Thread by @monaeltahawy

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 had two abortions.
#RoeVsWade #AbortionStories @rerutled

https://twitter.com/monaeltahawy/status/1521889247690731527

One in four pregnancies end in abortion. You know someone who has had an abortion. If you don’t know anyone, that is because the people you know who have had an abortion have not yet told you. feministgiant.com/p/essay-the-se… #RoeVWade #AbortionIsHealthcare #abortionstories

I was born in Egypt to a Muslim family and I know how rare it is for someone from my background to see themselves in abortion narratives. And because of that, I know how necessary it is for those of us who can share our stories to do so. It took me 25yrs. feministgiant.com/p/abortion-is-…

I was inspired and encouraged by women of colour who had spoken of theirs, and who said they wished they saw more people who look like them in abortion narratives. My essay on my abortions is available in Arabic via @itmeansagift translation
feministgiant.com/p/-?s=w

My most recent essay The Seven Necessary Sins for Fighting Abortion Bans will soon be available in Arabic too feministgiant.com

For more #abortionstories that don't always appear in the narratives we see, read Dr. Meera Shah's book You're the Only One I've Told, which I was glad to blurb
chicagoreviewpress.com/you-re-the-onl… #RoeVWade

I enthusiastically blurbed Dr. Shah’s book because the narratives are vital and because she is one of the few women of colour doctors I know of who write openly about providing abortion care. #abortionstories

But I felt like a coward because I had yet to share my own stories, especially when the three women of South Asian descent told Dr. Shah that not seeing more women from their ethnic background in abortion narratives made their abortions lonelier and harder feministgiant.com/p/essay-the-se…

I have had an "illegal" abortion and a "legal" abortion. Criminalizing 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. #abortionisahumanright feministgiant.com

Thank you all who’ve shared their #abortionstories ❤️✊🏽💜