Posts Tagged: prochoice
Abortion Shouldn’t Be Rare and It Isn’t
From the most recent data available from the Guttmacher Institute and the American Journal of Public Health, approximately 1 in 4 women will have had at least one abortion by the age of 45. While this statistic does not include research around trans men and non-binary people that obtain abortions, it still goes to show that this is a very common procedure; but people do not choose to talk about it that way. I’ve seen protesters outside of clinics with signs that say “women regret abortion” and “men regret lost fatherhood”, and other anti-abortion phrases. In my early exposure to organizing around and for abortion rights, I found that many people I worked with, and even myself, would say things like, “No one wants to get an abortion…it is such… Read more »
Pro-Choice: A Mindset Beyond Reproductive Rights
As I have progressed through my life so far, I have learned that my mindset heavily influences how I perceive other people and the world around me. This is not so much in a good mood/bad mood sense, but how I measure other people’s actions in relation to the law and morality. As a pro-choice woman, I have learned how I distance myself from reproductive issues and decisions by not asking, “What would I do in this situation? What would I choose?” Adopting a pro-choice mindset when it comes to abortion and reproductive rights gives me a greater perspective, realizing that every person makes different decisions regarding their reproductive health for their own unique reasons. Unless I am asked for guidance, the only decisions I should measure and take part… Read more »
