VAT is only a tax on foreign goods insofar as it is a tax on ALL goods irrespective of origin. So it’s not hypocritical as it is a very different thing.

My interpretation of her having to hide the remains is that she couldn’t afford to go to a hospital and have things dealt with properly.

This woman is a victim of the shameful state of US healthcare and repressive law.

Whereas right wing folks will elect vile criminal garbage to represent them.

So much of this is fucked up beyond belief.

Being to told to “sleep off” her water breaking is just horrific. I’d expect anyone with even the most rudimentary understanding of pregnancy to know that her water breaking means that birth is only hours away at the most, she can’t just hold it in for two days.