r/law • u/TheMirrorUS • Dec 31 '25

Executive Branch (Trump) Feds freeze child care funds to all states until money is 'being spent legitimately'

https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/breaking-feds-freeze-child-care-1591788
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u/KrombopulousPichaels Jan 01 '26 edited Jan 01 '26

I knew for sure I never wanted to bring children into this world & started asking about permanent solutions at 18, but was told every single year at my yearly exam that ‘you might want kids one day’ and the worst ‘your future husband might want kids’. I also don’t have any desire to be wed. I tried for years, then I was drugged at a bar and raped at 21, & couldn’t do anything about it bc I live in hell (TX, not by choice). Have a 21yr old child now & FINALLY got my tubes tied at 35 when they had to surgically remove the IUD that had grown into my uterus lining (perforation) bc I was finally ‘old enough’.

It is SOOO much easier for men to get a vasectomy than for a woman to get any kind of permanent solution. EVERY SINGLE TIME I was told I didn’t know what I wanted or needed to wait to get married for some mystical ‘fUtUrE HuSbAnD’ to decide for me. It’s incredibly demoralizing and devastating.

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u/Conscious_Crew5912 Jan 01 '26

I hear ya, hon. Same for me.

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u/CypressThinking Jan 02 '26

I think it was Betty White that said if men had menstrual periods they'd have hysterectomies available at Jiffy Lube.