AMA: "26,000 raped TX women forced to give birth since Dobbs"

The U.S. Constitution was written by white male property owners before its adoption in 1788 and despite the admonition of Abigail Adams to husband John not to forget the ladies, women weren't mentioned in it. Therefore, women had no rights but there were, also, no restrictions on abortion or any other health issues. Women couldn’t vote, own property, hold public office, enter into legal contracts, serve on juries, etc. They were basically subject to the authority of their husbands or fathers. Only white male property owners had the right to vote until 1870, when all men could. Not until 1920 were women allowed to vote. Since 1923, women have been calling for equality in the Constitution in the form of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), a proposed amendment to guarantee equal rights and legal protections in the U.S. regardless of sex or gender. It states: “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.” It has met all the legal requirements for its adoption, but the male-majority legislatures haven't adopted it. According to a study released by the World Economic Forum, in 2023 the United States is in 44th place for gender equality because of a widening gap in political empowerment and health outcomes between men and women. The U.S. has a high maternal mortality rate for a high-income country, with 19 deaths per 100,000 live births. In 2024, women earn about 84% of what men earn for the same job and it's estimated pay equality won't be achieved until 2088. "Women are more likely to live in poverty and economic insecurity and there is less protection against workplace discrimination based on gender, pregnancy, or parental status." Child marriage is recognized globally as a harmful practice and the State Department has called it a human rights abuse, but it’s legal in 37 states. Over 300,000 minors-–some as young as ten years old-–were married in the US between 2010 to 2018, with most wed to adult men. A large analysis in Canada found that teenagers who had babies were twice as likely to die before age 31. Girls aged 15-19 are twice as likely to die from childbirth as women in their twenties and those under age 15 are five times as likely to die. Pregnancy has at least 91 side effects, with obstetric fistula one of the most tragic childbirth injuries--a hole between the birth canal and bladder and/or rectum caused by prolonged, obstructed labour without access to high-quality medical care. It leaves women and girls leaking urine, feces or both and often leads to chronic medical problems, depression, social isolation and poverty. It's almost entirely preventable and is due to gross inequities in our health systems that fail to protect the health and human rights of the poorest and most vulnerable women and girls. Pregnant women are, also, more than twice as likely to be murdered during pregnancy, or immediately after giving birth, than to die from any other cause. Nine states and the District of Columbia have no laws prohibiting Female Genital Mutilation, so at least 513,000 women and girls are living with or are at risk of FGM. Of those that do have laws banning it, many do not outlaw girls being taken out of state to be cut. "FGM violates the right to freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment." During the 1920s, Germany led the world in the development of contraceptive devices, but then the Nazis outlawed contraception. Even publicising or discussing birth control was eventually banned in Nazi Germany. The regime also cracked down on abortion, imposing tough requirements for terminations of pregnancy and harsh criminal penalties for illegal abortions. The Nazis hailed German mothers as national heroes, while single and working women were often treated as second-class citizens. Governmental control of human reproduction is still used to subordinate women. A former Supreme Court acknowledged that and confirmed the right to equal protection, preventing the government from regulating pregnant women or girls. International human rights law reinforces the right to equality with men’s rights and non-discrimination.The 14th Amendment says "No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” Forced birth “deprives” many women of their “life” and “deprives” all women of the “liberty” to make medical decisions just as men do and are “deprived” of jurisdiction over their “property”—their own body. United Nations Human Rights, 2017: "Regulations on abortion is the only law in the United States that is based on one particular religion which mandates their belief that life begins at conception. To force women to endure horrible repercussions, even their own deaths, because of one specific group's religious edict, is discrimination against the beliefs and practices of other religions. It also blurs the concept of the separation of church and state.”