Abortion in the news can stir up a lot emotions. Emotional responses to abortion can change over time w/knowledge & experience. If you find that you could benefit from non-judgmental support in processing your abortion there are free resources available.
This is a thread of Pregnancy Resource Centers in Tx that you can turn to for support. If you're able, donating and volunteering enables them to keep their doors open to care for women and children.
The Women's Health Protection Act proposed by Senator Blumenthal overrides all state laws to enshrine unrestricted abortion access across the nation prior to viability, and generously post viability. Please contact your senator.
It begins with the lie that women's reproductive systems prohibit us from fully participating in economic & social life. Rather than accommodate our biology in these spaces, their "solution" is to expect us to sacrifice our children to bring our biology more in line with men's.
1) A human being is ALWAYS a human being. That's not controversial. What you're describing is "personhood", which applies subjective standards (these vary significantly) a human must meet before attaining protection of their human rights.
@Hope60833958@c0norfarrell@leapsaw@covesa@LifeGaveyuLEMON Often, as with abortion, personhood is defined to exclude a subgroup of humans those in power find less valuable in exchange for a personal benefit gained by that groups oppression.
@Hope60833958@c0norfarrell@leapsaw@covesa@LifeGaveyuLEMON 2) It is not true that pro-life advocates stop caring about the mother or child after the child's birth. We support a variety of methods of support. As we're not a monolithic group (we agree on protecting humans before birth from harm, but vary widely on other isses),