One of the worst days of my life was when I made the choice to terminate a pregnancy in the second trimester. The devastating truth is that we found out the fetus would not survive to full term, and that my life was at risk as well. At the time - I had the choice.
AOC just arrived at the Union Square event where women are sharing their abortion stories. She just told the crowd how when she was raped in her early 20s, she was grateful to know that, had she become pregnant, abortion care was readily available.
94% of public school teachers have to spend their own money on school supplies.
Meanwhile, we give police $115,000,000,000 per year to stop women fighting for health care.
Time for laws that punish men.
You're gonna FORCE a woman to carry a full-term pregnancy? Make the Daddy financially on the hook for the child.
Man has a habit of making various women pregnant? Force him to get a vasectomy. Because fuck his bodily autotomy.
Make men pay.
I will explain this to you slowly: exercising our right to protest is not obstruction of Congress nor an attempt to overturn democracy.
If one were a heinous enough person to do that, they’d likely seek a pardon for it too.
But only one of us here has done that. And it ain’t me
i’m so tired of abortion rights being framed around truly tragic circumstances like assault and incest. if you get pregnant & you don’t want to be pregnant, it is your right over your own body that is under siege. no one, including a fetus, can use your body against your consent.
Many of the nation’s largest companies announced they will cover the travel expenses for their employees to access abortions as the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade.
BREAKING: Clarence Thomas just filed a concurring opinion to Dobbs calling for the court to consider overturning the right to contraception, same-sex marriage, and privacy in the bedroom.
Just fwding these :
Flying this summer is ROUGH!!! I feel like as a Flight Attendant I should attempt to share some tips to get you through airline travel for the foreseeable future. ✈️✈️
1. Things are not good..... if its less than 7 hours - DRIVE! I'm not kidding.