Remember how they promised there were exceptions for emergencies? They were lying. And people have died as a result. Go read (or listen to) this piece from ProPublica about Amber Nicole Thurman's completely unnecessary death. Bring tissues. Then go read this piece from Pregnancy Justice on how "the Dobbs decision emboldened prosecutors to develop ever more aggressive strategies to prosecute pregnancy, leading to the most pregnancy-related criminal cases on record." Then go double check your voter registration and make a plan to vote.  (Some states already have early voting open...folks in Illinois, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Virginia can literally go vote [...]

Are you registered to vote? You sure? Because about 1 in 3 of you* live in states that kick folks off the voter rolls if you don't vote often enough. And all of you* live in states where 'accidents' happen. And this election is going to decide whether we start getting our bodily autonomy back, or whether we loose even more of it. So check your registration. You can do it at vote.gov. Then get your friends and family to check theirs. Ask folks if they want help registering to vote. Ask if they want help getting a mail in [...]

Monthly reminder, abortions are good, and everyone should have access to them! Alas, in the US, a lot of us don't.⁠ Iowa's 6 week ban just went into effect, making it the 18th state with a total or near total ban (AL, AR, FL, GA, IA, ID, IN, KY, LA, MO, MS, ND, OK, SC, SD, TN, TX, WV). That means more than 1/3 of the US population can't get vital medical care in their home state.⁠ Here's what that looks like (from the interactive map on Guttmacher): For more about the ban, see this post on instagram or this [...]

It's been two years since the Supreme Court reminded everyone that you don't have bodily autonomy if you get pregnant. Since then, many states have made it had or impossible to get an abortion, others are doing the same, and yes, some are trying to restrict birth control and fertility treatments, too. Despite the barrage of new restrictions, the number of abortions actually went up in 2023 (by ~11% as compared to 2020). This is at least partly due to the increased availability of and awareness about abortion pills by mail. Abortion pills give people back some of the autonomy [...]

Look, I get it. I do. It's a LOT to keep track of. EVERYTHING is a LOT to keep track of. So it's ok, you don't have to keep track of it all. You just need to find a couple of good resources, Stick Them In Your Information Pipeline, then interact with them when the come across your feed so you'll see more of them. No really, it works. It works really really well. As long as you do that 'interact with them' bit. Here are some of the places I follow on instagram to keep up with abortion info: [...]

Abortions are good! But the Al-Gore-Rhythms that shape what you see on instagram/facebook/twitter hate it when we talk about them...so I need your help to outsmart it! If you're on insta, can you head over here and leave a comment telling me how you're going to let three other folks know that they can order abortion pills online (no matter where they live, even if they can't afford them, even if they're not pregnant right now and just want to have them on hand in case they need them later)? If you're on instagram, the easiest way to do that [...]

Every month I do a post saying "abortions are good" and send a donation to Aid Access (where you can order abortion pills online, right now, even if you live somewhere with a ban, even if you're not currently pregnant, you can get them from Plan C Pills too). This month I also want to remind you that abortion restrictions hurt EVERYONE, even people who are actively trying to get pregnant. CW for pregnancy loss on everything I link to in this post. Alabama's Supreme Court just ruled that the frozen embryos used in IVF are "extrauterine children" and that [...]

The new year seems like a good time for a little reminder. I am strongly pro abortion. If that's a problem for you, see yourself out.⁠ If you're still here, I'm so glad! It's wonderful to know how many of you share my feelings. Let me outline the three most important things I want to say about abortion:⁠ 1) Abortions are good⁠ ⁠Every month when I say this, someone clutches their pearls and asks how I can possibly say such a thing. The answer is that abortions are good in the same way that appendectomies or colonoscopies or chemotherapy are [...]

Every month I write a post saying "abortions are good" & send a donation to Aid Access. And this month, I've got something you can do to support abortion access! Well, something those of you registered to vote in Ohio can do, though I've got some ideas for the rest of you too. So tomorrow (that's Tuesday, August 8), there's a special election in Ohio. And while abortion isn't specifically on the ballot, it is in a kinda sneaky way. Here's the deal. The chowderhead, anti-choice republicans called a special election (in the middle of summer, when fewer people are [...]