tempest in a teapot

freckledgnome:

I’m bowling for reproductive rights because contrary to apparently-popular belief, sex is not evil, birth control is not abortion, pregnancy is not compulsory, parenthood is not a walk in the park, medicine should be science-based, everyone should be taught how to be healthy and responsible, and everyone has the right to make the best decisions and take the right actions for themselves, their bodies, their families, their beliefs, and their lives.

I’m bowling for reproductive rights because contrary to apparently-popular belief, sex is not evil, birth control is not abortion, pregnancy is not compulsory, parenthood is not a walk in the park, medicine should be science-based, everyone should be taught how to be healthy and responsible, and everyone has the right to make the best decisions and take the right actions for themselves, their bodies, their families, their beliefs, and their lives.

reproductiveryangosling:

Hey girl,

I got your text. Shhh, the awards can wait.

I want the address of the pharmacy that refused the morning after pill.

shakingthelawbythetail:

https://www.facebook.com/UniteWomen

I'm having a weird dilemma. I have told anti-choice cismales before that 'they will never be pregnant, so they don't understand,' essentially, when it came to the right of abortion, much like you just reblogged. But when I think about it, if someone dismissed a cismale pro-choice ally that they didn't understand, I'd probably be irritated. I feel hypocritical. Maybe they will never be pregnant, but I feel like I know so many empathetic cismale allies. What do you think on this type of argument?

autumnexplainsitall

I can see your dilemma and it’s honorable that you want to shape your argument in a way that doesn’t alienate anyone from the cause. The way I look at it is this:

Cis males will never understand what it’s like to be pregnant. That doesn’t mean they are not allowed to have opinions, but they must remember and respect that at no time does their opinion overrule a woman’s bodily autonomy.

Does that help at all? If anyone else would like to chime in with their opinion I’d be happy to post it.

Same Facebook guy just said that since a girl he had dated for a few months had an abortion after they broke up that he had “lost a kid.”

When I laughed at that he asked me if I had “sand in my cunt.”

I said his ex dodged a bullet.

But really, why would you want to raise a child with someone, you have only dated a few months AND is an obvious misogynist? And now I’m the bad guy.

Facebook fun!

YES!!!: NC gov vetoes bill on abortion restrictions »

North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue has vetoed a bill requiring women considering an abortion in the state to get an ultrasound and wait 24 hours after mandated counseling before they could undergo the procedure.

The Democratic governor is an abortion-rights supporter and announced her decision on Monday.

The GOP-led General Assembly could try to override the measure next month.

Planned Parenthood and other groups had urged Perdue to block the measure. It said it needlessly intruded into the relationship between a doctor and a woman already making an informed decision.

Anti-abortion activists say the measure would ensure women make a fully informed decision before a weighty act.

And again…

Thinking about sending Perdue (whom I voted for) a fucking fruit basket.