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PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to News@lemmy.world · 6 months ago

The Texas Ob-Gyn Exodus

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The Texas Ob-Gyn Exodus

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PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to News@lemmy.world · 6 months ago
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Amid increasingly stringent abortion laws, doctors who provide maternal care have been fleeing the state.
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    Texodus! That’s my word, I invented it! Everything fucking sucks here, but I’ll die knowing I said “Texodus” on the internet.

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      Texit

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        We’re saving that one for when Cruz decides to start spouting secessionist bullshit again.

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          Texas and California both can and be their own blue and red countries.

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        The fuck you doing? This is MY creative moment!

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      Thus, thefartographer@lemm.ee was forever enshrined in the history of the internet, draped in the glory of their contribution to the zeitgeist. Yea and verily.

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        Is that Elon Musk?

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    This sucks.

    However, I am struggling with the fact this doctor looks like the love child of Noam Chomsky and Henry Winkler

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      I don’t know how to respond to this because I’m laughing too much

      but yes it does suck

      lol

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      There’s a little Larry David in there as well

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      I couldn’t figure out why he looked so familiar. Once again, the comment section delivers!!

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      Oh my god I can’t unsee it.

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    Health insurance is going to cost more

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      Why? Women dying is cheap, that’s Texas logic right there.

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      It always was. Someone elected an Obamacare-hater, so the plebes will now pay more.

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    This was a long read but really worth it. Thanks Philip!

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      Very worth it, it’s well written and infuriating.

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    Good, get the hell out of here and into a state that protects abortion rights. They need you. Some of us need to die of preventable causes or nothing will change.

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