10.1.25
Some excellent encouragement from Jessica:
We Will Save Us
Let’s start with an important reminder: it may not feel like it, but they’re losing. I know that’s hard to believe when we’re watching our humanity treated like political fodder. But just to put things in perspective: Republicans may have been able to pass these awful bans, and they may be loud and in charge—but they are not stopping abortions.
We are saving each other, every day, in every community.
That doesn’t erase the terrible denials of care we’ve seen since the end of Roe—we know these bans have caused unthinkable suffering and death. But for all their political power and bluster, the anti-abortion movement has not been able to stop abortion. That’s a big fucking deal, and something that should make us feel proud.
New numbers from the Guttmacher Institute, for example, indicate abortion medication has likely gone up in states with bans. (The group found that fewer people crossed state lines to get abortion care, and that there was a 5% drop in abortions performed by clinicians in pro-choice states.) That lines up with the most recent #WeCount study, which shows telehealth abortions are increasing in banned states—largely thanks to shield law protections for doctors.
All of which is to say: there are a lot of people working very hard to make sure as many women as possible can get the care they need—no matter what the law says.
It’s like Shout Your Abortion says, “we will save us.”
