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I've had an "illegal" & a "legal" abortion. I wasn't raped. The pregnancies didn't threaten my life. I didn't already have children. I just didn't want to be pregnant.
I'm glad I had my abortions. They gave me the freedom to live the life I've chosen #RoeVWade đź“· @rerutled
I'm glad I had my abortions. They gave me the freedom to live the life I've chosen #RoeVWade đź“· @rerutled
Everyone who can get pregnant should have the right to a safe abortion on demand.
It can be hard to share #abortionstories. I've made mine available in both my languages, English and Arabic.
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It can be hard to share #abortionstories. I've made mine available in both my languages, English and Arabic.
Subscribe. It’s free. If you can pay, it helps to keep it free feministgiant.com
I am childfree by choice. Very happily so.
I have been able to choose to be childfree because I had access to safe abortion care--and "illegal" abortion and a "legal" abortion." No one should be forced to give birth.
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I have been able to choose to be childfree because I had access to safe abortion care--and "illegal" abortion and a "legal" abortion." No one should be forced to give birth.
feministgiant.com/p/unmothering?…
It took me 25 years to write about my abortions. For as long as patriarchy can shroud abortion with silence, it will continue to stamp it in shame. So I broke my silence to break free of shame. 📷 @rerutled feministgiant.com/p/abortion-is-…
A reason I decided to finally speak was to say what I'd long yearned to read: I had an abortion because I didn't want to be pregnant. That’s it. In so many of the abortion narratives I read, it was as if women were pleading for mercy & forgiveness that belonged to no one to give
it was as if they had to prove they were “worthy” of the abortion–whether by virtue of the pain they had endured in becoming pregnant (through rape or incest) or the pain they would endure by carrying the pregnancy to term #abortionstories
It is important to distinguish whether privacy or secrecy undergirds the silence that surrounds abortion, Carol Sanger writes in About Abortion: Terminating Pregnancy in Twentieth Century America. I look at the difference 👇🏽
Abortion concealment in contemporary society aligns not with privacy but with secrecy. That secrecy is a much darker, more psychologically taxing, and socially corrosive phenomenon than privacy,” Sanger says. feministgiant.com/p/essay-lies-s… #abortionstories
In 1998, when a referendum to decriminalize abortion in Portugal failed, artist Paula Rego made a series of works to highlight the "fear and pain and danger of an illegal abortion, which is what desperate women have always resorted to." #abortionstories
For as long as patriarchy shrouds abortion in silence, it stamps it with shame. Knowing that, I broke my silence so that I could break free of shame. đź“· @rerutled
It is incumbent on those of us who can, to talk. Not everyone can talk and survive.
It took me 25 years to write this. feministgiant.com/p/abortion-is-… #AbortionIsAHumanRight #RoeVWade
It took me 25 years to write this. feministgiant.com/p/abortion-is-… #AbortionIsAHumanRight #RoeVWade
It is important to share abortion stories that say simply: I did not want to be pregnant. In my case, I was not raped. I was not sick. The pregnancies did not threaten my life. I did not already have children. I just did not want to be pregnant. feministgiant.com/p/essay-the-se… #RoeVWade
I am childfree by choice. Happily so.
I published this on last year's #MothersDay. And here it is again for #MothersDay2022
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I published this on last year's #MothersDay. And here it is again for #MothersDay2022
feministgiant.com/p/unmothering?…
I have had two abortions. I did not want to have children. I was not raped. I was not sick. The pregnancies did not threaten my life. I just did not want to be pregnant.
It took me 25 years to write about my abortions.
#RoeVsWade #AbortionStories
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It took me 25 years to write about my abortions.
#RoeVsWade #AbortionStories
feministgiant.com/p/abortion-is-…
The few abortion narratives that are considered “acceptable” are often prefaced with trauma and pain—as if they were the price to be exacted for bodily autonomy.
It is important to share abortion stories that say simply: #IDidNotWantToBePregnant
feministgiant.com/p/essay-the-se… #RoeVWade
It is important to share abortion stories that say simply: #IDidNotWantToBePregnant
feministgiant.com/p/essay-the-se… #RoeVWade
I had an "illegal" abortion in Egypt and a "legal" abortion in the U.S. It took me 25yrs to write about them. For as long as patriarchy shrouds abortion in silence, it stamps it with shame. Knowing that, I broke my silence and broke free of shame. đź“· @rerutled #abortionstories
Patriarchy denies us ownership of our bodies, and isolates us through silence and shame.
Our #abortionstories are a way to say "I own my body." Our abortion stories are guiding stars out of isolation and towards solidarity and freedom from patriarchy. feministgiant.com/p/abortion-is-…
Our #abortionstories are a way to say "I own my body." Our abortion stories are guiding stars out of isolation and towards solidarity and freedom from patriarchy. feministgiant.com/p/abortion-is-…
It took me 25 years to finally write about my abortions. I was inspired and encouraged by women of colour who had spoken of theirs, and who said they wished they saw more people who look like them in abortion narratives. feministgiant.com/p/essay-the-se…
The few abortion narratives that are considered “acceptable” are often prefaced with trauma and pain—as if they were the price to be exacted for bodily autonomy.
It is important to share #abortionstories that say simply: I did not want to be pregnant. This is my story.
It is important to share #abortionstories that say simply: I did not want to be pregnant. This is my story.
I was not raped. I was not sick. The pregnancies did not threaten my life. I did not already have children. I just did not want to be pregnant. I am glad I had my abortions. They gave me the freedom to live the life I have chosen. feministgiant.com/p/essay-the-se… #abortionstories #RoeVWad
Abortion bans are intent on punishing us for daring to take ownership of our bodies and our sexual desire outside of the norms. They aim to police our bodies and punish us for sex outside of marriage between a man and a woman. #abortionstories #RoeVWade
I was not raped. I was not sick. The pregnancies did not threaten my life. I did not already have children. I just did not want to be pregnant. I had two abortions.
#RoeVsWade #AbortionStories @rerutled
#RoeVsWade #AbortionStories @rerutled
One in four pregnancies end in abortion. You know someone who has had an abortion. If you don’t know anyone, that is because the people you know who have had an abortion have not yet told you. feministgiant.com/p/essay-the-se… #RoeVWade #AbortionIsHealthcare #abortionstories
I was born in Egypt to a Muslim family and I know how rare it is for someone from my background to see themselves in abortion narratives. And because of that, I know how necessary it is for those of us who can share our stories to do so. It took me 25yrs. feministgiant.com/p/abortion-is-…
