Collage of Abortion and Reproductive Health Tweets and Articles - I Can Do Better
After a Facebook argument with someone this past weekend about WHO should post and HOW they should post about abortion stuff, I challenged myself to post what I had posted and found online about the topic. My argument: men should focus more on posting, sharing, and boosting the voices of women on this topic. I don't particularly have any rationale other than men don't have to go through the physical travails/burdens/joys of pregnancy and abortion. Furthermore, men can impregnate a woman through consensual or nonconsensual sex then run away. Women have to carry the child for nine months and also have to deal with knock on effects before and afterward, such as salary inequality, body going crazy, risk of death during pregnancy, and the list goes on and on. Illinois MUST pass the Reproductive Health Act. Contact your IL rep TODAY: https://t.co/Lp0gNsp4aR #PassTheRHA #RHAinIL pic.twitter.com/OHUdNww97s Healthcare is a human right. Abortion is healthcare. Come to @NewOrleansDSA's health fair this weekend and join our demand for #MedicareForAll! pic.twitter.com/fcEUkfLhKO Call me whatever you like. I’m not sorry about my abortion. Contraception failed me and I did what was best for my mental and physical health at the time. And I would do it again if I had to. I don’t feel at ALL ashamed, and if you had one too, for any reason, neither should you. ASAP Call To Action - In spite of yesterday's #StopTheBans protests across Arizona every single Republican signed last night to co-sponsor HB2759. Dial 701-484-0521 for a script and to be connected to the House switchboard. #StopTheBansPhx #StopTheBansAZ @IndivisibleTeam pic.twitter.com/mf60colFKq In Alabama, Ohio, & Georgia you can't harvest organs from someone who died w/o their consent—but you can force an 11-year-old rape victim to have her rapists child w/o her consent. Yo, Illinois peeps, want to help defend Abortion as Health Care? Go to https://t.co/k2xKYjvMEU to urge your representative to vote to pass the Reproductive Health Act! Yet another point to @ewarren with a thought out approach to strike down anti-choice. Also a reminder that need to think of courts when voting & state/local elections important, too! There is no state in the country where support for banning abortion reaches even 25 percent. (Data for Progress analysis of the 2016 Cooperative Congressional Election Studies) pic.twitter.com/lrOxU0eNaz I always wanted to know what would happen if women (51% of the population) actually had proportional representation. "Pro-life" laws kill people. 73% of Americans want abortion to remain safe and legal. We’ll fight like hell at the ballot box to make sure Trump and Republicans don’t roll back years of progress. https://t.co/76tzogjSH3 lmao pic.twitter.com/tBKMuPMPeB
Not aware of knowing anyone who has had an abortion (though I expect I probably do since 1 in 4 woman have had an abortion) or having been in a situation where I've even considered abortion, just thinking through the implications of what women have to go through regarding pregnancy, I can understand the importance of giving women their choice. I have plenty of other issues with conservatives anti-choice and reproductive stances, but this post is about empowering women's speech and assisting where I can to elevate their platform on the topic of abortion and reproductive health.
My verdict on myself: I can do better. I procrastinated and worried a lot about putting together this post. Looking through the Tweets I plan to embed and the links I'll post, I feel good that a good share come from woman. Nonetheless, the Tweets and links feel more about taking a position and action urged to take to fight the anti-choice states outlawing abortion and pro-choice states trying to protect the ability for women to choose abortion and to exercise decisions when it comes to reproductive health. Few of them seem to touch upon the human side of reproductive health or even the thinking and reasoning that goes into choosing reproductive health decisions or policies to take, especially from women's standpoint.
Below are the Tweets and links:
— Christine Sharp (@christinesharp) May 22, 2019
In short, even a corpse in AL, OH, & GA has more rights over its body than do women & girls.😳
Congressional Action to Protect Choice – Team Warren – Medium https://t.co/eua1gfsI6D
“Bills prioritizing women’s health and safety have soared to the top of the agenda.” https://t.co/GNngRvXS2B
"Pro-life" rhetoric kills people.
"Pro-life" movement kills people.
Abortion is healthcare. Abortion saves lives. If you think human life is worth preserving, protect abortion rights.#StopTheBans
Abortion Shaping Up To Be The Health Care Fight Of 2020: Democrats think Republicans may have overreached with Alabama's anti-abortion law, alienating voters ahead of the next election - Huffpost
Kirsten Gillibrand Says If Trump Wants A War With America's Women, 'He Will Lose' - NPR
No abortion bans, PERIOD. [petition] - Planned Parenthood
Men Are Sharing Their Abortion Stories. Is That Helpful? - Slate
How Sen. Elizabeth Warren would protect abortion rights - Politico
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