Thread by @monaeltahawy

It is #InternationalSafeAbortionDay.

I have had 2 abortions. 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. feministgiant.com/p/abortion-is-…

When abortion is “illegal,” it does not make it rare nor eradicate it. It makes it dangerous and often deadly for the poorest and most vulnerable people who can get pregnant.

Abortion must be safe and accessible to all.

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For as long as patriarchy can shroud abortion with silence, it will continue to stamp it in shame.

So I broke my silence to break free of shame. #InternationalSafeAbortionDay

One of the reasons I decided to finally speak was because in so many of the abortion narratives I read, it was as if women were pleading for a mercy and forgiveness that belonged to no one to give feministgiant.com/p/essay-lies-s… #InternationalSafeAbortionDay

it was as if they had to prove they were ‘worthy’ of the abortion – whether by virtue of the pain they had endured in becoming pregnant (through rape or incest) or the pain they would endure by carrying the pregnancy to term feministgiant.com/p/essay-on-abo… #InternationalSafeAbortionDay

It was as if they had to prove their abortion was a ‘good’ one because they were ‘good’.

Abortion bans are driven by zealots and puritans. feministgiant.com/p/essay-the-wh… #InternationalSafeAbortionDay

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… #InternationalSafeAbortionDay

Abortion is normal. It is healthcare. Remember that as we mark #InternationalSafeAbortionDay on September 28.

One in four women has had an abortion (the study presented date on cis women), including me. feministgiant.com/p/abortion-is-…

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It can be difficult to write about abortion and I wanted to make sure my essays were available in both of my languages.

Thanks to paid subscription to my newsletter, I commissioned @itmeansagift to translate them into Arabic
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