Erin ConroyMay 14, 2023

If you can't choose whether to become a mom, with all its risks, #MothersDay is a cruel joke.

States enacting abortion restrictions increased their maternal mortality rate by 38%.

States with the toughest abortion laws have the weakest maternal supports.

Two of the women in the Turnaway Study DIED from giving birth after they were denied abortions.

https://www.npr.org/2022/08/18/1111344810/abortion-ban-states-social-safety-net-health-outcomes

Show threadErin ConroyMay 14, 2023

60% of people seeking abortion care are already moms.

Today is "the first Mother's Day since [GOP's Catholic SCOTUS]...struck down [our] constitutional right to abortion" in Dobbs.

58% of us now live in states where GOP legislatures ban or restrict abortion.

https://time.com/6276047/mothers-day-after-dobbs-abortion/

Flowers and Cards Are Nice. I'd Rather Have Bodily Autonomy

To mark the first Mother's Day since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Aubrey Hirsch drew a comic about the importance of bodily autonomy.

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Show threadRicardo HarvinMay 14, 2023

@chargrille "Just move", so many white people love to say.

58%

Show threadErin Conroy
@ricardoharvin 100%. I hate that response. It's just a way to evade thinking about & taking responsibility to help build the society that works for everyone. We can't just abandon people who are suffering harms, right now, to the bigots.
May 14, 2023 at 5:27pmWeb
Show threadRicardo HarvinMay 14, 2023
@chargrille Denial is a helluva drug; so sweetly seductive to far too many.