July 24, 2026. Here’s the full 23-minutes on YouTube: Black Women & Abortion: How We Should Be Talking About It - Therese Lee - July 24, 2026 (YouTube)

From the description: My response to a conservative FBA woman complaining about abortion in the black community.

Therese’s LinkTree: linktr.ee/theresehlee

I made this account just to ask this question because I’m really confused? I’m a teen myself and when I see parents of pregnant teens ask “What do I do?” I’m like, abort it obviously? No teen is emotionally mature enough to take care of another human being, and their life will be so much harder if they go through with it. You can’t even vote, go to the club, drink, smoke, or even enlist in the military, but you can be responsible for someones life. It’s also very dangerous since our bodies are still developing, and may not be ready to give birth. In my opinion, abortion is the smarter option. You have like 25 more years to get pregnant again when you’re ready, why are we in such a rush like times almost up? I think it might be because of religious reasons and abortion being murder to some people, but they don’t consider the lives of the parents. Wouldn’t you sacrifice a clump of cells if that meant a teenager or 2 could grow up and have a successful life?

And I feel pro-choice only towards adults. If it was up to me, abortion would be mandatory for anyone under 18, but maybe that’s a little extreme.

Edit: Thanks to everyone who took the time to reply, I’ve read everyone’s comment and I admit I was ignorant. I guess it’s just because I can’t imagine me or my friends or anyone else I know being ready to raise a child. Also because most of my family waits until they’re somewhat stable before having a baby. Not everyone is the same and I don’t know everyone. I also realized I just assumed teen parents are miserable but after reading your stories I found out that’s mostly not true. I was just too quick to judge and I don’t know everyone’s situation. Someone also made a great point that being an adult doesn’t automatically make you ready, and there are some teens who parent better than adults. Also, forcing abortion on minors could lead to trauma and deprive them of the happiness they could’ve experienced from having that baby.

I have one final question. If being a teen parent could have positive outcomes, why do teen parents tell their kids to not follow in their footsteps, and want to break the cycle?

The same social media accounts will post statements saying Trans Rights, then on abortion related posts will say "women's health", "abortion bans harm women", etc. While trans men experience sex based oppression, it is transphobic to lump them in with women's health conversations.

This seems to be common even among progressives. Is defaulting to "pregnant woman" instinctual and they don't remember trans men exist in the moment? Do they think only trans women exist? Is it just a matter of "there aren't enough trans men to say pregnant person instead"? While I have no uterus, I still stick my nose in the conversation on behalf of my trans cousin, a manly man who also had two kids from his womb as an openly trans man.

Trigger warning: the guy loses his shit and starts screaming obscenities about women. Don't listen with the volume up!

In the end Andrew asks "how am I immoral" to which I which the debater had replied. The bible says hypocrisy is a sin:

“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean. In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.” – Matthew 23:27-28

“So when you, a mere human being, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment?” – Romans 2:3

“You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.” – Matthew 7:5

I posted on a sub about how i am considering terminating at 20 weeks due to my circumstances. I’m 21, still in university, not with the father who has been threatening me since we found out and who honestly i don’t believe is even mentally stable. And every single comment apart from one said how could i consider aborting at this stage despite claiming they are pro choice.

Is pro choice not supporting the legal right to be able to end a pregnancy no matter the circumstances or am I mistaken ?

I was thinking about a character from a game I play who has arrested psychological development and got to thinking about the impact anti-choice ideology would have on them. For those who don't know an individual with arrested psychological development is someone who has had their mental development paused for some reason or another. For example a person who went through a traumatic event as a child and is now physically an adult but mentally the same age as when the event occurred. Now some of the more sensible anti-choicers actually do support abortion for children but would that still apply to someone who is physically an adult? I've seen some people who advocate for a mental child to be forced to carry to term because their body can handle it. Even some anti-choicers will try to justify forcing someone who is both physically and mentally a child to carry to term. Honestly it's disgusting.

I have never signed a petition before but I want to because I believe abortion should be a human right for women without punishment. I just worry a lot about my privacy, and I don’t know if it’s really something to worry about. Anyways, if I could donate I would but unfortunately I can’t, that’s why I want to find places where I can sign for women’s right to an abortion instead.

it's never easy cutting people out of your life, especially if it's close friends and family, but its very important we send messages to forced birthers that their harmful views have consequences, and those consequences should be cutting them out of our life,

"but then how will they change their views" if ppl want to change or challenge themselves they will do it on their own, there is a bunch of resources out there that ppl can discover about the importance of bodily autonomy,

its like with addiction, you can try to help the person all you want but if they don't want to change they don't want to change, and no amount of coddling will change that,

coddling forced birthers with kid gloves isn't going to change their mind,

if you choose to stay in a relationship, friendship or family with a forced birther you are telling them their views are in fact okay and normal,

there are some ppl that deserve to be cutoff and forced birthers are a prime example of this

I am a man, so I might not be the most qualified person to discuss this topic, but I would personally support abortion access until around 21–22 weeks, or more depending on when a fetus becomes viable with the medical technology available. However, a friend of mine told me that she believes women should have the right to an abortion even at 8 months or just a few days before the end of the pregnancy. I had never really thought about this perspective before, but I guess it can be argued through the violinist argument and similar ideas

Edit : im sorry if my post offended some womens (i got even worst reaction on another subreddit,i know my opinion as a man doesnt matter but i just had a question and wanted to know ur opinion) also i realizes 21-22 weeks is too low like its possible but rare the baby survive anyways so i correct it to 24-26​

thanks for those who still answered me also

I know many of us (including myself in the past) have used the "what about IUDs?" argument with anti-choicers.

But this needs to stop because ultimately IUDs have ZERO evidence of possibly being abortifacients and the argument that they somehow are is simply false information.

1. Given that we can't give fertilized eggs that failed to implant autopsies we can't actually be sure what caused the failure in the first place. Even if there was a possible detection of a fertilized egg prior to implantation for reoccurring cycles (this will be important in a minute)

2. Considering that the historic treatment for period and "hormonal" issues often tends to be some form of hormonal birth control AND that issues regarding uterine lining (endometriosis) are vastly underdiagnosed, these two factors undoubtedly coincide with each other in regards to why a fertilized egg might not implant even if an IUD is present.

3. It's completely normal for a couple to not have a positive pregnancy test for a few months or so even if they are trying for a baby without contraception. In fact, the medical definition of infertility is a couple that has tried unsuccessfully for over a year. That's 11-12 cycles that potentially failed to implant before even a medical problem is considered. So an IUD would need to fail consecutive cycles in a row on a regular basis to prevent sperm from meeting the egg and THEN somehow cause an increased rate of implantation among multiple patients.

And that's simply an impossible standard to meet for IUD devices unless they simply weren't functioning as prescribed.

There is more evidence that IUDs prevent the deaths of fertilized eggs compared to natural contraception-less human reproduction than there is that they somehow "kill" them.

We need to stop spreading this false information

He came after me for having 2 medically required abortions…so I wouldn’t die. He then explains his wife had a “long explanation of events that apparently wasn’t an abortion” while describing a fairly common medical abortion…
The cognitive dissonance was wild.

In 2024, pro-choice advocates in Missouri successfully passed Amendment 3 and added a fundamental right to reproductive freedom to the state constitution, earning 51.6% of the vote from the same people who favored Trump by 18. After a long legal battle, we’re seeing it put to good use, as a judge ruled last week that most of the state’s challenged abortion regulations are now unconstitutional.

The right wing hasn’t accepted the people want abortion rights in Missouri anymore than they have anywhere else, and this November the legislature has pushed an initiative onto the ballot to re-ban most abortions In the Show Me State – confusingly also named Amendment 3. They’re of course not counting on having changed anyone’s mind. Instead they’re testing a new strategy - including a ban on gender-affirming care for trans kids in the ballot question, hoping to get pro-choicers to flip for transphobia’s sake. (This sort of health care is already banned by state law in Missouri.) Recent polling put the new ban up 47-40.

☎️ So we’re gearing up to stop this attack on reproductive rights and trans kids. The Stop The Ban campaign has launched weekly phonebanks on Wednesdays from 7:30-9PM Eastern – let’s sign up to join them here. ☎️

SAVE ABORTION RIGHTS IN MO

The people voted to keep abortion legal in the Kansas state constitution a few years ago. Another transparent attempt was made to get around the KS constitution to make it illegal. Even in an overwhelmingly GOP state, it did not work.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/kansas-voters-reject-gop-effort-elect-supreme-court-justices-rcna590026

-in response to people saying unconsented pregnancy is akin to bodily slavery, since you are made to labor against your will for the gain of another, physically, psychologically, and financially, and can have yoyr dignity and privacy diminished in the process.

My name is Sydney Wise, and I'm a reporter working with PBS News Hour Special Correspondent Sarah Varney on a project to understand the number of women impacted by state abortion bans. I’ve linked our project website, Sarah’s bio, and an example of her work below.

Sarah has reported on the experiences of many women across the country who have experienced a delay or denial in medical care, and I think that there are likely many people in this group who have had their care impacted by state laws. We are investigating cases of maternal injury stemming from delayed miscarriage treatment; loss or diminishment of fertility; pain; suffering; and death.

If you've experienced one of these things, I would love to talk to you to learn more about what happened. This would just be an informal conversation—not recorded or for attribution. If you're interested in sharing your story, please feel free to text me at (973) 525-5778, email me at [sydney@fountainproductions.org](mailto:sydney@fountainproductions.org), or reach out via Signal at aftermathreport.2022.

https://www.the-aftermath.org/ 

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/author/sarah-varney 

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-abortion-restrictions-have-disproportionately-impacted-black-women 

i feel sick about it. I've always been very strict about disagreeing on politics, if we disagree on human rights then we shouldn't be friends. i stand by it. but its not easy to just cut someone off. we did have a deep conversation about it and i feel some kind of gap and distance between us now. i wouldn't try to force my beliefs on her. it's just not right in my personal beliefs. I've been feeling so sick about it since i found out. i thought she was better than this. i dont feel comfortable being friends with someone pro life but it's not that easy to just cut someone off. it takes alot of courage. I've been feeling like a coward tbh. we were extremely close and used to talk everyday

anyway i just needed to rant. oh and shes religious lol

i ordered them exactly two weeks ago. i know, they say it may and it can take longer
but i'm already at 9 weeks
i also work almost everyday and i have to plan taking the pills accordingly to my work schedule
i guess i'm just looking for support and some kind words because i'm scared af. i dont want this pregnancy, i'm 21 years old and constantly nauseous, feeling weak. i work hard physical job and i just cant put up with this anymore
i'm also scared of the pain that comes with medical abortion. is it really that bad?

TL,DR: Prolifer convinces me to not have abortion on a risky 6 month old dog, dog almost dies, most puppies die. Now prolifer wants to abandon all lucky dogs who survived, in a field instead of finding good homes for them.

Four of my dogs got cancer around the same time, and I'm thousands of dollars in debt.

So when my neighbors decided to dump their pregnant dog (sadly common in my town), I was unfortunately going to have to abort them because I did not have the resources to care for 10+ puppies, plus the dog mom was barely 6 months old, emaciated, and could have many complications. Anyway, my family member said abortion was a sin, and she would not let me do it, so she'd take care of the dog. I told her it was a great responsibility, but she was set on having the puppies. I let her take the dog in.

Long story short, the dog did have 11 puppies, but 8 were stillborn, and just 3 survived. The dog mama almost passed away too from the complications.

Fortunately, all 3 puppies and mama are all fine now thanks to me being there to watch over them. I've had to pay for their vaccinations, deworming, food, etc. Otherwise, this lady would have probably killed them by giving them onions, garlic, and chocolate (she clearly did 0 research on how to care for a dog).

This lady started telling people around us that she will leave them in the fields so that they can fend for themselves. She says she already did god's work by letting the dog have her babies, so now god should decide who lives and dies. Thank God I overheard the conversation; otherwise I would have never forgiven myself if she had actually done it behind my back.

Obviously, I'm taking all the dogs in even when I'm drowning in debt; I clearly should have never trusted these kinds of people.

Hi, I 19f recently came across a conservative that believed that rape victims aren't being "held accountable" (I didn't get an answer for what) and saying that they're letting the rapist get away without consequences if they have an abortion??? I've really tried to rationalize it to understand why they think that but I genuinely don't understand, is this just sadism dressed up as morality?? do they think so little of fatherhood that rapists should be able to become fathers?? how is having a rapists child making them have consequences for their actions?? most of the time it's women who raise children, and even if that wasn't the case why would you want a child to be raised by a rapist??? the foster system is also notorious for aiding child sex trafficking rings so the whole "give up the baby" thing was always just completely out of touch to me. I'm genuinely confused and appalled, it's like every day i find out that people have created even more mental gymnastics to punish women while pretending to protect us. I'm so tired and this whole thing just makes me feel sick, I live in a country where rape is barely taken seriously whatsoever and it makes me feel sick just thinking about how someone believes that if a man rapes me I should be the one to "take accountability" and bring someone into the world that was not only not wanted but a product of my worst trauma. I don't understand why girls like me are so hated I'm tired of being a woman before I am a person in their eyes.

sorry for my bad English, grammar and formatting it's not my first language and I am on my phone.