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[justinspoliticalcorner]

Massachusetts Just Legalized Abortion Throughout Pregnancy

Congratulations to the advocates & lawmakers who made it happen

Jessica Valenti at Abortion, Every Day:

Okay, I promised I wouldn’t work on my vacation, but this news was too good not to share: Massachusetts just legalized abortion throughout pregnancy, becoming the 10th state to allow abortion after 24 weeks.1 At a bill signing ceremony today, Gov. Maura Healey said, “We believe that health care decisions should be made between women and families and their doctors, not politicians.” Until now, abortion later in pregnancy was only permitted to protect the patient’s life or health, or because of a grave fetal diagnosis. The Prioritizing Patient Access to Care Act changes Massachusetts law to allow abortion after 24 weeks “when based upon the professional judgement of the physician.”

“It comes down to a simple, but powerful conviction,” bill sponsor Rep. Christine Barber said. “Decisions about abortion care must remain between a patient and their provider. No one else.” Barber said she was inspired to introduce the legislation after hearing from patients who were forced to leave the state for abortion care. Kate Dineen, for example, had to travel to Maryland after learning her son suffered a massive stroke in utero. As devastating as her diagnosis was, it didn’t fit the narrow legal requirements for abortion in Massachusetts. “I am profoundly grateful that our state leaders are righting this wrong once and for all,” Dineen said today. I wish women didn’t have to relive their most traumatic moments to create legislative change, but I’m so awed by those willing to do so—all in the hope it might save another woman from similar suffering. Something that’s not getting nearly enough attention: the legislation also clears the way for clinic-based care after 24 weeks—it struck down Massachusetts’ requirement that abortions later in pregnancy be performed in hospitals. That’s a big deal!

Massachusetts just became the 10th state to legalize post-fetal viability abortions, permitting abortions after 24 weeks “when based upon the professional judgement of the physician.”

Right-wing and anti-abortion media are running with the inflammatory framing that the commonwealth legalized “abortion up until birth.”

See Also:

Resistbot: Massachusetts Just Repealed the Compromise It Wrote in 2020

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Official Post of Massachusetts

[female4female]

Trying to find a girlfriend as a radical feminist is hard :(

[radfemme-rage]

pick 2 of 3 max:

• she’s a radical feminist

• she’s into women (i.e. she’s a lesbian or a bisexual who… actually likes women)

• she exists in real life and not just a screen

[kronkk]

Peak the terf girlfriend you wish to see in the world

[abwwia]

Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins (May 23, 1859 – August 13, 1930) was an American novelist, journalist, playwright, historian, and editor. She is considered a pioneer in her use of the romantic novel to explore social and racial themes, as demonstrated in her first major novel Contending Forces: A Romance Illustrative of Negro Life North and South. In addition, Hopkins is known for her significant contributions as editor for the Colored American Magazine, which was recognized as being among the first periodicals specifically celebrating African-American culture through short stories, essays and serial novels. She is also known to have had connections to other influential African Americans of the time, such as Booker T. Washington and William Wells Brown. Via W

[average-exxistence]

'She is defined and differentiated with reference to man and not he with reference to her; she is the incidental, the inessential as opposed to the essential. He is the Subject, he is the Absolute she is the Other.'

- Simone de Beauvoir

[woman-for-women]

[desaturated7-deactivated2021090]

[its-terf-or-nothin]

This! A lot of the most popular porn categories fetishize men abusing women. Painal, beating, choking, etc. Men definitely know porn is unethical, they’re not clueless, they just don’t care and will defend anything that turns them on.

[onevoltperoctave]

one day, maybe far off in the future, maybe sooner than we might imagine, a girl will be born. her mother will have had been treated fairly and with care throughout her pregnancy. no assumptions will be made about the girl's personality, behavior, or her future. she will be taken care of and loved, she will be mentally and physically stimulated and enriched throughout her childhood, encouraged to play in mud and to learn about what interests her. she will go to a school that provides her with a quality education equal to that of her peers. she will be able to engage in physical activity and sports against other girls her age and experience teamwork, camaraderie, and both the thrills of success and the ache of loss. she will be educated on her body, how it works, its unique strengths, and how to take care of it as best as we know how. she will be encouraged to pursue her hobbies regardless of what they are. she will be able to pursue higher education without barrier or fear. when she gets older, she will be able to party and go to bars with her friends without fearing for her safety. she will be able to go on dates without an emergency plan. she will be able to pursue any career of her choosing without discrimination by hiring managers, coworkers, managers, and bosses. she will be able to support herself, she will not be financially coerced by an individual or by the economy to pursue a relationship with a man she does not desire on her own. she will be able to easily access medical care from female providers. she will be entirely at liberty to determine if she desires companionship, male or female, without being it being incentivized, pressured, or deemed necessary by anyone other than herself. she will be able to determine, with no external influence, if she desires to have children. if she does, she will be treated with care and respect, just like her own mother, and she will be just as loved and cared for if she chooses to not procreate. she will be able to live her life entirely for herself, without the eyes of a man on her back. and when the day comes that her life ends, her wishes will be respected, her body will be treated with care, and the only name on her gravestone will be her own.

eventually, the women of the future will look back at our time and wonder how we did it. our answer will be that we did it for them, so that they could live our greatest dreams.

[crimson-femme]

Mabel Hampton (1902-1989)

[serial-unaliver-deactivated2024]

there was a tiktok I made a while ago basically saying "your abusive ex boyfriend is more likely a misogynist than a narcissist" and while most people agreed some said I was victim blaming(?) and that I couldn't know what their ex is like, and while obviously I don't, every fucking person describing their narcissistic ex is describing a typical misogynist. ask yourself, is this behavior you associate with narcissism directed at women or does he treat his male friends the same way? is his general functioning in life impaired?

many people don't seem to know this, but a mental disorder is NOT based on symptoms alone, it's based on how much the symptoms actually impair you in daily life. most people could look at a list of mental disorder symptoms and identify either themselves or someone else with them. as far as a narcissistic personality, we all know people who appear more self absorbed than others, but this is typically subclinical narcissism (presence of narcissistic traits without significant impairment of functioning) which is not a disorder. there is also a misunderstanding of what npd is. a narcissist is not a supervillain invincible to emotion. npd is a defensive reaction to trauma that lead to deep insecurity and fear of being seen as weak or vulnerable. so narcissists aren't actually "in love with themselves" at all and often are diagnosed when seeking help for other issues such as substance abuse resulting from their struggles.

this focus a lot of abused women in online pop psychology have on narcissism is particularly concerning because it completely glosses over misogyny which is literally a huge factor in violence against women. people really only know misogyny as a surface level thing. they don't know it can lead to family annihilation, for example, and is one reason most family annihilations are committed by the husband. it's always "this man is a sociopath" "this man is a narcissist" when the man's behavior is driven by ideology. I am so fucking tired of everything being tied to mental illness and left at that. you know what this leads to? courts "fixing" abusive men by...giving them anger management therapy. guess what? it doesn't fucking do anything because the problem isn't mental instability leading to anger, it's targeted, purposeful abuse. we are getting nowhere

[hermitknut]

Become Very Well-Read Without Reading Anything by a Man

Look, I've read and enjoyed a lot of books by men, I just get... tired. This list includes a range of genres (classics, literary

So I lost my temper with all of the “books you must read before you die” “books to read to be considered well-read” lists that were like, at least 75% male, and made a different list. Obviously it’s skewed by what I’m familiar with, but I’ve tried to get it to be a broad range. Give it a go!

[aeroposter]

[woman-respecter]

it’s so hard for me to listen to heartbroken/angry breakup songs by straight men bc no matter how good the song is i’ll be like i’m not sure if i fully believe you. let’s hear her side of the story.

[dwewi66]

[phoenix-gal]

#sisters never let men gaslight you into thinking we had it so easy before the equal rights amendment#cooking for a huge family and farming and doing all the housework and cleaning and laundry and sewing and it goes on and on#we have never been free but we enjoy unprecedented rights

Women fought to not only get paid, but for recognition of their own work as well, and the ability to exist outside the home and to be treated as, ya know... actual people.

[nicenormalwitch-deactivated2026]

[kiefbowl]

partnered sexual activity should be mutually beneficial, mutually wanted, and mutually pleasurable. it should be free from harm and abuse. it should provide a feeling of satisfaction, joy, companionship, and relaxation. it should not feel like something to overcome, something to master, something to deliver, something to perform, or something to recover from. it should be done with someone worth being vulnerable and trusting with, it should be worth having that connection carry with you for the rest of your life. your sexual partners may come and go, you may not love them, or you may think you did, or you might just want to act on very intense feelings in the moment that are special then but in the light of day evaporates, and that's okay that's life, life is messy and untidy. But you'll remember this person, and you will share with them this memory, even if you fall out of touch, and so they should be worthy to you. Your body, your life, your memories, your pleasure, your future, your bared self...these should be special to share, this should be an important decision. don't let bad people trick you into thinking it's just a transaction and nothing more. don't let people use you as masturbation. you gain nothing from that.

[opalescentfem-deactivated202604]

the best skincare routine is not wearing makeup

[gnomebutch]

ummm buddy don’t you know that conservatives view two adult women who want to get married exactly like how they view men in diapers who post online about wanting to get raped by dogs ? better start defending them or you’re next

[gnomebutch]