Kat McKay

I like running around the countryside eating ice cream and scones. Junior doc in Sheffield. She/her

[Josh Trebach, MD @jtrebach]

toxicologist here to tell u that our Supreme Court is really fucking toxic

[jannekeparrish.bsky.social @JannekeParrish]

Three weeks ago, I had a miscarriage. I was six weeks pregnant. I live in Texas, a state that has effectively banned abortions.

A thread about what it is to cease to be pregnant in a state where abortions are banned:

[Neely Mozawala @NeelyMozawala]

We went to the @theovenbath, they let the British couple who were queuing in front of us in and when we (2 brown women) wanted to go in, we were told they only allowed in bookings...The place was empty.
I was upset to experience racism like that in 2022. We never fit in do we?

[Jesus Fucking Christ 🌈 @SHEsus__Christ]

Fun fact: the bible doesn't say that life starts at conception, it says that life starts at first breath in Genesis 2:7. The only time the bible mentions abortion is when it's describing when it should be done and how to perform one in Numbers 5:11-31.

[Natalie Crawford, MD @ncrawfordmd]

Why are IVF and abortion tightly linked? IVF came into existence in a Roe world (Roe had been around almost 10 years before the first IVF baby). Roe allowed IVF - and maybe you’ve never thought of this.

1/10

[Phil Baty @Phil_Baty]

Two articles today claiming that letting more state students into Oxbridge will damage their standing in the international rankings. I know a bit about international rankings and can confidently say that’s absolute nonsense.

[Rachel Cunliffe @RMCunliffe]

I've said this before, but. If you genuinely believed abortion is murdering babies, you'd do everything you could to prevent the need for it. Comprehensive sex ed. Widely available free contraception. Criminal penalties for men who remove a condom mid-sex without consent.

[Amanda Smythers, PhD @AmandaLSmythers]

In Jan 2020, 5 months in to my PhD program, I had an abortion. I lucked out that there weren’t protesters at planned parenthood that day. I cried myself to sleep that night and took a cume the following morning. I didn’t pass it. 1/7

[Zack Ferguson @zackferguson]

Okay hear me out: make a hospital TV show with an American budget, beautiful American actors and thumping great doses of hyperbolic American melodrama… but set it on a UK AMU and deal exclusively with the everyday minutia of life on the NHS.

Allow me to elaborate… 🧵

[Josh Trebach, MD @jtrebach]

there's a whole class of substances in toxicology called "abortifacients" which cause abortions. they can be extremely dangerous.

if Roe v Wade is overturned, abortions won't stop happening--they just stop happening legally. People will have unsafe abortions and people will die.

[Shematologist, MD @acweyand]

Abortion is healthcare.

[Natalie Crawford, MD @ncrawfordmd]

Tonight we learned that pregnant people no longer have autonomy over their body. For 50 years this right has been protected, but no more. This is a sad day for those of us who have dedicated our lives to reproductive health. The past was scary - we know what is coming.

[Leah Feiger @LeahFeiger]

In light of the draft of a leaked majority Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade, I want to call your attention to the people that would be impacted most by the end of legalized abortion across the United States. ���:

[Rep. Francesca Hong 홍윤정 @StateRepHong]

Birthing bodies have the right to freedom.

Deciding if or when to become a parent is one of the most personal, life-changing decisions. Access to abortion & reproductive care is a decision we must trust each person to make based on what’s best for their health & their future.

[Dr. Theresa Chapple has moved to bluesky @Theresa_Chapple]

On Tuesday my mid child will be 6.5 years old.
I will be exactly 6 months away from paying off my 20% portion of her $1.2mil birth.
We can't be deciding as a country to force carrying pregnancies when we wont provide insurance that covers the cost.

[michaela okland @MichaelaOkla]

I had an abortion when i was 19 and I’ve never felt comfortable talking about it online. People have terrifying opinions on the topic and even now I’m scared to speak about it. We talk about destigmatizing a lot of things but we desperately need to destigmatize abortion.

[Scott Bryan @scottygb]

STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND WATCH THIS MOMENT FROM THE ONE SHOW