Exactly. And after writing that I wondered if I was too harsh, so I read it to my husband (who also knows the dude, and sees him in more social settings). He said I was spot on, and he’s seen Dude turn down *interested* women because they were normal looking and/or over 35.

One of my male co-workers is the embodiment of a loaf of stale white bread. He wants “a wife.” Never “a partner”... a wife. He has a subscription to every online dating platform and is *that guy* who continues to visit a bar alone because the 23 y/o bartender is pretty, thinking he has a shot with her because she’s…

“Parents, role models who stayed in unhealthy relationships. Cultural traditions on how women are generally treated. The whole damn macho men culture thing.”

They would, because these would be intact baby-looking fetuses (if people are doing medication abortion into the 2nd trimester). Just because something looks like a baby doesn’t take away someone’s right to an abortion. Fetal recognizability is a big area of internalized abortion stigma even for prochoice folks.

That’s pretty judgmental. And my questions were rhetorical.

No, this is not at all like the coat hanger situation. There are plenty of resources online about how to self-manage abortion by pills, and taking pills to end pregnancy well into the 2nd trimester is the norm in many parts of the world (100% of 2nd trimester abortions in Sweden are by pills).

Other countries use abortion pills well into the 2nd trimester to end and pass pregnancies (in Sweden, for instance, 93% of all pregnancies are done by pills, including 100% of pregnancies after 14 weeks). The US and FDA are behind the times in reviewing and approving abortion medications, which is why this seems so…

Seriously — this woman carried on a 3-year abuse of a child, then tried to gaslight the situation by saying HE was harassing HER. So glad that backfired on her and her face is plastered all over news sites. I hope she does get real therapy, and I hope the now-teen victim does as well.

https://www.womenonwaves.org/en/page/650/who-are-we

This impacts people who provide abortions and work in repro healthcare. People are getting 0 notice that they don’t have a job anymore, or that their boss doesn’t know if they have a job while they await an injunction. This not only messes with pregnant peoples’ lives, it messes with the lives of everyday folks just…

Thanks for covering this. I plan to use this film in my Introductory Reproductive Justice course.

As someone married to a chef, the hands…can do a lot. On the other hand (womp womp), they have limited feeling in their hands and fingers from years of burns, cuts, handling hot pots and pans without gloves, etc. So the hands are talented but they look pretty messed up. JAW’s hands in The Bear are a bit too lily white…

Yet there are countless stories about people who got pregnant on their birth control. There are people who can’t take birth control, can’t afford it, don’t want to medically alter their bodies, whatever it is. The issue at hand is having abortions accessible to people who are already pregnant and need them -- wringing…

I came here to write something similar about being raised Catholic and how the author’s experience actually align quite well with the mission of Shout Your Abortion—but you’ve got it covered.

Perhaps limiting details to protect her privacy.

Audra, this is beautifully written. I’m so thankful you got to meet and know Carol. I never did, but I was trained by someone who worked for her and have had the honor to meet several folks who worked at the Center for Choice in the 80s and 90s. My abortion care training in the early aughts followed the Center for…

Disagree, there’s a lot of remote work in my general field and many states have agreements with other states. For example, a popular local/regional company’s workers can work full time remotely in one of 11 states.

Good luck! Take the doctor’s advice and take a few days off. My spouse tried to be up and working after 2 days and quickly regretted it. Ice, Ibuprofen, Netflix. Best wishes!

Got my IUD and recently vasectomy’d partner. He’s not on social media but recently went public about his procedure and has been fielding questions from other men curious or on the fence. He said, if you know you’re done having or don’t want kids, it’s literally the easiest and most effective method someone with testes …

No better time for remote work than now, for many reasons.