Imprisoning Women And Not Covering Birth Control Are Now On The Table In The Abortion Fight

Ladies posting in this thread. How are you preparing when your state may impose laws like this, similar to these, or in the case Roe vs Wade gets overturned?

Are any of you still of childbearing age, do any of you have daughters, nieces, younger sisters, or any young women in your life? Are any of you preparing for what may come?

For me I'm under my father's insurance plan until the end of the year. For one year I was on the paraguard IUD and planned to keep it in till the maximum 10 years. However, after a appointment a few days ago I had to have it removed for certain reasons. Now I may be getting the Mirena instead. The IUD is still my number #1 choice. However, I have now created a another savings fund for times like these. Money I will save every paycheck for an in case abortion, if I need to travel to another state and I am now stocking up on Plan B pills.

I am pre-menopause.

I do have a younger sibling not in my state, but abortion was never available for us. You had to travel to Puerto Rico to get one when I was growing up. I don't know what the situation is there now.

I am in Georgia and with the heartbeat bill, abortion is effectively illegal come Jan 2020. I've been thinking about sending my use menstrual pads to the governor. I've been so peeved. But I probably would get locked up.

I have the means to travel to another state, but you know that still would make me or any woman a murderer in this state.

With HIIPA laws I am not understanding how they plan to enforce that particular part of the law (if you abort in a another state you can still be jailed).

theRaven said:

Ladies posting in this thread. How are you preparing when your state may impose laws like this, similar to these, or in the case Roe vs Wade gets overturned?

Are any of you still of childbearing age, do any of you have daughters, nieces, younger sisters, or any young women in your life? Are any of you preparing for what may come?

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I live in California, so abortion rights will most likely not change here. If Roe vs Wade is overturned, I believe that state rights still apply. If that happens to not be the case, I'm not to far from Mexico.

We have absolutely no plans to have anymore children. My husband got a vasectomy. I've had 3 c-sections, the risks of complications increase each time. I'm not willing to risk my life giving birth again, so if we were to end up pregnant, as much as it would pain me, I would most likely abort.

I'm still concerned for women and girls that live in states like Alabama. Poor women and minority women are at risk because of these laws.

I'm a bit concerned with Roe v. Wade being overturned and state rights being respected, only because it sounds similar to the marijuana law.

Federal law overrides state law, sometimes; I'm not a lawyer and admittedly know very little about federal laws. What are the potential issues would a young woman encounter if she travels out of her state for an abortion but has complications in her home state and needs to be treated for issues post-abortion? What are her rights?

This is just too much, like, I am so disappointed in so many things going on right now.

theRaven said:

Ladies posting in this thread. How are you preparing when your state may impose laws like this, similar to these, or in the case Roe vs Wade gets overturned?

Are any of you still of childbearing age, do any of you have daughters, nieces, younger sisters, or any young women in your life? Are any of you preparing for what may come?

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I'm married with 2 daughters but we are done having kids intentionally. We welcome any oops baby because pregnancy happens.

I dont think I need to be having more kids age wise (i'm late 30's, but my doctor says I am healthy and got a few more good baby-making years in me--LOL).

I plan to raise my daughters to be intentional about life. That they should be the women they want to be but to understand that sex can cause conception and its their decision to go though with it or not. But that they should intentionally only deal with sexual partners who would make good fathers. I do not believe in casual sex with people who are not potential life partners. Sexual freedom to me is living life intentionally but not just having casual sex. Unfortunately, women dont know where they fall in the fertility spectrum and I don't want them tied to anyone who isnt willing to make her a life partner and be a family. I want them to be super picky about who they let enter them physically---because men can pass on emotional BS to through their seed and the action of sex IMHO...and IME.

I was just watching a clip on FB from a Steve harvey episode where a Biracial woman let herself be friends with benefits with a Black man for 3-4 years. She is 6 weeks pregnant and he wants her to sign something saying she won't seek emotional or financial help should she keep the baby. Steve says the law wouldnt even recognize such a contract. And he needs to man up. She said he didnt want to make a baby with a 1/2 white woman and basically cursed her out bout her race...... Point is....I'd never encourage ANYONE to be friends with benefits. So that was a failure out the gate. My daughters aren't someone's booty call nor are their vagina's someone sexual dumping ground.
Abortion is an option. But its traumatic to experience and I'm not giving my daughter the "abortion is an easy thing and a FIX to all your troubles" either. Because some people DO use it as birth control. And I'm not cool with that. I know girls who have had 10 of them before their 30s. Not understanding that they are super fertile, and need to guard their wombs.

Hopefully this will make some women think a little harder about who they sleep with and choose to procreate with if abortion isn't an option. But I foresee it will have the opposite effect and there will be more babies born to unprepared single mothers. Causing more BW to stay or enter poverty.

If Roe gets overturned it’ll be illegal in California too. Funny how conservatives are all about states rights unless it deals with abortion.

Rainbow Dash said:

I live in California, so abortion rights will most likely not change here. If Roe vs Wade is overturned, I believe that state rights still apply. If that happens to not be the case, I'm not to far from Mexico.

We have absolutely no plans to have anymore children. My husband got a vasectomy. I've had 3 c-sections, the risks of complications increase each time. I'm not willing to risk my life giving birth again, so if we were to end up pregnant, as much as it would pain me, I would most likely abort.

I'm still concerned for women and girls that live in states like Alabama. Poor women and minority women are at risk because of these laws.

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itsallaboutattitude said:

I am pre-menopause.

I do have a younger sibling not in my state, but abortion was never available for us. You had to travel to Puerto Rico to get one when I was growing up. I don't know what the situation is there now.

I am in Georgia and with the heartbeat bill, abortion is effectively illegal come Jan 2020. I've been thinking about sending my use menstrual pads to the governor. I've been so peeved. But I probably would get locked up.

I have the means to travel to another state, but you know that still would make me or any woman a murderer in this state.

With HIIPA laws I am not understanding how they plan to enforce that particular part of the law (if you abort in a another state you can still be jailed).

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I was wondering about enforcement as well. Anti-abortion laws would be hard to enforce without invading privacy and undermining a lot of other the rights that we have.

Farida said:

In fact, I honestly believe many don't even truly want Roe to be overturned or to ban abortion on a federal level. Because once that's over, they will lose votes. The constant promise of eliminating abortion is campaign promise gold. Once they lose that sacred cow, then what? Probably on to cry for "religious freedom" which is BS because white Christians have it easy here.

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I don’t believe that they want to overturn it either. They are probably hoping that Roe v Wade is upheld, but barely so that they can get Republican voters to keep trying. Weren’t most of the judges that decided Roe appointed by Republicans?

dancinstallion said:

Hopefully this will make some women think a little harder about who they sleep with and choose to procreate with if abortion isn't an option. But I foresee it will have the opposite effect and there will be more babies born to unprepared single mothers. Causing more BW to stay or enter poverty.

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Women in America were sticking clothes hangers up their vaginas and throwing themselves down stairs as a response to unwanted pregnancies out pre-Roe V Wade. History will just repeat itself. There are a whole lot of women who use abortion as their only form of birth control, which is their business, well they are going to have a whole lot of mouths to feed. It is what it is.

meka72 said:

If Roe gets overturned it’ll be illegal in California too. Funny how conservatives are all about states rights unless it deals with abortion.

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If Roe gets overturned it will still be legal in California unless they pass an anti-abortion bill. Roe gave women the right to an abortion nationally. If Roe gets overturned it will simply go back to the way things were pre-Roe... women traveling to NY and CA and other states where abortion was allowed for abortions.

HappilyLiberal said:

If Roe gets overturned it will still be legal in California unless they pass an anti-abortion bill. Roe gave women the right to an abortion nationally. If Roe gets overturned it will simply go back to the way things were pre-Roe... women traveling to NY and CA and other states where abortion was allowed for abortions.

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Correct. California law retains a woman’s right to an abortion even if Roe is overturned, which leaves it up to the states. Considering the state is gearing up to pass laws incentivizing filmmakers boycotting Georgia, and making abortion pills more accessible to college students I don’t think an anti abortion bill will be passed any time soon.

• Federal judge blocks Mississippi abortion law

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter

Updated at 5:25 PM ET, Fri May 24, 2019


Washington (CNN) — A federal judge blocked a Mississippi law on Friday that forbids abortion after the detection of a fetal heartbeat, as early as six weeks into a pregnancy.
In issuing a preliminary injunction, Judge Carlton Reeves said the law "threatens immediate harm to women's rights, especially considering most women do not seek abortions services until after six weeks."
RELATED: Who is Carlton Reeves, the judge who blocked Mississippi abortion law
"Allowing the law to take effect would force the clinic to stop providing most abortion care," wrote Reeves, adding that "by banning abortions after the detection of a fetal heartbeat, the law prevents a woman's free choice, which is central to personal dignity and autonomy."

It's hard to copy and paste on my phone so that's all I'm going to post

Thank you for correcting my misunderstanding.

HappilyLiberal said:

If Roe gets overturned it will still be legal in California unless they pass an anti-abortion bill. Roe gave women the right to an abortion nationally. If Roe gets overturned it will simply go back to the way things were pre-Roe... women traveling to NY and CA and other states where abortion was allowed for abortions.

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ScorpioBeauty09 said:

Correct. California law retains a woman’s right to an abortion even if Roe is overturned, which leaves it up to the states. Considering the state is gearing up to pass laws incentivizing filmmakers boycotting Georgia, and making abortion pills more accessible to college students I don’t think an anti abortion bill will be passed any time soon.

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Ivonnovi said:

"They" won't stop until they see their dream come true: Women: barefoot, pregnant & [out of the workforce] in the Kitchen. BW will be back to being domestic helpers.

They are trying to make Women into being Sharecroppers of their own wombs....again.

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I JUST WANN REPEAT MYSELF!!!

Look where we are now.

Yep ^^^

I’m just waiting to hear from pro-life people in those states that may end up having to pay more for birth control or have pregnancy checkpoints when they attempt to travel out of their state.

I’m also curious to see if fertility treatment facilities start shutting down in some of those areas since states like Missouri consider destroying an unimplanted embryo abortion.

pisceschica said:

I’m just waiting to hear from pro-life people in those states that may end up having to pay more for birth control or have pregnancy checkpoints when they attempt to travel out of their state.

I’m also curious to see if fertility treatment facilities start shutting down in some of those areas since states like Missouri consider destroying an unimplanted embryo abortion.

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Or the doctor forces them to miscarry naturally. It’s a hell on earth experience.

Evolving78 said:

Or the doctor forces them to miscarry naturally. It’s a hell on earth experience.

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Hell on Earth.

How are we all doing? I mean seriously?

We need to check in on each other these days.

All of this scares me. I have no kids and unwed so it scares me that if I ever have relations and anything happens I will have to forfeit my life for such. I feel folks need to mind the biz that’s theirs it’s suffocating

Everything Zen said:

How are we all doing? I mean seriously?

We need to check in on each other these days.

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Fearful and anxious. I can’t have children anymore, and I don’t engage, nor having any desire to be relational. But this impacts all of us as whole, and for us that have children. Rights are being snatched away. I have literally been living in a bubble, and it seems it needs to stay that way.

Feeling like I’m not gonna take this laying down. I have two daughters.
Full Stop.

naturalgyrl5199 said:

Feeling like I’m not gonna take this laying down. I have two daughters.
Full Stop.

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I’m not going to hijack this thread, but you said something one day, and it has literally stuck with me since. It was about not being dependent on the government. I have taken that to heart and I’m working to drastically make changes concerning myself and my children. Thank you for that.