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Jessica Valenti

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Young people are the most pro-choice demographic in the country. Republicans have a plan for that - and it involves forcing public schools to show middle schoolers a video from one of the country's most extreme anti-abortion groups. jessica.substack.com/p/anti-abort...

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Jessica Valenti's avatar Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social
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Legislation forcing the video into classrooms has already passed in North Dakota, and has been proposed in Kentucky and West Virginia.In Kentucky, the bill would allow the AG to go after schools that refuse to show the video in health classes

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We were made to watch a real film of an entire actual abortion in middle school. That was the beginning of a long and storied career of walking out of classes for me.

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I feel like the real harm in this is gatekeeping health info from teens who need it. The whole “indoctrination” thing is going to be about as successful as D.A.R.E. It’s shit to be sure and it needs to be stopped, but third idea that kids are just robots to be programmed is just plain wrong.

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