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Jun 26 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Essay: The Seven Necessary Sins for Fighting Abortion Bans

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Abortion bans are driven by zealots and puritans. We must not dance to their agenda but instead fuck to our heart’s content whomever (with their consent, obviously) and whenever, secure in the knowledge and the right to determine the consequences. 
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We do not owe anyone an explanation or a reason for our abortion. Much like we insist on rejecting the “worthy victim” scenario of sexual assault, so too must we reject the “worthy recipient” of an abortion. feministgiant.com/p/essay-the-se… #RoeVsWade
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I have had 2 abortions. 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, to share our stories. #RoevWade #ourabortionstories feministgiant.com/p/essay-the-se…
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Fascism doesn't happen overnight. Theocracy is not built in a day. This white supremacist Christian theocracy will be excused and justified because and Christian--considered the default and therefore not dangerous. h/t 👇🏽 @rerutled
It's easy to see theocrats when they don't look like you.

The Supreme Court is stacked with Christian zealots.

And the theocracy they are consolidating is dangerous for the U.S. and the entire world. feministgiant.com/p/essay-the-ha…
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Thank you Saira, Rachel and Jess.

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It is important to share abortion stories that say simply: I did not want to be pregnant. #RoeVWade Mona holding up a sign that...
I have written seven essays that deal with abortion in various ways. This one is about ways to fight back against abortion bans feministgiant.com/p/essay-the-se… #RoeVsWade
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If you’re confused by army of white women celebrating the Supreme Court for overturning #RoeVsWade and praising Trump for “saving white life”:

I explain these footsoldiers of the patriarchy & tag team of white Christian women who helped build a theocracy feministgiant.com/p/essay-the-wh…
In the U.S. White women are afforded an innocence that is both a reward and a leash that ensures they work diligently on behalf of a patriarchy upon which their own livelihood depends. And which they must remember will hurt them because nothing protects you from patriarchy.
Those same white and Christian women are rarely analysed, examined and pathologized in the way that Muslim women are, as I’ve written here

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Jun 25
I've had an "illegal" & a "legal" abortion. I wasn't raped. The pregnancies didn't threaten my life. I didn't already have children. I just didn't want to be pregnant.

I'm glad I had my abortions. They gave me the freedom to live the life I've chosen #RoeVWade 📷 @rerutled
Everyone who can get pregnant should have the right to a safe abortion on demand.

It can be hard to share #abortionstories. I've made mine available in both my languages, English and Arabic.

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I am childfree by choice. Very happily so.

I have been able to choose to be childfree because I had access to safe abortion care--and "illegal" abortion and a "legal" abortion." No one should be forced to give birth.

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