I cannot begin to describe the anger and distress I’ve felt today at the passing of the anti-abortion law in Alabama, joining the ones already passed in Georgia, Mississippi, Kentucky, and Ohio, but fuck here’s the real kick in the throat:
It’s only going to get worse
Our constitutional right to our bodies will be systematically stripped from us because it was Ohio and Georgia and Mississippi and Kentucky yesterday and it’s Alabama today but tomorrow it will be your state because the Koch brothers and their ilk have been working to turn state legislatures red for decades to pass dangerous laws that they know will ultimately make it before the Supreme Court and then we will find out if Mitch McConnell’s long game has payed off and they’ve stacked the court enough (with a Brett Kavanaugh cherry on top) to reach this exact moment where they get to overturn Roe v. Wade
To quote Shirley Chisholm, “No matter what men think, abortion is a fact of life. Women have always had them; they always have and they always will. Are they going to have good ones or bad ones?”
People don’t stop having abortions just because they’ve been criminalized. Abortions will still happen they just won’t be safe. Women will die. Girls will die. And my god if my stomach doesn’t turn at the thought of the old frantic and desperate measures women took to end a pregnancy. My heart hurts. It hurts for the girls who are victims of rape and incest and are forced to carry the resulting pregnancy to term or face steeper consequences than the men who raped them. It hurts for people who misscarried and have to hide their agony out of fear. It hurts for anyone who doesn’t want to be pregnant but is now forced to be.
Our choices and our rights are being taken from us so we have no choice but to fight.
It’s no use feeling upset and angry if you won’t do anything about it
Call your federal, state, and local reps to see where they stand on abortion and health care and make your stance as their constituent known
Planned Parenthood and the ACLU plan on fighting these laws and they need funds to do it but also consider giving to the Yellowhammer Fund which provides funding for anyone seeking care at one of Alabama’s 3 abortion clinics and will help with other barriers to access (travel, lodging, etc.) as well as they are able. The legal fights are important, but we need to help people right now, because legal battles are long and the people of Alabama don’t have years to wait for the courts to pass judgement.
There are elections every year at the state and local levels that will affect you far more than any federal election ever will. Who your governor is matters. Who represents you in your state’s legislature matters. The people on your state’s Supreme Court matters.
You have an obligation to vote if you want to live in a country where people have the right to their own body.
Don’t stand by and let your rights be taken from you. Put up the fight of your life. It’s your life.
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