Caitlyn Prebble was shocked to find out that her young daughter's
medication was going to be denied to her because of the anti abortion wave
that's passing through this country.
Now the daughter was not looking to have an abortion.
Her condition has nothing to do with that, and
yet it's been caught up with this anti abortion fervor and she's speaking out.
I wanna give you a little bit of what she had to say in this clip.
>> I was in there very upset, I was shaking, I was crying.
I was really mad.
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Without this medication she would pretty much be suffering.
She suffers with a hard time getting around.
It affects her when it comes to school, when it comes to writing,
typing, walking, doing activities.
Talk to the pharmacist and
the pharmacist said I denied it because she's 14 years old.
>> Okay, so 14 year old girl who is suffering from chronic pain
caused by this arthritis, because the medication that she needs
can in theory be used to have an abortion she's denied.
And pharmacist apparently doesn't have a problem with that either,
doesn't know or doesn't care that it has other uses.
And I mean, look this is the state that we're in as of right now by the way,
that's to say to this.
She doesn't know if she's gonna be able to get this medication in the future because
she regrettably lives in a barbaric nation that doesn't care about whether
people live die or suffer because of the political decisions of other people.
And so my heart goes out to to Caitlin as well as her daughter as they continue to
struggle against this and
hopefully we'll be able to get the medication that she needs.
Jessica, what do you think?
>> Imagine having to move states because you can't get your arthritis medication
where you currently live and you're struggling to move around because this
state has an abortion ban and the medication could be used for an abortion.
Postrel America is 1000% about controlling women and controlling reproduction.
Because think about Sudafed or Nike will you have to show your idea when you buy it
and prove you're 18 because those drugs can used for
other things than to clear the sniffles.
But we don't ban people from taking those drugs.
The extent of control that they're trying to exercise over women in this world is
disgusting.
She has arthritis.
There are also women who are trying to receive care for
other conditions that can't.
There are women who are trying to get hysterectomies and they're being denied
that medical coverage because they could want to get pregnant someday.
And the State and the people in power would rather keep them fertile.
That's a reason to deny someone medical care in a free country,
it's not a free country.
>> Yeah, 100% and
look when you have your laws being crafted in this incredibly unjust,
inhumane way, it is going to throw up barbaric consequences like this.
Not only this, this is terrible, but women who've had
miscarriages being investigated by the police potentially spending time in jail.
And by the way, all of this is where we're at right now,
in the immediate aftermath of Roe V Wade being destroyed.
We're just getting started with what some of these Republican states are gonna do
the legislation they're gonna pass.
As we said at the time, they are not going to suddenly be satiated.
They've been salivating for more than half a century destroying these rights.
That has been the motivating force behind like at least a third of their base.
You think they're just gonna like, yeah, no, I guess those people don't care about
politics anymore and they're just gonna sit, casually by know.
They're going to keep those people fired up by chipping away more and more and
more rights and you're gonna see more injustice like this.
And my final point, while we should identify these sorts of things and
stop them from happening, they are unjust.
Bear in mind, it's not as if if this thing wasn't happening.
If she was able to get her medication, then well then we're good.
The simple denial of access to control what happens to your body should be more
than enough to motivate all of us to throw these people out of office.
Just on top of that, you get horrendous, horrible outcomes like this.
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