Can you explain what “orphan crushing machine” means and how allowing a woman to terminate a non-viable that was threatening the life and her future fertility would contribute to it?
Orphan-Crushing Machine is a metaphor for “heartwarming” news stories about someone remedying the immediate effects of a sociopolitical issue that ignore the root cause of said issue. The catchphrase and metaphor satirize these stories by comparing them to a story of a person raising money to keep 200 orphans from being crushed where nobody questions why an orphan-crushing machine exists in the first place.
I took it as “It’s depressing that the legal system was involved in this. It’s not uplifting that the judge is making decisions about whether she’s allowed to get a medical procedure.”
Copy paste from my other follow-up comment, since the meaning of the phrase was already linked.
Did you read the article? What is happening is horrific and is still eligible for the state to attempt an overturn or a delay. The whole scenario is disgusting.
I’m glad she got this win, but nothing about what is happening and why it’s happening is uplifting.
I’m confused.
Can you explain what “orphan crushing machine” means and how allowing a woman to terminate a non-viable that was threatening the life and her future fertility would contribute to it?
They are referring to this meme.
Never saw that before. It’s depressing, and true. Such a perfect phrase.
I’m shocked it’s only three years old, feels so much longer than that.
It’s been a long 3 years.
Thank you, that is very helpful. I had not seen that and was lost without the context.
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I took it as “It’s depressing that the legal system was involved in this. It’s not uplifting that the judge is making decisions about whether she’s allowed to get a medical procedure.”
Copy paste from my other follow-up comment, since the meaning of the phrase was already linked.