Thread by @monaeltahawy

Now that we know that the Supreme Court will overturn Roe v Wade...1/2

politico.com/news/2022/05/0… h/t @rerutled #RoeVWade #SCOTUS

Remember the terrorist, the attorney general, and the Supreme Court justice--and the battalion of white, Christian women--who helped destroy abortion rights and build a theocracy feministgiant.com/p/essay-the-te… #RoeVWade #SCOTUS

Convicted terrorist Raychelle “Shelly” Shannon can claim that she firebombed a path for Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch, the face of te law that ended the federally protected right to an abortion, and Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who has dealt the deadly blow. #RoeVWade

I have had an "illegal" abortion and a "legal" abortion. Decriminalizing abortion does not eradicate it nor make. it rare. It makes it dangerous and often deadly for the poorest and most vulnerable people who can get pregnant. feministgiant.com/p/abortion-is-… #RoeVWade #SCOTUS

I use inverted commas because I reject the State’s attempt to control my uterus. I reject its power to declare what is “legal” or “illegal” when it comes to my abortions. The State can fuck off w/ its opinions about what I can & can’t do with my uterus. That control belongs to me

I was not raped. I was not sick. The pregnancies did not threaten my life. I did not already have children. I just did not want to be pregnant. I did not want to have a child. And so I had two abortions.
#RoeVWade #SCOTUS

I am glad I had my abortions. They gave me the freedom to live the life I have chosen.

Fuck the Supreme Court.

feministgiant.com/p/abortion-is-… #RoeVWade #SCOTUS

My essay this week was going to be times with the U.S. release of @IFC film #Happening which is based on Annie Ernaux's autobiographical novel about her "illegal" abortion in 1960s France. I saw the film at a screener last week. It is incredible.

And now with this leak about #SCOTUS overturning #RoeVsWade, I feel like I'm writing a letter from my past to the future which is eerily similiar.

We too often think that progress is linear. That rights secured will never be lost. Fuck the Supreme Court.
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My essay is also available as an audio essay (click on the link above) and in Arabic.

I had my 1st abortion in Egypt, where abortion remains illegal in almost all cases. And my 2nd abortion in the U.S. where abortion rights are being gutted

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"I wrote Happening to preserve the memory of the savagery inflicted on millions of girls and women," Annie Ernaux #Happening @IFCFilms

Happening is on release in the US on May 6

theguardian.com/film/2022/apr/… #RoeVWade

"In the pre-Roe v. Wade era –– a time when abortion was a crime in most states and even circulating information about abortion was a felony in Illinois –– the Janes provided low-cost and free abortions to an estimated 11,000 women." #TheJanes @HBO

hbo.com/movies/the-jan…

"The Janes tells the story of a group of unlikely outlaws. Defying the state legislature that outlawed abortion,the Catholic Church that condemned it & the Chicago Mob that was profiting from it,the members of Jane risked their personal & professional lives to help women in need"

I just today watched a screener of The Janes via @HBO. It will broadcast on June 8.

We will need underground Abortion providers. Again.

I will be speaking with a Jane for my essay. feministgiant.com #RoeVWade #SCOTUS

Fuck the Supreme Court.

feministgiant.com/p/if-amy-coney… #RoeVWade #SCOTUS