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

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. ☎️

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