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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