Pro-Choice, Pro-Voice, Pro-Human

Hi, my name is Abby (she/her/hers) and I'm unapologetically pro-choice. I want to create a space that educates people about their options and empowers them to make their own choices. I've been inspired by all the other pro-choice blogs out there and would...

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Turns out that Harvard is actually good

[purposelessnessismypurpose]

A friend of mine nailing it today.

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Best. Best.

[feminismandmedia]

Mod Applications Opening:

Hey friends! So as you may have noticed, we’ve gone on a bit of an answering spree - I think we’ve found that with our schedules the amount of asks we get is too much for the amount of mods we have right now. 

This means we want to open up mod applications again! 

Mod Application Form

*Please fill this form out and submit it to me. None of these forms will be posted and are for my eyes only.

Requirements:

Must be a feminist

Must have time to get on at least a few times a week

Must be able to admit when you’re wrong.

Must be ace inclusive

Must be abortion positive

Must be LGBTQIAAPN+ inclusive

Must be inclusive of PoC

No TERFs or REGs allowed

Must be able to not only answer asks but also reblog/create posts.

Some notes: this is a hard job and you’re going to be put under a magnifying glass. Something I love about FAM is that I’ve been able to be wrong, but also to own up to my mistakes. This is something you HAVE to be willing to do. To be gracious and understanding, and to listen to people.

Even if you don’t fill out the application, reblogs would be appreciated!

- Mod Bethany

Form under the cut.

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[feminismandmedia]

We are especially looking for women of color! So if that’s you or you know someone who is interested, apply and share this with them!

Mod Bethany

[reproductivejusticeandliberty]

This is one of my favourite blogs and I’d love it if one of our awesome followers became a new mod for them! -V

[feminismandmedia]

😭😭💕💕

[ppaction]

Judge Rosemarie Aquilina tossing aside a letter written by Larry Nassar is everything.

[faythinthemusic]

I want to be really clear about something: Planned Parenthood has done more to prevent abortion than the pro-life movement ever has.

[savordance-lifesupport]

Yup, preventing abortion by giving abortions. Makes sense!

[apoeticmindset]

No you fucking crusty nutsack giving people the education and the tools to not become pregnant in the first fucking place

[black-to-the-bones-deactivated2]

that’s all.

[justthebubble]

I, for one, am VERY thankful, that my then quite young, unmarried and scared parents, recognized me as the tiny human being that I was instead of a “choice”, did not deny me of my right to live, and did not let me become one of the 29.5% of babies (1,574,000) to be aborted in the USA in 1986!

[howprolifeofyou]

I, for one, am VERY thankful, that my then quite young, unmarried and scared mother, recognized that abortion was the right choice for her when she was in an unstable relationship and still trying to get her footing in a new job and school, and did not deny herself of her right to make that choice for herself. 

I am thankful that she made the choice to become a parent later on after she met my father and her life was more stable, and chose to have me and my younger sisters. 

I am thankful that my mom made the best choices for herself because without her having an abortion I and my sisters would not exist today.

[officialclinicescort]

I am forever thankful that my mother in law, stuck in an abusive relationship at the age of nineteen, chose abortion for herself when her abusive scumbag boyfriend got her pregnant. She knew having a child with someone like that would connect her to him forat least eighteen years, and she knew that someone who treated her so poorly would be a terrible father. She chose abortion for her own safety, and was eventually able to escape her abusive boyfriend. Shortly after, she met my late father in law. They got married, and my husband was born shortly after.

If my MiL hadn’t made that decision for herself, my husband wouldn’t be here today. I’m thankful for her courage and to the doctors who helped her safely get the treatment she needed.

[zamarons-for-choice]

I’m thankful to have been born in a time where my mother had options. She carefully considered them and decided to carry to term, and now here I am. I’m thankful she wasn’t forced or coerced into keeping a pregnancy because I love and respect her.

[bi-trans-alliance]

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[mmarkle]

all y’all had to do was vote for hillary clinton

[yayitsjenni]

I’m reblogging this every single time it pops up.

[wtfced]

yall shoulda voted for bernie first and hillary wouldnt have lost

[hennypendergrass]

And by y’all we mean

[autistic-speedbump]

But didn’t the DNC literally blacklist Bernie from the media and decide to back Hillary before the primaries even started?

[iammyfather]

Yea which makes it so much more delicious.  Even with NO exposure for nearly 25% of primary and declared the loser 12 hours BEFORE the CA and NJ primary.  He still was only beat by super delegates ( I’m talking about the many people that saw the game was rigged when they declared DURING the primaries).

[technogenic-mess]

Yeah, it’d be a shitload more productive if people would stop trying to blame everything on Bernie supporters and maybe throw some of that shade at the DNC officials who fucked literally everyone over.  They bankrupted the DNC following the reelection of President Obama, and found themselves in a position where the only way to keep the party afloat was to rig their own primaries to the benefit of Hillary and corporate donors even when they knew that Hillary couldn’t win.

Or maybe you could throw some shade at the Russians for interfering with the elections so blatantly that over a dozen intelligence agencies raised the red flag on the 2016 election cycle.

Alternatively, you could throw some shade at the electoral college for not carrying out their Constitutional mandate of keeping madmen and demagogues out of the White House.

Still need more options?  Throw some shade at the media networks who used Trump’s insanity to boost their own ratings, and who suppressed coverage of the DNC’s corruption For Some Reason™.

Hell, let’s keep the train rolling: let’s throw some shade at the GOP who has consistently turned a blind eye to every form of villainy possible, from Trump and the Russians to a rogue’s gallery of pedophiles and sex offenders.  Turning a blind eye wasn’t enough?  Then how about the fact that they’ve actively obstructed every single investigation into the election?  Dwight Eisenhower is probably spinning so hard in his grave that he’s achieved some kind of quantum superstate.

But no, let’s continue to blame the people for a disaster that was caused by the complete corruption and total failure of every single democratic institution in the United States.

[lovethythrall]

Yup.  The DNC was fucked.  It was still what happened. It was still legal.  Bernie himself told everyone to ignore it and vote Hillary, because it was too fucking important to keep Trump out of  office. He knew that we needed to work with the system we have currently to be able to fix it in the future.  Why is this difficult to understand?  Why is Sanders (the guy who I voted for) idealized and damn near worshiped right up until this point?   Yes, he was upset at the DNC. Yes, he was betrayed. Yes, he eventually became an independent. Yes it’s all very worthy of our, and his, contempt.  BUT HE STILL THREW HIS SUPPORT BEHIND CLINTON.  It was too important not to. So what happens? Enough people in swing states went for third party candidates, or otherwise offered protest votes FOR Trump, that Trump won the swing states. Third party votes were literally enough to win it for him.  In the end, the voting that took place due to  moral outrage at the DNC effectively handed Trump the presidency. That’s not a blame game. That’s not some partisan bullshit. That’s just numbers.  That’s why Sanders told us to fucking vote for Clinton. Yes, the DNC is corrupt and fucked. Yes, the GOP is corrupt and fucked.  Are you surprised by this?  You shouldn’t be. That’s more or less the reason people wanted Sanders in office in the first place, and its a reason why a substantial number of others blindly believe in Trump’s promises.  But mindless, angry, idealism will not win the day.  We have to work from within the system that exists today to reshape it into system we want tomorrow.  Throwing your votes away ( or especially to the opposition), will not change shit.  Shut the fuck up about not wanting to be blamed. Seriously, if this is your takeaway you need to step back and re-prioritize.  If you threw your vote away third party , or as a protest, in this election when you otherwise wanted Sanders to win, you effectively contributed to Trump winning the presidency. That’s not opinion.  It’s literally math. And yes, it’s bullshit. Want it to change?  Want to at least keep it from getting worse?  Then quit shouting “it’s not my fault” in more words, and vote intelligently to keep people like Trump out of office.

[protego-et-servio]

I’m still kind of confused why Hillary didn’t make Bernie her VP choice, though. He was obviously very popular and it would have been a concession for people who were strongly in favor of Bernie. (It may have kept some of those votes from going toward 3rd party or petulantly voting for Trump, too.)

Why choose Tim Kaine?

[thatdiabolicalfeminist]

Why is an adult/child dating relationship automatically abuse?

As a teenager, you are growing and learning at a phenomenal pace. Month by month you are becoming savvier, wiser, more socially equipped. That rapid development continues into your 20s. So as a teenager, a big age gap is a REALLY big age gap, because you are learning and changing so much so quickly during that time. It’s not totally about “maturity” though - it’s about power. As you get older, younger people start to look up to you. They might trust you to know things you really don’t, because you’re older and you know how to say stuff convincingly. Getting older also means learning all the different ways people  pressure or manipulate each other. Most of us are still learning about this stuff into our 20s - even if we’re really smart and mature. Someone having a lot more of this knowledge than the person they’re dating means the power in the relationship is uneven, because the older person can pressure you in ways you can’t recognise or defend against.

And I’m sure teenagers have noticed that if you get into a conflict with an adult, other people take the adult’s word over yours. Even if you’re right. Even if you need help. So if you date an adult, that person has power over you that, even if they don’t try to use it, really does effect how the relationship works. There’s no way to have a healthy relationship with that big a power difference, because you can’t make choices the adult doesn’t like without worrying about what they’ll think or do. You’ll end up in situations you’re uncomfortable with and not have the tools or social power you need to get out of them.

The other piece is - adults who date teenagers are looking for something they can’t get in their usual dating pool. For most adults, dating a teenager wouldn’t even occur to them, because they understand how wrong it would be. Adults have our own groups of friends, our own ways to meet people our own age, and if an adult is flirting with kids they’re looking for something they can’t get from someone who’s old enough to catch on.

The adults who seek out teenagers want someone they can pressure and manipulate. They’re looking for an abusive relationship, and like all abusers they’re really sneaky about it at first - but they have the added advantage of knowing tricks you haven’t had time to learn yet, as well as the advantage of being listened to when you won’t be.

Every smart, mature kid feels older than their age at least some of the time. I know I did. But being really smart and really mature doesn’t make you an adult - having had years and years of being around other people and learning the little social things that you can’t get from books is part of it. Having the power of an adult - the freedom to come and go as you please, being listened to by the people around you - that’s the other part.

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[wanderingobsidian]

These are giving babies chemical burns!!!

Please reblog and spread the news to not buy Parent Choice diapers due to them having harsh chemicals that harm cause terrible burns to little ones like this.

[blackxrose92]

So I’ve used the Parent’s Choice brand wipes and diapers on my son before, they literally melted his skin off. After about 2 minutes after contact, his skin turned red hot and started blistering. We were able to get an emergency visit with his pediatrician, but he still has scars where the wipes and diapers burned him over 2 years later. This brand is AWFUL. How it’s still on the market? I have no fucking clue, but do not EVER EVER EVER gift these to someone with a newborn or small infant. The wipes actually have alcohol in them (I tried using the leftover wipes on my own ass and ended up with a nasty rash).

Err on the side of caution and go with a smaller pack of pampers or huggies, or even get a cheap starter set of cloth diapers (ToysRUs sells a small econo pack for $15), but DO NOT use these diapers. There’s no worse feeling than seeing those scars and knowing you inadvertently caused them by making a careless purchase.

[starlight-rain]

BOOST TO BABY HAVING FOLLOWERS

[bando--grand-scamyon]

WTF!!!! O_O

[catvampire]

don’t hatewatch the heathers remake

don’t hatewatch the heathers remake

don’t hatewatch the heathers remake 

don’t hatewatch the heathers remake

let it die in complete quietness

don’t give it social media attention or revenue when it premieres

[pro-abortion-rights]

Pro-lifers and terfs aren’t feminists pass it on

[itsforfox-deactivated20190302]

I’m pro life and feminist. I think that anti lifers truly aren’t feminist. If you want to be feminist, maybe you should stop telling women that they cant succeed without abortion. Maybe you can stop telling women that they cant go through the pain of pregnancy. Maybe you should stop telling women that they are less then themselves when they have a child.

[officialclinicescort]

Show me a pro choice person telling someone that. Show me evidence of pro choicers literally telling pregnant people that they are too weak to handle pregnancy, or that they can’t succeed in life unless they abort. Show me these pro choicers who are apparently telling pregnant people everywhere that they must abort because having a child would make them “less than themselves.” Because you fuckers keep harping on about all this shit we apparently say but, big surprise, I literally have not once met a pro choicer who has told a pregnant person that they were too weak for pregnancy or couldn’t handle parenthood and had no choice but to abort.

I don’t want some anecdotal “I knew a girl in college who had nine abortions in two months and told my friend she had to abort” bullshit, I don’t wanna see some clearly not pro choice edge lord making crass abortion “jokes”, I want solid evidence that this rhetoric is even half as common in the pro choice community as you insist it is.

Cut the theatrics. Either put up or admit you’re a manipulative liar and shut the fuck up.

[officialclinicescort]

@itsforfox Still waiting.

[officialclinicescort]

@itsforfox That’s not what I asked for and you know it. I’ve seen that argument plenty of times, I’ve even used it myself, because it is a perfectly valid counterpoint to what you even acknowledge to be a “dumb” pro life argument. It has nothing to do with the topic at hand and does nothing to prove your wild claims. You made a very specific claim, I asked for very specific examples. Prove the things you’ve accused us of doing or admit that you’re full of shit.

[ace-feminist]

@itsforfox Saying that having children changes your life and can prohibit you from doing things and pursuing careers isn’t misogynistic or sexist, it’s true.my mother would not have been able to make it through medical school if she’d had me 5 yeas earlier, because pregnancy is really hard and children require attention, more attention than a med student can give. Those are just facts.

[orestian-deactivated20180120]

fun fact - the human uterus automatically rejects and flushes out/kills around 70% of all fertilized eggs, so defining life as beginning at conception essentially makes it illegal to have functional reproductive organs.

[blackswallowtailbutterfly]

The human uterus is one of the most hostile places for an embryo to implant. Guess all of our uteruses are potential serial killers.

[rootfauna-deactivated20180326]

And it’s hostile because human pregnancy is incredibly dangerous by all accounts compared to the rest of the animal kingdom, so bear that in mind whenever someone says “Just go through with the pregnancy and give it up for adoption”

[zenosanalytic]

And not only is pregnancy in the US Particularly Dangerous, it’s even more so for the Poor and Rural, and even more for Black Women, most often as a result of stress-related illnesses and lack of prenatal care. 

Oddly enough, the self-professed “pro-life” don’t seem to give a damn about any of this, and actively support a political party whose policies have 1)created this problem, 2)actively prevent fixing it, and 3)frequently deny it even exists.

[whatareyoureallyafraidof]

  If you’re complaining the judge was mean to Larry Nassar, you are a poor excuse for a man…or even a human being!   He abused more than 150 girls! 150! And, those are only the ones we know about; the ones who came forward!