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The Norwegian study "Is pregnancy a disease? A normative approach" was recently published in the renowned BMJ (British Medical Journal).
Abstract:
"In this paper, we identify some key features of what makes something a disease, and consider whether these apply to pregnancy. We argue that there are some compelling grounds for regarding pregnancy as a disease. Like a disease, pregnancy affects the health of the pregnant person, causing a range of symptoms from discomfort to death. Like a disease, pregnancy can be treated medically. Like a disease, pregnancy is caused by a pathogen, an external organism invading the host’s body. Like a disease, the risk of getting pregnant can be reduced by using prophylactic measures. We address the question of whether the ‘normality’ of pregnancy, its current necessity for human survival, or the value often attached to it are reasons to reject the view that pregnancy is a disease. We point out that applying theories of disease to the case of pregnancy, can in many cases illuminate inconsistencies and problems within these theories. Finally, we show that it is difficult to find one theory of disease that captures all paradigm cases of diseases, while convincingly excluding pregnancy. We conclude that there are both normative and pragmatic reasons to consider pregnancy a disease."
The whole study:
https://jme.bmj.com/content/early/20...3-109651?rss=1
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The future is anti-human, as well as anti-life and anti-everything good and decent. A certain passage in 1984 regarding a “boot stamping on a human face forever” comes to mind.
"3:16 For YHWH so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.."
#GodWins
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Well that's CRAZY I totally disagree with this study lmao. Pregnancy should not be shamed at all and should be celebrated! It's too bad that every time I mention in real life that I'd be excited about getting pregnant I usually get negative comments like "It'll stop you from being successful" or "the baby will ruin your life!" more often than positive thoughts lol. I very much think people can 100% be pregnant AND successful.
=(^.^)=
Also I don't do classifications currently, sorry.
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