When coat hangers replace critical thought and “reproductive freedom” means pharmaceutical dependence, girls are left with slogans instead of sex-based rights.
When women have to choose between abortion access and safety in single-sex spaces (meaning, keeping men out of women's bathrooms, locker rooms, prisons, and sports), safety will win out over abortion every time. Especially because it's safety not just for adult women, but girls as well. Here's something I wrote a while back.
I didn't vote in the last election. I couldn't bring myself to vote for Trump, but I knew I couldn't support Biden either. And the sole issue it boiled down to was the idea of "gender" as opposed to sex.
We all know that neither the Republicans nor the Democrats really support women or women's interests. The Republicans will sacrifice them on the altar of abortion bans and restrictions, and Democrats will sacrifice them to the belief that biological men can be women and can therefore share women's restrooms, changing rooms, and prison cells. In the most recent election, women had to choose between these two parties and these two potential threats to their safety. Since it's far easier for a woman to control her own fertility (at least until contraceptives are banned as well, lol) than it is to physically protect herself from a male-bodied individual who's been permitted access to women's single sex spaces, many formerly left-leaning women voted for Trump, or didn't vote at all.
This will be very hard for many Leftists to grasp; and they will tell themselves that people only voted for Trump because of racism or sexism. But for many of us, including women who formerly counted themselves as progressives and liberals, the protection of women and girls was more important that even the bodily autonomy granted by abortion rights.
“Since it's far easier for a woman to control her own fertility than it is to physically protect herself from a male-bodied individual who's been permitted access to women's single sex spaces, many formerly left-leaning women voted for Trump, or didn't vote at all.”
I see things a little differently. I weighed the benefits of supporting each side very carefully, and I had to pick the Democrats. It helped that it was Harris instead of Biden, I could not check the box for that man after what he tried to do to Title IX. But even though I passionately want single-sex sports, and female-only spaces, I had to vote Democratic, for the simple reason that women are literally dying from not getting appropriate medical care after miscarriages, in multiple U.S. states.
It’s horrible to have to worry about men peeping at us in our changing rooms, or worse, and it’s horrible to see girls and women losing to males in our sports, and what’s going on in prisons is shocking and a huge violation of basic human rights. But when I know that multiple women have bled to death because they couldn’t get a simple, therapeutic D&E, I have to prioritize reproductive rights. If I was 20 years younger, I could have been one of those women. I had an incomplete miscarriage that resulted in me hemorrhaging. Fortunately, I was in my doctor’ office, within a hospital, and they simply wheeled me to an ER and took care of the problem very quickly. If I’d had that happen in present-day, Texas, I would be dead now.
That’s just my personal choice. I still think this is a great essay!
You should know this is propaganda though. This was actually happening, and more, even woth RvW in place. I highly recommend reading the book Policing the Womb by Michele Goodwin. The only difference is that it was now being politicized and weaponized... otherwise no one seems to care. We need to be sharing good info so women know how to manage their reproductive bodies, pregnancy, miscarriages and births. Make sure they have resources to the relatively easily attained pills and other care.
That is why I have created this resource and will not vote Dems until they wake the fuxx up!
When women have to choose between abortion access and safety in single-sex spaces (meaning, keeping men out of women's bathrooms, locker rooms, prisons, and sports), safety will win out over abortion every time. Especially because it's safety not just for adult women, but girls as well. Here's something I wrote a while back.
I didn't vote in the last election. I couldn't bring myself to vote for Trump, but I knew I couldn't support Biden either. And the sole issue it boiled down to was the idea of "gender" as opposed to sex.
We all know that neither the Republicans nor the Democrats really support women or women's interests. The Republicans will sacrifice them on the altar of abortion bans and restrictions, and Democrats will sacrifice them to the belief that biological men can be women and can therefore share women's restrooms, changing rooms, and prison cells. In the most recent election, women had to choose between these two parties and these two potential threats to their safety. Since it's far easier for a woman to control her own fertility (at least until contraceptives are banned as well, lol) than it is to physically protect herself from a male-bodied individual who's been permitted access to women's single sex spaces, many formerly left-leaning women voted for Trump, or didn't vote at all.
This will be very hard for many Leftists to grasp; and they will tell themselves that people only voted for Trump because of racism or sexism. But for many of us, including women who formerly counted themselves as progressives and liberals, the protection of women and girls was more important that even the bodily autonomy granted by abortion rights.
“Since it's far easier for a woman to control her own fertility than it is to physically protect herself from a male-bodied individual who's been permitted access to women's single sex spaces, many formerly left-leaning women voted for Trump, or didn't vote at all.”
Yes, exactly this!
I see things a little differently. I weighed the benefits of supporting each side very carefully, and I had to pick the Democrats. It helped that it was Harris instead of Biden, I could not check the box for that man after what he tried to do to Title IX. But even though I passionately want single-sex sports, and female-only spaces, I had to vote Democratic, for the simple reason that women are literally dying from not getting appropriate medical care after miscarriages, in multiple U.S. states.
It’s horrible to have to worry about men peeping at us in our changing rooms, or worse, and it’s horrible to see girls and women losing to males in our sports, and what’s going on in prisons is shocking and a huge violation of basic human rights. But when I know that multiple women have bled to death because they couldn’t get a simple, therapeutic D&E, I have to prioritize reproductive rights. If I was 20 years younger, I could have been one of those women. I had an incomplete miscarriage that resulted in me hemorrhaging. Fortunately, I was in my doctor’ office, within a hospital, and they simply wheeled me to an ER and took care of the problem very quickly. If I’d had that happen in present-day, Texas, I would be dead now.
That’s just my personal choice. I still think this is a great essay!
Thanks, Elise. I appreciate your point of view, also.
You should know this is propaganda though. This was actually happening, and more, even woth RvW in place. I highly recommend reading the book Policing the Womb by Michele Goodwin. The only difference is that it was now being politicized and weaponized... otherwise no one seems to care. We need to be sharing good info so women know how to manage their reproductive bodies, pregnancy, miscarriages and births. Make sure they have resources to the relatively easily attained pills and other care.
That is why I have created this resource and will not vote Dems until they wake the fuxx up!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Bxr82GiWEEMHTOjp-oFWjbyrms3dhfZxVUMTVQPOdUQ/edit?usp=drivesdk
That said... I do not judge any Woman for the way she has decide to vote/not vote/be active in this movement. 💖✊🏽♀️
Powerful wrting! Thank you for your thoughtful words/work. ♀️✊🏽💖
Thank you for reading them!