# The Women's Medical Fund has Renamed Itself **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 15, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-womens-medical-fund-has-renamed-itself/954388 "2021-11-15T15:19:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-womens-medical-fund-has-renamed-itself/954388/21 "2021-11-15T17:36:56Z")
(Deleted; I do not post in the Pit.) ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-womens-medical-fund-has-renamed-itself/954388/22 "2021-11-15T17:41:03Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > And since this has apparently been moved to the Pit just as I’m typing my post, go fuck yourself you disingenuous transphobe. Yes, please add me to the list of people who think **Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi** is a disingenuous transphobe who should go fuck himself. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-womens-medical-fund-has-renamed-itself/954388/23 "2021-11-15T17:41:29Z")
Then there’s no place here for your “opinions” you bigoted asshole. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-womens-medical-fund-has-renamed-itself/954388/24 "2021-11-15T17:44:37Z")
> [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](#): > > In any case, I am about to take a nap. Don’t forget your binky. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-womens-medical-fund-has-renamed-itself/954388/25 "2021-11-15T17:45:10Z")
> [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](#): > > (Deleted; I do not post in the Pit.) Very principled stand. I salute you. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-womens-medical-fund-has-renamed-itself/954388/26 "2021-11-15T17:55:52Z")
Of course you don’t you cowardly fucking scumbag. Fuck of back to Saudi. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-womens-medical-fund-has-renamed-itself/954388/27 "2021-11-15T18:02:01Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Fuck of back to Saudi. He can’t go back - the woke brigade are taking over, they even let women drive now! ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-womens-medical-fund-has-renamed-itself/954388/28 "2021-11-15T18:08:18Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > They are worried that somebody who is trans or gender-nonconforming and gets pregnant might not know that the services of a group called “Women’s Medical Fund” are available to them, because they don’t identify as women. You mean to say that a transman who has experienced penetrative vaginal sex with another male and ends up pregnant might not realize they’re eligibility for assistance from a woman’s medical fund because they don’t identify as female? You seem to be assuming trans people are ignorant of their biology. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-womens-medical-fund-has-renamed-itself/954388/29 "2021-11-15T18:11:35Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > they even let women drive now! Gasp! I cannot believe you used the word “w\*men”!! I’m told it’s dangerous and to be avoided. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-womens-medical-fund-has-renamed-itself/954388/30 "2021-11-15T18:14:28Z")
> [@chela](#): > > You mean to say that a transman who has experienced penetrative vaginal sex with another male and ends up pregnant might not realize they’re eligibility for assistance from a woman’s medical fund because they don’t identify as female? The Fund in question stated that they changed their name both to be more inclusive and to make it obvious what they do. I’m glad they’re dispensing with the bullshit euphemisms and just using the word abortion. Plus, for all they know, the “Women’s Medical Fund” is some Christian anti-abortion group, who would probably be anti-Trans as well. Now it’s clear what they do. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-womens-medical-fund-has-renamed-itself/954388/31 "2021-11-15T18:21:02Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > Gasp! I cannot believe you used the word “w\*men”!! My mistake. I will cancel myself forthwith - I should have used the more apt “people with ovaries”. [https://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/29/world/meast/saudi-arabia-women-driving-cleric/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/29/world/meast/saudi-arabia-women-driving-cleric/index.html) Before we come down too hard on Saudi clerics, in the early days of train travel in the West there were concerns that traveling at the ungodly speed of 50mph could make people-with-uteruses’ uteruses fall out. > **[Early Trains Were Thought to Make Women’s Uteruses Fly Out](https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/67806/early-trains-were-thought-make-womens-uteruses-fly-out)** > > Hold on to your uterus: Early modes of transportation had some fretting that their bodies would be forever changed. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-womens-medical-fund-has-renamed-itself/954388/32 "2021-11-15T18:31:46Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > I’m glad they’re dispensing with the bullshit euphemisms and just using the word abortion. Exactly. That’s clearly the important change here. Under the old name, it wasn’t obvious to _anyone_ exactly what their mission is. I think the fact that the new name is more inclusive of trans and non-binary folk is welcome, but not the headline here. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-womens-medical-fund-has-renamed-itself/954388/33 "2021-11-15T18:33:28Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > Plus, for all they know, the “Women’s Medical Fund” is some Christian anti-abortion group, who would probably be anti-Trans as well. Now it’s clear what they do. And now it’s called the Abortion Liberation Fund as if that steers clear of any ambiguities about its mission. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-womens-medical-fund-has-renamed-itself/954388/34 "2021-11-15T18:37:24Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > > [@hajario](#): > > > > Fuck of back to Saudi. > > He can’t go back - the woke brigade are taking over, they even let women drive now! Some comedian pointed out that the Saudis are letting women drive only just slightly before cars are able to drive themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-womens-medical-fund-has-renamed-itself/954388/35 "2021-11-15T19:02:14Z")
Here is a possible solution-Don’t post crap that belongs in the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![tricoteuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tricoteuse/32/4334_2.png) [@tricoteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tricoteuse)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-womens-medical-fund-has-renamed-itself/954388/36 "2021-11-15T19:09:04Z")
> [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](#): > > (Deleted; I do not post in the Pit.) You just did 3 weeks ago! [https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-was-in-saudi-is-pitted/952796/29?u=tricoteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-was-in-saudi-is-pitted/952796/29) ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-womens-medical-fund-has-renamed-itself/954388/37 "2021-11-15T19:14:33Z")
> [@tricoteuse](#): > > You just did 3 weeks ago! What he meant was “I do not want to stand up for the bullshit I posted, so I will run away.” ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-womens-medical-fund-has-renamed-itself/954388/38 "2021-11-15T19:15:30Z")
Or, “oh shit, the mods are on to my trolling! I’d better hightail it out of this thread and live to troll another day.” ---
**Author:** ![tricoteuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tricoteuse/32/4334_2.png) [@tricoteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tricoteuse)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-womens-medical-fund-has-renamed-itself/954388/39 "2021-11-15T19:17:00Z")
Oh, I know it was just a pompous way of saying “I got nuthin” but for God’s sake he’s not even trying anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Ranch\_Dip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranch_dip/32/5238_2.png) [@Ranch\_Dip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranch_Dip)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-womens-medical-fund-has-renamed-itself/954388/40 "2021-11-15T19:17:30Z")
> [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](#): > > I sort of suspect that the name change while pandering to them is not really helping them. And your opinion matters to them? This is about inclusivity. If it doesn’t effect you, what’s the problem? I’m not an abortion supporter, but I am a supporter of equality and inclusion. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-womens-medical-fund-has-renamed-itself/954388.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-womens-medical-fund-has-renamed-itself/954388.md?page=3)