Having my daughter made me even more pro-choice than I already was.
That probably sounds bad, so I'll explain. (1) Being pregnant is hard (even though I feel incredibly fortunate for it). My body is not merely a vessel for the work of carrying babies. (2)
*TW* Being pregnant and going through later losses made me realize
just how uncertain and random it all is, and how common losses really
are. Why should someone's entire future be governed by such a fickle
process if they don't want it to be? *end TW* (3) Parenting is HARD. I love my daughter more than words can say, but damn--this is not for the faint of heart, and definitely not for everyone! Nobody should be forced into parenthood. (4) Most importantly, I don't want my daughter's hopes and dreams to be at the mercy of what other people think she should do with her body, if she happens to get pregnant when she doesn't want to be.
Hopefully this won't lose me any friends here, but F*&$ the SCOTUS!!!
@L1C4gal same here. I was already very pro-choice before having my son and even more so after going through pregnancy. No one should be forced to carry a pregnancy to term, especially not by legislators who have repeatedly shown they have almost no grasp of the medical realities of pregnancy. The fact they also seem to want to go after IVF treatments and contraception (especially emergency contraception) is also extremely maddening.
agreed. As a doc, it’s a choice between the patient and doctor, and I hate the further implications and privacy violations this will pose in the future.
Also I have embryos still frozen and it directly will have some effect on that I’m sure 😩
It has been a very strange day to be simultaneously so overjoyed with my own pregnancy and devastated and heartbroken for today’s ruling. I’m so very glad to know that others in the same position as I am with pregnancy are also still pro-choice, and to not be alienated for hating this ruling & what it will lead to. Thank you all.
My husband’s family is largely hyper-religious and they were overjoyed by today’s ruling. I’m so angry about it I fantasize about inflicting physical harm on every single one of them, along with the SCOTUS, for what they’ve done to women. (I won’t, because I’m not as bad as they are, but suffice it to say I HATE them all).
I will never set foot in a church again, not even to appease family on Christmas. Not even for funerals. I just don’t have it in me to play along with those communities anymore.
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Re: FFFC 6.24
agreed. As a doc, it’s a choice between the patient and doctor, and I hate the further implications and privacy violations this will pose in the future.