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I am here and able to mother my incredible daughter because of the health- and life-saving abortion I had when she was three years old. #YouKnowMe
The decision we had to make was so personal & difficult - the idea of having to *prove* to lawmakers that I would be in danger or sick enough to warrant an abortion is absolutely monstrous.
Again, think about these laws in terms of practical implementation. How sick does a woman need to be in order to have a legal abortion? How high would my blood pressure have to skyrocket? Would my liver have to fail before lawmakers would deem me "in danger"?
This "single most extreme case" happened *to me*. So yeah, that feels pretty fucking normalized.

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Naomi W once wrote a disgusting & false piece about the women Julian Assange raped so I’m not overly sad for her
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I'm LIVID that this @USATODAY opinion column wasn't fact-checked - it's irresponsible & dangerous usatoday.com/story/opinion/…
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And this, claiming that "natural miscarriage" is different than abortion. There is literally no medical way to tell, and women who the state deems 'suspect' will absolutely have to prove their miscarriages weren't deliberate. Why did no @USATODAY editor take this to task?
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If you're outraged about what's happening in Alabama, support @YellowFund - they fund abortions in the state and help women on the ground. I'm donating right now, please join me. yellowhammerfund.org
If you donate $100 or more to @YellowFund, send me a screenshot of the receipt and I'll mail you a signed copy of one of my books!
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Since I was a kid I wanted to watch "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind" by Steven Spielberg. Start the movie and first thing that comes up?

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