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No Choice: The Fall of Roe V. Wade and the Fight to Protect the Right to Abortion | Becca Andrews

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This is an emotional book filled with abortion stories and stories of the people who help provide them. The book is vaguely chronological, starting with women in the 60s and organizations like the Janes in Chicago that connected women to help. She spoke to many women and non-binary folks that found increasing difficulty as more burdensome legislation was passed. She talked to providers and reproductive justice advocates about where we go now.

Cinfhen, Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Chrissyreadit I‘m terrified. And frustrated by a view of Abortion that completely ignores it is vital healthcare. 2y

Megabooks @Chrissyreadit I‘m terrified too. My state has a constitutional ban on the ballot, even in cases of rape or non-viability, and I think it‘s going to pass. I hope not. Vote NO on 2 if you‘re in Kentucky!! (edited) 2y

Decalino @Megabooks I'm in Kentucky too and I will be voting no! 2y

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Megabooks what I still don‘t get is how much any woman‘s healthcare choice is still questioned. I‘ve recently checked into having my “tubes tied” as they use to call it. And where I‘d heard stories of women being told they were too young, they might change their minds, meet the right guy, whatever…I was basically told I was too old because I‘d be going through menopause soon anyway, so not worth a surgery. So basically it‘s never the “right”⤵️ 2y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ time for a woman to make that decision for herself. Nevermind that I could still get pregnant and it would be very risky, or that they‘d happily put me on birth control (and I‘d just have to hope that stays legal until I pass through menopause) 🙄 2y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa And honestly with the way the laws are changing fast, I don‘t feel like it‘s guaranteed to be legal until then, or that once illegal it wouldn‘t take years to work it‘s way through the court system and be challenged. It‘s always the “it can‘t happen here”, until it does. Republican leaning states are tough places to live right now. (edited) 2y

Addison_Reads @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I have gone through similar things. I knew I never wanted kids but doctors have always refused the surgery because I was young and might change my mind. They were always happy to push birth control instead, and now at 41, I was told I'm too close to menopause for the surgery now. It's infuriating. I would love to make a decision for my own body. 2y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Addison_Reads Exactly! And have that decision & choice listened to and honored. 2y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Addison_Reads It‘s like they think no woman has every had a late life pregnancy, or an empty nest baby because she thought she was done menstruating and wasn‘t, or that no woman ever became pregnant despite using birth control. 🙄 2y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Addison_Reads by the way, I‘m 49 & still pretty regular… I skip maybe 1 a year…yes TMI (sorry, but we need to be more open about this stuff instead of shamed into not talking about “taboo” real life stuff.) But close to being through menopause is a guesstimate at best, 41, for you, could be another 10 or 15 years of possible high risk pregnancy in a state where “danger to the life of the mother” terminations don‘t exist anymore…it‘s a long time 2y

Chrissyreadit @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Addison_Reads you are both right about everything- my grandmother had a baby at 50!!!! It‘s bullshit that women can‘t have say over our bodies. I had my tubes tied because I would have died if I was pregnant again - and in WV husbands have to give consent!!!! I‘m still furious. 18 years later. Apparently any man can get a vasectomy any time though. (edited) 2y

Addison_Reads @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Chrissyreadit Thankfully my husband is understanding and just as furious as I am, so he is getting a vasectomy. It just shouldn't be this way. And I agree, we need to be more open and talk about these things more. Too many women think they should never discuss their menstrual cycles, and it's time we all yell about them from the roof tops so we can make change happen. 2y

sarahbarnes 😡🤬😡 2y

Cinfhen This conversation is SO IMPORTANT and it‘s making me SO MAD!!!!! Thanks for sharing @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Addison_Reads @Chrissyreadit and you Meg for putting this book on my radar!!! #Stacked!!!!!! 2y

Deblovestoread Thank you all for sharing! We must talk about all of these things and make people hear us. I had a non viable pregnancy after having my tubes tied. I had to carry for a week to see if the I would spontaneously abort on my own before having it done surgically. In today‘s world I might not have had a surgical option. How can this be so hard to understand? @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Addison_Reads @Chrissyreadit 2y

Megabooks @Decalino awesome!! I truly think it will be devastating for ky if it passes. 2y

Megabooks @sarahbarnes yes. 2y

Megabooks @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Addison_Reads count me in the childfree by choice camp too. Living my adult life mostly in the south and not having a clear medical need for it, I never bothered to check about getting a ligation. I knew it would be unlikely to get approved. At 42, I still live in terror of a pregnancy, but recently I developed fibroids, so I guess an upside is that makes pregnancy less likely. 🙄 (edited) 2y

Megabooks @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Addison_Reads also there‘s the issue of insurance covering a ligation. Of course men get whatever care they need weather it be for a crooked carrot (seen those commercials?) blue pills or a vasectomy. 🤬 2y

Megabooks @Chrissyreadit that is ridiculous but believable that you needed spousal permission. And your poor grandmother!! What risk!! Plus I couldn‘t imagine having a newborn then or having to wait to 68+ for an empty nest! 2y

Megabooks @Cinfhen I think you‘ll like this but take it slow. These stories are overwhelming. 2y

Megabooks @Deblovestoread oh god! What a rough week that must have been. Abortion care is healthcare. 2y

Megabooks @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Addison_Reads @Chrissyreadit @Cinfhen @Deblovestoread I also appreciate everyone sharing! I‘m glad we can be supportive here! (edited) 2y

Cinfhen Was this audio for you @Megabooks ?? I‘m thinking of going print- I listened to a sample of the audio and I wasn‘t feeling the author‘s voice 2y

Megabooks @Cinfhen it was, but the author only narrates the (short) intro. A very good, imo, professional VO artist does the vast majority. Marisha Tapera. I hadn‘t listened to her before, but she did really well. 👍🏻👍🏻 2y

Cinfhen Ok!! Thanks 😊 I‘ll wait and see if it becomes available on #Scribd otherwise I might buy a physical copy xxx 2y

Megabooks @Cinfhen awesome 👍🏻 2y

Chrissyreadit @Deblovestoread I‘m so sorry you had to endure a week of fear and pain! This current move is terrifying! Woman‘s lives are clearly not valued. 2y

Chrissyreadit @Megabooks @Cinfhen @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Addison_Reads @Deblovestoread I always appreciate when an important book is shared and discussions ensue on litsy. I think I‘m going to listen to this also. 2y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Deblovestoread such a terrible difficult time, and a similar situation in the future to me is terrifying…because I don‘t think the options will be there. We have too many people making laws that don‘t understand basic biology. Which is very scary, and sadly even when the doctors that know it might be necessary are going to be stuck because of the new laws. (edited) 2y

Amandajoy This was an informative thread! I am also child-free (ish? I have two stepkids) and don't plan on having any of my own, but had no idea @Addison_Reads that at 41, I might be too old to have my tubes if I needed it?!? It's something I've been thinking about more lately with the recent Dobbs decision. (Never-mind the rabbit hole of doom I can go down thinking about potential ramifications for interracial marriages, which I am in.) 2y

Amandajoy I may also have to pick up a physical copy of this to have in the house. My husband and his ex are both “pro-life“ and we live in a red state. I want my step-daughter to have access to other viewpoints. Though my husband does seem to struggle when I remind him that at 11, his daughter is physically mature enough to get pregnant. And that thought is freaking scary. 2y

Megabooks @Amandajoy it is just a scary, scary time now. I just don‘t understand why people think the government should be involved in a private medical decision. My neighbor just put up a sign about being yes on the abortion ban amendment. I just want to tear it down and spit on it when I walk my dog past it. 🤬 2y

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