Let's be clear. Eli Lilly should apologize for increasing the price of insulin by over 1,200% since 1996 to $275 while it costs less than $10 to manufacture. The inventors of insulin sold their patents in 1923 for $1 to save lives, not to make Eli Lilly's CEO obscenely rich.
If you’re against abortion, don’t get one.
If you’re against contraception, don’t take any.
If you’re against same-sex relationships, don’t have one.
If you’re against same-sex marriage, don’t marry someone of same gender.
Do not impose your beliefs & religion on all Americans.
I really hate this need to justify abortion because of r*pe and incest. They’re obviously hugely valid and understandable reasons but “I simply don’t want to be a parent” is reason enough. Having autonomy over your own body is reason enough.
If this was about babies, there would be universal healthcare. Free education. Free daycare. Southern states would be doing all they can to drop the Black maternal mortality rate. This is about power and control
@nickbenedict813@ksorbs that’s fair, but the problem i have with that tweet though is that those 2 things are not related in the slightest. gun violence is a huge problem in the US, kids transitioning is not!
@nickbenedict813@ksorbs i’m just sick of people assuming that kids transitioning is more than it is tbh. a 5 y/o transitioning usually looks like them cutting/growing their hair & wearing what they want, maybe preferring a different name/pronouns. no one is giving hormones or surgery to kids that age
@nickbenedict813@ksorbs they can be unhappy until they’re an adult huh? this kind of thinking is exactly why suicide rates are so high among trans youth
@nickbenedict813@ksorbs (2/2) thinking about puberty blockers, the effects of those are absolutely reversible! those are also prescribed for kids who start puberty too early. once they’re stopped, puberty essentially kicks in right where it left off!
@nickbenedict813@ksorbs (1/2) i work in an endocrinology clinic, we see trans kids almost every day. no one is giving a 5 year old surgery or hormone replacements (hormones in this situation aren’t even FDA approved until age 16, and *most* surgeons won’t do gender-affirming surgery until 18!) if you’re