Under what circumstances would a non-cis woman need access to an abortion?

Keep in mind, I’m speaking as a cis woman here, so I could be wrong on a few things. But I’m trying my best, and want to be corrected if I’m wrong.

I believe you mean a trans* man. A non-cis woman probably doesn’t have a uterus. But trans* men, genderqueer people who can get pregnant, and cis women can all experience unwanted pregnancy under the same circumstances: financial difficulties, being too young to raise child, issues of social shaming for being pregnant outside a committed relationship or marriage, pregnancy from rape, etc. There is also something called gender dysphoria, and I imagine that a lot of trans* men would experience this while pregnant.

submission from hausofmyzaree

Even if you grant an embryo or fetus personhood, no person has the right to use another person’s body as sustenance against their will. Are we all murderers if someone needs a blood transplant, or a spare kidney, and we did not provide it? It’s interesting that you don’t see pro-lifers putting their energy (and money) into a new way to abort that spares the life and grows it separate for the mother. Then again, you see so few of them adopting too.

Thanks for the submission! Very well put.

sexreeducated:

If you are looking through google for information on the wonderful invention known as Plan B, Emergency contraception or the Morning After Pill-
avoid Morningafterpill.org, which comes up on page 1 of ‘morning after pill’ searches

It is a actually a Anti-Abortion, Anti-Contraception site meant to shame women into thinking they are ending human life by using any method of emergency birth control. It is run by Catholics and gives an EXCESSIVE amount of misinformation about Plan B, going as far as to inform women they are Killing their child and this is simply not true.

Need a reputable site for Emergency Contraception info?

My Favorites currently are:

• Emergency Contraception - Princeton University Site
• Planned Parenthood - The Morning After Pill
• Emergency Contraception - Women’s Health

Please feel free to add your favorites!

keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/05/us-usa-abortion-arizona-idUSBRE84402Y20120505

Yes, this just happened.  Jan Brewer signed on the ban of funding to Planned Parenthood in Arizona.  This is a really rough day today.

… Wow. Just. Wow. Jan Brewer, fuck you.

inchristhopeisfound:

Bladder Injury

If your uterus is perforated, your urinary bladder can be perforated, too. This can also cause peritonitis (an inflamed, infected lining of the abdomen) with all of its pain, dangers and necessary reparative surgery.

Much more likely when illegal.

Bowel Injury

If your uterus is perforated, your intestines can be perforated, too. This will cause nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, fever, blood in stool, peritonitis (an inflamed, infected lining of the abdomen) and death if not treated quickly enough. A portion of the intestine may have to be taken out, and a temporary or permanent colostomy may be put in your abdomen.

Much more likely when illegal.

Breast Cancer

Women who have aborted have significantly higher rates of breast cancer later in life. Breast cancer has risen by 50% in America since abortion became legal in 1973.

The National Cancer Institute says otherwise. And a lot of things happened in 1973. That doesn’t mean they’re related to the increase in breast cancer.

Ectopic (Tubal) Pregnancy

An ectopic pregnancy is any pregnancy that occurs outside the uterus. After an abortion, you are 8 to 20 times more likely to have an ectopic pregnancy. If not discovered soon enough, an ectopic pregnancy ruptures, and you can bleed to death if you do not have emergency surgery. Statistics show a 30% increased risk of ectopic pregnancy after one abortion and a 160% increased risk of ectopic pregnancy after two or more abortions. There has been a threefold increase in ectopic pregnancies in the U.S. since abortion was legalized. In 1970, the incidence was 4.8 per 1,000 live births. By 1980 it was 14.5 per 1,000 births.

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OH MY GOD. CITATION FUCKING NEEDED. And in any case, these things happen almost never when abortions are done legally in a developed country. You know what makes them happen more often? BEING ILLEGAL. WANTING ABORTION ILLEGAL IS ANTI-LIFE.

Seriously? Comparing abortion to rape, slavery, and the Holocaust? Saying pro-choicers compare fetuses to murderers? I’d really like to know how far up your ass you have to be to find such steaming horseshit.