Abortion 'desert' in US south is hurting Black women the most

[littlemissmartypants]

3. This is so messed up on so many levels.

It honestly just makes me sick to my stomach. I am the beneficiary of Roe. I've had three terminations/procedures that would probably be illegal in these gawd forsaken backward states today.

First, as an undergraduate, I had a uteral mole pregnancy. At first baffling it was quickly remedied by a DNC.

Second, about ten years later, I religiously tracked my periods with BBT and like an idiot had unprotected sex during the perfect window of opportunity for pregnancy. I was able to go to PP three counties over and got the very early form of the morning after treatment. I had my calendar graph with me otherwise I would have been SOL. I went home with a zip lock bag of what I was told were hormones. I don't recall the dosage but there were way more than ten pills in the bag and I thank gawd for PP. The guy turned out to be a drunk and an assh*le so we didn't date long anyway.

Third, almost ten more years later, I was married and very excited about the prospect of being a mom. I started bleeding at 22 weeks on the Saturday morning before my husband's birthday. He took me to the ER where I sat with a folded towel between my legs, waiting for my name to be called, more than two hours. When I finally got called, I couldn't stand up and when they put me on a gurney I will never forget that the nurse practically shouted, "Oh, my God there's so much blood!" as they rolled me into the ultrasound room. I couldn't get pregnant again and our marriage ended. It was the happiest and saddest time of my life.

There are MILLIONS of stories like mine. These psychopaths have no idea what a force they have unleashed upon themselves.

Thanks for sharing this, niyad. And for your devoted advocacy for these issues.

❤️ pants