Pregnancy is Dangerous, Debilitating, and Costly Unpaid Work

<p>Why hadn&rsquo;t I understood that before? I&rsquo;ve been pregnant four times and birthed three children. I&rsquo;ve experienced the dangers and hardships first hand. I should have put 2 and 2 together.</p> <p>But I didn&rsquo;t. Because the cultural zeitgeist cloaks pregnancy in an aura of holiness. Pregnant women are splendid goddesses creating life, or so the story goes. Except these goddesses aren&rsquo;t worshiped, they&rsquo;re kicked to the curb &mdash; at least in the U.S., the very country whose&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0SwwyqhJMs" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>&ldquo;I like beer!&rdquo; Supreme Court</strong></a>&nbsp;wants to force women to gestate children against their will.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/fourth-wave/pregnancy-is-dangerous-debilitating-and-costly-unpaid-work-7b4c82db11fd"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>
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