i totally agree as long as the DNA of all male fathers and children should be kept in a database to be routinely cross checked against DNA obtained from rape kits. full transparency for all 🥳
If you are born into a family with financial security I actually think dedicating your life to actively trying to help people is probably the best you could do.
I believe that; If abortion is criminalized, men should lose the right to walk away from a pregnancy, too.
I watched my friend who was born to be a doctor lose her entire future to unwanted pregnancy. She was buried in biology books, top of her class, and ready to save lives. One failed contraceptive later, her world stopped.
The guy? He laughed, said "that's a you problem," blocked her number, and walked away into a bright, uninterrupted future.
She knew she couldn't survive medical school with an infant. But her parents, devout church workers, cornered her. To them, her dying dreams mattered less than their reputation in the congregation. They threatened her with damnation and absolute disownment until she broke.
The day she packed up her anatomy books and gave away her stethoscope was a funeral for the woman she was supposed to be.
Today, she works two exhausting retail jobs just to keep the lights on.
The guy who walked away is an architect traveling the world. His life didn't even hit a speed bump.
She carries the entire weight of a two-person mistake. You can’t force someone to give up their body and their future while the co-creator gets to just walk away.
When I see tweets like this, I know they’re too young to know about Jade Goody.
Diagnosed with cervical cancer in August 2008 and died March 2009 aged 27.
Go and get your smear test!