take folic acid supplements, refrain from smoking, maintain a healthy weight and keep chronic conditions such as asthma and diabetes under control.


So I guess that young women who smoke will now be prosecuted for murder because they smoking may interfere with their ability to become pregnant? And you thought it was just about the FERTILIZED ONES. Every egg is sacred, to the Christofascist Zombie Brigade.

While most of these recommendations are well known to women who are pregnant or seeking to get pregnant, experts say it's important that women follow this advice throughout their reproductive lives, because about half of pregnancies are unplanned and so much damage can be done to a fetus between conception and the time the pregnancy is confirmed.


And people said I was being hysterical and unrealistic about the possibility of women having to send their used tampons to the Feds. Now it looks like they're getting ready to prosecute any woman who isn't pregnant.

The message is clear -- in the eyes of the Bush Administration and their appointees, women are nothing. Not only are we not equal, we are not even human. We are either vessels, or vessels-in-waiting. It was bad enough when they decided that a pregnant woman is no longer human but simply an incubator for the more-valuable fetus. Now women are incubators from the moment they get their first period.

So now I wonder....what are we after menopause? Lined up and shot?

The tone of these recommendations is perfectly clear -- the embarrassing infant mortality rate in the U.S., like pretty much everything else that the Christofascist Zombie Brigade, is the fault of loose women -- women who drink and smoke and dare to leave the house, instead of sitting at home doing embroidery while tightly corseted like good girls. That 45.8 million Americans had no health insurance as of 2004 has nothing to do with it. That coverage of reproductive health products and procedures is driven by insurance companies who are now being lobbied heavily by Christofascists to NOT cover such things has nothing to do with it. That in 2003 women were 40% more likely to be poor than men has nothing to do with it.

No, it's those evil, unchaste, liquor-drinking, cigarette-smoking, fat chicks' fault that not enough good God-fearin' Christians are being incubated to provide the Christian Dominion that the Bush Base wants. And YOUR uterus is their battlefield.

UPDATE: Oh, and one more thing: Where is the similar advice to the providers of the SPERM for these pregnancies?

Researchers and specialists often ignore male fertility, but it plays a key role in many couples’ conception difficulties. In fact, male factor infertility accounts for up to 40% of all fertility clinic visits. A small percentage of these men suffer from particular disorders, which causes their infertility. However, a large number of men actually have no apparent reason for their infertility. Some of these men may be practicing certain lifestyle factors that are contributing to their fertility issues. Common lifestyle factors that influence fertility include:

- poor diet
- obesity
- smoking
- recreational drug use
- exposure to environmental toxins


They can continue to overeat, smoke, do as many drugs as they like, and work with hazardous materials, because it's the WOMEN who are at fault if something goes wrong.

Who the fuck is leading this country, anyway.....Henry VIII?
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