An abortion is an abortion. Full stop. “What kind” she had absolutely doesn’t matter—the implication that it does means that some women’s abortions are more OK than others’. Is that what you mean?

What you meant is that this particular woman choosing to have this particular abortion is not worthy of judgment, and that you reserve the right to judge other women for having other abortions, so I think “fuck off you fucking fuck” might have been more appropriate.

You are basically asking her to title this “I was legitmately raped.” You want the headline to assure the reader that this was an acceptable abortion, not one of those bad abortions by bad people. Your judgement is one of the problems we are having around abortion.

the woman deserves your respect by making the headline clear about the abortion she chose to have

The only person lacking sensitivity here is YOU.

I’m happy to read that you didn’t actually mean it, but your original comment horrified me, because it was misleading.

the woman literally emailed me right after the story went up to say “i’m glad you told that commenter to fuck off”

The headline is bare-bones-absolutely-factual. You chose to read into it and you chose to jump all over Jia.

Oh, word: The practice isn’t a 401c3 non profit, as this interview here explains, so the only way to donate is to make out a check directly to the office or to him (Warren M. Hern) and send it in the mail to

PLEASE fuck off

“The woman” herself states that her right to abort is no different than any woman’s right to choose, regardless of her circumstance. Fuck off indeed.

the VAST majority of late-term abortions are for exactly these reasons. you were horrified by your own ignorant assumptions, and that’s on you.

Did you read the “all our rights are intertwined” line at the end? Read it again. And again. And once more, for good measure.

I disagree. That title should not be touched. She had a late term abortion. Period. When I read the headline, I felt an emotional pull towards this article, and I knew I was in for a bit of an emotional read. You see, women don’t get abortions because it’s the easy way out, or because they’re sluts, or because they…

Yeesh. That’s a completely factual headline that you’ve chosen to see as loaded and misleading.

This feeds the incredibly damaging narrative of “Good abortions vs. Bad abortions.” The whole point is that women should be allowed to access health care without having to prove they deserve it. The headlines isn’t click bait but it raises an interesting question : who are you to decide her decision oy to remain…

I was horrified by the title and then immediately realized it was misleading.

Here’s a link to Dr. Hern’s clinic for anyone interested in offering support directly to the people who work there, and here’s the National Network of Abortion Funds. The George Tiller Memorial Fund specifically goes to late abortions.

is there any way to donate to the clinic that performed it? even if it’s just going to fix the leaky roof, they deserve as much help as they can get for offering their services to women in situations like this.

fuck off