Why I got an "Abortion"
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- 게시일 2023. 08. 30.
- This is the story of how I found out I had 1, then 2 fast-growing lumps in my uterus-- and why getting them removed would be considered an "abortion" even though I was never pregnant. My experience just scrapes the tip of the iceberg of this very nuanced issue; so many more people have it worse, and I am very very lucky to in a place where I'm able to get a D&C. Our current lawmakers are barring people from accessing the healthcare they need, risking lives over things they don't care to understand, and it makes me sick.
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Thank you all for being so kind and supportive. I was really nervous to talk about this, and I didn’t know how y’all as fans of me / the internet would react. What a relief to see an outpouring of support for this issue and for one another’s stories!
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It’s brave and very inspiring to see you talk about this, love your content!
We are supportive because it's the right side to be on here, no debate to it
Glad to see you’ve been having a really supportive community. Talking about this is extremely important
how are you so based all the time
Illymation as a man i kneel down and i firmly grasp your hand & i look you stirght in the eye and tell you how Brave of a woman you truly are and that this was the best decision for you because babies are expensive and you shouldent be scraping by when you could get a job in the Army and earn lots of dough that way but at least you had a great time under the sheets...
"yet alone fidelity in their marriages" WAS THE SICKEST BURN I HAVE EVER HEARD
@@blaizegottman4139The right wing might as well not belong to the same species as the rest of us. They are below vermin.
SAME😂
A good catholic needs a divorce. They invented it after all, so they better use it.
That burn had me in stitches 🤣 ❤
I died laughing
Anti-Abortion lawmakers mansplaning what defines an Abortion is the most American thing I've ever heard
my bad
Why are you blaming men?
Don't we live in america? And life begins at conceptions which means you're literally killing a child. And the term fetus comes from Latin which means baby. How about you're just responsible with who you have sex with 😕
@@jamesconlin5099 OH will you shut up. It's every gender that's doing this but mainly men
@@jamesconlin5099 guess
As a male I didn’t know that abortion could mean removal of deadly substances inside you! Thank you for teaching me
It does make me pay more attention to the language of the law. "Abortion" doesn't seem to mean in legal terms what it means in spoken language terms.
But I find it unproductive to tell someone who is against abortion that its just removing a clump of cells and saying a normal healthy fetus is also just a clump of cells.
The way Pro-choice people debate feeds into Pro-life ignorance and then further conflates that ignorance as malice. Which is willful ignorance.
Most Pro-life people only care if abortion kills a developing human and if informed would vote for better laws with clearer language.
Thank you for being open-minded to new information. It means a lot these days, lol
it doesn't. this is an extreme simplification of most pro life laws. Read them, they allow removal of dead tissue or things that are not alive. To my knowledge this procedure is not an abortion as an abortion implies a fetus being removed
This is unrelated but I like your username "poopfard" /Gen
It's also worth knowing that the majority of abortions aren't that big a deal either. Nine times out of ten you take a pill that gives you a period and that's all that's necessary. It's never been some big graphic thing, it's generally just a quick trip to a doctor.
No matter what side you're on, we can all agree that an "abortion" should be *redefined.*
I sure agree. It's so stupid that THIS isn't in the forefront of the abortion debate as it may be the only thing both sides could agree on.
@@sawderf741 it doesn't really matter if both sides agree on it though. The right to abortion, when put to a popular vote, has a 100% success rate thus far; the vast majority approved of Roe.
The people you have to convince are far right wing politicians; they already know, they have advisors that have told them. They don't care though, because they aren't ignorant, they're simply evil; they are objectively bad people that are throwing women under the bus for profit, simple as that.
You could educate them to the extent that they could earn a doctorate, it won't matter, monsters like them will still vote to sacrifice women.
I agree with this! A woman should have the right to her own body and health, especially if it is to safe their life!
I suppose that shouldn't be too difficult to do. Abortion = killing the baby. If removal results in death, it would be an abortion. If removal only results in the removal of an already dead baby, then it would not be abortion. Seems like the sort of thing that can be fixed fairly quickly. A lawsuit or two will likely fix it in due time. Law is often stupid, but stupid for "good" reasons. This law is stupid for no reason.
I agree that this should be the case, but sadly many people don't care or know and are malicious
As a female I had no idea any removal was a abortion. This is such valuable information everyone should learn.
I finally see how clueless law makers really are about this subject.
@@aydenplaysthis and it's all disgusting men or christian monster-in-laws. even satan would be pro choice.
@@aydenplaysthis Let's not forget about, how Illy herself mentioned in the video, many of these lawmakers activelly presure their mistress to get an abortion when they get pregnant. So it's just straight up hypocrisy. Laws for thee, but not for me.
25 dollars and no Lily ?
Me neither. And I didn't know that lawmakers were willing to go such extreme and messed up lengths to prevent "abortion" even when it's NOT. This was really eye opening. Illy, you are very brave to tell us this. God bless you. I really hope you are doing better.
I lost my baby at 16weeks. However my womb decided it didn’t want to let her go, and kept her soaking and rotting. I got so sick, and had to have an “abortion” because I was getting septic. I live in Ohio, and had this happened right after the overturn, I wouldn’t have made it. I had lost a little over half my body weight, and was throwing up so much it was making my throat bleed. Thank you for taking the time to tell your story.
I truly hope you feel better and have or will get through this
@@TimeIsShorterno you don’t, you aren’t human, quit pretending you are
Wow... I'm glad you're ok. I'm confident Ohio still would have given you the care you needed though. What you had should count as a high-risk pregnancy in which case Ohio allows abortion in those cases even with Ohio's heartbeat bill in effect. You should have gotten the care you needed regardless, but the trouble seems to be I've heard stories of doctors delaying treatment because they didn't fully understand the legal specifics of Roe v Wade being overturned. Hopefully doctors not understanding the law is very rare now that it's been over a year since Roe v Wade was overturned.
Considering Texas and Alabama also allow abortion in cases where the mother is at serious risk like with ectopic tubal pregnancies, I think we can all agree that the proper handling of a miscarriage, particularly in your case, is essential healthcare and that it's fair in legal terms to have the option to get an abortion if the doctor confirms a pregnancy is high risk (though it's also a heroic act to carry a high risk pregnancy to term if the baby can be saved if the mother wants to).
Side note: I've done a fair amount of research since I first saw this video about 4 days after it was posted. I have yet to see abortion defined as anything other than the termination of a pregnancy, I don't know where Illy got her definition from (11:33) let alone if it's true, because that would make treating uterine cancer illegal...
@@ThatGuyRNA okay troll
Sweet Jesus the human body is incredible and terrifying
Bro being arrested for not wanting to die is just flat out evil
EXACTLY, THANK YOU
My grandma was one of the women who fought for roe v wade to first be put into action. She was the women at the counter protecting women’s safety. After roe v wade was overturned I went to visit her, she was heartbroken. Even though she can’t have kids anymore she was so angry that women today will have to fight the same fight she did for a chance.
your grandma is a hero, and we're here to fight like her
Pro life ❤ ✝️
@@mariamoments478so you watched the entire video and still didnt get the point?
@@Echo_Edge_Gamingyou don't understand? Abortion don't always end a "life", it could be for several reasons, including removeing harmful things from the uterus. Pro-lifers don't value anyones life. A clump of cells inside a uterus can't think or do stuff. People can. People could die from removal of their access certain heathcare. Banning abortions won't end abortions, they will only create unsafe abortions.
If she faught that hard just to get it reverse so easily.
There must be a good reason then.
As a Christian, the anti abortion protesters mortify me. I am so sorry for all the so-called followers of Christ that scream in women's faces about abortions. While abortion is a last-resort thing for me, I would NEVER tell anyone what they could or could not do with their bodies. Especially since Planned Parenthood saved my mom's life when they found that she had cervical cancer. PP offers so many wonderful health services as well as affordable contraception, and I would love to see more clinics set up around the country.
I'm not Christian, but I can understand the feeling of knowing how wonderful it can be following a faith you treasure and how some people will twist and exacerbate ambiguous or questionable aspects of faith for the sake of cheap politics. I have met some of the most kindest and open minded individuals who love being Christian and take pride in it while appreciating diversity in human spirituality, values, goals and lifestyles. I am also sorry that you feel mortified. You have no need to claim them as a part of your community as they do not represent you. Peace and respect.
There should be more Christians like you
@@vigneshnehru9822 Thank you for being understanding. I don't claim them at all. Health is health and it is none of my business. My job is to love people no matter what their life circumstances are. Everything can be forgiven and loved through.
@@FrogboiTobee69 Thank you ♡ I'm really trying to find good believers and recruit more believers. But only if they want to be found and recruited. 🥰
Practicing conscientiousness of faith is a good thing. Religion has no basis in the state, and should never.
the fact that there are some situations where not getting an abortion could actually kill you, and these people are trying to stop it is disgusting
yep it's absolutely disgusting. But honestly a good chunk of the "pro-lifers" would be pro choice to an extent if they actually knew what procedures are considered abortions, but many of them would say fake news... so no reasoning there.
No they just value human life. part of pregnancy is dealing with the fetus growing inside of you. You then Have a responsibility to protect the life growing. This just comes with the consequences of getting pregnant.
Only things like what illy had can kill a woman. An embryo/fetus cant kill you
Real those same people will say it's ridiculous for 18 and under to adopt a child but will force them to birth one of something happens
@@sladespencer6776That includes those people that didn’t wanna get pregnant but are forced to.
And those laws don’t just affect pregnancy. It affects everyone.
This girl can’t catch a fricking break… eczema, pneumonia, asthma, autistic, struggling with mental health, and a horrible and early period..
She was also SA’ed in the past..
sounds somewhat similar to my life but instead ive had chronic ear infections/ strep, eczema, osteoarthritis, ADHD, on and off depression & anxiety, and SIBO. gotta love life
Women are so strong ❤️
This might seem dickish but do you think she might be lying at some points
Also adhd
The real kicker is that in many places now, not only do unborn foetuses and dead bodies have more bodily rights than a uterus bearing person does, but so do mutated cancerous tumours since the person has no rights to remove them
"Have more rights than a Uterus bearing person does"
Calm down with that Misogyny dude
@@norikofu509has anyone ever calmed down after you told them to "calm down"?
life hack: people actually calm down if you listen to them and try to understand their view point.
@@georgplaz Yes, yes they have.
Especially if you are telling them to Stop defending misogyny
@@georgplaz There is no life hack in letting people disrespect women, dude
"Uterus bearing person" what a way to call someone for what she is, A woman.
It’s really sad we have to sacrifice the living for the unborn. Banning abortion doesn’t stop abortions, it just stops safe abortions.
PREACH
It's really sad to see people need to sacrifice the lives of criminals to defend themselves. BAnning guns doesn't stop gun violence it just stops safe civilian handling.
@@Voightier Yet the US is the only country with regular mass shootings.
This is the mindset that made be start to accepting abortion. I was very much against the concept, I am against all forms of killing in general, and I just saw abortion as taking a kid you don't want and killing it.
Even now, I don't really see it as "ethical" (conceptually), but I fully accept it as a practice. It is only there to keep people safe, and having the option will ALWAYS be better than not having it. But it was not easy forme to see that before. The part of the video about the guys protesting outside the PP really made me reflect on the mindset I used to have in the past
@@Voightierdid you watched the video? Are you a woman?! If the answer is no to any of those you literally have no right to say shit
Regardless if you believe in abortion or not, it’s upsetting to hear how difficult it was to get basic medical care.
(This is a small edit, but I meant to say whether you SUPPORT abortion or not. it is a real thing, and an on-going moral debate right now. There's been some good debate in the replies, but no mean-spirited comments are needed please. There's nothing intentionally malicious about what I said. We're all people who believe different things, tackling a very important issue. Bottom line is that Everyone deserves FAIR love and treatment. Period.)
Couldn’t agree more
regardless? the procedure that needed to happen **was an abortion.** basic medical care includes abortions.
Hey, just a minor thing about the way you phrased this. You said “believe in abortion”, and that implies that it is something that people choose to believe in, like Gods, or ghosts, or aliens. But abortion is very much real. What happens is that people choose whether or not they SUPPORT it.
American healthcare be like :
Here in Malaysia I am able to visit the doc whenever I feel like it
If you believe in abortion? xD I mean, it's not a paranormal phenomenon.
This needs to be repeated until it finally sinks in. An "abortion" can include a miscarriage, it can include an embryo that has implanted outside of the uterus, it can include a fetus that has died and still remains in the womb, and it can include growths such as this one. Anyone who tells you "That's not an abortion" is either lying to you, or doesn't know the medical terminology they are talking about.
To those who think that the fact that the growth in this case turned out to be cancerous and not an embryo means it wasn't an abortion, remember that the doctor couldn't really tell that until it was removed and biopsied. It wasn't likely to be the case, since the author was very careful about using birth control, but it ot was still possible that it was a pregnancy gone wrong. The doctors would also have to provide proof that the tissue removed was not a fetus if the state chose to prosecute - which recent events suggest that they would.
This is entirely due to lawmakers using the blanket term "abortion" which is a medical term, and not widely understood by non-doctors. If the lawmakers wanted to clarify the meaning of "abortion", calling it an "elective abortion" perhaps, or "termination of a viable pregnancy' that would be a stsrt. But I speculate that pro-embryo activists don't want to use that language, because they don't WANT a mother to be able to terminate a non-viable pregnancy, or an ectopic pregnancy or one that threatens the mother's life. They WANT her to die. That wasn't pity she was seeing in those protesters. It was fanatics wanting to stone her for being a sinner.
I ain’t reading all that
And? @@kian5457
For those saying that an abortion is not the same as what she described, simply look up D&C like Illy pointed out. "A D&C (Dilation and Curettage) is the most common method of early abortion." Even if you look past that, this video highlights the danger and negativity directed at not only women getting abortions, but also people like Illy who went through things like this. The people who protest, shun, shame, gaslight, or even attack those who so much as visit a planned parenthood are a danger for intervening in a person's private health.
I feel that of the mother isn’t in danger an abortion is cruel.
@parkergleason2212 you're entitled to that opinion, but you also don't have a right to invade on someone's privacy to determine that yourself. That's why I don't like it when people try to force that type of thing on people like the planned parenthood protestors. Then you have the people that will fight abortion even if it would kill the mother which... those people are just awful
@@parkergleason2212 So you telling me you would raise you would rather raise your children in hardship and poverty? And don't give me don't do it when you are not ready bull crap. You cannot be ready for life. You can be a successful person but you don't know what happens when an economic recession appears. Or a worldwide disease leads you to bankruptcy. Or the company just up and decided to fire you at a job that you have worked on for decades because someone just invented a brand new tech that outright replaced you. The only reason why you can say this is because you either lack life experiences or lack the empathy necessary to look down on those who are more unfortunate and feel bad for them.
@@parkergleason2212That's your moral opinion, but we aren't mothers. We aren't scientists. We are not qualified to control someone else's life.
My sister had an abortion. The baby had no brain, the medulla was just flapping in fluid inside it's head. There was the tiniest, slimmest of chances that the baby would survive if born, but it would have been a vegetable hooked up to machines, would have been unable to grow, or do anything. Not to mention, the birthing process would have been incredibly difficult on my sister's body, due to the position the baby had grown in. There was a high chance she could have permanent damage, or even die, just to birth a baby that had a 99.99% chance of being still-born. So, she had an abortion.
What kills me is that, because of the state I'm in, if she had been born just 25 years later, and had lived the same life, and had gotten the exact same pregnancy...she would have been denied that procedure. Just because of the state she lived in.
Something a lot of "pro-life" people don't seem to understand is that this can be a lifesaving procedure, in so, so many ways. So, what they do, is they take away that choice, because of their own ignorance and refusal to even think about the possible consequences of their actions. I genuinely hope things turn around, and start getting better.
Im part of two groups. One of them is called Muslims Against Planned Parenthood, and the other is called Immigrants Against Planned Parenthood. What we do is that during the month of Ramadan, where we cant eat or drink anything, we stand outside of our local one (located in a city where over 65 percent of the population are immigrants or Muslims, so plenty of supporters), but their is one difference from the other protests. We are silent the whole time, we stand their quietly, for 8 hours, without uttering a single word. There have been multiple times where nurses have come out and told us to "go back to Taliban", times where patients would see us, and call us terrorists and bombers. One protester, a guy who escaped the Darfur genocide in Sudan, was seen by a 28 year old patient. She walked right up to him and punched him. She is in jail for assault. Police have ruled on our favor multiple times because we werent yelling anything, not screaming in peoples ears, just standing silently with signs. We have only done this for three years, but two in the St.Paul area have moved because of us, just because of some immigrants fasting holding signs outside. Its crazy.
WHA- what are you even talking about ?
Congratulations, that's
@@lawrupdo you not understand?
@@levicarnus1591 while thats a nice sentiment and all that a fetus isn’t a child yet most of the time abortions are carried out before the fetus has developed into something that could be viable
Crying rn thinking of those women in Texas who testified about how their babies were literally dying inside them and how they knew that the baby they were carrying was never going to have a life and how they couldnt let their baby die with dignity because some lawmaker wants to make Handmaid's Tale a reality.
Fascism is certainly on the rise.
Really those lawmakers have a pregnancy fetish
That's not what an ab****** is though, that's a similar surgery but if it's already a miscarriage then it wouldn't be that
@@divine555 u think old men writing this law will care about what exactly is an abortion
@@ALV694 idc either, it means choosing to k*// off a fetus, either because of it being forced or being unable to raise it, or several other reasons
as a biologically male person, my waist hasn't felt this uncomfortable in, ever.
I am so sorry for what you had to go through.
Same
Same
As a guy. I just want to say. I’m so sorry you went through that. I hope you stay safe and healthy
Why specify your gender? Just curious
My heart dropped every time I watched the news that related to abortions that women are dying, girls who is 13-17 are getting SA and can’t have a abortions cause of the laws, forced pregnancy to under age girls and grown women it’s so heartbreaking
@@zeke3620 that the point I said SA aka raped
So much for protecting the kids.
@@zeke3620 There is, but people forget that even THOSE types of conditions are restricted.
@@zeke3620do you know what SA means?
@@ricardoherrera8863 short for sexual assault
Going to an abortion clinic in the conservative state I live in is disgusting. I wasnt even going for an abortion, I was there to support a friend who was lightheaded and needed someone to drive her. I got screamed at for being a murderer and a sl** and a wh***. But the worst thing I saw was a teenager who had clearly been crying alot getting harrassed. They called her an idiot, a wh***, a sl**, a b****. For making a mistake. Nobody yells at the boys. It takes two to tango. But no, it's only the women.
Thats literally a horror movie. Every single day i wake up and thank god over and over for not making me american. Im so so so so sorry for what your goverment is doing to your people
I fucking hate this abortion ban thing,and I'm not even american, it's that bad
Edit: Thanks for the 130 like y'all, means a lot
None of that is ok no one should be yelled at or insulted. I am always appalled at them. Just because I disagree and wish people reallt consider what it means to share their body with someone else doesnt mean I will ever in my life insult someone, harass them or call them names. That is most definitely not what I was taught
And on top of this, some of these women and raped! And they have to have that child?? The people who fought for our rights are probably frowning on what’s happening right now.
That's so awful. I cannot IMAGINE harassing a teenager at an abortion clinic. Obviously something has gone really wrong for her to be there. Isn't that enough??
Firstly, as Illy pointed out, many people go to "abortion clinics" for reasons other than abortion. Secondly, I'm pretty sure that it's a VERY TINY MINORITY of people who get an abortion flippantly. There are SO many people who feel forced into it, due to dangers to their own health or the health of the fetus, or knowing perfectly well that they are unable to care for the baby if they gave birth.
And people who are like "just put it up for adoption!!" INFURIATE me. It's so fucking ignorant. Healthcare in the US is extremely expensive, including childbirth - lots of people can't afford the medical bills even if they aren't keeping the baby. Pregnancy is also EXTREMELY hard on the mother's body, sometimes with lifelong consequences, which again means medical bills that they might not be able to afford. And more than anything, the foster care system in the US is absolute trash, there are so many thousands of children who can't find homes (I keep hearing stories about foster kids having to sleep in offices and in CARS because the system is so overwhelmed and there's nowhere else to go). Many more foster kids are tremendously abused - statistically way more often than other children - and statistically adult foster children are much more likely to end up homeless or in prison. It's fucking awful. Why would you think that's somehow better for the child OR the parents??
I feel like so many pro-life people believe that people get abortions and "end a life" on a whim, and it's simply not true... for the vast, vast majority of cases, abortion is an absolutely crushing decision, one that the person lives with for the rest of their life, but they feel they have no choice. In some cases, they really do have no choice.
And some people will be like "then just don't have sex!!!!!" Like abstinence-only education EVER works... we're human. Everyone makes mistakes. We shouldn't have to suffer lifelong consequences for making a mistake. Especially young people. And it's especially awful to inflict lifelong suffering on the potential child because their parent(s) made a mistake.
I just don't understand.
Hey illysa I have recently came across your autism video which I heavily related to and enjoyed (related to it due to my actual autism that I have been diagnosed with) and I’m very glad that you are finding happy and very well worded explanations on these topics. This one though… it must have been tough to talk about not only that but I can only imagine how it felt… I’m sorry that law makers are doing all this stuff and making it harder on not just you but all females who need to get that procedure to save their lives. I’m huge on pro choice and I just wanna say that despite everything that has happened… I’m glad that you chose what you thought was best and I just hope that later on, law makers figure out that what they think is an abotion isn’t always the case, and that people put in your situation sometimes need to get the procedure to continue to live a nice and enjoyable life! I’m sorry if this was a lot… but I’ll end it by saying, illysa, you’re doing awesome and I want you to know that you aren’t fighting these battles alone. There’s always someone willing to stand next to you and help you fight.
This is why i'm moving away from texas as soon as I can, not having a abortion can be life-ending I can't imagine this happening to me because then I would have no choice. You are a very strong woman!
It's so sad this video ended up getting demonetized/not sponsored due to the "sensitive" topic. This was sincerely educational and is worth more than the 0 dollars (I'd imagine) you're getting from it. Why can't women's health be a "normal" topic?
Not trying to be a prude here, but they are getting superchats (willful donations). If you'd like to support them, you could do so by donating as well! :D
Not just women’s bodies, bud.
@@Cynical_Crow yes not just women’s bodies,but that’s the topic of this video. Because men do not have uterus,or the ability to have periods.
@@MoonWalkerOneTPOT men do have the ability to have a uterus and periods, what are you talking about???
@@funkytweekkkk I believe they aren't talking about trans men
People against abortion tend not to realize that the majority of abortions are either a) a situation like this or b) a miscarriage/complication of a pregnancy they wanted to keep. Banning abortion is primarily keeping it from people who need it to protect their lives, or people who are actively trying to have kids.
This is misleading. The majority of abortions are people saying they don’t want a kid and getting one. The situation you mentioned is 4%
Artemis you can suck this juicy sweet n salty garnish with cheese and sweat 🤓
Pretty sure no state is banning abortion for a legitimate medical emergency. I have a problem when it’s actively killing a healthy human zygote. In the event of this, it’s not a zygote, and in a miscarriage, it’s already dead.
This isnt abortion.
@@uggupuggu It is. Learn a definition first before you start making claims.
All stories are so powerful. Thank you for being this brave and sharing your experience. I almost died after giving birth to my 6 month old from an atopic pregnancy. Even being in CA I still barely survived. I almost didn’t exhist! To be a wife, to raise a son. It takes all of us to support each other!
Thankyou for giving your story and perspective on this unique experience a lot of other women go through and for flushing out this sensitive societal topic. Hope this is one grand step to wake up the lawmakers on capital to how important this procedure is for so many other women out there dealing with the same situation as you.
I really respect Illymation for talking about tough topics like this. Discussions about abortion are controversial but important
She's the only really popular youtuber I know of that actually dosent care what the topic is. I don't relate to most things at all but godamn was her Autism video so comforting
@@Jacksiloution She's really good at inspiring empathy and understanding of the circumstances she describes in her stories.
@andresomerville4896 And she dosent work around it, just gives it straight up but never makes it look negative. Giving hope
@@HiImPaul62no one likes abortions and gets them for fun but sometimes they're necessary. If you really care about children you should care more about good sex education and contraceptives because they help against unwanted pregnancies and fight for better financial support for low income families. Some people cannot afford to have a child for whatever reason and even if they don't want to keep it in the end it still takes a toll on the body for nine months. Yes a fetus is technically alive but it couldn't sustain itself outside the mother's body and just like I couldn't force you to donate blood even if people are dying of blood loss you can't force someone to give up the right to decide what happens to their body.
Abortions aren't nice or fun but unfortunately they're necessary, I hope you understand that
Too true.
I had a relative who got r@ped and was pressured by her Christian Mother to keep the child because she "will murder the child by abortion" and abortion is not allowed in my country. She did keep the child against her own will, she then committed s*icide 2 Years later because she couldn't handle being a mother at 14 Years Old...
Rest in Peace my best cousin Cassie❤
I still remember when we played so many board games back then😢
Wow...Rip.
I am so sorry
In cases like this, they should either flush the womb or simply remove the embryo and transfer it to the womb of someone who wants a baby
@@joshuaakintemi5396god if they could do that that would literally solve so many problems. Like instead of abortion you could just get the baby removed and put into someone else, or into an artificial womb. I hope that that is what ends the battle
Holy shit. Dude, she absolutely deserved to get an abortion. Mother at 14, and was raped?? :'(
This is so powerful. Thank you for sharing and using your platform to give voice to those who are unable, and for a topic that is so important. I'm so glad you had access to the resources you needed and are safe and well!
Thank you for being so open about your experience. I went through an abortion in January of 2022. I have never seen a story that was similar to my own. I did everything right and I went through an abortion completely by myself. Thank you. This made me feel less alone.
The nurses and doctors at PP are some of the absolute sweetest people. They helped me for years with my birth control and even more so when I was going through a miscarriage. They were amazing, I wish I could give them something for helping so much.
same!! They have the best bedside manners!
I’m so sorry you had to go through a miss carriage. I hope that things are getting better through you! ❤️
Hi illy
I'm sorry that you went through a miscarriage hope all is well NOW!
@@TheRatKingOwO I'm pretty sure it was a tumor not a miscarriage
Thank you so much for sharing your story, Illysa. You have no idea how important it is to talk about these things.
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This is a really powerful story, I grew up Catholic with all these chants about abortion is murder, I never really understood what it was like, even though my mom had several. Thank you for opening up and educating people like me.
Gosh, I’m a woman, and I’m so grateful to be in Canada where I can safely get uterine and reproductive care like this without the fear of being prosecuted. We are with you, all of you, and we pray that your government will come to its senses again. I’m so sorry this is happening. You deserve better.
as a catholic male, this is very eye opening. we're taught in schools about how all life is important and that abortion is a terrible thing and people should be shamed for it. but its rarely put into the perspective of the girl choosing that abortion, and that it is a shallow black and white "abortion=bad and doing it will condemn you to hell." thanks for being open and willing to share this experience, as i think people need to take a step back and evaluate what they are protesting for, and how the people they are protesting against feel.
As a christian myself, those moment you realise that you're living in a illusion because somethings your community has taught to you is wrong are not rare. Unfortunally, people are ignorant(not knowing of the other) and don't wanna seek the others part of the story, never knew what are the others argumment. I think you've heard of Plato, but re-read the Plato's cave and try to rethink even the most little prejudices and judments you have in your life, you see how Mattew 7 is not followed by anyone
Thank you for being willing to listen. ❤
abortion bad because it kills human beings. The lady did not have an abortion. Zero states consider what she did an abortion.
That's cuz the people who support abortions tend to lump stuff like ovarian cysts and uterary tumors in with _actual living human babies_ !!!
By God people, if you just made your definitions clear NONE of us would be arguing.
My mom had three womb complications before I had to be born.
Remember, the Bible skipped over Bacteria, and Helicentrism and quantum physics for reason, it was never meant to be the end all be all, and people get that twisted a lot. It's important to learn how to love beyond its pages in order to become the person God actually wants you to be
As a guy, I am so sorry for all the women out there going through stuff like this, especially now given how the "men" in power apparently calls that to be abortion, which is so dumb.
As a man I say we put the power over women’s body’s in women’s hands
i mean the women know the risks
@@madlyjpso do the men who actively put a woman in that position. Birth control isn't 100% effective. That's like telling someone with skin cancer that they knew the risk when going into the sun so they shouldn't get treatment. It's stupid.
@@madlyjp🤓🤓
@@madlyjp Did you even watch the video?
Hi Illy, I doubt you will see this but I had the same issue for years and I could never figure out the cause and I was too nervous to see a specialist.
After watching your video and realizing how similar my symptoms were to yours I finally got it checked.
I had surgery yesterday. I am really grateful for this video and I just wanted to thank you
Good job!!!😊
I was very moved by your story, and I'm glad you're telling it and advocating for access to safe care for everyone. I thankfully never dealt with protestors or anything at my local Planned Parenthood growing up, but they were an absolute lifeline in high school when things like *buying my own condoms at the store* or *setting up an STI test with my doctor through my parents* were not very viable options. Bless everyone working at PP, they are providing the care and guidance that so many young people don't otherwise have access to.
Honestly, I'm mostly shocked that you were bleeding for months and they just shrugged and went "We'll try to pencil you in." Like, dude, a person was slowly bleeding to death and you didn't treat it as an emergency?! I'm glad you're okay.
Literally my exact thoughts
I can guarantee they didn’t have a choice. Plan parenthood has to deal with harassment, hate campaigns, bomb threats, and more. While it sucks, it’s more a problem with the state of the country than the hospital
There's so many people with so many problems it's just that hard to get an appointment sometimes.
The problem is that even before the overturning of roe v wade there weren’t a lot of OBGYN doctors, let alone facilities. It is a pretty niche path to go, and doesn’t pay that much. You have to be a special type of person to become and OBGYN after dedicating nearly a decade of school and then rotations, just to choose something that doesn’t maximize the money you make. There is a reason why a lot of pediatricians are older, because not a lot of young doctors want to be paid so little (relatively) after that huge investment.
@@RileyStroud99 this has nothing to do with roe v wade tho, she lives in fuckin california.
I think as a country we need to read into bills more. Cause I never knew taking out a tumor counts as abortion.
It doesn't, u can look up the stautes of even the redest states in the union on their official websites, and even by legislation based definition Illy here did not have an abortion. This right here my dawg is click bait for brownie points
@@renegade_redfall26it literally was an abortion. Abortions are getting rid of unwanted things in the uterus
Yea, me niether. I thought law makers would be smarter than just putting down "anything remove from the uterus is an abortion, no matter what is being removed." but I guess not.
@@renegade_redfall26 Sooo you watched it to 11:14 and beyond?
Looking up articles talking about miscarriage care... yeah, a dilation and curettage could be considered by an utter dumbass as an abortion in some states. Solely because the legislature writing the law... are dumbasses.
@@AJOlesenthe issue is that these lawmakers want to get rid of planned parenthood and places that provide these procedures, so by getting rid of planned parenthood, not only are they getting rid of safe abortion, they're getting rid of the tons of other resources, help and procedures that planned parenthood provides.
Many of these abortion laws also want to arrest any doctors that provide abortions, so if the doctor that provided an abortion gets arrested, they won't be able to perform anything that isnt an abortion (which Illy briefly talked about in this video).
Also, while this might not be terminating a pregnancy, the same procedure is used, which would make it fall under an abortion.
i had an early term miscarriage and went through an abortion via pills because the tissue was borderline necrotic and could have killed me. my mil at the time judged me for getting the pills for it while still concerned about my health. it was horrible having her judge me while i was trying not to die even if she didnt intend to. top that on the fact i was devastated from learning i was not able to bring my child to term, it was an emotional nightmare. i had done everything in my ability to stay healthy and do the right things to protect the baby, but it wasnt meant to be. Roe v Wade protected all women who needed procedures like mine, but now that its overturned, many women will either be dying or getting back alley care that could lead to them dying anyways in states that make it illegal/inaccessible thru legitimate health care facilities.
Thank you for sharing your story Illysa, hopefully with the sharing of stories more people will become aware of the dangers of this overturn
Perfectly explains that people need to not think about what is wrong with not having children and start thinking about the people that carry a uterus and how they feel!
I was already pro choice before watching this video but I have not been aware that just a medical procedure to remove anything from your uterus, fetus or not, could be considered an abortion. The fact that these governments are so ignorant about the fact that there are people out there with real medical problems that would really benefit from these surgeries and really try their best to stop them, is terrifying.
It is. and I oppose that. Yet I'm still pro life
@@ricardoavacado3901It's not pro-life, it's anti-abortion, if you cared about life you would know how important an abortion is
@@mischiefmelody I vote we not jump to thinking of this in absolutes...
I can see how what people think of when they think "abortion" could be considered murder but "emptying the uterus for any reason" shouldn't be the legal definition of anything made illegal ever.
because as this video points out that definition could still describe needing to remove anything from a uterus:
cancer removal? BANNED!
something that got stuck in there removal? BANNED!
miscarriage and this little corpse will calcify (get covered in bone material as a protective measure by your body but the horrifying terror of a dead body inside you is still there) and it could slowly kill you but you need it removed so you don't DIE?
BANNED!
there's nothing "pro-life" about that.
It could never Be considered an abortion, Jesus
"We ban the removal of parasitic worms from the uterus because the worm deserves the right to life too. Goddammit!"
I cannot believe we live in a country where women's reproductive health is threatened and jeopardized over a book.
A book that encourages the procedure in question, no less.
Cant beleive the same book lead to MGM and led to millions of baby boys being mutilated ⁿwⁿ
not even a book. people's random interpretations of a book that's been translated, passed down, tossed around, etc. it sucks fr
A biology textbook? Human life starts at conception my dude.
@@ruaraidh74so the conceived clump of cells is more important than the well-being of an actual person? Did you even watch the video
If those politicians who supposedly care about kids, extended that to kids who are outside the uterus, they would at least have some kind of misguided morality. But they don't. They vote against welfare, medical care, and even free kids lunches for kids who need them.
Glad everything turned out okay in your case, lots of other women in the states you mentioned are suffering.
Man, people can be really messed up sometimes.
If those politicians who supposedly care about kids, extended that to kids who are outside the uterus,
-You realize it's a felony to kill a child that's outside the womb, right? It's already highly punished.
They vote against welfare,
-Why? Their reasoning isn't the same as yours, the reason they oppose it is under the grounds that that dependency does no one any good.
Society is messed up. Abortion isn't 'murder'. I hate how people just assume when someone has an abortion, it is to remove a baby and then attack you for it. Another thing I don't like is when someone is so selfish that they bring a baby into this world that will have to undergo so much medical stuff just to live to the age of 5. I support anyone who has an abortion, as I do not know what they go through.
YES IT IS YOU BABY KILLING PYCHO
@@stripyd007bro why do you even watch these videos?? All of your comments are just hating on her
plot twist i didn’t actually watch it. @@kokichikinnie2309
I mean, “anyone”.
@@stripyd007HOW IS @ilovebengalsandfood A PSYCHO AND HOW THE ABSOLUTE FUCK WOULD THAT COUNT AS MURDER, ITS THEIR BABY NOT YOURS AND ITS THEIR CHOICE FOR ABORTION NO MATTER IF ITS A FETUS/NEWBORN OR SOME OTHER ISSUES REGARDING THE FEMALE SEX ORGAN, BUT YET THOSE SHIT HEADS STILL DECIDE TO DEFEND SOMEONE ELSES NEWBORN NO MATTER WHAT DESPITE THAT NEWBORN SIMPLY BELONGING TO THAT PERSON ACCEPTING ABORTION AND NOT THE ONES THAT ARE LITERALLY MAKING A BIG ISSUE ABOUT IT LIKE SERIOUSLY WHAT THE FUCK. HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF SOMEONE DIES JUST BECAUSE THEY HESITATE TO ACCEPT ABORTION DUE TO ALL THIS BULLSHIT GOING AROUND. THIS IS OUTRIGHT UNACCEPTABLE.
Here in Australia we have "Safe Access Zones" outside of Abortion Clinics. This basically means that it is illegal to protest within 150m of an Abortion Clinic, or harass visitors to the clinic. These laws apply 24/7, 365. And it is fully illegal - if you protest outside a clinic they will call the police and you will get arrested! It's something that's really necessary that isn't talked about heaps, even in states in the USA where abortion is legal unfortunately :(
Yeah, I feel like here in the States if people tried to pass something like your Safe Access Zones into law, people would decry it as a "violation of free speech". It sucks here.
That’s horrible! I hope they ban abortion forever
@@AquaDragon777_GDwhat
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@@AquaDragon777_GDwot.
This subject shouldn't be de-monetize but talked more publicly, so more people have knowledge to get medical help, it's so absurd that women are supposed to stay quiet about periods and uterus, and to endure pain quietly
W for the donate
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U guys realize 100 rupees is 1.25$ american?
@@Fbih2o weird question but okay
Thank you so much for sharing your story. I felt the pain and fear you experienced, especially due to the Roe v Wade overturn. As a cisgender female who experiences horrid periods and different pains that multiple doctors can’t explain, I fully heard you. I hope you’re staying safe. ❤️
As someone who is currently going through something similar I really needed this thank you so much for sharing. I'm feeling much better about this situation.
This is just horrible, this is not murder, this is healthcare.
woops my brain is stoopid
wdym??
@@zomzomino ?
@@theodorington i mean that people should be allowed to get abortions
@@bring.back.the.owl.house4 OH SHIT I READ IT WRONG! I THOUGHT YOU SAID "THIS IS NOT HEALTHCARE, THIS IS MURDER"! IM SO FUCKING SORRY! I PROMISE IM NOT A CONSERVATIVE SCUM
i’m sorry the sponsor decided to not be featured and that the video was demonitized. it’s so important to educate people on their options and how their body works, thank you for being brave enough to share your story with us
Wowie so much to say about this video. First off I want to thank you for being brave enough to come through with this story to educate people on this subject through your experience. Even though I am AMAB I can at least sympathize with the trauma that going through this frightening situation amidst the turbulent political climate around this issue. Also, and anyone who hates me for saying this can go fuck themselves, even if this had somehow been a fertilized egg cell I personally would support whatever your decision was as it's best for you and you seem like you would have made at least an educated decision based on the matter. I'm also super glad that the protestors were non violent when you went for your appointment.
It's situations like this that cause me to be undecided if I'm "Pro Life" or "Pro Choice." With how complicated of an organ as the uterus can be I'm not confident if this is a failure due to language, medical education, legalese or all three but I do agree that it's something the law really shouldn't have any say in. The term "abortion" is really to broad of a term. While I will never support a woman who through her own decisions got pregnant decided to not carry the baby through to term even when she was medically capable of doing so especially after a heartbeat has already developed in the unborn life. I can accept that is not the only reason a woman would get an "abortion." Regardless of the circumstances of having the abortion I don't believe anyone outside of the sperm donor, the woman, and her doctor should have any say as to whether or not someone has access to a potentially life saving operation. This is such a messy legal situation and, unfortunately, I feel things will get worse before they get any better. You sharing this story I feel is definitely a step in the right direction and I again want to thank you for doing so. I hope you're not receiving too bad of community backlash about this. Wishing you the best, stay healthy, educated, and strong!
As a guy i am a pro choice because how can you be mad that someone is just trying to get rid of something that could affect them badly or not wanted. Some are teens
Her admitting she was on birth control ever since the age of 15 was just powerful and that she was open enough to say it to the public. You have my utmost respect illy!..
Birth control shouldn’t be called birth control honestly. It should be something like hormone control or something similar
@@Weeniehutnurse agree because it doesnt only control birth but periods too
I agree but she actually was on it for period issues as she says in her video on periods
...why...exactly? Lots of women and girls are on birth control, and start at a young age for many different reasons. When I was a teenager many girls I knew were on it and it wasn't because we were all sexually active. Get that stigma out of your head.
I've been on birth control for hormone related reasons since age 14, and people look at me differently when I tell them I'm on birth control if the topic comes up. It's very weird that it has such a stigma around it
I was in Georgia when I had my miscarriage. That was when GA was saying that it would mean jail time for any woman that miscarried. I was so scared when my miscarriage started that i didnt go to the hospital. I stayed home and gave birth to my tiny 2 inch baby boy that definitely didnt develop correctly (his legs were together from his knees to his feet). I was alone and was in horrible pain. I barried him in a small box. I bleed for maybe 2 straight weeks. I thought i was going to die. Luckily, i went back home to kentucky a few months later and got checked out by my OBGYN and i had a complete miscarriage (meaning no tissue was left inside to rot and kill me). Most women are not as lucky, my body was able to expell all of my baby's tissue. I didnt need a D&C.
oh my god... im so sorry you had to go through that 😨
That sounds so wrong... I've heard an expert pro-life advocate say in a podcast that early delivery via induced labor is legitimate, you deserved to have had that option in Georgia's hospitals.
Wow...
The same thing happened to me. I was in Utah. I was told not to come seek care unless I was “dying” and then they could help me. I bled for about 2 weeks too and was one of the lucky ones that didn’t have anything left behind.
thats so, so awful. i'm so sorry. that must have been so traumatic.
the protest sign that said "I KNOW MORE THAN YOU" is hilarious to me! it really shows what protesters believe in a comedic way. GOOD JOB ILLY
thank you so much for all that you post on here. i cant stress enough how safe and understood i feel hearing about all your struggles that you choose to share on here, and i think you're so strong for being able to tell how you feel and you experiences with everything you go through. i struggle with heavy period and complicated conditions relating to my uterus and whatnot due to a family history of cervical cancer, and knowing that i'm not alone and that all the pain and sadness i feel will go away really makes me feel happier and safer. there are people like the doctors at Planned Parenthood who are willing to do this kind of stuff to make sure everybody is safe and feels okay and appreciated, people who are always there for you and try to soothe you and understand you through your pain, and people who sympathize because they know it can calm your down and let you know that everything will be okay. thank you so much for sharing everything you go through and letting people know that they're not alone and it's okay.
When I was 12, i had an 11 year old classmate who was r**** by a family member of hers, and had a regnancy as a result. She had been too afraid to tell anyone, and by the time she did, the timeperiod in which someone is allowed to have an abortion was almost over. The thing was, her body was not ready for a pregnancy, she had been getting sicker and sicker as time passed, and was probably close to dying by the time she finally confessed. She was lucky that this happened 8 years ago, and that we live in a country that isn't as idiotic to refuse a dying child to abort their unwanted r*** result. But I can't imagine what some other places might have done to her. Imagine an 11 year old getting punished by some idiots over this. People who're "pro-life" and don't even take into consideration who the mother is, or what the pregnancy in question is doing to her, are very much not "pro-life". They're "pro-death" if you ask me.
@@Jeccanyeah but these laws only pretend to be pro life in reality they are pro control
They really are pro death. If you ask them “Would you rather get an early abortion if the baby inside you was slowly killing you and would cause the baby to die as well.” Most of them would say “I would rather die than to kill it.”
How can you be pro life if you’re willing to kill yourself AND your fetus for “moral” reasons.
Don’t even get me started on the women who refuse to get C-sections and tell people they would rather die than to “fail” as a mother not being able to give birth naturally 🙄
@@Jeccan yes, and they deny, fervently, that the risk exists because "if she can get pregnant her body is ready for it" which explains the frankly terrible state of the minimum age for marriage in the USA (parent's rights. If you google it be ready to feel very sick.)
Pretty much this, people that are pro life tend to see only past the tip of their nose, they don't realize that sometimes it's medically necessary for women to have abortions. Or in this case an "abortion" to remove growths from the uterus.
I feel so sorry for her that’s disgusting that that happened to her at a young age
I saw your community post about this video being demonetized. It's sad that the sponsors didn't want to support this video. Thank you Illy for uploading this, it'll help so many women and young girls out there. Myself included. You're helping more people than you realize.
Do we have a list of sponsors for illy’s videos so we can boycott them for not wanting to keep this video monetized? How cowardice that they’re fine with making money off of illy’s content, but not when it comes to “heavy” topics? I’m being serious, especially considering the video explained that she removed a tumor, not a fetus, yet her sponsors still think it’s not an appropriate topic? The sponsors are cowards is what they are :/ !
@@danap472that's what I thought exactly. But knowing Illy, she won't expose what sponsor didn't want to support this video. Which I'll respect Illy's decision to not say who it is.
@@danap472 As sad as it is, the sponsors don't want to take a side likely because both sides have some extremists, and the corporate people don't think it's worth the risk. It's a shame that they won't even look at the video (meaning they would never see the part where it's a tumor). It's pretty much the latter half of the video where Illy says lawmakers don't know shit about the laws they're passing.
I have mixed feelings on having an abortion, because there's arguments that sound valid for both sides, and because I'm not a female I'll never experience the fear that Illy was going through in the video. However, I believe that in the event that it's the mother or the child, there should be an option for the mother to save themselves if they choose. If the fetus, or "fetus" in the case of the video, is literally killing the host, then the option should always exist to save yourself. Just, if the baby is grown enough, at least try to make it instant death (for it) and lower the rate of failed abortions.
Ah yes, I remember when I got arrested for removing a tumour that was killing me on the inside. Fun times!
as a male, i had no idea an abortion could mean a removal of any sort, however i still disagreed with the abortion law, my mother raised me right so i absolutely hated the fact the us government is doing that, im glad i live in Canada though because there are no restrictions on abortions here, but fuck the us man.
Yeah its sad, even the removal of a miscarried fetus thats dead is considered an abortion. I once even saw a news tag of how a woman who had a miscarriage and their fetus was already dead the medical staff didnt want to do anything because a recent abortion law passed in the state that made the removal of her dead fetus illegal and I believe she got quite sick from it
Damn you’re right, these rare cases should be an excuse for murder.
@@starrby7790 thats actually insane, fuck the usa
@@GrammarPoliceWatchOutit isn't murder, quit calling abortion that. It doesn't make it true the more u repeat it FYI
@@snake94826 God bless the USA my homeland and the best place on earth 🗿🗿
Now that I think about it, “pro-life” is a terrible name for a group of people that is against people living
Yup. I call them anti-choice.
@chris_freaky305 exactly, because that's what they are
I have seen stickers that say pro god, pro life, pro gun. Its also gives me an awkward chuckle. Ones of these is not like the others.
@@icantthinkofahandle1rape extremists
Pro-birth, not pro-life
Everyone should have access to medical care. Banning safe abortion will just make unsafe abortion more common.
Yeah, it's like prohibition, it won't stop the problem, but just make it go underground, which doesn't have the same regulation's and safety
Banning abortion also makes pregnancy unsafe.
It's really upsetting seeing comments on this video that think it's acceptable for women to die due to pregnancy and child birth because that can be a consequence.
She’s been through so much I feel bad :(
It’s disturbing the way people treat women’s medical care
As someone from the UK, I had no idea it was this bad, and I am beyond horrified
It’s getting bad. Please try and educate yourself more on this and convince others to, because of this point we need outside help as well.
It’s not bad, it’s only bad for the >95% of people who want to kill the result of their poor decision making. Obviously you can get surgery to remove something from your uterus that isn’t a baby; saying otherwise makes about as much sense as saying that the earth is flat. It’s mind blowing that everyone blindly believes this idiotic story with 0 proof of anything she’s saying
@@humanthing5709 an abortion is removing an alive baby from your stomach. Removing a blockage or tumor is not an abortion. It may be considered that but it is not. You May say Women get raped. Proven fact 1% of thee woman who get abortions is from rape. Thee rest? Because they like to do it for fun. If you do not want a baby don’t reproduce period. God loves you
Funny how the actual threats against democracy gets overshadowed by distractions like "woke" and "pronouns", eh?
Same I mean this infuriated me when It was happening and so I did my research about different states and their abortion rights/punishments as well as arguing with countless, clueless anti-choicers but u had no idea dl how many things could be classed as an abortion
as a male i've always found it weird that female reproductive health is such a taboo topic, like people are afraid to talk about it in public, people are afraid of showing sanitary products in public. It's insane. I mean sure its a little gross and weird, but lets be honest, what isn't. I have no problems with discussing it, even in public, nobody cares, nor should anybody care, its an important topic with valuable information that should be known by more people, even if not applicable to those persons.
It's insane to me that in America, land of the supposed free, that people aren't able to do whats best for them simply because of legislation. What a wacky time to live in.
Exactly finally another guy who gets it
Human bodies are gross in general. Yet everyone acts like it so such a shocking thing. I will never get it 😅
Taking it from a Medical History standpoint, women's health in general has been overly ignored, simply categorized as being "Hysterical," among other things. So for female reproductive health being seen as a taboo topic is potentially just a trickle down of Medical History giving little attention to women's health over men's health. It's a shame really, but one we have to do our best to overcome and make something that isn't a taboo topic
@@lolineko2083 yeah, testicular and prostate cancer are particularly important issues for men, and while not particularly hidden, its still not all that common to talk about in the open all that much.
It's just an issue in general though prominently focusing on female health unfortunately.
@@aidanjackson5084 yeah, really the only thing we can do about it at this point is just start talking about it openly more and more, eventually it will make its way into education, either through word of mouth or legislatively.
early to mid 1900s medicine is quite funny sometimes, particularly neurological medicine. I'd have to double check but i have a slight recollection of there being a box specifically designed for "hysterical women" which is the funniest shit ever. "is your woman hysterial? Simply put her in a box!"
whether it actually does anything is uh, debatable at best.
As a trans-fem (Biological male) I never truly understood what women have had to go through, internally, externally nor socially.
You produce such valuable information like this that more people need to hear and be taught.
Thank you for sharing your story and teaching your audience this!
So your a man
@@user-jw2rb3pj9vshut up, she isn’t. Op, don’t listen to transphobes and keep being positive :)
@@user-jw2rb3pj9v Congratulations, you understand basic biology
@@eliasjakemoran6434tf does badic mean?
@@chlowormy basic*
I want to hear more of people’s stories. I knew abortion has always been a tough topic but I didn’t know the laws were this cruel. I never agreed with the overturn and the fact that this happened is sickening. Please share your stories and make people aware.
I’d also love to receive some sources on “abortion” and do further research. I think it’d also just be great for a lot of people here to help them learn more about this.
With respect, and without appealing to theology, abortion isn't nearly as difficult a subject as it's made out to be. For starters, what do you mean when you, personally, use the the term, "abortion?"
@@TheLegendOfRandy well if ur a governor it means removing any tissue from the uterus 💀💀💀
But to me- well it isn’t really a tough topic that’s because I personally believe life begins after birth but some people differ. No one truly knows when life begins. Not even a scientist. So it really depends on belief. It varies per person- some people are for full pro life others are full pro choice while some people fall in between. Actually MOST people fall in between. It’s why I lean towards pro choice because it all depends on what you believe. Plus someone put it like this. Once in America they tried getting rid of alcohol. That obviously didn’t work- people still got it no matter what. It’s why I lean towards more of a pro-choice because it’s what you believe in.
Abortion shouldn’t be a tough topic but a lot of people make it to be and really, I was just trying to appeal and respect to those who DO find it a difficult topic.
I had read a comment somewhere on Tiktok that a woman had found out she was pregnant while in therapy for cancer and in her state she would have to stop the treatment even if the baby might not make it anyways with her current health issue and she herself might die. That broke my heart and I think about it a lot, I’m so thankful I live in a place where abortion is considered a necessary medical treatment.
That is so fcked up. I will never understand anyone who supports this knowing that this is the kind of thing that will happen. Like this isn't a Sims game we are real people with real needs
I hope she's okay, nobody should have to go through something so messed up
Except that didn't happen, read the laws
I remember a decade ago, a girl in...I want to say the Dominican Republic (? could be getting the country wrong, idk what abortion laws there are/were like) had leukemia and was getting chemo for it. Then they found out she was pregnant, and stopped the chemo because it could potentially cause her to miscarry, which would legally be considered an abortion since it caused the end of the pregnancy. She died a slow, painful death from the leukemia because the treatment was withheld from her. And no, the baby was never born, she died while still pregnant. Fuck laws like this.
@@rockweirdo8147 it takes two seconds to google things and find out this absolutely has happened post-roe.
I think the most vile thing about the protesters in front of plan parent hoods is 99% of them will try to approach you. Pretend like they understand your fear and pain, explain that you do have options but that the ONLY RIGHT and MORAL one is keeping the thing growing inside of you. And even thinking about choosing another then turns you from a victim into a monster.
Planned Parenthood and Pro-life protesters shouldn't have the right to protest, all they do is disrupt the peace and care that women need. It's no different from holding the confederate flag in publics. Its just like hate speech
I'm sorry but like babies are so weird they frigin grow inside of you..
Wth😂
Also yeah I totally agree with you
@@hothdog or they could not have to be forced into 9 months of hell….
@@hothdogyou know a lotta people don’t even get the opportunity to give the kid away, since they die trying to give birth
@hudthod mmmmmmm yeah you know absolutely nothing
Now as a Male I’m not going to pretend like I understand this because I know I don’t. But this was an amazing video and I thank you dearly for having the bravery to make it despite all the horrible people who might condemn you for doing so. People like this disgust me but sadly it’s part of life. To any women out there who are going through something like this hear this, your amazing girl you are brave you are strong and you are not alone. If anyone took the time to read this then thank you. Like I said I would pretend I understand this as a man but even if I can’t understand completely I still offer support because that’s what a good person does. Blessings to all and to all a good mother fucking night
Thank you for sharing this. So sorry that US folks have to deal with this dangerous nonsense from lawmakers, it's honestly terrifying to watch. Governments are meant to protect their citizens, not treat you this way.
Can’t believe sponsors pulled out of this. Just shows you how greedy everyone is. Thank you for doing this. I know this isn’t much but I want to thank all of those from your team that contributed to this. It really hits on the point of what’s going on in America now and how stifled we are
youre the best
It isn’t out of greed it’s just that people don’t support killing baby’s :/
@@connernelson8124 it’s not a baby? Also circumstances change, people care about a fetus but not the kid after it comes out of the womb. We can’t even survive in this economy let alone bringing a kid to the world.
@@connernelson8124 it’s just like bud light ambassador issue
@@michellechang5882 well if you want a better economy, don’t vote the man that ruined it, his names Joe Biden, and he’s the reason why we live in the poor economic crisis we do today. And I know in this video it wasn’t a baby, but when people talk about an actual abortion, they will be talking about the removal of the fetus. And if people don’t care about the kid after their born, then why am I alive, why are you? It’s because we had parents that cared about us and gave us life. Also, abortion should be a last resort, adoption is a great choice too, if you don’t want to be a mom. It’s pretty simple, and I find the people that see protesters that want to protect the unborn child, as controlling psychos, are ignorant. That’s my opinion.
My aunt died giving birth because she was pressured into having her child though she did not want it. She was told that abortion was murder and she would be a horrible person if she aborted the fetus so she went through with the risky pregnancy, after months and months of pain, horrendous morning sickness and depression she died while giving birth to her child. Be 'pro-life' if you want, but do it quietly. Have your opinions, do not force them onto others. Abortions are necessary and even if the mother is not in life threatening danger like my aunt was, they still deserve the right to choose for their own body.
I'm sorry about your aunt. She didn't deserve that. Any of it.
I'm sorry for your aunt.
Sometimes I don't understand why people force women to have a baby knowing the risk of dying.
Technically that mass of cells is a stranger. And they would prefer saving it than a person who they know for year to this stranger.
My opinion is:
Keep your pants up or be careful.
If still you get pregnant, or you are raped you totally can abort without feeling bad. You tried your best/ not your fault.
In other cases you might be stupid but still you have the choice and go do your life instead.
It has always been an option. Let it remain.
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Love to you ❤ I'm really sorry
Horrible stuff, what’s your cousins name ?
So many amazing points in here, in addition to the interesting personal story: lawmakers ruling on issues that don't affect anyone except the patient, and which will likely never affect the lawmakers themselves, the use of a genuine medical procedure for political gain. Disgusting. Good on you for speaking out!
i was never a person against abortion but i didnt really ever get it. since i watched the video, i completly understand now. im sorry you had to go through that
Women's menstrual and overall health needs to become much more common knowledge. Peoples' ignorance is astounding.
I really don't get why people are so hush hush about it, It's great knowledge to have and thinking it's too gross to teach people is "preschooler who cant say swears" type of dealio. Teenagers ESPECIALLY need to know, yet they do not, since they're going through it already.
Bodily functions, people have killed themselves and others because they don't know jack diddly squat about periods, teach boys too. Ignorance is never bliss.
I think MOST kids and teenagers know what this is...just saying😅
@@malachiarthur8203you’d be surprised how many kids think pee comes out of the same hole as a baby
@@raton5810 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for talking about this.
I don't have a lot of respect left for most "pro-life" people at this point. There is a critical difference between believing abortion is wrong vs making it illegal, and this is a prime example of why.
Yes the problem pro lifers have is in alot of cases people just kill the child for inconvenience aloooot and rare cases like these ones are washed under the rug it's not black and white but can't you get we're they coming from ik I can cause the people who are pro choice alot of them look insane idk this topic isn't completely black and white
Exactly
Im part of two groups. One of them is called Muslims Against Planned Parenthood, and the other is called Immigrants Against Planned Parenthood. What we do is that during the month of Ramadan, where we cant eat or drink anything, we stand outside of our local one (located in a city where over 65 percent of the population are immigrants or Muslims, so plenty of supporters), but their is one difference from the other protests. We are silent the whole time, we stand their quietly, for 8 hours, without uttering a single word. There have been multiple times where nurses have come out and told us to "go back to Taliban", times where patients would see us, and call us terrorists and bombers. One protester, a guy who escaped the Darfur genocide in Sudan, was seen by a 28 year old patient. She walked right up to him and punched him. She is in jail for assault. Police have ruled on our favor multiple times because we werent yelling anything, not screaming in peoples ears, just standing silently with signs. We have only done this for three years, but two in the St.Paul area have moved because of us, just because of some immigrants fasting holding signs outside. Its crazy
I realized people aren’t “pro-life” they are anti abortion. Which might sound the same but they are completely different.
That's a quick and drastic assumption on pro-life people. Does that mean you uphold legalized murder? How much respect do you think people should then have of you? Abortion that murders a human being (fetus) is wrong, but yes it is insanity that politicians made such a stupid defining error in what an abortion is.
This was super enlightening. I had no idea removing a mass from your uterus was counted as also an abortion legally speaking. That's horrifying that not enough people even know, whichever side you're on, that an actual tumor, and not even a fetus is part of this.
Several years by now, early 2019, I had to have an irregular mass removed from my breast to be biopsied. Luckily, it was also benign like yours, but I would have never been able to know if it was or was not cancerous if I hadn't been able to have it removed for biopsy. If that irregular mass had been in my ovary after row v. wade had been passed, especially since I do live in Texas, I would have never been able to know either. I might have had to live on with the fear I may very well have a cancerous tumor growing inside me.
It's just wrong on all counts, and you're absolutely right, your life is just as important, it should be just as important as these "pro-lifers" claim is as important as a clump of cells or an unborn baby.
Some people really just don't understand nuance and many won't even listen, or just try to justify staying stuck in their beliefs.
I truly hope videos like yours will reach even these supposed "pro-life" supporters, so at least they have the chance to not be ignorant.
I'm subbed now! :D
Thank you for sharing your experience. In Sept 2022 I was excited to expect my 2nd baby only to go into my 8w ultrasound and discover the baby didn't have a heartbeat. I was given 3 options, to wait, take a pill or have a D&C...I chose the surgery because I had to return home ready to take care of my son. After everything was done and I read the surgical report labeled "abortion" I could never unsee it...
Most unfortunate, sorry that happened. Hope you're better now
@eliasjakemoran6434 Thank you, as traumatic and heartbreaking as it was I've recently found peace with it and I'm forever grateful that I got my sunshine baby before my loss.
12:09 That happened to my Aunt. She had a miscarriage of a wanted baby, but the dead fetus didn't leave her body, so she had to go to an abortion clinic, or risk death. She had to walk past many protesters carrying pictures of dead fetuses, and calling her a murderer. Reminder, this was a *Wanted* child, she was there to "murder" a wanted child.
Thankfully, they got it out in time, and she's alive today. But, what if she was in the wrong state, or it happened post roe. It's all really fucked up
I'm so sorry about your poor Aunt. It's bad enough that she had to deal with losing a baby she really wanted, but it's even more heartbreaking that she was dubbed a murderer, just because she needed a procedure that would save her after the miscarriage had failed to process naturally otherwise, she would die. Some people can be so cruel. I really hope your aunt is doing ok. ❤️
@@PrincessQ-fj9ly It was many years ago. As far as I know, she is doing okay. But, yeah. Thank you.
Same with my aunt. She and my uncle tried to have kids many, many, times. A few of those times she actually got pregnant. But not a single one was a success, and once or twice she had to get rid of the dead fetuses because her body couldn’t expel them. And the same thing happened with the protests. This was 7 years ago! I still remember once she actually got past the 12 week mark in pregnancy, I was quite little but she picked me up and told me that soon I was gonna have a baby cousin. Then I remember a few weeks later she was skinnier and she looked really sad. I understand what happened now. But the people still yelled at her. They called her a c*nt, w**re, and so many other names all because she lost another child that she wanted so badly. She and my uncle gave up soon after that, and it’s only brought us closer, but it makes me wonder why the people protesting think they know everything about every person who walks through those doors.
I’m pro choice btw
Its so fucked that people hush this topic its one of the most important things with girls health so thank you illy for bringing attention to this topic and not hushing it like the others
Exactly
fr. people treat periods as its some sexual thing. as if its taboo or some hush hush topic. periods are literally the least sexual thing about puberty 💀
@rima_hooman2372 nah what you talkin bout, a period has got to be the most sexual thing. Only thing more sexual is someones uncovered shoulder!
@@Mr_Moose115 LMAOO 😭
@@rima_hooman2372 I think people think that is because it has to DO with the sexual organs. That might just be what I think that people might think about it.
12 year old dude here, not my subject to discus but, living in a house with only women (aside from my dad), when my sister got her first period, I saw the "Cool aid" and got replacement sheets, soup, grilled cheese, and 35oz of iced tea, and I left her alone and refilled her drink every now and then, now my family always jokes about either I will be the best BF or the most traumatized!
Arl bye!
thats such a cute story. keep rocking! :)
"Whats more Cuterus, than your Uterus" pff love background art. Love your videos, cant wait to see more!
The difficult sensation of being glad someone is ok but knowing many others are not.
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@@starry.nightss you can tell my sense of humor is weird when one single word made me laugh
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@@AlpineTheTherianthe pee pee poo poo man
@@tjmonkey5795 what
My cousin just had a baby, and it made me think of my childhood and about my own trauma(I was groomed by my older cousin) and how I could have had a child at 9 years old, it’s scary how people are so calm about how there 8 year old children could get pregnant and then they say “well you shouldn’t have let them get in your pants” like what the heck is wrong with you, they were to innocent to even know what they were forced to do
jesus christ I'm so sorry that happened to you. At that age it shouldn't even be _considered_ to put the fault on the child. A sexual encounter with someone below the age of consent as someone above the age of consent is rape, plain and simple. (Obviously there can be exceptions, I'm not gonna judge a 16-year-old for having sex with a 15-year-old as long as both parties actively wanted it, but I'm talking about encounters with age gaps that cannot be excused)
It's bad enough that these things happen, it's beyond heartbreaking that so many young people (and women in conservative communities esp) find so little compassion for their struggles as a survivor.
I hope you get to spend some time with your new nibling (if that's something that's important to you) and that you get new opportunities to heal your inner child in all kinds of ways.
mine too , well at least i talked to my mom about this and he kinda stopped
im sorry, WHAT?
"I was groomed by my older cousin"
Send that mudafaka right to prison
Anyone who so much as thinks of doing such terrible things to little girls seriously needs to get mental help, such a crime shouldn't exist in a civilized society... I could swear I once saw a trailer on TV as early as the late 2000s for a story about a 6 year old girl getting pregnant, though I have no idea how true it was. It goes without saying it shouldn't happen in the first place, but girls being able to get pregnant before they're teenagers is crazy and harder to believe the younger it happens... It just doesn't sound like it should be possible. Is it a side effect of excess estrogen coming from women using birth control getting into drinking water?
I think it would do America some good if professional fertility doctors came together and published a high profile documentary explaining everything our top medical scientists know about reproductive health in the present day with zero political interference, including mentioning facts both Planned Parenthood and far right republicans wouldn't want people to know.
We are all so proud of you, Illysa! You had the courage to speak out with such bravery over issues that seem to be controversial within the human community. (as someone with a scientific background, I don't understand why this is controversial in the first place) Regardless, some actually sane humans are out here to support you and your perspective. People who oppose abortion never really view the situation from the perspective of the human in whose body this all plays out. Their opinions are built over a model of life that is purely a façade. As a male, hearing stories like this only strengthen my respect for the female sex and gender.
1:43 When she said all too well I actually thought she was referring to the Taylor Swift song All Too Well
I didn't know any removal from that area is considered an abortion. That's freaking crazy. So sorry you went through this. Love it when our bodies turn against itself.
Us: So did you get an abortion
Illy: Well yes but actually no.
Its not an abortion. No US law prohibits this or the removal of a miscarried child.
Fetal cells that grow into your tissue can cause cancer too. :/ cancer is usually your own cells going rogue, but the glob of fetal cells (that don't even have a consciousness) could grow into a tumor that can threaten your life too. :/
Most people let alone politicians don't know any of this.
republicans be like: wtf is a human right?
@@itsrobloxhere life
This video was demonetised??? That’s appalling and horrific. I’m so sorry about how hard it was to get a simple care for you. Sending my support.
i love your technoblade pfp
Man KRplus needs to fix their policy's
When the video was first up there were these “pro-life” ads I had to refresh to see if there were more and omg… I know I reported more than 6… it’s crazy how misleading info from pro-lifers is fine but this video that’s putting important information out there isn’t…
There are children on this platform. Plus she’s promoting murdering babies. Of course it’s demonetized.
hell yeah techno says pro choice lol
You cat pajamas are adorable!
I'm sorry for everything you went through.
I wish more people would watch these types of videos, not because of the animation or any other external reasons but only to understand that a lady has the right to seek medical help whenever necessary especially when the reason is something to do whether or not she will live a happy and fruitful life (no matter the reason or cause) or if she will die or live. Every life does matter living or an embryo but it depends on the circumstances and other factors, and in your case what you did was your choice and if it makes your quality of life Better than good for you. After all healthcare is meant to promote better quality of life
I had an ectopic pregnancy rupture in 2017 and it was terribly traumatizing due to being dismissed by a doctor. I can’t even imagine the horror I would have experienced if it happened after they overturned Roe v Wade
That’s sad hope you are doing better now :[
Roe v Wade doesn't apply to ovarian cysts. Even the Catholic church doesn't count ovarian cysts
I'm sorry this got demonitized, but I hope this video and more like it can normalize discussing these important topics in public spaces. Love your stuff, and remember you deserve to be safe and happy!
Usually they pin donations, I'm kinda surprised they didn't.
KRplus. GO AWAY!
@@ThePersonManwell, she has her own comment pinned, so that's probably why
You are amazing. 🎉
how do we know it got demonitized
thank you for publicizing such important topics and sharing your story