I grew up in the rural South. I know A LOT of white evangelical anti-choice women who've had abortions. And every single one of those women told me their abortions "didn't count."
I said to my wife "Do you think anyone will commit suicide because they could not get an abortion?"
She instantly replied "yes."
Then she added "there will be all those boyfriends and husbands that murder them because they couldn't get one too" and that shook my fucking world.
I really wish people would stop drastically using the scenarios of rape or incest as the sole premise for an abortion. A woman doesn’t have to be in a traumatic situation for it to be reason enough. In fact there is zero explanation that needs to be given.
phoebe bridgers just revealed something very personal about herself bc of what’s happening right now. so much respect and love for her. banning abortion isn’t right, safe, and doesn’t help anyone.
I'm not sure how many times I need to repeat this statistic for it to sink in but, around 40% of Americans who take out student loans do not end up with a degree.
There is no more damning stat in all of higher ed.