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🧵Since the Dobbs Decision was issued and state abortion bans have taken effect, people with disabilities and chronic health conditions have been suddenly denied access to medications they'd used for years to manage their symptoms and treat flares. 1/4 #BansOffOurBodies
The reason for these denials? Medications like methotrexate, commonly used to treat conditions like rheumatoid arthritis & lupus, are abortifacient. In states where abortion is criminalized, so too could supplying these meds to anyone who needs them. #DisabledAndProChoice 2/4
@AAPD and others raised these concerns to @HHSGov & @WhiteHouse, and they were responsive. Today, HHS issued guidance to pharmacists that they may not refuse to fill prescriptions for methotrexate and similar meds. 3/4 #DisabledAndProChoice hhs.gov/sites/default/…
More disabled groups need to come out vehemently for abortion access. Banning abortions puts disabled people at significant risk. Many would be put at increased health risk if they were forced to bring a fertilized egg to term. #BansOffDisabledBodies #DisabledAndProChoice
If your disability org truly supports bodily autonomy for the disability community, you should be supporting bodily autonomy for disabled women and those that can become pregnant. #DisabledAndProChoice #BansOffDisabledBodies
Bodily autonomy is not just for disabled cis het men. It's for all disabled people. Your org is being hypocritical if you don't support abortion access. Point blank. #DisabledAndProChoice #BansOffDisabledBodies
