Twitter users were not happy with a tweet posted by Planned Parenthood about abortion.
“Self Care comes in MANY forms. How do you practice self care?” the organization wrote.
The tweet included a photo of the statement, “Abortion is self care.”
Self Care comes in MANY forms ❤?
— Planned Parenthood Action (@PPact) December 29, 2022
How do you practice self care? pic.twitter.com/oJ88lHSi4s
One user replied, “Self-idolatry. Literal child sacrifice.”
Self-idolatry. Literal child sacrifice. https://t.co/ms0wGrUO5I
— Black Tea News (@TrueBlackTea) December 30, 2022
Another responded, “Someone dislocated a joint with this reach.”
Someone dislocated a joint with this reach. https://t.co/I6e1TJ72tg
— ???? (@edenmccourt) December 30, 2022
One tweet stated, “A principle of good self-care is that it does not harm others. Abortion does not just harm another human but kills that tiny human being.”
A principle of good self-care is that it does not harm others.
— Fr Matthew P. Schneider, LC (@FrMatthewLC) December 30, 2022
Abortion does not just harm another human but kills that tiny human being. https://t.co/9MCnRiixQ7
Writer Chadwick Moore wrote, “I don’t understand these irresponsible women who still need abortions. As a gay, before PrEp, if we had reckless sex, we died! Gays learned to wrap it up, or take a pill every day. At least with our bad choices, we only put our own lives at risk—not some poor baby.”
I don’t understand these irresponsible women who still need abortions. As a gay, before PrEp, if we had reckless sex, we died! Gays learned to wrap it up, or take a pill every day. At least with our bad choices, we only put our own lives at risk—not some poor baby. https://t.co/07J3yYC08w
— Chadwick Moore (@Chadwick_Moore) December 29, 2022
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They layers of wrongness here actually excavate the underlying problems with “self care” as a framework for human flourishing.
— Patrick Miller (@PatrickKMiller_) December 29, 2022
But I will leave it at this.
“Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.” https://t.co/m0fE1Jriiw
What *is* self care:
— Griffin Gulledge (@griffingulledge) December 29, 2022
• massage
• facial
• pedicure
• taking your vacation days
• distance from toxic people
• a meal with loved one
What *isn’t* self care:
• killing your baby https://t.co/6JaDjV2zfX
Demonic https://t.co/Zlr0oRoDib
— Chris Clark (@chrisclark503) December 29, 2022
Selfish care, perhaps. https://t.co/asyuYpfj5F
— ???? ?️? (@CasuallyGreg) December 29, 2022
“Safe, legal, and rare,” we were told. That was transparently false then, and you don’t even bother trying to pretend it’s true now. Get bent with this homicidal garbage. https://t.co/J7LwHO1JTQ
— Kyle Schmidbauer (@kjschmidbauer) December 30, 2022
What do those of you who are Pro-Choice think about this message?
— Kevin – Classical Liberal ?? (@gov_fails) December 30, 2022
I find it disgusting. https://t.co/LfRaigNsjC
Gross https://t.co/JHLT9bFzBv
— MISTER BEHAVIOR (@BehaviorReturns) December 29, 2022
On Friday, Fox News noted pro-choice activists nationwide have filed lawsuits against states that have restrictions on abortion following the reversal of Roe v. Wade.
Republicans appear to be shifting their approach to the issue of abortion following the midterm elections.
“It was probably a bigger factor than a lot of people thought,” Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel said during an interview earlier this month.
She added, “We’ve got to get conversant on that.”
McDaniel explained, “We can’t just do an ostrich method and pretend that it doesn’t exist when Democrats are spending $30 million on that message.”
Jeanne Mancini, the president of March for Life, commented on how the issue could impact the 2024 election.
“Heading into 2024, it is essential for any pro-life candidate to embrace the issue head-on, clearly defining their own position and contrasting it with the unpopular, extreme, abortion up-until-birth position of their opponent,” Mancini said, as The Hill reported.
According to Politico, conservative groups that poured money into opponents of abortion for the midterms are prepared to spend more for the 2024 election.
