Because I saw another meme with handmaidens in it, and I'm sick of them, because they give the impression what will happen to women in this country is visible. The Handmaiden's Tale isn't what this will look like. It will look like what it already is, so it won't be as obvious as bright red nun outfits that something has gone wrong. It won't look like anything has gone wrong at all.
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For example, young healthy women trying to pay for their education are doing this: https://www.cryosinternational.com/en-us/us-donor/donate-eggs/why-donate/egg-donor-pay-and-compensation/
A Non-ID Release (anonymous) egg donor earns $5000 per donation
An ID Release (non-anonymous) egg donor earns $5500 per donation
In accordance with ASRM guidelines, we limit egg donations to a maximum of 6 times. This means you can earn up to between $30,000 and $33,000 as an egg donor.
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For surrogates, today, there is some serious screening and most agencies want you to have a child already, of your own, pass physical and psych exams, and impress upon those screening them that they are in a stable place and have altruistic motives.
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-much-do-surrogate-mothers-make-cost/
On average, nationwide, base pay for first-time surrogates is between $45,000 and $55,000, with fees rising to between $60,000 to $70,000 for second-time surrogates. The cost to those families using a surrogate is even greater, typically around $150,000, when additional expenses are factored in.
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As gestational surrogacy faces scrutiny, compensation for gestational surrogates is rising nationwide.
All you need to do is create more poor women and lower the restrictions on these things to get more rich folks babies without them having to give birth/risk their life. See India/Nepal/Cambodia and forced surrogacy.
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In Michigan, the adoptive family you match with can cover pregnancy-related expenses such as:
Medical or pharmaceutical expenses for the birth mother (or child related to either their birth or an illness)
Counseling for the birth parents
*** Living expenses through pregnancy up until six weeks after the baby is born. These may include things like food, rent, utilities or maternity clothing.
Any traveling expenses necessary for adoption
https://www.americanadoptions.com/michigan-adoption/get-paid-for-adoption-michigan
8/n
Seems like these guys have a good plan for making more women poor.
https://hartmannreport.com/p/the-great-dismantling-trumps-coming-0ae
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And then there is this mess:
1. Project 2025 will undermine the women’s preventive health services provisions of the ACA by allowing misinformation and anti-science rhetoric to guide decision-making.
2. It will eliminate certain contraceptive methods from the ACA birth control benefit.
3. It will to allow any employer to get out of providing essential birth control coverage, for any reason.
4. It will make it harder for people to learn about and access birth control.
10/n
Less birth control, less regulation, less social safety net, less abortion rights, plus increasing economic inequality, plus a recession equals pressure on poor women to protect those they love any way they can. Yes, women will be choosing it.
It will hurt minority women the most. It's not just patriarchy, it's white nationalism too.
Fair warning, if your comment so much as makes me twitch I'll block you. I've got too much fighting to do to bother with wrong people.
11/11
Lintra
