"You're losing nothing" — TikToker Kendal Rich asks women what rights they lost a day after Trump becomes president
On November 6, Donald Trump was declared the winner of the 2024 United States Presidential election. The 47th President of the United States outperformed Democrat candidate Kamala Harris by clinching crucial victories in swing states like Georgia, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina.
A day after the U.S. election day, TikToker Kendal Rich posted a video, rhetorically asking women about the rights they had lost after Donald Trump's victory. She said:
"What f*cking rights are you losing as a woman? What rights are you losing? Why are you boohooing on the internet and saying that you're losing your rights as a woman? Tell me. You're losing nothing. Nothing," shouted Rich in the one-minute-forty-nine-second clip.
She went on to list all the rights that women are still allegedly enjoying despite Trump's re-election.
"Can you work? Yes. Can you still make money? Yes. Can you get married? Yes. Can you get divorced? Yes. Can you have children? Yes. Can you have one child? Yes. Can you have five children? Yes. Can you have five boyfriends? Yes. Can you run for office? Yes. Can you own a business? Yes. Can you be CEA, CEO, CFO, all the things? Yes "
Kendal Rich further claimed that women could even get an abortion if they moved to a blue state, i.e., a state under the tutelage of the Democratic party.
Center for Reproductive Rights CEO hails Donald Trump's election as a 'deadly threat'
Nancy Northup, President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, has described Donald Trump's second presidential tenure as a deadly threat to liberty, equality, and foundations of reproductive health across the country.
In 2022, the United States Supreme Court overturned the Roe vs. Wade verdict, a well-known ruling that established the constitutional right for a woman to abort her child. Passed by a panel of three Trump-appointed judges, the ruling essentially meant that states across the United States could ban or severely restrict a woman's right to abortion.
Since that judgment, 17 states have banned or greatly restricted abortion. According to the Center for Reproductive Rights, maternal and infant deaths have increased because pregnant people are forced to carry their children despite being aware of certain complications.
After Donald Trump was officially declared the winner of the 2024 United States presidential election, Nancy Northup said (as per the Center for Reproductive Rights):
“Donald J. Trump’s election to become the 47th president of the United States is a deadly threat to the democratic values of liberty and equality, the rule of law, and reproductive health, rights, and justice in the United States and around the globe."
She continued:
"Anti-rights extremists will soon be back in charge of the White House and the U.S. Senate, wielding power to the detriment of vulnerable populations and seeking to undermine decades of progress on gender equality, a linchpin of which is the ability of individuals to make decisions about their reproductive lives and have access to reproductive health care.”
She also asserted that the Center for Reproductive Rights would continue to fight against the alleged measures to jeopardize reproductive health among Americans.
According to her, the agency would "scrutinize every action of the White House and federal agencies, amass the factual and legal record to counter agency actions, and work to stop harmful policies from going into effect."
She also claimed that the organization would fight to stop a national abortion ban and other measures to allegedly prevent people from receiving reproductive healthcare.
Despite Donald Trump's victory, Americans have reportedly approved amendments in seven states to enshrine abortion rights into their respective constitutions.