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“If anyone needs to go camping in my state…” “If anyone needs to visit their aunt/cousin/friend…”
STOP. STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP.
FOR YOUR SAFETY, S T O P.
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DO NOT VOLUNTEER TO HOST RANDOM STRANGERS. DO NOT AGREE TO BE HOSTED BY A RANDOM STRANGER.
DO NOT PUBLICLY POST THAT YOUR HOUSE WILL BE AN ABORTION SAVE HAVEN. OFFICIAL NETWORKS TO DO THIS ALREADY EXIST, NETWORKS THAT HAVE THE ABILITY TO BACKGROUND CHECK, AND SHIELD THEIR VOLUNTEERS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT.
Even IF you personally know every person you’re offering this to and know with 100% certainty that they’re legit: YOU HAVE JUST CREATED A POTENTIALLY LEGALLY DAMNING DIGITAL PAPER TRAIL.
I know how obnoxious this is to say, but please: reblog this. I see these posts a lot, and I know most of you have good intentions. But these unoffical auntie networks are dangerous, both for those trying to help, and those seeking help. Law enforcement sees you. Violent anti-abortion extremists see you.
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transcourse · 2 years
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hey pro-tip for people who can become pregnant, plan B only works best if you weigh below 155 lbs, Ella works best if you weigh below 195 lbs, and if you weigh over that your main alternative to an emergency contraceptive is a copper IUD. this is just one of many examples of healthcare that is fatphobic bc i see people totally uninformed about it
edit: remember that “works best�� doesn’t mean “it doesn’t work”- it can still prevent pregnancy if you are over the recommended weights, it’s just less effective. for a fat person to have the same guarantee as a thinner person they’d have to go for an IUD, which is less accessible and palatable to a lot of people, which is total b.s. and the fact that nobody is taught this is evidence of fatphobia
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kaijutegu · 2 years
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Are you angry/scared/worried about potentially losing Roe vs. Wade? Do you want to help?
A lot of people are REALLY WORRIED about the leaked Alito draft, and for good reason. If Roe vs. Wade is overturned, many states will enact trigger laws that revoke the right to safe abortion access. But that doesn’t mean that safe abortions won’t be possible. They’ll just be harder to access.
Fortunately, we aren’t powerless. There are things we can do to help preserve the right to abortion and, if Roe falls, help people get the abortions they need.
Here are some actionable things you can do to help!
Donate to your local abortion fund.
This is a financial commitment, obviously, but these funds are vital to helping people access abortions. There are different types of funds. Practical funds help with transportation, housing, and other practical needs. Clinical funds help with paying for the procedure. Both types of funds are necessary and helpful!
If you’re in a state with protected abortion access, see if there’s a practical fund in your state that you can donate to. These funds make it possible for people for other states to afford travel and lodging in your state. You might also want to consider donating to funds in states or regions that have trigger laws, like the Yellowhammer Abortion Fund, which helps people in Mississippi, Alabama, and the Deep South.
To find an abortion fund in your state, you can google “abortion fund + your state” or open up this google doc that’s a maintained list: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T-aDTsZXnKhMcrDmtcD35aWs00gw5piocDhaFy5LKDY/preview?pru=AAABgKwRCFs*fZxkvUyYtHx7T4KXmRnOLA
There’s also https://abortionfunds.org/, but as of right now (2 May 2022, right after the SCOTUS leak happened), their website is down. Too much traffic!
Volunteer with a hotline.
As of writing this, a lot of abortion fund websites are completely overwhelmed. Lots of people are rightfully upset and looking for some way to help. Many of these funds have hotlines that you can help out directly from your own phone! Google “abortion fund + your state (or your region) + hotline” and see what comes up. These hotlines are going to be SWAMPED soon and many orgs are going to be onboarding volunteers very quickly to help deal with the onslaught.
Donate to grassroots causes. 
I love Planned Parenthood as much as the next gal, but donating to them isn’t actually going to help as much right now as donating to an abortion fund. Smaller, grassroots networks are going to be more effective at allocating resources to the people who need it most. Independent clinics are also going to need substantial help. Independent clinics provide the majority of abortion care in the US, and many are the only clinics operating in hostile states. Check out https://keepourclinics.org/ if you’re interested in donating.
Make a list of resources.
There are a lot of people out there who aren’t going to have the time or energy or emotional bandwidth to deal with this dumpster fire. If you have the capacity to do so, then maintain a file somewhere with the following information:
- any abortion funds that serve your area with their contact info- email and phone and links
- any abortion hotlines in your area
- national care hotlines, ESPECIALLY RAINN because this is going to be really, really hard on survivors
-a list of crisis pregnancy centers in your area, clearly marked with their names, contact info, and primary links. Make sure that these are highlighted in a way that separates them from the actual abortion providers because these centers are highly predatory and manipulate people who are distressed and confused. If somebody has access to that list and know who’s operating in an area, it might help them avoid these places!
Have this file ready to go so that you can share it with people who are overwhelmed!
Help the safe havens.
Losing Roe feels inevitable at this point. It might not be, but the world is terrifying. However, some states are safe havens and will maintain abortion access, regardless of what SCOTUS eventually decides. Practical access funds in these states will need help because they will help people traveling from unsafe states to safe states. Refer to this map: https://reproductiverights.org/maps/what-if-roe-fell/
Look for funds in states that are blue or yellow. This means they have expanded access or protection if Roe falls. But be sure to hover over and look at the summary of the protection– for example, Florida has abortion protection, but they just passed a 15-week ban. That’s basically protection in name only!
If you’re not sure which practical fund you’d like to support, I highly suggest the Midwest Access Coalition. MAC is based in Chicago and helps people from all over the Midwest come to the city for reproductive healthcare. A lot of the Midwest is really hostile to abortion, so MAC can help a lot of people. But there are many, many others!
In the coming days and weeks, there will be more to do. There will be marches, protests, and other organized action. But right now, tonight, these are things you can look into doing.
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allthecanadianpolitics · 10 months
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A controversial Conservative private member’s bill intended to make violence against pregnant women an aggravating factor during court sentencing was roundly defeated in the House of Commons, as other parties said they feared it would reopen the debate on abortion.
The bill was supported by nearly all members of the Conservative party, including Leader Pierre Poilievre who declared himself to be “pro-choice” during his leadership campaign.
The Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada had urged MPs to vote against the bill on the grounds that it promotes fetal rights, even though there is no mention of fetal rights in the text of the bill itself.
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Note from Samira ( @politicsofcanada ) :
We know that this was actually an attempt to restrict abortion rights because pregnancy is already considered an aggravating factor in the sentencing of assault cases.
There is no reason for another bill regarding that to be proposed, it would be redundant. The only thing that this legislation would have done is restrict access to abortion.
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A Texas woman who had sought a legal medical exemption for an abortion has left the state after the Texas Supreme Court paused a lower court decision that would allow her to have the procedure, lawyers for the Center for Reproductive Rights said Monday.
State District Judge Maya Guerra Gamble last week had ruled that Kate Cox, a 31-year-old mother of two from Dallas, could terminate her pregnancy. According to court documents, Cox's doctors told her her baby suffered from the chromosomal disorder trisomy 18, which usually results in either stillbirth or an early death of an infant.
As of the court filing last week, Cox was 20 weeks pregnant. According to the Center for Reproductive Rights, which brought the lawsuit, Cox left the state because she "couldn't wait any longer" to get the procedure.
"Her health is on the line," said Center for Reproductive Rights CEO Nancy Northup. "She's been in and out of the emergency room and she couldn't wait any longer."
In response to Gamble's decision, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton warned a Texas medical center that it would face legal consequences if an abortion were performed.
In an unsigned order late Friday, the Texas Supreme Court then temporarily paused Gamble's ruling.
On Monday, after Cox left the state, the state Supreme Court lifted the pause and ruled against Cox's request, dismissing it as moot.
According to court documents, Cox's doctors had told her that early screening and ultrasound tests suggested her pregnancy is "unlikely to end with a healthy baby," and due to her two prior cesarean sections, continuing the pregnancy puts her at risk of "severe complications" that threaten "her life and future fertility."
The lawsuit alleges that due to Texas' strict abortion bans, doctors have told her their "hands are tied" and she would have to wait until the fetus dies inside her or carry the pregnancy to term, when she will have to undergo a third C-section "only to watch her baby suffer until death."
The lawsuit was filed as the state Supreme Court is weighing whether the state's strict abortion ban is too restrictive for women who suffer from severe pregnancy complications. An Austin judge ruled earlier this year that women who experience extreme complications could be exempt from the ban, but the ruling is on hold while the all-Republican Supreme Court considers the state's appeal. 
In the arguments before the state Supreme Court, the state's lawyers suggested that a woman who is pregnant and receives a fatal fetal diagnosis could bring a "lawsuit in that specific circumstance." 
According to the Center for Reproductive Rights, Cox v. Texas is the first case since the overturning of Roe v. Wade to be filed on behalf of a pregnant person seeking emergency abortion care. Last week, a woman in Kentucky who is 8 weeks pregnant filed a lawsuit challenging the state's two abortion bans. 
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esperantoauthor · 2 years
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I found the period tracker app Clue's statement on user data privacy to be very reassuring, in light of all the "Delete your period app now!" rhetoric going around.
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genderqueerpositivity · 10 months
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If you or anyone you know has upcoming appointments for abortion care in the state of South Carolina, make sure you (or they) keep those appointments. The new ban is temporarily on hold.
Holding on to hope that the state supreme court will strike the new six week ban down just as they did the previous one.
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whenweallvote · 17 days
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Last month’s Alabama Supreme Court ruling on IVF was a huge blow to reproductive healthcare. 
Between IVF decisions at the state-level in Alabama and subsequent actions by the U.S. Congress, here’s a reminder that elections have consequences — and your VOTE is your VOICE.
This year, as many as 13 states may have reproductive healthcare-related measures on their ballot. Make sure you’re registered to vote NOW, then remind three friends to check their registration, too at weall.vote/register.
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adiduck · 21 days
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Very much tmi about specifically a medical procedure involving a uterus below the cut:
Getting my IUD replaced in about ten minutes! 🙃😭
Both very grateful for access to this sort of medical care in today’s environment and NOT AT ALL looking forward to how much it’s gonna hurt LOL
If anyone has some distractions/nice things for me to come back to later while I lay in bed for the rest of the day I would appreciate it.
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aroaceconfessions · 1 year
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tws ahead of time: venting, discussion of medical examinations of sex organs (pap smear), masturbation mention
so i am. very asexual. sex ambivalent but i’m really just not interested overall. i’m also afab. which means when i’m 21 i’m gonna have to get a pap smear. which is gonna SUCK
being trans makes this twice as bad. i’m low dysphoria but the idea of ANYTHING entering my body like that makes me want to cry. like i get panic attacks at the thought of having to put in a tampon (i’m a pads person) it’s like. bad. technically i’d be able to handle it (had a short period of time before realizing i was ace + trans where i thought i HAD to masturbate bc “everyone did it” (my parents gave good sex ed but normalized masturbation a bit too much lmao)) but i’d hate every minute of it
so the idea of a pap smear horrifies me. first off- i have to let a doctor see me half-naked. this part doesn’t bug me too much because . it’s a doctor and it’s completely non-sexual but i still don’t like the idea of anyone seeing . that
then i’d have to just fucking sit there while they put a fucking giant cold metal tool in my body so they can reach my fucking CERVIX???? and THEN they’d have to brush cells OFF of said cervix??? no. no no NO that gives me such bad anxiety it’s fucking insane.
i’m also terrified it’ll hurt because. i’m not gonna be sexually active and i don’t even fucking use tampons. and i KNOW that if i go to a good gyn then they will find ways to help me be less scared or feel it less but i still hate the idea of sharing that vulnerability. i’m a crier and i do not want to cry in front of a doctor because i’m scared of such a normal procedure. it’s less a fear of judgement and more just a pride thing i think. i know they deal with it frequently i’m just kinda horrified. the idea of coming out as ace to someone who has control over my health is also actually terrifying esp bc i live in texas
if i could i’d just get my whole uterus removed and solve the problem but apparently it “produces important hormones” that i don’t want to throw off balance so. guess i’m stuck
idk i need to talk to my mom about it (she gives good advice) or maybe my aunt (similar feelings towards sex as me) but god it just sounds so scary. i’m incredibly scared for it.
that being said if you have a cervix and are 21+ (25 if ur british) then you do need to get a pap smear once every three years. it may be horrifying but cervical cancer is way scarier. i’m sorry it sucks for us but it’s like life-or-death important. can’t really afford to skip out on it unfortunately :(
if anyone else has similar worries and/or has had a pap smear i’d love to hear about it in the notes. no pressure of course privacy n all but it’d make me feel less alone so if you’re comfy sharing. hope everyone’s having a good [time of day]
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cock-holliday · 1 year
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Cis allies are routinely and frequently forgetting that reproductive care conversations affect ALL!!!! trans people and therefore ALL trans people are part of the discussion.
Trans women, transfeminine people, AMAB trans folks are inherently part of the conversation about decoupling “womanhood” from reproductive care and are in a shaking hands meme with cis women who also cannot have children. Whether you want them or not, equating womanhood with reproduction assigns anyone who DOESNT reproduce “not a woman.” And so both cis and transfeminine (and adjacent) folks are harmed by this narrative.
Trans men, transmasculine, and AFAB trans folks are ALSO inherently part of the conversation about decoupling “womanhood” from reproductive care and are in a shaking hands meme with cis women who DO have the ability and/or desire to reproduce. Whether you want them or not, “womanhood” being assigned to anyone who can or does carry a child is harmful to people who are NOT women, and reinforces patriarchal ideas ABOUT women to a lesser degree. Perhaps because this one doesn’t affect trans folks and cis women equally, this one gets forgotten a lot.
Additionally, reproductive healthcare is literally about the bodies and health and lives of people who are not women as much as it is about cis women. Trans men, transmasculine people, AFAB folks who aren’t cis can and do menstruate. They get pregnant. They have abortions. They get hysterectomies. They get ovarian cancer. IT IS THEIR BODIES AT RISK AS MUCH AS ANY CIS WOMAN!
So yes, reproductive healthcare may not affect all cis people (also potentially up for debate) but it DOES affect all trans people regardless of their gender. And trans men, transmasculine folks, AFAB folks who aren’t cis, are affected by BOTH the physical health conversation AND the social conversation and are repeatedly left out of one, the other, or both.
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kaijutegu · 2 years
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You know, this situation (re: SCOTUS leak of Alito’s draft on Roe vs. Wade) is dire, but it’s not as dire as it could be. Thanks to the leak, we have a precious gift. We have time. We have it in writing what’s coming and what it’s going to look like, and that means we can organize. We can make plans, we can share information, and we can put pressure on the executive branch to do something. We can make it known that this isn’t what we want– and it’s not. Almost 60% of Americans support abortion being legal. Hell, even most American Christians (63% of the Protestants and 55% of the Catholics) think it should be legal in most or all cases. It’s just the damn evangelicals that are ruining things for the rest of us. (And frankly, they’re ruining everything for everybody.)
Information is going to be incredibly important in this fight. Right now, I’d like to talk about demographics, because the majority of this country wants legal access to abortion. The information I’m using comes from a 2021 Pew Research Center survey, which has not been repeated in 2022– so it’s recent enough data to be useful.
The population demography of who does/doesn’t support abortion is fascinating. When you stratify people by gender, age, education, and religion, only one group doesn’t support abortion. Every other demographic group skews pro choice, and it’s usually by a pretty substantial majority. The closest is the 3% majority of adults with a high school or less education- 50% of them say support in all or most cases, 47% say no, and 3% didn’t answer. In every group except evangelical Christians and overall Protestants (because the evangelicals bring that average down), 50% or more of the population supports abortion. It’s not anywhere close to even splits anywhere except at that one education point.
Where we do see major splits is along political lines. Among Republicans, a whopping 78% of conservative Republicans say that abortion should be illegal in most or all cases... but 59% of moderate/liberal Republicans think it should be legal. Since 63% of respondents who said they were Republican or leaned Republican don’t support legal abortion, this should give an indication of the ideological dominance of conservative versus moderate Republicans- basically, that Republicans push further to the right. We kinda knew that already, from... everything... that’s been happening... but it’s important to get data.
Democrats on the other hand, overwhelmingly support legal abortion. There’s even bigger gaps than the Republican ideological gaps!
So what can we do with this data if we care about supporting legal abortions? Frankly, we need to pressure Democratic leaders to grow a damn backbone. Their party overwhelmingly supports legal abortion, and even if Roe is overturned, we could still use this time to push for more states to expand protection and write abortion access into law. We also need to remember: most of the country wants legal abortions. That, if nothing else, should inspire courage and give some hope.
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jomiddlemarch · 1 month
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allthecanadianpolitics · 11 months
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Federally regulated workplaces are expected to begin offering free menstrual products to workers starting in mid-December.
Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan has announced changes to the Canada Labour Code that would ensure access to such products beginning Dec. 15.
The Liberals promised in their 2021 election campaign to make free tampons and pads available in federally regulated workplaces, and set up a fund to make menstrual products available to vulnerable people.
The changes announced Wednesday would apply to workplaces that employ about 1.3 million people, approximately 35 per cent of which, the government estimates, require menstrual products on a regular basis. [...]
Continue Reading.
Tagging: @politicsofcanada
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bitchesgetriches · 10 days
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How (and Why) to Take Back Reproductive Rights: On Pulling Weeds and Fighting Back
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