Topic: Abortion
Quote: Pregnancy is ALWAYS physically harmful. You try carrying a load of extra weight about and see what that does to your heart. It is also always life threatening - women still die from it and you never know how childbirth is going to go.\nThese are the normal, frequent or expectable temporary side effects of pregnancy: \n-- exhaustion (weariness common from first weeks) \n-- altered appetite and senses of taste and smell \n-- nausea and vomiting (50% of women, first trimester) \n-- heartburn and indigestion \n-- constipation \n-- weight gain \n-- dizziness and light-headedness \n-- bloating, swelling, fluid retention \n-- hemmorhoids \n-- abdominal cramps \n-- yeast infections \n-- congested, bloody nose \n-- acne and mild skin disorders \n-- skin discoloration (chloasma, face and abdomen) \n-- mild to severe backache and strain \n-- increased headaches \n-- difficulty sleeping, and discomfort while sleeping \n-- increased urination and incontinence \n-- bleeding gums \n-- pica \n-- breast pain and discharge \n-- swelling of joints, leg cramps, joint pain \n-- difficulty sitting, standing in later pregnancy \n-- inability to take regular medications \n-- shortness of breath \n-- higher blood pressure \n-- hair loss \n-- tendency to anemia \n-- curtailment of ability to participate in some sports and activities \n-- infection including from serious and potentially fatal disease (pregnant women are immune suppressed compared with non-pregnant women, and are more susceptible to fungal and certain other diseases) \n-- extreme pain on delivery \n-- hormonal mood changes, including normal post-partum depression \n-- continued post-partum exhaustion and recovery period (exacerbated if a c-section -- major surgery -- is required, sometimes taking up to a full year to fully recover) \nThese are the normal, expectable, or frequent PERMANENT side effects of pregnancy: \n-- stretch marks (worse in younger women) \n-- loose skin \n-- permanent weight gain or redistribution \n-- abdominal and vaginal muscle weakness \n-- pelvic floor disorder (occurring in as many as 35% of middle-aged former child-bearers and 50% of elderly former child-bearers, associated with urinary and rectal incontinence, discomfort and reduced quality of life) \n-- changes to breasts \n-- varicose veins \n-- scarring from episiotomy or c-section \n-- other permanent aesthetic changes to the body (all of these are downplayed by women, because the culture values youth and beauty) \n-- increased proclivity for hemmorhoids \n-- loss of dental and bone calcium (cavities and osteoporosis)
Response: Hmm . . . a lot of these could also be brought on by sitting in a chair for long periods of time trying to make sweeping online statements that pregnancy is always harmful and trying to back it up with either temporary issues, worst-case scenarios that rarely happen, or things for which it is debatable whether or not it is truly 'harmful.'
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