Boots ChantillyI’m going to start this #OurAbortionStories 🧵 by sharing that despite always using contraception, I’ve been pregnant 3 times. I have a son (the Pill); I’ve had an #abortion (the Sponge+spermicide jelly); & I’ve had a miscarriage (tubal ligation). If the miscarriage hadn’t ended my 3rd pregnancy, I’d have had a 2nd abortion. If I hadn’t had access to a legal abortion, I’d have had an illegal one. & if I hadn’t had access to that, I’d have committed svicid3. W/O even the slightest hesitation. +
Pregnancy makes me super sick (hyperemesis gravidarum, hypotension, & more); bearing my son was a waking nightmare—I labored 36 hrs & his birth almost killed my bony butt; & while I adore my son & have always loved being his mom, I did NOT want more children. EVER. Furthermore, at the time of my #abortion, I was battling my toddler son’s father for a divorce; in my 1st yr of college; & working a couple of jobs. I’d been trying to find an OB/GYN willing to “tie” my tubes for 2 yrs. +
I couldn’t afford a pregnancy (much less another child), nor was there any way I could physically handle pregnancy or childbirth.
But most importantly, I didn’t WANT to.
& no one—including me, including you—should be forced to grow & bear unwanted babies.
No one.
NO ONE.
EVER.
Bodily autonomy is a fundamental human right. Period, end of conversation. /end #OurAbortionStories #WeTestify #AbortionIsAHumanRight #abortionisessential
TheJen will not comply@BootsChantilly I also was one and done. He damn near killed me.
@TheJen Too many ppl just don’t get it. Having said that, I kinda don’t care who gets it & who doesn’t. Ppl need to keep their gd noses out of other ppl’s bedrooms & uteruses.
Olson@BootsChantilly I had a OBGYN male doctor that said I was good breeding material and said he wouldn’t tie my tubes.
@BootsChantilly oh, and I was 23 years old, and he hit on me.
CharJTF 
(she/her)@BootsChantilly When my son was almost three, I got pregnant. Unlike you (not a criticism!), my chronically ill body loved being pregnant. (My kidneys behaved the entire time.)
And then I had an incomplete miscarriage that required an abortion.
Without it, I would gotten sepsis. Which is what would happen if TFG ends up back in the White House.
@CharJTF Oh, I’m sorry—but I’m so glad you were able to access the care you needed. Some ppl do pregnancy rly well. Some ppl don’t. & like you, some do pregnancy rly well—until that minute they don’t. Which means each of us must be free to choose whether or not we wish to risk our health, our careers, our education, our financial security, our relationships, our bodies, our futures, our lives. 😔 #AbortionIsEssential
@BootsChantilly Thank you 💜 Yeah, the major problem with TFG's abortion laws is they don't account for anything that falls under "do pregnancy really well--until that minute they don't". Well, that and so many other things, like men who don't actually know how birth control pills work or even how women getting pregnant.
One thing I've done is make sure my son knows those things 🙂
@CharJTF Same! We really need to raise smarter, more compassionate, more curious men.