#tw arguing

Had a whole blown debate with my anti abortion mom bc she thinks you dont have to change a law to make abortion illegal 💔

Guys how do we tell her thats not how laws work,,, "unborn children" as she puts it aren't recognized to be a human until 5 weeks into the pregnancy (which is USUALLY the cut off for an abortion) so if you wanted to make abortion illegal you'd have to push it to as soon as you know you're pregnant which to do that, youd have to CHANGE THE WORDING / MAKE A WHOLE NEW LAW

Im quoting my state law when I say this btw

And just WHO do you think you are to talk to the boss like that? NOBODY has the authority to talk like that to him!

@asktheodore the new employee of the foundation)

[Oh, the utter audacity. Even the guest (who looks very familiar) with the stranger looks a bit surprised. Gladion looks half terrified as he gauges her reaction. Alas, she takes a deep breath and shakes her head. He's already clearing his throat like he wasn't a scolded child five minutes ago.]

"Theodore, this is Branch Chief of Aether Paradise and Foundation, Ms. Wicke. I believe I've mentioned she was out, with a friend, in Kalos a few times. She supported Mrs. Lusamine when she was president and helped train me to fulfill the role once she stepped down.

"Ms. Wicke, ah, this is the new hire, Theodore. Currently we're looking to put him in an afternoon-evening position of caretaking. An extra set of eyes over the Pokémon we support, so to speak."

[Almost as if she wasn't scolding Gladion five minutes ago, Wicke gives a warm smile to Theodore.]

"It's nice to meet you, Theodore. I hope young Gladion has been treating you well."

(in quotes is my mom, without quotes is me.)

”I don’t know how long your little chip in the shoulder against me is going to last but—“

You messed up REALLY bad 4 times now. I am NOT going to forgive you. “oh really? Let’s list them!” Okay! That time on the walk, you know the one, the part two of that, and the most recent one!

*forget what is said here*

”OKAY but why aren’t you just choosing FORGIVENESS, I had to forgive you so many times for things you’ve done-“

I’ve never done ANYTHING bad enough to reach your level. “What about missing school???” Me missing school did NOT give you PTSD. “okay well it really scares me,”

How does me missing school SCARE you. IM DOING WELL IN SCHOOL? “because sometimes you get 90s and sometimes you get zeros!” *forget what is said here*

“And when you were a little girl do you know how many times I forgave you for your mistakes??” I was a CHILD I DID NOT KNOW HOW TO FUNCTION.

“well-“

(dad cuts in and says smth, I don’t remember what)

*don’t remember what is said* “because I’m your MOTHER and I GAVE BIRTH TO YOU”

I DONT CARE.

*dont remember.*

This first started when I was twelve, I still haven’t forgiven you, and I never will. You’ll just have to accept that.