Here’s a story about the extreme hardship one woman went through to secure an out of state abortion in the US. Long flights, delays, and high cost, never mind the stigma and need to keep it quiet. And this woman was among the lucky who can afford the trip and procedure, and take the time from work.
It’s heartbreaking to read stories like these.
damn is a news article gonna be made everytime some rando leaves the state to get an abortion? i get that the abortion thing sucks but pretending like this is news still its kind of pathetic.
It’s to prevent normalization. If you keep it in the news, then people will remember it when election time comes around.
the media constantly reports on mass shootings and has done nothing to stop them it has only normalized the behavior, now nobody gives a shit. im not really sure how anyone constantly being exposed to the same situation wouldnt eventually normalize it. i stand by the women who are pro-choice but this isnt helping the situation at all its just giving CNN more ad money.
Especially in the case of mass shootings, there is an argument to be made that the way reporting is done on them actually makes the problem worse.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_shooting_contagion
how is it pathetic?
i just wanna make it clear that i dont think what this 45 year old woman is doing is pathetic, i think cnn pretending this story is news is whats pathetic. its exploiting all the anger for the abortion laws. someone in the comments below said its to prevent normalization but seeing articles about this exact situation over and over again is doing exactly that.
I’m curious what you would prefer done. Do we all collectively decide not to pay attention? Because that’s really all that this is, drawing attention to the consequences of the policies set in place by one of the two major parties. If these stories go away, women still suffer, women still get deathly ill. We just won’t have to think about it. So what would you do? How would you support these women without telling their stories?
by actually going out and doing something to undo the damage, like voting against those who support these policies. making a bunch of people sad about the situation makes their story told but all it does is make sure that story will always be told. ‘raising awareness’ is useless if thats where you stop. everyone is aware of the abortion situation going on, it literally affects everyone who can reproduce. i definitely get where youre coming from but at some point the only people these stories are “helping” are the people at CNN collecting ad money from all the clicks. thoughts and prayers never actually helped anyone. plus the idea that CNN would want to help out in this situation is laughable, they thrive on conflict.
But news stories like this encourage people to take an active interest. I don’t think anyone is suggesting the media are highlighting this out of the goodness of their hearts but that’s the same for everything they publish.
I’d say there’s community interest in this story.