Few things I wanna say into the void just to get it off my chest.
A child should not ever be a consequence, or a punishment. If you are telling someone pregnant that their pregnancy is a consequence and they brought it upon themselves by having sex, you are part of the problem.
Roe V. Wade is mostly gonna affect lower-income folks who are less-able to leave their state or get access to medical care. The wealthy will always have a better chance of getting medical care, including this one.
Adoption is a completely different can of worms with thousands of problems—foster care receives very little funding, many of the children in foster care have suffered under their carers, it’s crowded, many of those in it need help they’re not getting, it’s a complicated issue and to simply insist that anybody with a pregnancy can merely place their child up for adoption like it’s some sort of cure-all is downright stupid.
On the subject of religion, I’m ~90% sure that Judaism encourages the right to choose, so bringing it up in the context of Christianity in a country that prides itself on the freedom of speech, religion, and assembly makes you sound ignorant at best, and purposely narrow-minded at worst.
Childbirth, even when it goes smoothly, is still a traumatic experience, even with the proper medical care, even with a good support system, even if the pregnancy is wanted, even in the toughest parents. Whether that’s natural, or a C-section, at home, in the hospital—it’s a painful, exhausting experience that will change your body greatly.
There is no such thing as getting rid of abortion—only getting rid of safe abortions. Desperate people will drink with the intention of killing a fetus they’re not prepared to birth or care for, people will use coat hangers on themselves, people will throw themselves down stairs, turn to inexperienced or out of practice doctors who may not have the proper equipment for this, some may commit suicide.
A ban on all abortions means all abortions. This means children, victims of rape, the sick or disabled who may not be able to carry a healthy baby, pregnancies that can’t be carried to term, ecotopic pregnancies, pregnancies that put the carrier’s life in danger, etc. This isn’t about rescuing the unborn lives you think it is—this is the right to medical care and the right to privacy.
Being pro-choice means admitting that it’s not my fucking business why anybody wants an abortion. Whether it’s that they don’t want to be a parent, that they’re physically unable to carry a pregnancy to term, that they’re not ready yet, that it could kill them, that they’re simply scared of labor, that they fear passing on a genetic illness or other they might not be able to properly care for, or even if it just feels like too much work, being pregnant and all.
It doesn’t matter. None of this “I’m pro-life for the rape victim” or anything like that, because every last reason for wanting an abortion is perfectly valid. All of them.
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I’m starting to see a lot of misinformation about herbal abortifacients. When women have no other option, herbal abortions can be effective but only when they are induced by experienced herbalists and midwives. Herbs are medicine but understanding how they work is an absolute must because herbs can kill you. I also want to say that if you are in the horrific position of needing to use herbs because a safe abortion performed by medical professionals is not available to you, essential oils are not the same thing as an herbal dose and they can and have killed women. Do not ingest essential oils.
If you are in need of pregnancy termination currently, abortions are still currently legal. If you are in a place where abortion is not legal, there are organizations who can help you get to a provider and will help you pay for an abortion. I personally like the work that the Satanic Temple does to fund abortions, but there are other groups doing good work.
Last thing: If you are in the position to donate money to abortion funds, now is the time to do it. Women are not going to stop having unwanted pregnancies just because the Supreme Court wants to dick around with our ovaries.
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Please, please do not start encouraging women and other individuals with a uterus to engage in "herbal" abortions or "natural" birth control. The medicinal plants that they are referring too are poisonous and can cause severe harm; most of the time, they do not work, thus causing health issues for the individual and possible disabilities in a child. We should be providing accurate resources for access to safe abortions that are still currently legal and practical birth control options. We are all horrified and angry but the holistic crowd needs to read the room.
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[ I’m tired and angry but somebody should be ]
Halsey, Love & Power Tour, Mansfield, MA
6.1.2022
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By Kevin Niemann
Hundreds of Denver-area middle and high school students took to the streets on May 12 to resist the ongoing warfare against a woman’s right to choose and reproductive rights generally.
A 15-year-old woman from East High School in Denver did not mince words: “We’re tired of these old white men deciding the future of our country when they’ll be dead in 10 years.” Another speaker, a Denver native attending Florida A&M University, testified to the horrors she has witnessed while attending college. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis recently signed HB5, anti-abortion legislation, as well as the repressive HB1557 “Don’t Say Gay” bill.
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Rallied with @plannedparenthoodwi today at the Capitol ✊️ Thankful for a governor who knows women's rights are human rights, reproductive automony is a constitutional right, and that the right to an abortion is health care. Now if the GOP could actually do their job and listen to their constituents that'd be great #lolyeahright #prochoice #abortionishealthcare #plannedparenthood #bansoffourbodies #reproductiverights #wearenotovaryreacting (at Madison, Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdjkoaJrI_R/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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#MayThe4thBeWithYou Seems like a good time to repost this one. The struggle is not new, only taking new forms. #BansOffOurBodies #RoeVWade #WomensRights https://www.instagram.com/p/CdIYFgmr2Yh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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