Self-managed abortion with pills is a safe, effective way to end a pregnancy.
You can purchase abortion pills before getting pregnant.
But please don't run on pill distributors unless you expect to possibly use or have a real plan to redistribute pills in your community. (1/4)
Via virtual abortion doula-ing for folks who are self-managing, I see the pandemic-related supply chain issues & shipping delays have vastly improved from where they were. But people with $ panic-buying a lot of pills could take them out of the hands of someone in need. (2/4)
There are tangible, meaningful ways for those new to the abortion rights fight to engage, wherever they are. Start with your local abortion fund (abortionfunds.org/need-abortion/)
We don't need "auntie networks" or for anyone to stockpile pills with no meaningful way to redistribute them.
We need radical investment in existing structures that can get people their care. We need to empower each other to provide and have abortions on our own terms. (4/4)
Seeing I need to add: Plan B is not an abortion pill. Medication abortion is a different drug than emergency contraception. More factual info on #SelfManagedAbortion with pills here: reproaction.org/six-things-abo…
Now that we're here: one thing we're NOT gonna do is compromise our values to pull Warren, Biden, Pete, or even Amy stragglers to Bernie. We can build for Bernie & still hold him accountable for issues he's assumed to be morally superior on where he actually needs to do work.
I can tell you now a sure-fire way to push Warrenistas away (more than snakes & general assholery, while vile) is to excuse away his imperfections when Bernie + campaign have had real problems that most women candidates would be tarred & feathered for by the left. Some examples:
He's not that great on many foreign policy issues: everyone assuming he wouldn't again vote for/sign off on drones or other kinetic operations (like in pre-war Iraq) is fooling themselves or misunderstands the type of person that seeks national office. theguardian.com/us-news/2015/o…