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Authoritarian Regimes Have More Progressive Abortion Policies Than Some U.S. States (www.americanprogress.org)

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[–] DigitalTraveler42 -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This is dumb as hell, those Authoritarians are allies with the American GOP.

Considering nobody really has rights, women or men, in authoritarian regimes, because laws don't mean anything in fascist authoritarian societies, laws are only for oppression in these types of governments. Most of these regimes are only a drop in birth rate away from implementing as draconian anti-abortion measures, as people are only resources in these types of regimes. Then there's the next to non-existent domestic violence laws in those types of regimes.

So while I'll agree these red states look worse and worse all the time, at least they're still not killing women and gays like in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Uganda, or imprisoning them like Russia and so many others, although Texas is getting really close to adding their names to this list.

[–] PanArab -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

those Authoritarians are allies with the American GOP.

Say what again?

Most of these regimes are only a drop in birth rate away from implementing as draconian anti-abortion measures

Saudi Arabia had a significant drop from the past and the laws only gotten more permissive not less. https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/SAU/saudi-arabia/birth-rate

at least they’re still not killing women and gays like in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Uganda, or imprisoning them like Russia and so many others

Oof! I'm sure you have the numbers and statistics that show it is worse there than it can ever be in the US.

[+] DigitalTraveler42 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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[–] PanArab -1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yes I’m sure someone named PanArab doesn’t have a bias and an angle with trying to make Saudi Arabia

If you only knew what Pan Arabism meant and that Saudi Arabia has a history of fighting it.

Saudi Arabia seem like it’s anything more than the theocratic desert shit hole it is.

We have free ambulances and hospitals, no income taxes, and the universities here actually pay you. Homelessness, healthcare debt and education debt, are foreign concepts and don't translate into our dialect. We can't do anything about it being mostly desert though. But we do have our green and snowy regions too. Saudi Arabia will host the 2029 Asia Winter Games after all.

How about your government kill more ppl for blasphemy or how about your king has more journalists cut to pieces.

We are learning from the best. But we are still far behind from the only democracy in the Middle East.

Please do check the source of the news before shooting the messenger :) It is American Progress after all. This isn't about Saudi Arabia being better than the US -though we do have High Speed Rail- but about how much far behind the US has regressed.

One final bit, the punishment for doctors performing illegal abortion in Saudi Arabia isn't capital punishment like some US states are proposing.

"The Ministry of Health in Riyadh referred the two medical professionals to the public prosecutor, and they face imprisonment for up to six months and a fine of up to $26,000 (100,000 riyals)."

https://english.alarabiya.net/News/gulf/2022/09/12/Expat-doctor-nurse-arrested-in-Saudi-Arabia-over-unsafe-abortions