From Danine N. Spencer: (click for full article)
Every woman, without exception, has the right to control her own fertility but it is time to draw a line in the sand: People with disabilities cannot be used as pawns in the abortion debate by either the anti-abortion zealots or the pro-choice advocates.
I am completely pro-choice. I believe every woman has the right to decide when and how she gets pregnant. Every woman has the right to contraception. Every woman has the right to decide when, how and with whom she will have sex. Every woman has the right to terminate a pregnancy.
I completely respect and will fight with everything I have for women to have the right to control their own bodies and fertility. As a woman with multiple disabilities, I am very aware of the necessity for bodily autonomy. Women with disabilities are too often subject to physical and sexual abuse. We desperately need access to quality health care providers and comprehensive medical care, especially when it comes to our lady parts. Women with disabilities need reproductive justice as much as, if not more than, anybody else does.
Still, I am increasingly frustrated by the way people with disabilities are used to make the case both for and against abortion.
Never mind that Republicans want to destroy the social safety net that helps people with disabilities stay alive: Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, student loans, the Affordable Care Act, etc.
Every woman, without exception, has the right to control her own fertility but it is time to draw a line in the sand: People with disabilities cannot be used as pawns in the abortion debate by either the anti-abortion zealots or the pro-choice advocates.
I am completely pro-choice. I believe every woman has the right to decide when and how she gets pregnant. Every woman has the right to contraception. Every woman has the right to decide when, how and with whom she will have sex. Every woman has the right to terminate a pregnancy.
I completely respect and will fight with everything I have for women to have the right to control their own bodies and fertility. As a woman with multiple disabilities, I am very aware of the necessity for bodily autonomy. Women with disabilities are too often subject to physical and sexual abuse. We desperately need access to quality health care providers and comprehensive medical care, especially when it comes to our lady parts. Women with disabilities need reproductive justice as much as, if not more than, anybody else does.
Still, I am increasingly frustrated by the way people with disabilities are used to make the case both for and against abortion.
Never mind that Republicans want to destroy the social safety net that helps people with disabilities stay alive: Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, student loans, the Affordable Care Act, etc.
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