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In some people's view, this is not an issue to pussyfoot around over. The states trying to criminalize personal healthcare decisions certainly aren't. What a d

In some people's view, this is not an issue to pussyfoot around over. The states trying to criminalize personal healthcare decisions certainly aren't. What a dystopian nightmare it would be to be a single mother barely above the poverty line and somehow get time off work and scrape together the cash for a trip several states away to get an abortion, only to wind up in prison for 10 years because mass data collection and dissemination is standard procedure for law enforcement and no one thought to protect the rights and privacy of pregnant women from out of state. It's actually sickening to think about. But yea let's talk more about how they should have written the headline to suit our sensibilities.

no_wizard 3y ago
I think its valid to think about both, I'm not slamming the SacBee for good content here, was simply speaking to their history of headline stuff. I was a subscriber when I lived there, I think they do great reporting. They're 100% right to raise this issue. I also think their headlines are overly tailored to "turn heads", so to speak.
willcipriano 3y ago
> trying to criminalize personal healthcare decisions Another one of those technically correct but not accurate statements and perhaps the root of the misunderstanding here. You could also frame it as "prevent the mass murder of children". A headline about this data in another state may say "local police collaborate with murderers" with the same level of accuracy.
- InSteady 3y ago
  >You could also frame it as "prevent the mass murder of children". You could if your notions of the world are informed by superstitions and ancient dogma rather than science. >A headline about this data in another state may say "local police collaborate with murderers" with the same level of accuracy. You've lost the plot.
- xenospn 3y ago
  You absolutely could not frame it as "prevent mass murder of children" since there is no murder and no children involved.

no_wizard 3y ago

I think its valid to think about both, I'm not slamming the SacBee for good content here, was simply speaking to their history of headline stuff. I was a subscriber when I lived there, I think they do great reporting. They're 100% right to raise this issue. I also think their headlines are overly tailored to "turn heads", so to speak.

willcipriano 3y ago

> trying to criminalize personal healthcare decisions Another one of those technically correct but not accurate statements and perhaps the root of the misunderstanding here. You could also frame it as "prevent the mass murder of children". A headline about this data in another state may say "local police collaborate with murderers" with the same level of accuracy.

InSteady 3y ago
>You could also frame it as "prevent the mass murder of children". You could if your notions of the world are informed by superstitions and ancient dogma rather than science. >A headline about this data in another state may say "local police collaborate with murderers" with the same level of accuracy. You've lost the plot.
xenospn 3y ago
You absolutely could not frame it as "prevent mass murder of children" since there is no murder and no children involved.