Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

turbinetree

(25,338 posts)
Mon Dec 2, 2024, 09:54 AM Monday

Newsmax Panel Attacks Women Who Won't Have Sex After Losing Abortion Rights

A Newsmax panel criticized women who reacted to President-elect Donald Trump's victory by declining to have sex, shaving their heads, or being sterilized.

By David Edwards — December 2, 2024
A Newsmax panel criticized women who reacted to President-elect Donald Trump's victory by declining to have sex, shaving their heads, or being sterilized.

During a Sunday morning discussion on the conservative news network, host Sarah Williamson said women were making the "crazy" decision to be sterilized because they feared that anti-abortion laws could put their lives at risk.

"I think they have deeper issues than Trump being president," Newsmax contributor Deneen Borelli argued. "And there's a lot of other things going on. Women restraining sex from their husbands and women shaving their heads."

https://crooksandliars.com/2024/12/newsmax-panel-attacks-women-who-dont-have

Hey News-shit panel.......did you investigate and report about laws in .................Oh I don't know Texas and Georgia.......... since your panel sounds about as smart as dingbats and know what's best for woman....... mad:

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/27/texas-abortion-death-porsha-ngumezi/

https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-abortion-ban-amber-thurman-death

35 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Newsmax Panel Attacks Women Who Won't Have Sex After Losing Abortion Rights (Original Post) turbinetree Monday OP
MAGA men will find alternative channels /nt bucolic_frolic Monday #1
Yeah, each other. Yavin4 Monday #2
Or farm animals. Ocelot II Monday #4
That's baaaaa...d. 🐑 rubbersole Monday #16
LOL ... you ain't wrong NotHardly Monday #13
Blow up dolls. milestogo Monday #8
82 million Americans on the onlyfans shite. Justice matters. Monday #23
"beat it, just beat it" orleans Monday #24
If you weren't planning on having kids anyhow, and if a pregnancy that went wrong Ocelot II Monday #3
OR that may be rendered Bettie Monday #31
Is that really a thing? I think some of the talking heads make this shit up to start stuff. Srkdqltr Monday #5
It's kind of a thing - the 4B Movement in Korea started it. Ocelot II Monday #6
What is the percentage of women doing this? Kaleva Monday #7
Probably not very many. Ocelot II Monday #9
I agree. Kaleva Monday #11
It's just beginning Wicked Blue Monday #25
So it's safe to say that it's a very tiny percentage? Kaleva Monday #35
Shaving heads? OrangeJoe Monday #20
Shaving heads? OrangeJoe Monday #21
Newsmax, where "News-Smacks" of propaganda. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Monday #10
So, Sarah.... Aviation Pro Monday #12
"I think they have deeper issues than Trump being president," Mblaze Monday #14
Ones actions does have consequences, one way or another. republianmushroom Monday #15
Gonna be a lot of that going around pretty soon. rubbersole Monday #18
Going to interesting. republianmushroom Monday #19
Poor MAGA men. There are always the sofas. Vinca Monday #17
What? Newsmax isn't screaming about the election of a felon and adjudicated rapist? chowder66 Monday #22
Here's a thought: It's none of your business Baitball Blogger Monday #26
Women to Newsmax panel: fuck off, peabrain cult sycophants. Scrivener7 Monday #27
Abstinence used to be the right wing answer to "what if I don't want to have to bear a child?" muriel_volestrangler Monday #28
What do they mean by "sterilized"? Renew Deal Monday #29
They have no right to challenge personal decisions karynnj Monday #30
10 to 26% of pregnancies end in miscarriage. You are sort of playing Russian Roulette w/your life. kerry-is-my-prez Monday #34
Running List of the Preventable Deaths struggle4progress Monday #32
Your body my choice surfered Monday #33

Yavin4

(36,480 posts)
2. Yeah, each other.
Mon Dec 2, 2024, 09:59 AM
Monday

But it won't be called gay. They'll come up with some euphemism like real Alpha male sex.

Justice matters.

(7,544 posts)
23. 82 million Americans on the onlyfans shite.
Mon Dec 2, 2024, 12:24 PM
Monday

Sophie Raiin posted on X (she has over 2 million followers) last week that she "earned" $43 Millions posting naked content on it since October 2023 (1 year) to "thank" all her subscribers...

In two words: Virtual $ex...

Ocelot II

(121,119 posts)
3. If you weren't planning on having kids anyhow, and if a pregnancy that went wrong
Mon Dec 2, 2024, 10:00 AM
Monday

could kill you because of oppressive abortion laws, why would you rely on birth control methods that can sometimes fail? Seems like a perfectly sensible choice to me.

Srkdqltr

(7,692 posts)
5. Is that really a thing? I think some of the talking heads make this shit up to start stuff.
Mon Dec 2, 2024, 10:14 AM
Monday

Than sound all indignant about it. Hoping to fill time? Stupid.

Kaleva

(38,251 posts)
7. What is the percentage of women doing this?
Mon Dec 2, 2024, 10:42 AM
Monday

I imagine it's an incredibly tiny number when one considers that there's 10s of million of women of child bearing age

Wicked Blue

(6,689 posts)
25. It's just beginning
Mon Dec 2, 2024, 12:41 PM
Monday

As more women fall victim to insane laws, you can expect more women to take self-protective measures.

Kaleva

(38,251 posts)
35. So it's safe to say that it's a very tiny percentage?
Mon Dec 2, 2024, 03:29 PM
Monday

With the possibility that that number may increase but it's also possible that it won't.

There are about 66 million women of child bearing age in the US. 1% of that number is 660,000.

10. Newsmax, where "News-Smacks" of propaganda.
Mon Dec 2, 2024, 10:48 AM
Monday

What they really fear is the dwindling of the White Race here in the U.S., and becoming a minority (perhaps already are?).

Mblaze

(392 posts)
14. "I think they have deeper issues than Trump being president,"
Mon Dec 2, 2024, 11:49 AM
Monday

Righto, you talking couch-potato heads. They have the issue of their autonomy over their own bodies, that they previously and rightly enjoyed, being taken away from them by an Opus Dei Catholic Supreme Court at the urging of Donald Trump.

Even with your minds being soaked in MAGA, you are almost to the point of actually hearing and understanding the majority of American women. Not quite, but almost.

republianmushroom

(17,811 posts)
15. Ones actions does have consequences, one way or another.
Mon Dec 2, 2024, 11:51 AM
Monday

Seems some didn't think their actions totally out before acting and now don't like the consequences.

Such is life.

rubbersole

(8,593 posts)
18. Gonna be a lot of that going around pretty soon.
Mon Dec 2, 2024, 12:05 PM
Monday

They'll have a hard time blaming the lettuce pickers for NATO countries being unwilling to share intelligence with us. But they'll sure try.

Baitball Blogger

(48,181 posts)
26. Here's a thought: It's none of your business
Mon Dec 2, 2024, 12:52 PM
Monday

But the reason they’re doing it is because every human being has a fundamental right to control decisions that impact on their health, and they’re telling you they don’t trust the MAGA era to respect that one fundamental right:

muriel_volestrangler

(102,562 posts)
28. Abstinence used to be the right wing answer to "what if I don't want to have to bear a child?"
Mon Dec 2, 2024, 12:58 PM
Monday

Now they've decided women shouldn't have the healthcare option of abortion, they're complaining that abstaining from sex is wrong. Because they're hypocritical dipshits who really want control over women's bodies.

karynnj

(59,969 posts)
30. They have no right to challenge personal decisions
Mon Dec 2, 2024, 01:11 PM
Monday

I don't remember her name, but the story of the young woman from Georgia, who had been told another pregnancy could kill her, who died when she couldn't get help to complete a miscarriage after seeking an abortion in NC might lead to women in similar positions opting for sterilizations.

They would be sacrificing the ability to change their minds on not having future children even though doing so risks death. The chance of dying is increased by their state's law. That could be the straw that moves them to opt for sterilization. This is absolutely not "crazy" but a very serious effort to do what is best for their family.

As to not having sex, that is always a choice in any situation for any woman or man. Are they asking for promiscuity??

kerry-is-my-prez

(9,287 posts)
34. 10 to 26% of pregnancies end in miscarriage. You are sort of playing Russian Roulette w/your life.
Mon Dec 2, 2024, 03:04 PM
Monday

Some women will have several miscarriages in their lifetimes. If you are not interested in having children (personally I would feel guilty bringing a child into this world) it would make sense. 3% to 5% of the women who go through sterilization (having their tubes tied) will get pregnant.

struggle4progress

(120,360 posts)
32. Running List of the Preventable Deaths
Mon Dec 2, 2024, 02:25 PM
Monday

PUBLISHED 11/4/2024 by Roxanne Szal | UPDATED 11/26/2024 at 10:06 A.M. PT

... Antiabortion lawmakers and judges in these states are failing women and their families, causing preventable deaths and irreparable pain and heartbreak for their families—leaving children without mothers, parents without their daughters, and spouses without their partners.

Ms. is marking these women’s stories. This article will be updated to mark every single name made public.

These women should be alive today. And these are likely not the only cases, as there has been a significant increase in maternal mortality rates in states that implement strict abortion bans ...

https://msmagazine.com/2024/11/04/women-die-abortion-ban-elections-vote/

Latest Discussions»General Discussion»Newsmax Panel Attacks Wom...