just_another_person@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 months agoTrump adviser green-lights 'states that want to set up full menstrual surveillance departments'www.alternet.orgexternal-linkmessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up1518arrow-down17
arrow-up1511arrow-down1external-linkTrump adviser green-lights 'states that want to set up full menstrual surveillance departments'www.alternet.orgjust_another_person@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square84fedilink
minus-squareReyali@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 months agoGenuinely wondering: you say they are “pushing to monitor menstrual cycles alongside pregnancy.” How is that not menstrual surveillance? I haven’t dug into this myself but I’m confused by your comment and trying to understand better.
minus-squarechronicledmonocle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoThey’re pushing for that, but it isn’t what this person was taking about that they quoted. Nowhere in the article does any direct quote say that. We know that’s the path they’re going to take by their actions, but they’re extrapolating in an article quoting something else.
Genuinely wondering: you say they are “pushing to monitor menstrual cycles alongside pregnancy.” How is that not menstrual surveillance? I haven’t dug into this myself but I’m confused by your comment and trying to understand better.
They’re pushing for that, but it isn’t what this person was taking about that they quoted. Nowhere in the article does any direct quote say that.
We know that’s the path they’re going to take by their actions, but they’re extrapolating in an article quoting something else.
Gotcha, thanks for the clarification!