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crossword

reproductive health

community

Solve Crossword Puzzles, Fund Abortions Across the Country (Again!)

We created a pack of puzzles to raise money for abortion funds!

Rachel —

Mar 24, 2025

reproductive health

south africa

politics + activism

I’m South African. Trump’s Presidency Affects Abortion Access in My Country, Too

The Global Gag Rule prohibits organizations receiving US foreign aid from providing abortion procedures, referrals, and information in their countries of operation. It applies regardless of the legal status of…

Summer Tao —

Nov 12, 2024

florida

reproductive health

politics + activism

Despite Majority Support, Abortion Rights Failed in Florida Due to a Stupid Rule — That’s Bad for Everyone

Due to a 2006 rule that requires a 60% approval rating for constitutional amendments in Florida, the abortion rights amendment did not pass despite majority support. This outcome is bad…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Nov 6, 2024

reproductive health

Supportive woman touching shoulder of her wife during psychotherapy session

politics + activism

Alabama’s Anti-IVF Ruling Quotes God To Conclude Embryos Are People and Queer Parents Are F*cked

Alabama’s Supreme Court rules that embryos are people because God said so, and the implications for prospective queer parents in the state are dire.

Riese —

Feb 24, 2024

chronic illness

polyamory

Against a peach background, pink and red flowers form the shape of a uterus. Green vines form the fallopian tubes and white flowers form the ovaries.

relationships

How Polyamory Pushed Me to Prioritize My Pelvic Health

Communicating openly about sex and pelvic health with my partners helps me advocate for myself in medical settings.

Samantha Puc —

Apr 3, 2023

asexuality

reproductive health

On the right, there is a glass vase filled with lavender and some dried pink flowers. A white wall and a diagonal wood panel are in the background. To the left of the vase, there are two, hanging strings of crystals. They reflect rainbow flecks of light onto the wall.

first person

My Hysterectomy and Early Menopause Reshaped My Sexuality — So My Queerness Found New Spaces to Inhabit

Where once my sexuality flourished in the spaces of the unknown, it is now content to be still.

Juniper Fitzgerald —

Mar 6, 2023

non-binary

parenthood

Against a robin's egg blue background, a white person's hand holds up a pink and white pregnancy test, which reveals two pink lines.

first person

As a Nonbinary Abortion Activist, Planning a Pregnancy Is Complicated — And Hopeful

Just after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, my doctor asks if I’m excited to have another baby.

Shelly Jay Shore —

Sep 19, 2022

reproductive health

Three identical posters in stamped style from the 1970s says "Stopped Forced Sterilization" in both English and in Spanish, above images of women of different ages and sizes.

politics + activism

I’m Sick of White Women Centering Themselves in the Struggle For Reproductive Justice

Whiteness needs to be decentered from the fight for reproductive justice. History is a powerful tool for transformation and rethinking – I want to share the history of mass sterilization…

Lily Alvarado —

Aug 26, 2022

reproductive health

queer pregnancy

Needing To Abort Due To a Life-Limiting Fetal Diagnosis Was Heartbreaking Enough Already

Getting a life-limiting fetal diagnosis like trisomy 18 is devastating to expectant parents, who usually choose to abort rather than wait for an inevitable miscarriage, stillbirth, or a painful brief…

Riese —

Aug 3, 2022

politics

reproductive health

Against a white tiled background, a white person's hand holds up a cardboard sign that reads, "MY BODY MY CHOICE."

first person

I’m Trans, I’m Trying to Get Pregnant and I’m More Pro-Choice Than Ever

Roe v. Wade has been overturned, today, as I lie here praying that I’m pregnant. And I have never been more pro-choice than I am in this moment.

R/B Mertz —

Jul 8, 2022

reproductive health

Two pills with diagonals across are rolling against an orange and pink background (the orange and pink lighting is also making the pills look pink)

health

Medication Abortion 101

Here is everything I know about medication abortion so that you can access the care you need, share it with a friend, or save it for that just-in-case moment.

Katie —

Jun 24, 2022

link roundup

reproductive health

Today is a good day to donate to an abortion fund: A black person holds a large blue sign in the sky that says "Keep Abortion Legal."

politics + activism

89 Abortion Funds That You Can Give To Immediately

Today is the fucking day to give to an abortion fund.

Carmen Phillips —

Jun 24, 2022