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reasonsforhope · 3 months

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"Bria Peacock chose a career in medicine because the Black Georgia native saw the dire health needs in her community — including access to abortion care.

Her commitment to becoming a maternal health care provider was sparked early on when she witnessed the discrimination and judgment leveled against her older sister, who became a mother as a teen. When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Peacock was already in her residency program in California, and her thoughts turned back to women like her sister.

“I knew that the people — my people, my community back home — was going to be affected in a dramatic way, because they’re in the South and because they’re Black,” she said.

But even though Peacock attended the Medical College of Georgia, she’s doing her obstetrics and gynecology residency at the University of California-San Francisco, where she has gotten comprehensive training in abortion care.

“I knew as a trainee that’s what I needed,” said Peacock, who plans to return to her home state after her residency.

Ever since the Supreme Court decision, California has worked to become a sanctuary for people from states where abortion is restricted. In doing so, it joins 14 other states, including Colorado, New Mexico, and Massachusetts. Now, it’s addressing the fraught issue of abortion training for medical residents, which most doctors believe is crucial to comprehensive OB-GYN training.

A law enacted in September [2023] makes it easier for out-of-state trainees to get up to 90 days of in-person training under the supervision of a California-licensed doctor. The law eliminated the requirement for a training license and also permitted training at programs such as Planned Parenthood that are affiliated with accredited medical schools.

“By allowing physician residents to come to California, where there are more opportunities for abortion training, and by allowing them to be reimbursed for this work, we’re sending a message that abortion care is health care and an essential part of physician training,” said Lisa Folberg, CEO of the California Academy of Family Physicians, which supported the bill.

The question of how to provide complete OB-GYN training promises to become more urgent as the effects of abortion bans on medical education becomes clear: 18 states restrict or ban abortion to the point of effectively stripping 20% of OB-GYN medical residents of the opportunity to get abortion training, according to the Ryan Residency Training Program in Abortion and Family Planning. That’s 1,354 residents this year out of 5,962 OB-GYN residents nationwide.

The restrictions in some cases aim to reach beyond state borders, spooking medical students and residents who fear hostility from anti-abortion groups and right-wing legislators...

Pamela Merritt, executive director of Medical Students for Choice, pointed to a Kansas law that requires repayment of state medical school scholarships — with 15% interest — if residents perform abortions or work in clinics that perform them, except in cases of rape, incest, or a medical emergency.

Doctors point out that abortion training is not just about ending pregnancies. Peacock recalled a patient who started hemorrhaging badly shortly after a healthy delivery. Peacock and her team at UCSF performed a dilation and curettage — a procedure commonly used to terminate pregnancy.

“If we did not have that skill set, and the patient continued to bleed, it could have been life-taking,” said Peacock, chief OB-GYN resident at UCSF...

Peacock, for her part, is adamant about returning to Georgia, where abortions are banned after six weeks. “I’m still going to provide abortions, whether that’s in Georgia or I need to fly to a different state and work in abortion clinics for a week out of the month,” she said. “It would definitely be a big part of my work.”"

-via The 19th, January 2, 2024

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omg-whathaveidone · 9 months

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Texas doctors have been turning patients away because they face up to 99 years in prison, at least $100,000 in fines, and the loss of their medical license for violating the abortion bans. This means pregnant Texans are being forced to either wait until they are near death to receive care or flee the state if they are able.

#land of the free #abortion care #abortion #abortion is healthcare #texas #how to commit legal genocide of pregnant people #reproductive justice #reproductive freedom #activism #get ready stay ready #stay woke #law and order #roe v wade #fall of roe

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skeletors-cock · 15 days

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ok i didnt want to do this but i don't have any other option rn.

My friend is 16 and needs an abortion. Neither of us have the money for it, and her parents are going to kick her out if they find out. The pills we need are $32 right now, and we'll take any donations we can get. Please, if this blog has ever made you laugh, you have money to spare, or you're just feeling kind, any amount helps. I'd also appreciate if you boosted this post so more people can see it.

I'm also going to open up writing commisions in a separate post to help raise money. (EDIT: post is here) Please DM me if you have questions, advice, or support. This is a hard time for both of us right now, and I'd appreciate your patience, at the very least.

V*nmo is @/ra1nst0rmd

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#abortion #abortion care #financial help #financial aid #charity #donations #please consider donating #pro choice #pro life

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an-onyx-void · 1 month

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Pregnancy care has changed in alarming ways since Louisiana banned abortion : Shots - Health News https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/03/19/1239376395/louisiana-abortion-ban-dangerously-disrupting-pregnancy-miscarriage-care

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pervysmirks · 4 months

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#reproductive rights #abortion rights #abortion care #abortion

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msaprildaniels · 2 years

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The right to abortion care is a non-negotiable prerequisite for an equitable and fair society.

This is why opponents of abortion rights are so dead set against it.

#abortion rights #abortion care #bodily autonomy

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loganmarloe · 1 year

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Anna Smith bought a bus ticket to the most popular museum in Idaho in September, about a month and a half after the birthday party she attended with her boyfriend, Tad.

The museum offered guided tours with a human guide, but also video-assisted self-guided tours. Anna had heard the self-guided tours were the best. One could wander around, lost in their own private thoughts, while nobody interfered.

She told her parents, who were church-going people with conservative political views and a strict set of rules, that she was going to the museum with her boyfriend, but that was a lie. She went alone. She knew this wasn’t something Tad would appreciate. She was sure he would tell her mother if she told him what she was up to, so she lied to him, too, and made plans to dump him when she got back. She was already sixteen and plenty old enough to make life decisions on her own.

When Anna got off the bus, she looked up at the big sign affixed to the roof. It read, “Madam Maginnis’ Museum of Marvels.” She admired the swirls on the ends of the initial letters in the name. It was whimsical, but also pretty.

Inside, she paid her ticket for entrance, as well as for the video-guided tour. She received a small tablet that offered to help her find any of the 400 different exhibits. She had gotten advice from a friend of a friend to check out several exhibits in the first half-hour she was there.

She chose to look at some of the women’s history exhibits, one about surgery in Wild West times, a random assortment of funny looking gadgets, and finally, the one her friend had told her about: the dusty cow exhibit.

This one was a little known exhibit. You could only get to it by using a password with the tablet. The human guides don’t even know about it.

She stood in front of the lonely taxidermied cow, selected the speech icon in the upper right, and looked at the screen while the video voice spoke about the strange little cow and its place in Idaho history.

The video playing was colorful, with a blue background, orange and green buttons, and photos that were every color of the rainbow. Her friend said the button would be a little hard to find. It had to be, if it were to remain a secret. In fact, the position and appearance of the button changed every day, so nobody would be the wiser.

Anna looked all the way around the screen, until she found a tiny octagon within the pupil of a man holding a pitchfork in 1898. It very nearly blended in completely with the eye. She clicked on it.

The recorded speech continued, but the screen opened a new page within the video. On it was a puzzle that had to be solved. A dancing blue-clad ballerina twirled in six different positions in sequence. As instructed by her friend’s friend, she touched each ballerina on the screen in the order she’d been told was valid for today only.

She’d had to jump through numerous hoops to get the code. She’d had to prove her identity and also her desire to visit the secret exhibit. She’d also had to prove that nobody had forced her to go and convince the code makers that she wouldn’t tell anyone else the code or that she intended to see the exhibit. It had taken two in-person interviews at public parks and depositing collateral that would be used against her if she told anyone the truth.

After she finished tapping in the ballerina code, the screen went dark, though the bright, cheery voice talking about how a calf was found after a horrible dust storm more than a century ago. It was a boring story, but this exhibit was pretty popular with teenage girls.

There appeared to be no text on the screen, but she’d been given a sort of decoder sheet. It looked transparent, but when Anna placed it over the darkened screen, a set of instructions appeared in lavender text. She quickly memorized them and then pressed a spot underneath a picture of a campfire in the middle of the right side of the screen. As soon as she pressed it, the dusty cow video came back on. There was no sign of the other screen. She put the tablet in her backpack for safekeeping.

As instructed by the interviewer who’d approved her and handed it to her, she went to the restroom, entered and locked a stall, and placed the transparent plastic sheet into the toilet. She watched as it dissolved completely and then flushed.

She exited the stall, washing her hands as anyone else would do, and then went back out into the museum’s exhibit hall. Looking around, she spotted an exhibit that showed what indigenous people would look like by a cook fire, thousands of years ago.

Next to the exhibit was a door concealed by the curtains that lined the walls. She only knew it was there from the extensive instructions for her trip. She made sure nobody saw her and slipped behind the curtain and then out the door.

The door led outside to the south side of the building. There was nothing special about it. It had nowhere to sit and nothing to admire. She paid this very little attention.

The memorized instructions had her start walking due south. She had made sure to have on a good pair of walking shoes and jeans, as advised by her friend’s friend. It soon became apparent why this was recommended.

The brush and bushes and trees grew tightly together in this part of the state. Had she worn shorts, she’d have scratched up her legs thoroughly. She walked about a mile south until she saw a tree that seemed kind of lopsided and had a funny shape to one branch. At the tree, she turned left and counted out thirty steps.

She was told it might me more or less, depending on the length of her stride, so she was to look for a rock in the shape of a rabbit. She looked around. There were many rocks in the area. None looked like wildlife.

Then she saw one that she thought might be mistaken for a rabbit on a rainy day and if she was squinting. She looked on the other side of it, as instructed. If it were the right one, there would be a small hole where an eye might be. This wasn’t easy, as a bush was growing along its back. She understood the need for secrecy, but shoving aside prickly bushes wasn’t what she had in mind for this excursion.

Once she found the little hole, she then faced the other side of the rabbit rock and turned right. She walked up the hill that rose right away from the little clearing. At the top, she’d been told to look for a lavender bush. Not one painted lavender, but a bush that was flowering now with lavender.

She wondered what they used for directions when it wasn’t flowering and went around the bush and put her back to it. Then she headed out in a straight line away from it. She checked her phone as she started walking. As instructed, she kept a decent pace for fourteen minutes.

At the end of the fourteen minutes, she found herself crossing a sign that read, “Nevada State Line”. She took a deep breath and then continued for about five more minutes, finally emerging into a large clearing in the trees.

In the center of the clearing stood a bus-like vehicle. It read, “Carebus” and had an image of a rabbit on the side. She heaved a big sigh of relief and started to sob. As she dropped to her knees from exhaustion, three people came streaming out of the bus.

They gathered her up, gave her some water, and brought her inside. After a few minutes, they asked her the questions required. All of them had designated answers that had nothing to do with the content.

“Anna, how did you find the cow exhibit?”

“My shoes are green.”

“Where is the capital of Iowa?”

“Lavender flowers are blooming.”

“What is today’s date?”

“Top left. Bottom center. Top right. Top center. Bottom right. Bottom left.”

After the questions, they brought her into a little room for an interview. After answering several real questions and paying the bill in cash, she was led to a changing area. She got into a lavender gown and made sure to leave her socks on. It was a little chilly inside the bus. She left her clothing in a little locker and shut the door.

After emerging from the room, she was led to a room with a special exam table. Once positioned on it, she was asked more questions. They wanted to be sure she was sure.

“Did anyone transport you to the museum with the knowledge of your desire to seek this procedure?”

“No. I told nobody why I was really going to the museum.”

“Do you remember what happens afterward?”

“Yes, I will remain here for an hour and have another examination to determine whether I am ready to return to the museum. I will probably bleed a bit for two weeks and need to generally take it easy if I feel tired. I’ll contact you if I feel poorly and follow instructions to be seen near home.”

“Good. There will be no charge if you need to be seen there. Remember to tell no-one anything about this. The only way this works for anyone is if it is kept completely secret.”

She nodded and swore she’d never tell anyone.

“Did you tell anyone about why you need this procedure?”

“No. I took home tests and disposed of them in the trash at the mall.”

“Anna, there are other choices you can make. Are you sure you want to have this procedure done?”

Anna looked her in the eye and said, “Yes. I am sure. This is the only choice for me.”

“All right, then. We are going to go ahead.” The attendant left the room and signaled for the doctor to proceed.

An hour and a half later, Anna Smith got into a small car with one of the attendants and was driven back to the museum on a regular road. She went back inside the museum and looked at a few more exhibits before it was time to take the bus home. She felt a little sore, but also free.

Fifteen years later, Anna had graduated from college and was a cartoonist with a major film production company with dozens of film credits on her resume. She married someone who respected her and gave birth to two healthy children. She owned her own home, had a nice car, and took her family to beautiful resorts for vacation every year.

She never told anyone about the secret exhibit. Nobody went to jail. She was happy and healthy and free.

#idaho #abortion care #abortion #bodily autonomy #abortion trafficking #bullshit laws #fantasy #fiction #what if

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sapphos-darlings · 2 years

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#abortion #abortion care #women's rights #Ukraine #feminism #female healthcare #reproductive rights #bodily autonomy #resources

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mental-mona · 6 months

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#abortion care #abortion bans #abortion #cost of abortion #abortion access

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princessbubblegumandjustice · 2 years

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Conservatives supporting legislation that mimics the Fugitive Slave Act is on brand and not surprising in the slightest.

They don’t want certain people to have rights and they will do everything in their power to prevent them from leaving to ensure it stays that way.

#abortion care #abortion access #abortion #reproductive rights #abortion rights #womens rights #*original #*abortion #*reproductive rights #*womens advocacy

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i-love--you · 11 months

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Anti-abortion group you should know about.

Anti-abortion group you should know about. Created Equal, lesser-known group--they love to spread their hate to teens and tell them how being LGBTQ+ is a sin.

Conservative, Christian, and Cruel; their homepage distracts from their true horrors.

Their "apologetics" are nothing more than fancy words and (honestly shit) arguments to convince others that a mystical sky being exists.

I have talked to many members who look up to this organization, including teenage girls and upper management. They cheered when Roe v. Wade (2022) was passed.

They have compared restricting women's reproductive rights for their religion's sake to stopping slavery, which enrages me as a POC. They go on yearly trips--"Justice Rides"--and talk to vulnerable people (who have had abortions), telling them that their decision to get one was wrong and thus proselytizing them into Christianity.

Created Equal works heavily with impressionable homeschooled children, introducing them to beliefs of hatred against women and LGBTQ+ folks.

Share this with as many as you can because we have to fight for women's rights; not just women but ALL with the ability to give birth.

We will not be silenced.

We will NOT be denied our bodily autonomy.

WE WILL NOT SUCCUMB TO YOUR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.

Shaming us for getting/supporting abortions is like That Vegan Teacher shaming people for eating/supporting the consumption of meat. Pretty controlling, right?

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thatautisticlesbian · 10 months

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sign these petitions plz

found some petitions that I like most LGBTQ and especially trans stuff with some abortion rights mixed in. But please read them first I might have made a mistake and misunderstood something.

https://chng.it/XLhZ774jRS

https://chng.it/9B8xg4BstJ

#Change #Petitions #Human rights #Trans #Abortion care

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skykittywhatchamahcallit · 11 months

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Actually I’ve decided I do want to talk about it- I think it’s important information.

TW for some medical stuff and abortion and vomiting mentions.

last year, after the overturn of roe v wade, I got pregnant and needed an abortion. I had to drive to California to get one. Let’s talk about it.

Before I knew/found out:

I had spend the month smoking and drinking and doing drugs(I am not a saint), I had sex once(unprotected), and was on antibiotics(they didn’t pregnancy test me). I was feeling ill, my period is a little erratic, and I was one week late. I decided to take a test to relieve myself of stress. Whoopsie.

We bought 6 pregnancy tests. I took them all. All of them were positives. I started disassociating at this point out of fear.

Found out

I told my mom. I recruited my boyfriend and best friend for help(me and my boyfriend also talked about this as a very real possibility previously- communication is very important)

Set a planned parenthood appointment out of state, paid in full at the appointment.

At the appointment- I was nervous. They were playing the worst music I’ve ever heard in a doctors office over the radio(headphones next time.) I was emotionally fragile, they were playing songs like “apologize” by onerepublic. I got a pregnancy test, a transvaginal ultrasound, and then everything was explained to me by a pharmacist. The doctor and the pharmacist both told me after the first pill- there was no going back. I was stared at as I took the pill. I got ibuprofen, anti nausea meds, and the 4 pills I was suppose to take the following morning. I went home- I was fine but tired. Until the next morning.

I felt ill, tried eating, and waited for the dreaded time to take the medication. I threw up before I took the anti nausea meds. I had to take them twice. I took ibuprofen, I put the 4 abortion pills in my cheeks and waited, nauseously, for them to melt before I could swallow them.

30 minutes after taking the pills- I started feeling even more sick. My abdomen was starting to cramp in waves. Slowly ramping up, I vomited about 6 times over the course of the next 2 or 3 hours. The pain was unimaginable- it came in waves. Heat packs were the only thing that helped me combat the pain. Imagine the drops and rises you feel in a rollercoaster- that’s how startling and terrifying the pain was. You’ll also feel like you need to poop during this.(I think it’s sort of like a mix of cramps and labor pain?)

After about 4 hours, the pain started to subside, I’d cried my eyes out and thrown up more than I’d thrown up in the past 3 years in only 2 hours. I fell asleep after the pain calmed down enough for me to not lie in bed writhing and crying. I was woken up to eat food and drink water and take more painkillers and ibuprofen. The next 3 days that’s all I really did. Eat, sleep, drink water, relax. I never got the same cramps- but my abdomen ached the entire time with shorter, less extreme cramps. After 3 days I started taking longer breaks between painkillers and lowering the dose. After 6 days I finally started to feel more normal- but I was still bleeding.

I bled for about 2 weeks. I felt more normal after a week. My body’s cycle caught up after about 2 months, and then my emotions caught up after about 6 months. It did change the way I thought about kids and pregnancy- but I have a feeling it has to do with hormones.

Your first best form of contraceptive is not getting pregnant- and your second is an abortion. If you need to get one, if you want to get one, do it. Ask for better painkillers- have heat packs ready, have a friend/lover/family member willing to sit there while you go through the most difficult part and to help take care of you. You’ll be alright.

My inbox is open to questions, and I am more then happy to help you with anything you need to know.

#abortion #abortion care #abortion story #women’s care #women’s rights #pro choice

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