A Michigan Democratic state lawmaker said Wednesday that he sterilized himself to prevent pregnancy during President Donald Trump's term.
“Just two weeks ago, I had surgery to make sure I didn't have to navigate my pregnancy in Donald Trump's America,” said Michigan Sen. Laurie Poftsky.
Lawmakers made eye-opening remarks outside the Michigan State Capitol and demonstrated nationwide to a group of protesters gathered as part of the so-called 50501 movement to express their opposition to the Trump administration. . Number 50501 refers to the goal stated by the group to hold 50 protests in 50 states a day.
Dem, who criticized Trump as a “threatening to democracy.”
Lawmakers said they didn't want to get pregnant in “Donald Trump's America.” (Evan Vucci/AP)
“I refuse to treat my body as currency by a government that only sees the value of my fertility,” Pochtsky said.
Trump has since taken office, and has ended the use of federal funds in abortions and US funds for abortions by reviving Mexican city policies, as Republican presidents have done for decades. I have signed an executive order.
However, the president is not as hardline about the issue as some life supporters like, and frequently says that abortion issues should be decided by the state during the campaign and that nationwide ban should be excluded. Masu.
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Trump has signed an executive order to end federal spending on abortion. (Photo: Natalie Bering/Getty Images)
Trump's moderation on this issue doesn't seem to be enough to satisfy Pochtsky.
“If you know anyone who questioned how serious this is, I'm going to repeat myself. The sitting government officials were unsure that they would have access to birth control in the future, so they would have spontaneous sterilization. I chose to do that,” she said.
After her decision was broken, Democrats were widely laughed out online. Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman relating to her announcement that he wrote, “Natural Selection. Darwin is right.” With X's post
“The fact that so many conservative men are making personal attacks on the decisions I made with my husband about my health care and future should assume we are safe to be right. It's just to prove that there's no,” Pochtsky posted Thursday.
Several blue state lawmakers have come out to oppose the Trump administration. California lawmakers approved $50 million in spending Monday to fight the presidential administration after Gov. Gavin Newsom called for a special session to “bear Trump.”
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has promised to “hold his condition to Trump.”
Chicago's political leaders are encouraging residents to ignore the ice as agencies try to deport illegal criminal immigrants from their cities.
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“The actions that come from the White House are rooted in xenophobia, naturalist, racist lies. We have to keep the line and push back every time, as we did before. I said this at an event in January.
