IMHO, the reason RFK Jr gave Danish researchers $1.6M to do a study of withholding the hep B vaccine birth dose in Guinea-Bissau is because he wants to kill the birth dose here in the US (his team of anti-vaxx ACIP advisers is helping him with that), & he thinks the trial will help his cause

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Having been through two pregnancies I would *never* wish that on someone who didn't choose to go through it for themselves. Having kids made me even more pro-choice.

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The reason the anti-abortion conservatives needed (and I mean NEEDED) to get rid of the "risk to life and health" exception to anti-abortion laws was that EVERY PREGNANCY risks life and health. Every. One.

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Exactly this. I knew a doctor who back in the day would coach pregnant people on what to say to judges to be granted an abortion back in the 60s. Because every pregnancy risks life and health.

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Snark alert: let me just note that some employees of OpenAI and Anthropic already “foresee” a 10% chance of 8 billion people.

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