I’m haunted by the fact that two factors that dramatically increase the risk of being killed by an intimate partner are 1) the presence of/easy access to a firearm, and 2) pregnancy.
Thinking of those who won't have the money to fly to another state, those who can't travel for an appointment because if they miss work they'll be fired, those who fear their miscarriage will be called a crime, those who have lost the right to simply control their bodies & lives.
I’m here for the women who get abortions just because they want to. No explanation. If she does not want to be pregnant, that’s a good enough reason to me. I truly do not care. I’m done playing this morality game.
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This is what other states need to do too. Cause anyone wanting an abortion from Arkansas is surrounded by un friendly states and going to have to travel a long way. But sure - everyone has the time and means for that.
Under an executive order Gov. Baker signed today, Mass. "will not cooperate with extradition requests from other states pursuing criminal charges against individuals who received, assisted with, or performed reproductive health services that are legal in [MA]," per his office.
Two things:
1. The timing of all of this is a great distraction to the Jan 6 hearings.
2. If there’s one thing we learned from four years of hell - no one is coming to save us. No one on “our side” or otherwise. What an embarrassing day.
A reminder that starting today, in Arkansas, a girl (no matter how young) who is raped/a victim of incest will be forced to carry her rapist’s baby to term in her tiny body.
This is not freedom. This is not mercy. This is not leadership.