sexgenderbody

abaldwin360:

stfuconservatives:

The police said Thursday that they had charged Yaribely Almonte, 20, who had lived in the building, with self-abortion in the first degree, a misdemeanor charge that has been used only a few times in New York State. Although it was unclear how old the fetus was, the charge applies when the abortion occurs after 24 weeks of pregnancy, when it is legal only if a woman’s doctor says her life is in danger.

The state’s Division of Criminal Justice Services said that since 1980, four other women had been charged with self-abortion in the first degree or in the second degree, a lesser charge that can apply when the attempt is not successful. Three of those cases, from Nassau County in 2006 and 2010 and from Monroe County in 2000, ended in dismissal.

Please please please signal boost this. I saw it on Twitter in the early hours of the morning today and it hasn’t gotten much press yet.

If you live in NY, maybe give someone a call? This is an abhorrent violation of this woman’s right to privacy and bodily autonomy. I am sickened that they are targeting a poor WOC for this, but not at all shocked. There may be a petition in the works; stay tuned for updates.

-R

[edit: It’s been brought to my attention that the article at the link has some pretty terrible reporting in it. I can totally see it now but I was half asleep when I first read it so I’m sorry for the oversight.]

This needs to be “super-reblogged”

(Source: stfuconservatives)

celticthistle:

inherhipstheresrevolutions:

thehumorlessfeminist:

This is what anti-choicers want.

Zambia’s abortion law permits pregnancy termination on health and socioeconomic grounds. However few women who need an abortion can meet requirements that it be performed by a physician, in a hospital and with the consent of three registered medical
practitioners, one of whom must be a specialist with expertise relating to the case. (In emergency situations, consent from only one physician is needed.) That there are fewer than two physicians for every 10,000 people in Zambia is just one of the hurdles women face when seeking a legal abortion. Others include the cost of the procedure and the strong social and religious sanctions against abortion. Women who cannot overcome the considerable logistical, financial or social obstacles to obtaining a legal procedure may resort to illegal abortion, risking their well-being and seven years’ imprisonment.

THIS is what happens when abortion is illegal.

So much for giving a flying fuck about ~lyfe~, anti-choicers. THIS is the reality of illegal abortion.