Your Body, Your Choice

like, there’s the usual barging into a discussion about genocide with a dissertation on how abortion is the worst genocide of all (fucking gross) and how abortion providers are the worst kind of serial killer (yikes^yikes)–that’s probably one of the most disgusting and infuriating examples of this kind of derailing behavior, BUT unfortunately not surprising because they pull that shit all the fucking time. 

but then sometimes they just show up where you’d never expect??? 

anyway i just saw a post about ASL learning and communication among chimpanzees and gorillas, and there’s this clown in the replies:

Hello, I had an abortion procedure done recently. The cost for it was $725 in total ($100 for first appointment to have an ultrasound done & $625 for the procedure itself) I have no health insurance and there was no financial assistance available for this procedure where I went, but I was on a time-restraint to have it done asap. I decided to use my “emergency” credit card to pay it off. I am currently starting to and trying to pay it off now. I’m a college student and not working, but I have begun looking for jobs to help pay off my credit card as soon as I can. I know I can babysit for a while, which will definitely help me, but it’s still quite a hefty amount for me. I really would appreciate any help given to me, whether that be $1, $5, or even $10 donated to my paypal account. I believe I can pay off about half of the amount, but I please ask for any help. I believe I have about 3 months before any interest begins to be added, so that’s why I’m trying to pay this amount off before it begins to increase the amount I owe slowly. If you would be willing to help me I thank you in advance. I really would prefer to remain anonymous since it’s a sensitive issue to me, but if needed I can provide a picture of the receipts showing the costs, but I will blur out any personal info obviously. Thank you.

My paypal link is: paypal.me/justjulz223 & I listed it as a hyperlink to access it easier.

Side note: Just created a gofundme page, so if you’d like to donate to that instead that’d be great: gf.me/u/q33gs8 (I’ll also be updating when someone donates via paypal with the initials of their name)

Please help me get an abortion. I’m almost at 14 weeks pregnant and I’m scared it’ll end up being too late or risky. Your help will be appreciated❤️

At 6 weeks: 

“Inside, cells that will become your baby’s intestines are developing, along with the bud of tissue that will become her lungs, liver and kidneys.”

Not to mention, that at 6 weeks, a fetus doesn’t have the right to violate the pregnant person’s bodily autonomy.

At 7 weeks:

“Now measuring around 1cm long, your growing baby is about the size of a blueberry.

His hands look more like flattened paddles than palms with fingers. His legs and feet will go through the same development as his arms and hands, just a few days later.”

Does this look like it has fingers or toes? Hmm? Does it???

None of this is even considering that a fetus at seven weeks doesn’t have the right to violate the pregnant person’s bodily autonomy.

At 8 weeks:

You’re right that the tiny fetus is moving at this point, but plenty of single-cell organisms are capable of moving as well. We don’t throw fits about taking medicine to kill, say bacteria–a single celled organism, some of which have the capability of movement–when we get sick, now do we? But the rest is bullshit:

“Her hands are developing ridges where her fingers will be. However, her ankles, thighs, knees and toes are not yet distinct.”

How can something without proper hands be left or right-handed? Oh right, because this is mindless fear-mongering, outside of the realm of reality: 

“Most children have a preference for using one hand or the other by the age of about 18 months, and are definitely right or left-handed by about the age of three.”

Notice how it says children, and not fetuses. 

Oh, man, and I forgot to mention, at 8 weeks, it doesn’t have the right to violate the pregnant person’s bodily autonomy.

At 10 weeks: 

Lies, apparently. More lies.

The fetus cannot open its mouth or suck its fingers until week 11.

Fingerprints are not fully formed until 6 months.

Oh, but damnit, again I’ve forgotten: 

A FETUS NEVER HAS THE RIGHT TO VIOLATE A PREGNANT PERSON’S BODILY AUTONOMY!

This mindless fear-mongering only hurts pregnant people who seek to have an abortion for whatever reason they’d like, which is, scientifically speaking, NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.

Anyway, ultimately your decision about what to do with your body is literally up to no one but you. And trying to take that right away from people is gross. Thanks for coming to my TedTalk.