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Jul 6, 2018, 9 tweets

Time to talk about women's reproductive health and dispel a few myths. I'm not one for long threads, so bear with me here. I have a lot of thoughts on this.

The main thing I think gets lost in partisan rhetoric is that we ALL want there to be fewer abortions. But how?
#RoeVWade

2) Let's start with a universal truth.

🔥Making abortions illegal does not make them less common.🔥

Ever.

#LegalSafeRare

dailykos.com/stories/2018/3…

3)
Just in case you thought this was an American phenomena.

It's not.

Other countries have learned the hard way that punitive measures don't work.
#RoevWade

economist.com/international/…

4)
Indeed, the rates of unsafe abortion in places where it is illegal are heartbreaking.
Clearly, making abortion illegal didn't do much for these countries.

So what can we do?

#LegalSafeRare
economist.com/international/…

5)
Unsurprisingly, @PPFA does a lot to PREVENT abortions. And yet, the right loves to attack them. In fact, the vast majority of PP's work is reproductive health & prevention.

Which begs the question... Why does the right attack PP?
#SafeAndRare

newyorker.com/news/daily-com…

6)
Republicans LOVE abortion. I'm not even kidding. They love showing abhorrent pictures of dead babies to scare people into voting for them. Fear is their choice for #GOTV
Fear of:
#immigrants
#gunsense
#women
They are ruled by fear.

#LegalSafeRare
slate.com/news-and-polit…

7)
While reading this @Slate article gave me hope, I have serious concerns. It's not 1990. The number of women who remember the days before #RoeVWade are fewer. I'm not sure the younger generation entirely understands the danger we are in.
#SafeAndRare
slate.com/news-and-polit…

8)
But how DO we prevent abortions?
It might be a good idea now to look at what works. Colorado is leading the way here.
#prevention
#education
#healthcare
colorado.gov/pacific/cdphe/…

End
Which brings us to our current situation. Will the #GOP get rid of Roe V Wade with their last judge pick & lose their #GOTV incentive? Or will they do what they've always done and lie to their base while chipping away at #WomensRights ?
It's hard to know
Take no chances
#Vote

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