#ilu-486

[gwydionmisha]

Summary: In the not-so-distant future of Virginia, the Personhood Act has outlawed abortion and chemical birth control. That doesn’t mean they don’t exist, though. ILU-486 for Evil Dr…

[skybluecassowary]

HELLO THERE, WE HEARD U NEED THIS.

DON'T WORRY, WE LOVE YOU.

EVERY PART OF YOU BELONGS TO YOU.

Short story: ILU-486

Summary: In the not-so-distant future of Virginia, the Personhood Act has outlawed abortion and chemical birth control. That doesn’t mean

I read this story every couple of months, and each time it hurts more.

[sassypanties-blog]

watching 12th and delaware makes me realize how wide and varied american opinion is on abortion is and it makes me scared as shit. maybe i shouldn't watch documentaries like this because i end up feeling like amanda chung's ILU-486 (amazing short story read it now) could become reality.

[brofisting]

In the not-so-distant future of Virginia, the Personhood Act has outlawed abortion and chemical birth control. That doesn’t mean they don’t exist, though.

Terrifying-- just as it should be.

[roane72]

Momentarily interrupting all of the fangirling to share this short story I just read. It's not fic. It's dystopian and scary as hell because it's POSSIBLE. A response to the Personhood Act in Virginia.

[sternly]

She’d done what she’d heard whispered about at work in the diner, put a red kerchief on her window sill and closed the sash, just letting it hang there, and after about three days she’d noticed it was gone. In its place was a little flowerpot with a little violet sitting precariously on the ledge. She’d found the packet with the pills and the paper inside the dirt, under the roots, and almost wept with relief. Now, she waited for something to happen. Maybe the cops would come. Maybe it was all a set-up. Her kids slept on. She could hear her upstairs neighbor kick on his video game machine and load some game with a lot of machine guns. There was a knock at her door, and Rachel felt her heart almost stutter. She plodded to the door. Maybe she could just ignore it and it would all go away. She was in the process of reaching for the doorknob when she was seized with a cramp and she had to freeze, suck in a breath. No, there was no going back, not since she’d swallowed a few pills the day before. She swung the door open and was grabbed by the arms before she could even say anything. “This won’t take long,” someone hissed in her ear. “We love you. Every part of you belongs to you.”

ILU-486: In the not-so-distant future of Virginia, the Personhood Act has outlawed abortion and chemical birth control. That doesn’t mean they don’t exist, though.

[whiskeyandsilk]

A bleak look into a future where birth control and abortion are against the law.

[sarahribu]

If you read anything today, read this. Its rare a story makes me cry twice but this definitely is pitch-perfect.

Everything coming out of America these days fucking terrifies me.