Abortion bans deepen economic inequality.
The typical abortion seeker is low-income. The #TurnawayStudy found that forcing someone to carry a pregnancy to term quadruples the odds that the person and their child will live in poverty.
Of course, the real scandal here is that period products should be free and universally accessible, especially in schools and workplaces, and yet... they're not.
It's kinda like the "war on women's sports" nonsense. Conservatives don't actually care about that.
#BoycottTampax
Birth control can help
prevent pregnancy
regulate irregular/dangerous menstrual symptoms
endometriosis symptoms
PCOS symptoms
piss of republicans
#ThxBirthControl
When we talk about abortion as a social issue, we miss a key part of the picture.
Abortion is also an economic issue.
When people are forced to carry pregnancies to term, they suffer from increased rates of poverty, and so do their families.
24 hours from now, polls close in Arizona.
This election couldn’t have higher stakes.
It all comes down to this — and there’s no room to forget what’s on the line. Go vote!
Arizona comes in at a whopping number 10 for highest rate of maternal mortality. @bgmasters rallies around the notion of “family values” yet backs policies that directly harm what he claims to support