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Watch: This powerful new series highlights the ways abortion providers save and improve women’s lives

Abortion providers are trained to recognize patients who are not entirely sure about their decision so that they can encourage them to think more on it before performing the procedure. They also look out for people who are being forced into abortions. Do they catch every single one? No, but they catch as many as they can so that those patients don’t make the wrong choice for themselves. I’m so glad that the woman in this video was able to talk with a doctor who understood that abortion wasn’t what she really wanted.

I get really tired of hearing about how abortion is just a money maker for doctors, when there are so many stories like these about doctors who look out for people like this woman. Doctors only want to perform abortions on patients who are absolutely 100% sure that it’s for them. -V

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Choice.

#planned parenthood #abortion providers #abortion clinics #motherhood #healthcare #gifs #favorites #q #abortions

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performing life-saving abortions is part of being an ob-gyn. if you refuse to induce miscarriage/remove a fetus for personal reasons when the life of the pregnant person is in danger, you should lose your medical license.

#bigotry #abortions #it's literally not about you #doctors #medical malpractice #and cuz it's not about you #you absolutely have a duty #to save your patient #medicine #healthcare

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“We have lived in an America where women died in back alley abortions. We’ve lived in an America where high school girls tried poison and coat hangers to try to end pregnancies … We have lived in that America, and we are not going back – not now, not ever.” .. (Senator Elizabeth Warren)

Source: cartoonistgroup.com

#planned parenthood #abortions #elizabeth warren #political cartoons #comics

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the-uterus

#WomenBetrayed is trending, so I thought I’d post this in response.

#planned parenthood #healthcare #health #reproductive rights #bigotry #ignorance #abortions #pro birth #anti choice #pro choice

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The latest smear campaign that falsely portrays Planned Parenthood’s participation in tissue donation programs supporting lifesaving scientific research is not only an attack on Planned Parenthood, it is also an attack on women who, like me, have voluntarily decided to try to save lives through tissue donation after an abortion.

I was 10 years into a very successful career, my marriage was six years strong, and I was pregnant for the first time. I was at the top of my game — until, at one of my routine checkups, my ob-gyn couldn’t hear our son’s heartbeat. She explained my baby had died and that she was going to schedule a D&C because my body had not naturally eliminated the pregnancy.

In that moment of total crisis for my husband and me, my doctor also asked us a question that helped transform this devastating loss into one with meaning: She asked if we wanted to donate the tissue to an important research project on trisomy 21, a genetic disorder they discovered he had.

All these years later, the loss of our son still brings me more pain than I could have ever imagined. But knowing that we had an option that could lead to scientific discoveries to prevent other couples’ suffering down the line was a gift back to us. Some people may say that my experience was different because my procedure was done to complete a miscarriage. But medically speaking, it was an abortion — in fact, “abortion” is the procedure listed on my discharge form from the hospital.

In many areas of medicine, patients can decide to have tissue donated to help lead to medical breakthroughs. Why should women who have abortions at Planned Parenthood be treated differently?

Linda N.

Milwaukee, WI

#abortions #reproductive rights #healthcare #planned parenthood #miscarriage

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“When I was pregnant, patients often asked me if it was hard/weird to do their abortion.

My response was simple, ‘Not at all. It is not the right time for you, but it is for me. Later on, if you decide to become a parent, I will be by your side then too.’”

Pratima Gupta, MD, MPH

That’s beautiful ☺

#doctors #abortions #pregnancy #women of color #woc #pratima gupta

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Check in at TheMidwifeIsIn.tumblr.com if you have any other questions.

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There is also the Abortion Pill (Mifepristone). It can be taken up to 9 weeks (but is most effective up to 7 weeks and check the laws in your state). It is comparable to a miscarriage and after getting the intial dosage from your medical service provider, you take the rest at home and go through the process at home.

This is super important, valuable information that I think many people don’t know. Also, when you go to an abortion clinic (I at least know this is true for Planned Parenthood) there’s a counseling meeting where you discuss the alternatives with a doctor and sign a consent form saying that abortion is what you really want. A lot of people who oppose abortion will want to tell you that abortion clinics and reproductive health centers will try to convince you to have the abortion, but that’s just not true. (I mean, only 3% of Planned Parenthood’s services are abortions. Family planning and community health centers like Planned Parenthood are often more concerned with prevention and awareness and other aspects of health. They’re more interested in helping you have options than they are in only giving you the one.)

Nor is it true that any medical center will throw the embryo away in a dumpster after the procedure. I’m sure none of you really thought that, but slander is a vicious thing that spreads and becomes true in the eyes of those who want to believe it because it fits into their agenda.

Additionally: know your rights. When I worked at Planned Parenthood, I learned that protesters are not allowed to be in front of the building or in the parking lot. They have to stay on the sidewalk, further away from the building. They are not supposed to try to convince you not to go into the building, nor can they physically block you from going in or follow you inside. You have to be let in by someone already in the building, which means that any appointment you have there - counseling, a check-up, a mammogram, an abortion, a testing - will be confidential and safe.

#abortions #abortion #healthcare #women's reproductive rights #feminism #feminist #important #favorite #favorites #health #sex ed #education #references

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That’s a great thing to tell women — “You’re pregnant? that’s great, now marry the father. Now, I know this may be a little strange since he’s your rapist because we don’t allow abortions, but you were totally asking for it and your body should have shut itself down if it were a legitimate rape. You shouldnt have worn that skirt or been out of the home. You should have been cooking in the kitchen and now you can cook for your new husband, because that’s where you belong.”