State Rep. Laurie Pohutsky’s account was cheered by the left-leaning protestors and condemned by right-wing social media accounts.

The 36-year-old Democrat said the surgery was a personal decision she had been considering for a few years and was finalized by Trump’s election. She wanted to validate the fears other women might have about access to contraception by sharing it.

She told The Associated Press that she has received threats since speaking this week, referring at least one of them to Michigan authorities. The Associated Press reached out to Michigan State police for comment.

“I don’t fully grasp the level of animosity that people have about this,” Pohutsky said.

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    Medically necessary?

    You mean those who we should just let die, lest they undergo something that would prevent them from becoming a baby machine? /s

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      These assholes have already made comments like a woman is defined as a person who can get pregnant. Which eliminates millions of cis women from the equation.

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        About 10% of women (or one in ten) experience a horrorshow called endometriosis that causes them non-stop abdominal pain.

        Often the only way to really “solve” it is a hysterectomy.

        They’re literally just going to abuse a large number of women for something they never asked for.