Not saying what she did was okay at all, but postpartum depression affects 17% of mothers worldwide. Even in developed countries, less than half have the privilege of getting diagnosed. It is severely under-recognized and often goes untreated.
Not to mention that not every pregnancy is wanted and not every mother has the resources, support, or even the human right to follow through with an abortion.
Combine these two and you get woefully unprepared mothers who just went through the most excruciating experience in her life and is still expected to smile at the sight of her newborn. Ever heard of a perineal tear? It’s exactly what it sounds like and it affects 90% of first time mothers. And that’s only a fraction of the pain involved in childbirth. It’s kind of disgusting how women are expected to gracefully hide one of the most traumatic experiences in their life and package it neatly into social expectations of motherhood.
Two things can be true at the same time. Late-stage capitalism is responsible for financially discouraging parents from having children, and fertility rates are declining due to a decline in reproductive health.
Fertility rates are being affected by food additives and pollutants, and RFK Jr. Is a complete nutjob who pulls statistics out of his herniated ass.
Don’t fall for the black and white rhetoric Republicans are trying to pull. They are trying to get leftists to say ‘these statistics are ridiculous and therefore microplastics and environmental damages by corporations are not a relevant issue.’