Thread by @ZhiZhuWeb

@NARAL Too many people fall for the emotional propaganda about "saving babies' lives" and don't stop to think about the lives of the women whose freedom of bodily autonomy is being taken away.

@NARAL If you want to save children’s lives, there are many ways that you can help save a child in the USA.

Adopt one of the 400,000+ kids in the US foster care system. You might not be saving their lives literally, but to them, you will be a life saver.
adoptuskids.org/meet-the-child…

@NARAL Volunteer to tutor poor children living in shelters. They are among the most likely to drop out of school. A little tutoring and encouragement might help them graduate high school and have a better chance at a decent job.
childtrends.org/indicators/hom…

@NARAL Vote for politicians who support SNAP and other programs that provide food to the many poor children living in the USA. Trump and the GOP keep cutting funding and making it harder for poor families to feed their children.
motherjones.com/food/2019/03/t…

@NARAL Vote for politicians who support free, easily accessible medical care for children. Democrats passed CHIP (Children’s Health Insurance Program) in 1997, but Republicans keep cutting CHIP’S funding.

Lack of health care KILLS CHILDREN.
washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2…

@NARAL Vote for politicians who support free, easily accessible birth control for everyone over 13.

Free, long term birth control (implants, IUD’s, vasectomies) has proven to be the best way to reduce abortions in several studies.

Here’s one:
denverpost.com/2017/11/30/col…

@NARAL Help literally save the life of a random child by signing up to become a living organ donor.

Yes, donating a kidney is risky, but so is pregnancy.
americantransplantfoundation.org/about-transpla…

@NARAL Or get tested to see if donating some of your bone marrow could save a child’s life:

bethematch.org/support-the-ca…

@NARAL Should I mention the lives (and deaths) of the children that the Trump administration is putting in detention camps in the USA?

You could sponsor a migrant family and help save the lives of their children.
uscis.gov/greencard/affi…

@NARAL There are many ways that you can help save a life.

Taking away a woman’s #FreedomToChoose what happens to her own body is NOT saving a life. It’s enslaving one.

It’s forcing a woman to risk her life (maternal mortality is high in the US) to give birth against her will.