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May 8 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
For what will likely be the last #MothersDay before Roe v Wade falls, for @TODAYshow @TODAY_Parents I spoke to moms who had abortions and who say access to abortion care is the reason why they’re the people and the moms they are today.

today.com/parents/moms/a…
"I have been able to live my life in choice. And even when my kids make me feel crazy, I love them and I chose to have this life with them. I cannot imagine being forced to be a mother." - Holly, 42
“I always knew I wanted to be a mom and have children. I just knew that moment was not the time.” - Amanda, 45
“Abortion is the ultimate gift. I wouldn't be here without it. It's the most impactful thing that's happened in my life. It allowed me and my husband to have our daughter.” - Frankie, 30
"The best parenting decision I made was not to be a parent when I wasn't ready. I've had such a wonderful, bright life. And I didn't know myself at 21. Now I know myself, and I've had so many different experiences.” - Jenny, 46
“I definitely knew at that time, for the first time, that I wanted to be a parent, and very much knew it wasn't the right time.” - Michele, 37

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May 8
It’s impossible not to think of all the Ukrainian moms spending #MothersDay displaced, in refugee camps, in bunkers, fearing for their families, mourning, fighting for their country, or those who are no longer here at all.

It’s an honor to have shared so many of their stories.
Like Olesia, who was forced to flee Ukraine at 38 weeks pregnant and who safely gave birth to her daughter, Kira, who loves to sleep, eat and recently smiled for the very first time. today.com/parents/pregna…
And the 3 Ukrainian moms held captive in a basement by Russians for 25 days. A grandmother who protected a young Ukrainian girl from likely rape. A mom who found a way to feed her infant. Another mom who had to tell her 7 yr old Russians killed his dad. today.com/parents/parent…
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Apr 26
Today I interviewed a victim/survivor of Larry Nassar, who shocked me when she said I was the first and only reporter to ever do a trauma-informed interview with her.

Fellow reporters, this should be standard procedure by now.
Check in w/your interviewee regularly incase they need a beat. Encourage them to look for signs of overwhelm/anxiety in their body. Remind them that they don't have to answer questions they don't want to. Let them know a pub date so they can prepare.

It all makes a difference.
It doesn’t matter if they’ve been interviewed two times or 1,000,000,000 times — there is no timeline to trauma, so treat every interview as if it’s their first & prob triggering. If possible, check in a day or so after the piece is published, just to see how they’re feeling.
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Sep 15, 2019
Men like Kavanaugh believe causing women pain is just a rite of passage; a fun & entertaining exercise of their birthright on their way to positions of power. And we all watched how men like Kavanaugh respond when that birthright is questioned.
My abusive father laughed after he choked me unconscious. After hitting me he would stand over me & sneer. The abuse was an exercise of his power — a power he believed endoweded by god, because he was a devout Christian — and that exercise, for him, was fun. It was reassuring.
The man who raped me laughed when I begged him to stop. He taunted me when I tried to kick my way from underneath him. The rape was an exercise of his power — a power he believed he intrinsically held over women (he had assaulted his ex-girlfriend, too) — and it was, to him, fun.
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May 9, 2019
All my love, strength, & solidarity to people who’ve been made to re-live, re-tell, and re-visit their miscarriages, ectopic pregnancies, stillbirths, and other pregnancy & infant losses as a result of anti-abortion laws championed by forced-birth advocates & politicians.
Those trying to force people into parenthood think people who have miscarriages and people who have abortions are at the opposite end of the spectrum: that we’re at war with one another. But in so many ways and in many cases, we are one and the same.
Abortion is just one of many common, normal outcomes of pregnancy. So many of us have a miscarriage, then go on to have an abortion(s). Or have babies, then have an abortion(s). Or have an abortion(s), then go on to have babies.
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Jun 14, 2018
According to Jeff Sessions and Sarah Sanders, the Bible supports the Trump administration's family separation policy. Here's a thread of bible verses Sessions & Sanders should peruse (because apparently separation of church & state is no longer a thing): #FamiliesBelongTogether
Exodus 22: 21: "You must not mistreat or oppress foreigners in any way. Remember, you yourselves were once foreigners in the land of Egypt." #FamiliesBelongTogether
Deuteronomy 10:17-18: “The Lord your God is the God of all gods and Lord of all lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God who doesn’t play favorites and doesn’t take bribes. He enacts justice for orphans and widows, and he loves immigrants, giving them food and clothing."
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