Blindingly Obvious.
Blindingly Obvious.
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Someone called it "soft eugenics" and that makes the most sense to me. It's probably too much bad press and effort to do the old school active eugenics of preventing undesirable peoples from reproducing. So instead you remove health and safety services so "nature" will take care of them. While you simultaneously make it "easier" for the others to reproduce by handing out benefits and preventing birth control.
I'm sure that makes sense to the "utilitarian" crowd or whatever they are called, that believe that the goal of humanity's survival against whatever hypothetical future scenario they think of justifies any means today. Well, except to those who paid attention in biology and know that diversity is actually our best strategy to do just that.
I get why that term is used, but eugenics is eugenics. At least soft eugenics has the word in it, but it really isn't soft it's just normal eugenics. I can't wait for them to rebrand labor camps as soft prisons or whatever because technically the people there aren't prisoners so they can call it something else.
I agree, but also something can be said about there being different levels of intensity. Like prisons, there is gradation in the regime. You might need a different prison for hardened criminals constantly trying to break out and elderly criminals who long gave up on ever getting out and just watch tv all day. This being called soft eugenics doesn't make it less eugenics, it has the word in it and you could argue there is a difference between this and hard eugenics where you actually slaughter people with 'undesirable' traits. Not saying there is good eugenics and bad eugenics, but i guess i were a victim I rather go through soft eugenics than just be executed on sight.
It's like first vs second degree murder. It soundsless intense to the jury, but if you're the victim... you're still dead.
Yea. I totally understand that. And like I said I understand and appreciate that it at least has eugenics in the term, but it's very much still eugenics and the fact we have to delineate between hard and soft is just silly in my opinion. Eugenics is still eugenics regardless of if executed on site or just left to starve or die. It is technically not as "direct" I guess but it is still 100% eugenics. I wasn't explicitly criticizing the use of the term just that we live in a society where we now have that distinction and have to make it clear so a bunch of bad faith actors don't point to the fact there's no gun to peoples head and say therefore no eugenics.
rebrand labor camps as soft prisons
Not ironic enough. My money is on "freedom camps". After all, work makes you free, as the saying goes.
Work makes you free...
How tf does preventing birth control prevent undesirables from reproducing?
Higher infant mortality, and higher maternal mortality to boot, all while chasing the $5k bait with poor insurance coverage at public hospitals. Meanwhile, the haves can afford better private care. Since that's where the money will be, they'll be pulling better doctors and nurses to it, thus avoiding becoming statistics.
Edit: it all boils back down to "survival of the fittest", where "fittest" has been redefined to mean "has the most money".
Forces everyone to reproduce. Lack of healthcare kills off the ones who can’t afford to survive. The “undesirables” still reproduce, they just die young.
Prevention of birth control leads to teen pregnancies, especially among the poor. It doesn't matter if they die young as long as they reproduce. That seems counterproductive...
They don’t want the undesirables to die out entirely. They just want them under heel as worker drones.
On the other side of the coin, gotta make sure the “right people” have lots of kids to make sure there will be an upper class to rule over the worker drones.
Abortion performed using unsafe methods like coat hangers carries significant risks of permanent infertility and life-threatening complications.
Mechanisms of Infertility Risk
- Uterine Perforation: Sharp objects (e.g., coat hangers) can puncture the uterus, causing internal bleeding, organ damage, or sepsis[3][4]. Severe cases may require hysterectomy, permanently ending fertility[1][6].
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID): Unsafe procedures often introduce bacteria, leading to infections that spread to the fallopian tubes. Scarring from PID can block fertilization, causing infertility[5][7].
- Asherman’s Syndrome: Traumatic uterine damage may cause adhesions (scar tissue) that prevent embryo implantation. This is rare but linked to repeated uterine surgeries[1][5].
- Chronic Sepsis: Incomplete abortions leave tissue debris, creating a breeding ground for bacteria. Untreated sepsis can cause multi-organ failure or death[6][8].
Comparative Risks
Safe Abortion Unsafe/Coat Hanger Abortion ≤0.01% infection risk[5] High infection risk (e.g., sepsis, PID)[6][7] 0.001% uterine injury[5] Up to 60% bacteremia risk from perforation[6] No fertility impact[1][5] Permanent infertility via PID/scarring[4][7]
Key Statistics
- Unsafe abortions cause ~7 million hospitalizations/year globally, with infertility occurring in survivors of severe complications[2][6].
- Retained tissue in incomplete abortions increases sepsis mortality risk by 50x[6].
- 73% of septic abortion patients develop acute kidney failure, increasing infertility odds[6].
Conclusion
While safe, legal abortions (medical or surgical) pose minimal fertility risks[1][5], coat hanger methods drastically increase the likelihood of life-threatening infections and permanent reproductive harm. Timely medical care reduces these risks, but prevention through access to safe abortion services is critical[6][8].
Citations: [1] Can Abortion Cause Infertility? - Healthline https://www.healthline.com/health/womens-health/can-abortion-cause-infertility [2] Unsafe Abortion: Unnecessary Maternal Mortality - PMC https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2709326/ [3] Coat Hangers and Knitting Needles: A Brief History of Self-Induced ... https://nursingclio.org/2016/03/10/coat-hangers-and-knitting-needles-a-brief-history-of-self-induced-abortion/ [4] Unsafe abortion - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsafe_abortion [5] Can abortion affect your fertility? - 1800 My Options https://www.1800myoptions.org.au/blog/can-abortion-affect-your-fertility/ [6] Infectious Complications of Abortion - PMC - PubMed Central https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9683598/ [7] Complications of an abortion - NHS https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/abortion/risks/ [8] The coat hanger abortion is back, and that's scary for all women | Vox https://www.vox.com/2015/12/23/10656860/coat-hanger-abortion-pregnancy-murder