r/politics • u/chatoka1 • 6d ago

Undecided Voters Say They Now Support Joe Biden After Debate

https://www.newsweek.com/latino-voters-donald-trump-joe-biden-debate-election-1918795
28.4k Upvotes

70% Upvoted

8.2k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

831

u/Mataelio 6d ago

It gave me a level of anxiety I have not experienced for several years

462

u/SilverSister22 6d ago

I couldn’t watch it because it gave me so much anxiety (and I HATE his voice). And it’s not really anxiety for me, I’m past childbearing years.

It’s for my daughters, my granddaughters, my nieces, etc. I’m scared for all of y’all.

107

u/FairPudding40 6d ago

As a woman who also can't get pregnant, it impacts us too -- our doctors will stop practicing medicine, which means we won't be able to get cancer tests/treatments, etc, etc.

Like, yes, abortion is healthcare and women of childbearing age are in the most immediate danger and it's important to vote to keep them safe (thank you!). And if you have women in your life who think it doesn't matter to them (and thus won't vote) because they aren't able to get pregnant, make sure to remind them that it impacts absolutely everyone (because no one has a right to medical privacy anymore) and it impacts everyone who has/had a uterus (because welp, those parts can all get cancer and you can get endometrial cancer even after having a uterus removed).

-7

u/weirdsideofreddit1 6d ago

Okay that’s utter horse shit.

We have laws in place for medical privacy. It’s called HIPPA.

They really got yall scared of a nonexistent boogey man and it’s just getting worse and worse because yall saw Biden completely bomb on the debate and Trump is likely to win.

Come back to reality.

4

u/suckarepellent 5d ago

Nah it's for real. They're down like 20% OBGYNs in Idaho since the abortion ban. Would you want to face the choice of 2 to 5 for doing your job or letting someone die in your care?

Source:AP News

0

u/weirdsideofreddit1 5d ago

While that’s unfortunate that does not mean everybody has lost medical privacy rights.

When Roe v Wade was overturned it didn’t end medical privacy.

4

u/suckarepellent 5d ago

There's proposals to explicitly have states track pregnant women and monitor their status.So while HIPAA exists for now, I wouldn't act like it's untouchable

0

u/weirdsideofreddit1 5d ago

Healthcare facilities and the government have always been able to do this. Even under Roe v Wade. This isn’t new and it doesn’t violate HIPPA.

The good thing is citizens can vote for more protections. It doesn’t have to be up to the federal government, nor should it.

As a matter of fact, for the most part the states have control over their own health departments. If you see something you don’t like, then vote. Or move to a state that you’d rather live in.

3

u/BasicStocke 5d ago

Have you not seen what is going on in the red states? They have been using period tracker app data to try and claim people got abortions. That is HIPPA information and the government doesn't give a shit

1

u/weirdsideofreddit1 5d ago

I was not aware of this.

Are apps beholden to HIPPA? I’m guessing probably not since it’s related to health insurance.

If that’s really happening then there needs to be a bipartisan effort to expand HIPPA protections to those types of apps and protect any health information. Or at the least make new legislation to hold those types of apps accountable.

That’s something that could be passed at the state level then make its way to the federal level.

3

u/AdOutside8726 5d ago

I have seen doctors, nurses and staff repeatedly violate HIPPA laws. I can sit in any doctor's office waiting or examining room and hear HIPPA being violated constantly. You're the one who needs a reality check. And Trump lied his ass off while CNN allowed it. And I don't know what boogeyman you're referring to?

1

u/weirdsideofreddit1 5d ago edited 5d ago

There’s huge difference between medical staff being incompetent vs no longer have rights to medical privacy.

The person I replied to clearly conflated the overturning of Roe v Wade equating to a loss of medical privacy rights, which is just ridiculous and not at all the case.