Here I am talking about Abortion again! Its what’s on my Mind Folks!!
Stop saying and stop thinking that abortion is a women’s issue.
That’s it. Pretty simple right? But SUPER important.
Cause, the thing is, it’s not just women that have abortions
Trans men have abortions. Gender queer people have abortions. Two spirit people have abortions. People who do not fit into the box of ‘woman’ have abortions.
This is the reality we live in, and the more we pretend otherwise, the more dangerous it is for other people, and the more they are excluded by the movement.
Gender is this thing that we make out of a million different characteristics. The way we hold our hands. The length of our hair. The shape of our face. What we wear. Our voices. But then, for some reason, when we got to the question of what is it really, we go to what lives between your legs. Even though that’s not how we make gender and that’s not how gender works. It’s in that THOUGHT that gender lives in our crotches, that we end up erasing the reality that men can have abortions, men can get pregnant and give birth.
So I’m pledging, right here and now, to stop framing the issue of abortion access as one that’s unique to women. Updating your terminology is an easy switch that can go a long way!
Use inclusive language when talking about pregnancy, abortion, parenting and reproductive health in general. Use gender-neutral words like PEOPLE.
Im going to work on this – I hope you will too!!!
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