#abortionisahumanright

[hersmartchoiceclinic]

Women’s Reproductive Rights: A Must-Address Issue On International Women’s Day

The struggle for women’s empowerment has been long and hard-fought, with generations of brave and outspoken women paving the way for greater equality in society.

From the suffrage movement to the #MeToo movement, women have made remarkable strides in terms of rights and opportunities.

Despite the progress that has been made, there is still a lot that needs to be done.

One of the concerns in this regard is women’s reproductive rights. As we celebrate Women’s Day this year, it is essential to also take a stand to fight for women’s reproductive rights.

Let’s Make This Women’s Day Count For Women’s Reproductive Rights

People from all around the world should come together to recognize the power of women and their rights. We should celebrate the hard-fought battles and progress made in terms of gender equality and look to the future to empower women and protect their reproductive rights.

Those who don’t know reproductive rights refer to the rights of individuals to determine freely and responsibly whether they want to keep a child or not and to have the information and means to do so.

From fighting for equal pay to defending access to healthcare, it’s time to stand together and honor the struggles and successes of women everywhere.

Roe v. Wade Is A Grave Danger to Women’s Reproductive Choices

In recent years, the right of women to access reproductive health services has come under attack in the United States.

Laws have been proposed and implemented that limit or deny women access to reproductive health services such as abortion, contraception, and prenatal care.

This has been particularly detrimental to low-income women and women of color.

Her Smart Choice believes reproductive rights are fundamental human rights

At Her Smart Choice - women’s health clinic, we believe

Reproductive rights are essential for achieving gender equality and empowering women to take control of their lives.

Reproductive rights empower women to determine their reproductive health and to make decisions about when and how often they will have children.

They also allow women to make decisions about their sexuality, relationships, and reproductive health without fear of coercion or discrimination.

We must ensure that laws are not passed that limit or deny women access to reproductive health services. People should stand up for policies and programs that provide women with the education and information they need to make informed decisions about their reproductive health.

Let’s Join Hands Together

We can join the fight for women’s reproductive rights by supporting organizations that are fighting for women’s rights and lobbying our representatives to support policies that protect women’s reproductive rights. We can also volunteer with organizations that are working to provide reproductive health services to women in need.

Let’s stand up for the right of women to access reproductive health services and to make decisions about their reproductive health free from discrimination and coercion.

We must be relentless in our efforts to protect and respect their decisions, and to empower them to make their own choices about pregnancy, birth control, and abortion.

We must strive for equality and justice so that all women can access the care they need and the respect they deserve.

We all should use this day as an opportunity to come together and fight for women’s reproductive rights.

This Women’s Day, let’s commit to fighting for women’s reproductive rights.

Originally published at https://hersmartchoice.com on March 10, 2023.

[surelookbutnothingtoseehere]

[queersatanic]

A lot of what we've talked about is fun, and as much harm as they're doing, The Satanic Temple is mainly wasting the time and resources of the government.

But here Matt Kezhaya switches to talking about something much more sinister:

An Austin individual who I am now suing for defamation reported me to the Minnesota bar because I included her “real identity” in a demand letter and because I was mean to her compatriots on the internet.

This. Rat. Fuck.

A woman, The Satanic Housewife, warned people on TikTok that The Satanic Temple cannot help people get abortions and has a history of abusive behavior.

TST threatened to sue her and forced her to record a "retraction" which she read verbatim under the threat of litigation.

The Satanic Temple sued her anyway.

Nevermind that she was largely accurate, and overly generous where she was inaccurate:

The Satanic Housewife's complaint, by the way, was that The Satanic Temple had sent her government name and home address out to a bunch of random email addresses they thought might be hers, while identifying her as a Satanist in the process.

Not really "being mean on the Internet", is it?

These are people who spend your money to support literal fascists, intimidate critics, and now we know, actually pay contractors to stalk their "suppressive persons" online.

How can you continue to support The Satanic Temple and make excuses for them?

"At least they're DOING something!"

This is what these ghouls are doing. They've done worse that will come out. They will do worse that will come out. But this is enough.

Or at least it should be.

It has cost us $100,000 now to defend ourselves from Doug Misicko's and Cevin Soling's punitive lawsuit.

We have suffered harassment and our loved ones have been stalked by people apparently paid to do it, likely paid out of donations people think are helping fight for abortion access.

If you want to know more, we have tried hard to make it easier to read and understand for everyone.

But know this: this is not a fight between equals. This is not a matter of "drama", and whatever problems you have with our "tone" or our "tactics" or think we "fucked around" and now are "finding out", just remember that The Satanic Temple will not stop with — because they haven't.

We were not the first people TST threatened to sue, and since we've stood tall, they also have sued Newsweek, it's reporter as an individual, and now this woman who made a video on TikTok:

If you are organizing on antifascist, antiracist, and anarchist principles, do not let members of The Satanic Temple into your spaces.

Not even their local chapters, not even their "independent" members who just like to say "Hail Satan!" and enjoy how The Satanic Temple pisses off conservatives.

Because if TST supporters are willing to justify all of this on behalf of their organization, we can say with some experience there is no bottom to what else they will go along with.

The Satanic Temple is an abusive, incompetent religious organization

We have made a lot of detailed criticism about The Satanic Temple while providing copious sourcing so no one needs to have faith in us or our characterizations of this abusive, incompetent religious organization.

There is no real disputing what is verifiable or defending what is indefensible.

And yet: Many still seem to think that "at least The Satanic Temple is doing something" in the fight for abortion access and justify their donations and other support accordingly.

Well, let's look at what the Temple is doing in Texas with the federal abortion-access case TST has been pursuing since February 2021.

First some idea of scale.

With the help of overly credulous traditional media seeking clicks and the exploitation of desperate, vulnerable people looking for a reason to hope, TST raised hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations between the announcement of the Texas "'bounty bill" going into effect in September 2021 and the end of Roe v. Wade in June 2022.

But it's hard to track exactly how much TST is bringing in beyond what they announce themselves, whether programs like "Amazon Smile" are included or in-addition-to, and then of course all of the for-profit corporations and their revenue sources.

Stuff like membership cards people also buy because they think it provides abortion protections sends money to for-profit United Federation of Churches, LLC, dba "The Satanic Temple", for example, not tax-exempt church The Satanic Temple (Inc.).

All of that money pouring into TST's coffers, controlled by just two men, and to be spent on what — we don't know what.

But we can see some of the court cases and how they're going; in fact, most are not about abortion at all and are going quite poorly.

The Satanic Temple is very bad at court cases.

For The Satanic Temple, Inc. et al v. Hellerstedt et al ("Ann Doe I"), we can see that the case is currently paused because TST's lead counsel Matt Kezhaya, who is based out of Arkansas and Minnesota, is appearing as a guest in Texas (that is, "pro hac vice").

However, Kezhaya has behaved so badly in other courts across the country, he's been sanctioned at least twice since TST Inc. v Hellerstedt started.

The federal district court judge in Texas stopped everything till Kezhaya explained himself to the court.

This is that explanation:

[driathunderwolf]

Hey everyone with a uterus on my friends list. With the current bs events taken place in this horrific time line, I just wanna give ya a PSA. Join the Satanic Temple, Islam, or convert to Judaism. Those religions have a religious and holy book right to grantee the life of the mother. Abortions are mandatory when the life of the mother is stressed or threatened. Don't let the zealot Christians in our government control you. Take a stand and secure the rights they are trying to take from you. You have options. Don't let them tell you otherwise.

#abortionrights #abortionisawomansright #abortionisahumanright #abortionistransmensright

#egalitarian #AbortionIsHealthcare #christianity #satanism #TheSatanicTemple #judaism #islam #christians #christianzealots

[inksider]

The hardest decision

The hardest decision a woman can make isn't yours

https://www.instagram.com/p/CfWla-aKWbH/

[half-bloodprincess]

Right now abortion is still legal but should the supreme court pass their vote, it may not be for many. Check out plancpills.org (@plancpills) for up to date info on how to access abortion pills online. aidaccess.org (@aidaccess) offers a service where doctors prescribe abortion pills to keep in your medicine cabinet in case of a future unwanted pregnancy. It's 2022 and women are still fighting for their rights. How long will it be until we are finally treated as equals? ❤️‍🩹 #roevswade #roevswadesupremecourt #abortion #abortionrights #abortionishealthcare #abortionisahumanright #womensrights #womensrightsarehumanrights #equalrights #equality #mybodymychoice #prochoice #prowomen #herbodyherchoice #yourbodyyourchoice #hisbodyhischoice #supportwomensrights #supportwomen #strongwomen (at United States) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdLwFVirTri/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[bloodygirlgang]

Starting Wednesday, someone seeking an abortion in Texas found themselves in a dystopia episode of The Handmaids Tale.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ That's because Texas, with a measure signed into law by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, has authorized "any person" who does not work for the state or city government to bring a civil lawsuit against any doctor who performs an abortion after six weeks -- or anyone who aids or abets in the procedure. At the same time, Texas has rewritten the rules of civil lawsuits, changing where abortion providers can be forced to go to court, whether they can receive attorneys' fees and when they have standing to sue on their patients' behalf. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ For nearly a half-century, since Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court has consistently upheld the right to terminate a pregnancy prior to the fetus being able to survive outside the womb — generally 22 to 24 weeks. And it has consistently blocked laws that cut back significantly on that time frame.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This time, though, the court majority ducked when faced with the Texas law, which also delegates enforcement to private individuals. Specifically, the law confers on any individual the right to file suit for money damages against a clinic, or any person who aids or abets an abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #thehandmaidstale #texashandmaids #handmaidstexas #roevwade #abortionisahumanright #endwhitesupremacy #hangerabortion #texasabortionlaw #bloodygirlgang (at Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTX0ej8BcSm/?utm_medium=tumblr

[worldoffrausto]

BREAKING VIA: @aclu_nationwide ➡ The Supreme Court has not responded to our emergency request the block Texas' radical new six-week abortion ban, SB8. The law now takes effect. Access to almost all abortion has just been cut off for millions of people. The impact will be immediate and devastating. · #RickFraustoFineArt Ruth Bader Ginsburg 2 Drawing, 2019 #originaldrawing on archival paper Dimensions: 6 X 9 inches · #StopSB8 #SB8 #BansOffOurBodies #txdeservesbetter #abortion #texas #abortionishealthcare #reproductivehealth #abortionisessential #reproductiverights #abortionisahumanright #AbortionRights #protectRoevWade #SupremeCourt #Feminism #ArtForSocialJustice #WomansRights #VisualActivism #MyBodyMyChoice #ProChoice #FightFacism #Artivist #ArtIsLife #KeepAbortionLegal #VOTE #RBG #RuthBaderGinsburg #NotoriousRBG (at Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTSPdewJNER/?utm_medium=tumblr

[childoftimeandmagic]

January 22 was the 47th anniversary of Roe v Wade. It’s also a year and a half since Ireland repealed their constitutional amendment which made abortions for any reason illegal (May 25, 2018). I grew up in a post Roe world listening to these debates of pro-life vs. pro choice. I think these debates are silly. One is steeped in religious and false science while the other is built on respect and the belief that people should be able to make their own choices regarding their health. I don’t debate my opinion of being pro-choice, but I defend my right to have unrestricted access to healthcare and learn about the best choices for my body and my mental health.

Also Roe v Wade didn’t magically create abortions. Women have been getting abortions for centuries. We have the recipes for tonics to take, herbs to use, physician records. Women have died and continue to die from induced abortions through unsafe and illegal abortion practices “coat hook”, “falling down the stairs”…. Currently the best way to avoid an abortion is to understand and have comprehensive sexual education in conjunction with access to contraceptives and regular visits with an OB/GYN while still having the option if you chose to have an abortion, AVAILABLE. Teaching, listening, compassion, and kindness matter. The person making the choice matters. My dream is to live in a world where anyone with a uterus is respected and left alone to make their own choices free from governmental intervention on what makes an abortion morally right. “My body = My Choice” is not a small matter. It’s what allows people with uteruses the independence to not have to rely on the good will of their partners for support or turning to back alley clinics. Remember if abortions are made illegal tomorrow they’ll still happen but more people will die from unsafe practices. A right is a great thing, but without access a right is useless. It’s not my job to police what the person next to me does with their body anymore than it is for them to police mine. #ourstoriestotell #roevwade #protectroevswade #plannedparenthood #prochoice #abortionrights #abortionisahumanright #prochoiceisnotproabortion https://www.instagram.com/p/B7qMRBgAjCS/?igshid=1agohnmeyepqz

[thereisbeautyintheordinary]

I spoke at a rally yesterday and it was cool as fuck.

[abstractjanice]

Sold to a young supporter of the lady parts @maryslandfarm Sunflower Festival! #ladyparts #roevwade #roevwadeoverturned #womensrights #roevswade #prochoice #womenrightsarehumanrights #womenempowerment #lovethevagina #vaginaart #vaginalove #womensupportingwomen #abortionishealthcare #abortionrights #to #abortionisahumanright (at Mary's Land Farm) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChxTc52L8hd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[biwitchingcrafts]

Some pro-choice buttons I made recently

[michaelcautillo]

⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #abolishabortion #abortion #abortionaccess #abortionisahumanright #abortionishealthcare #abortionismurder #abortionisnormal #abortionkills #abortionrights #antiabortion #choice #endabortion #equality #feminism #feminist #humanrights #lgbt #metoo #mybodymychoice #plannedparenthood #proabortion #prolifegeneration #reproductiverights #republicans #roevswade #roevwade #trump #women #womenempowerment #womensrights https://www.instagram.com/p/CgRGVfTO48eu-w8qgVeL1GV1I9rGWjbY793rYo0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[sirenrecords]

DAILY PROTEST FOR ABORTION RIGHTS! #bansoffourbodies #istandwithplannedparenthood #abortionisahumanright #abortionjustice #abortionishealthcare (at Doylestown, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfhJn0GuES1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[anaelisafoto]

Kimberly Ellis, director of the San Francisco department on the Status of Women speaks to an engaged crowd of thousands before City Hall in San Francisco on Friday, June, 24, 2022. San Franciscans assembled in direct response to the Supreme Court decision to overturn fifty-years of legal  precedent known as  Roe v. Wade.

If you need assistance the The National Abortion Federation can help you find a provider in another state, arrange travel,  and pay for your care: 1-800-772-9100. Follow them on twitter

Stay up-to-date at Reproductive Rights dot gov

[instadiaryfran]

"Che la clandestinità in cui ho vissuto quest'esperienza dell'aborto appartenga al passato non mi sembra un motivo valido per lasciarla sepolta. Tanto più che il paradosso di una legge giusta è quasi sempre quello di obbligare a tacere le vittime di un tempo, con la scusa che - le cose sono cambiate -. Ciò che è accaduto resta coperto dallo stesso silenzio di prima. È proprio perché nessun divieto pesa più sull'aborto che, mettendo da parte la percezione collettiva e le formule necessariamente semplificate imposte dalle battaglie degli anni Settanta - violenza sulle donne eccetera -, io posso affrontare, in tutta la sua realtà, questo evento indimenticabile. " " L'evento" di #AnnieErnaux #abortionishealthcare #abortionisawomansright #abortionisahumanright . . . Ph: People rally in support of abortion rights at the state Capitol in Sacramento in 2019. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfRC2X6sDu5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=