#amendment 1

Females can get pregnant at 11, but there are some cases where it’s even younger.

Around 3 million women experience rape-related pregnancy

Around half of the pregnancies in the United States are unintended

In 41% of unintended pregnancies, the women were consistently on birth control

Over 11% of abortions were on those under 20

Over 33% of abortions were on those from 20-24

Almost half of abortions are from females 24 and under, the age of which most females aren’t ready for children, either emotionally, mentally, or finically. Most of those females are still going through school or living with their parents. As of 2017, around 21% of unmarried households are single mothers. 

Now less than a fourth of Congress (23.7%) and the House of Representatives (23.2%) are female and only 26% of the U.S. Senate is female. That means that the majority of our representatives making decisions on the female body are male.

Then, there is the case of pregnancy-related deaths in women. Around 700 women each year in the United States die due to pregnancy. The female body goes through many changes during pregnancy, some of which can be fatal to the mother. Some of the common causes of pregnancy deaths are severe bleeding (mostly bleeding after childbirth), infections (usually after childbirth), high blood pressure during pregnancy (pre-eclampsia and eclampsia), and complications from delivery. 

So, women can die from childbirth, be raped and conceive a child, get pregnant while on birth control, and yet it shouldn’t be their decision whether or not they keep the child. Then, dogs and cats can have pregnancies terminated if the pregnancy was not intended or could harm the mother, and yet it is not considered inhumane, but it is murder if a human mother terminates her pregnancy due to the unfortunate conditions the child was conceived under or could die due to her pregnancy.

Sources from where the information was gathered:

https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/datasources/nisvs/understanding-RRP-inUS.html

https://www.umassmed.edu/news/news-archives/2019/05/who-are-the-1-in-4-american-women-who-choose-abortion/

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/04/27/about-one-third-of-u-s-children-are-living-with-an-unmarried-parent/

https://cawp.rutgers.edu/women-us-congress-2020

https://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/maternalinfanthealth/pregnancy-relatedmortality.htm

Virginia voters reject anti-union move

A ballot initiative that would have made the state’s “right-to-work” (for less!) law part of the state constitution was defeated in Virginia on Nov. 8. It was an important victory for poor and working people everywhere.

The measure, known as Constitutional Amendment No. 1, would have amended the state constitution to keep Virginia a “right-to-work” state forever, unless another change were made to the constitution. A governor cannot veto a referendum.