#I also don't want to make getting pregnant harder when I already have endometriosis

[ftmdilfmode]

So if anyone wants to know how my mental state is going, I found someone online who's within reasonable driving distance from me and we have pretty much all of the same kinks, including breeding and pregnancy, and I'm genuinely entertaining the idea of running away with them and our kids and immediately pausing my testosterone and getting Clomid off the dark web to try to give them a twin pregnancy as soon as we can realistically be together.

So I'm totally stable and normal.

I'm fine.

My anniversary with my partner is Thursday.

I'm fine.

[queerpunktomatoes]

I'm so glad you asked, because it's really important.

From Project 2025 (which yes, Trump has distanced himself from, and yes, he is mentioned in the document over 300 times by name, and yes, Agenda 47 is almost exactly the same thing, can we all just agree that Project 2025 is Trump's plan please.) -

“Because liberal states have now become sanctuaries for abortion tourism, [The Department of Health and Human Services] should use every available tool, including the cutting of funds, to ensure that every state reports exactly how many abortions take place within its borders, at what gestational age of the child, for what reason, the mother’s state of residence, and by what method.”

Basically, he wants to track abortions. That's important because (among other things) he's also said that "[people] who get abortions should be punished." (As far as I'm aware he hasn't specified what that should be, but we have in the past seen doctors performing them go to prison and be charged large fines.)

But to track abortions the most effectively, you need to track pregnancies. Project 2025 calls for government tracking of pregnancy and will cut federal health funding for states that don’t comply.

HIPPA, the Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act of 1996, does not cover digital data.

So imagine, for example, you (or someone you know) gets pregnant and decide to have an abortion. You don't track your period, because you don't have one. A week later, you track a heavy bleed. Now imagine for some reason someone suspects you had an abortion and reports you to the powers that be. Your period tracking data can be subpoenaed by the court. Is that evidence on its own? No. But it sure doesn't make your case look good.

But this isn't just an issue for people having abortions. US pregnant people are already getting legal action taken against them for having miscarriages. Imagine how much worse that would be if there's data involved.

Or maybe you, like I, have PCOS or endometriosis or another condition that impacts your cycle. The data is going to be all messed up, adding potential evidence to a pile for something you shouldn't be in court for in the first place.

GRANTED - deleting your period tracking app is not a *solution* per say. Medical records exist. Pregnancy tests exist. If there is data to be found, especially if you're a POC, cops will find it. It's disgusting. But it's true. When we say to delete the apps, we're really saying make it harder for them to punish you. Don't hand them your data.

(And if an app is more accessible for you than say, a notebook [which isn't exactly secure either], try and use one that's not based in the US like Clue. They'll have a harder time getting your data.)

Go, my chaos gremlins! FLY, MY PRETTIES!