Activists gather for a group photo in a church, holding signs with slogans including “Bodily autonomy for all,” “Keep abortion safe, legal, accessible” and “Money for working families, not for ICE.” ...
the figure on the manila anatomical bookmark is against a dark ink background. their body is colored in dark green-blue, with vibrant trans pride flag colors across their body diagonally, the white at their lower abdomen. Their face is drawn in extreme concern. A speech bubble shows them asking, "is there a less invasive option?" a drawing of a disembodied white coat,with jagged edges and allmost glitch-like shaking lines is before them. The white coat also has a speech bubble, and replies, "this is the less invasive option."
Seventy students and community members gathered outside of Tate Hall at the University of Minnesota to protest the “Abortion is Oppression” tour by Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life. | Ashley Taylor-Gouge/watchmerisempls ...
Scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency found that they could develop methods to identify traces of the #medication in #wastewater — a practice long sought by the anti-abortion movement.
A woman in Texas alleges that her former partner tricked her into drinking a hot chocolate into which he had secretly dissolved abortion pills. She lost her pregnancy, and is now suing both her ex, and Rebecca Gomperts, founder of Aid Access, a nonprofit that provides access to medication abortion by mail, for wrongful death. Garnet Henderson writes for Autonomy News about the complicated background of this lawsuit, in which the victim is represented by former Texas Solicitor General Jonathan Mitchell, architect of the state's bounty hunter abortion ban.
At 19 I was told my health came second to my future husband.
At 22 I was told I would feel differently once I was “in love”
At 24 my boyfriend was asked if he would still love me if I couldn’t bear children.
My autonomy was violated for 5 years for a hypothetical baby
I had severe endometriosis and adenomyosis. My periods hell. They were irregular, heavy and painful. I would lay on the bathroom floor in unrelenting pain, throwing up and too weak to move.
As the years dragged on I became more disabled from the pain and anemia.
Surgeries to control the blood loss failed.
Medications to put me into chemical menopause failed.
Birth control pills failed.
I needed a hysterectomy.
I had never wanted children. I wasn’t even sure I wanted marriage. I was also far too disabled to get pregnant or raise a child.
So I asked for the surgery. I asked my doctors to remove the diseased organ destroying my quality of life.
I was firmly told “No” because I might meet a man who wants kids.
That even though I was too sick to survive pregnancy and likely infertile, I couldn’t make the choice to remove my womb in case I changed my mind when I met my dream man.
I told the doctors I didn’t want kids, it didn’t matter.
I pointed out I was too sick to care for myself, let alone a child, and it didn’t matter.
I said that my “dream man” would love me even if I couldn’t have kids, and the doctors laughed.
I had no bodily autonomy.
Medical misogyny was ruining my life.
I spent the next few years getting second and third opinions. Fighting like hell to get the surgery I knew I needed to have any shot at a “normal” life. When I began dating someone, I brought him to my appointments hoping he could convince them to operate.
They asked him if he would love me if I couldn’t give him biological children. He didn’t want kids either, but they said the same thing to him they kept saying to me: “You might change your mind”
Why is the medical system so obsessed with us having babies? Misogyny and patriarchy.
We could have changed our minds. We could have also broken up.
What “could” happen in the distant future should never be given more weight than what was happening in the present.
I was slowly dying. Bleeding to death and confined to bed. Relying on blood and iron transfusions to survive.
I tell this story every few months because I think it’s incredibly important we talk about our lack of autonomy.
The post Roe landscape is putting our lives in danger, and my story can hopefully help people understand why.
If I wasn’t able to make the choice I needed for my body when there was no fetus involved, imagine how hard it must be for pregnant people who need to access abortion?
Forced birth advocates love to trumpet the “exemption for the life of the mother” rule to justify abortion bans
But if doctors weren’t willing to remove my uterus when it was literally killing me, why are we trusting they will terminate a pregnancy when the mother’s life is at risk?
A hypothetical baby came before my life… imagine what would happen if there was a real fetus involved?
We know what happens.
Women die.
They bleed out in parking lots.
They become septic, lose their fertility or spend months fighting for their lives in the ICU.
Their care is delayed because the fetus comes first. And delayed care comes at a cost.
I finally got my hysterectomy, but only because I was bleeding out in the ER and transfusions couldn’t keep up.
By the time they finally gave me the surgery I spent years asking for, my survival odds were only 50/50.
Had they done it when I asked, it would have been 99%
It’s the same thing for those experiencing miscarriage or abortion complications.
If they could get timely healthcare, their odds of survival would be excellent.
When we tell doctors they can’t intervene until the life of the mother is “clearly” in jeopardy?
That’s when we start dying.
We deserve better. We need full autonomy over our reproductive systems, and that includes access to sterilization and abortion.
It’s time.
More on what my hysterectomy taught me about medical misogyny:
Police in UK can now take women's phones and check their period tracking app
Several women's health and safety organisations have spoken out against the 'shocking' new guidance, vowing to 'aggressively challenge' it
"New guidance in the UK has handed British police the power to trawl through women's phones if they suspect said individual has undergone an illegal abortion.
As per an announcement made by the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) last month, officers investigating the causes of stillbirths, miscarriages and unexpected pregnancy losses will now be permitted access to check menstrual cycle tracking apps.
The alleged aim of the incoming procedure is to 'establish a woman’s knowledge and intention in relation to the pregnancy.'"
Six months ago, Missouri voters approved an amendment to the state constitution that enshrined their right to abortion. Republican lawmakers have now approved a new referendum that would seek the amendment's repeal and ban most abortions, with exceptions for rape and incest. "Republican senators used a series of rare procedural moves to cut off discussion by opposing Democrats before passing the proposed abortion-rights revision by a 21-11 vote. The measure passed the Republican-led House last month," according to @AssociatedPress. Here's more.
In the last 2 days, Social Web Foundation partner and W3C ActivityPub working group participant Meta has blocked and hid the posts of abortion pill providers. https://archive.is/TnwMw
Neither SWF or SWICG has condemned the action. Why do these organizations continue to provide the Zuckerberg entity with influence in determining the future of the fediverse?
Government website reproductiverights.gov appears to have gone offline as of yesterday. The site was launched in 2022 and contained information on reproductive healthcare, referencing the overturning of Roe v. Wade and clarifying that abortion is legal in many states. Here's more from @CBSNews.
Given the corporate media sane-washing and general kissing of the ring, I choose to believe what has been shared with me directly over the "actchually, it was an awkward gesture of exuberance" milquetoast media.
Especially when the list looks like this:
Hastags that have also apparently been blocked from user experiences. Will keep updating. Range is worldwide.
The #CDC Hasn’t Asked States to Track Deaths Linked to #Abortion Bans
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Maternal mortality review committees consider factors including obesity, mental health issues, substance use, homicide and suicide. But more than two years after Roe v. Wade fell, they still aren’t considering how abortion bans factor into deaths.
Are #Abortion Bans Across America Causing Deaths? The States That Passed Them Are Doing Little to Find Out.
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The same political leaders who enacted abortion bans oversee the state committees that review maternal deaths. These committees haven’t tracked the laws’ impacts, and most haven’t finished examining cases from the year the bans went into effect.
The "lung float" test is being used to charge #women with murder. Many experts say it's unreliable.
“There’s no way you can determine live birth versus stillbirth with this test," said one doctor, who called the test “an outrageous breach of science.”
#Missouri Voters Enshrined #Abortion Rights. #GOP Lawmakers Are Already Working to Roll Them Back.
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One month after Missouri approved a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to abortion, legislators have proposed a flurry of bills to tighten abortion access or raise the bar for future amendments driven by voter initiatives.
Since September, ProPublica has reported on five pregnant women who died after not receiving timely medical care under state #abortion bans: Amber Thurman, Candi Miller, Josseli Barnica, Nevaeh Crain and Porsha Ngumezi.
A Third Woman Died Under Texas’ Abortion Ban. #Doctors Are Avoiding D&Cs and Reaching for Riskier Miscarriage Treatments.
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Thirty-five-year-old Porsha Ngumezi’s case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
#Texas Lawmakers Push for New Exceptions to State’s Strict #Abortion Ban After the Deaths of Two Women
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The new legislation, prompted by ProPublica’s reporting, comes after 111 Texas #doctors signed a public letter urging that the ban be changed because it “does not allow us as medical professionals to do our jobs."
A Woman Died After Being Told It Would Be a “#Crime” to Intervene in Her #Miscarriage at a #Texas Hospital
#JosseliBarnica is 1 of at least 2 pregnant TX women who died after doctors delayed emergency care. She’d told her husband that the medical team said it couldn’t act until the #FetalHeartbeat stopped.
#JosseliBarnica grieved the news as she lay in a #Texas hospital bed on Sept 3, 2021: The sibling she’d dreamt of giving her daughter would not survive this #pregnancy.
The fetus was on the verge of coming out, its head pressed against her dilated cervix; she was 17 wks #pregnant & a #miscarriage was “in progress,” doctors noted in hospital records.
For 40 hrs, the anguished 28-yr-old mother prayed for doctors to help her get home to her daughter; all the while, her uterus remained exposed to bacteria.
3 days after she delivered, #JosseliBarnica died of an infection.
Minnesota pro-choice activists demand bodily autonomy for all and ICE out ( fightbacknews.org )
Activists gather for a group photo in a church, holding signs with slogans including “Bodily autonomy for all,” “Keep abortion safe, legal, accessible” and “Money for working families, not for ICE.” ...
Protest against anti-abortion figure Kristan Hawkins’ visit at the University of Minnesota ( fightbacknews.org )
Seventy students and community members gathered outside of Tate Hall at the University of Minnesota to protest the “Abortion is Oppression” tour by Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life. | Ashley Taylor-Gouge/watchmerisempls ...
Milwaukee fights back against fake abortion clinic ( fightbacknews.org )
Milwaukee protest at fake reproductive care clinic ...
Instagram blocked searches for #democrats and other political hashtags ( www.engadget.com )
Instagram unterdrückt Suchtreffer ( www.spiegel.de )
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