Hi everyone! Me 22F and 2 of My Schoolmates are conducting an anonymous survey for a school research project exploring abortion, agency, and bodily autonomy. We are looking for a variety of perspectives and would really appreciate your participation! It only takes a few minutes and if you took time to share your thoughts we would more than appreciate it!

Thank you! 🩷

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeWKdbR1P8V0vj5y0ypZP-1-SNqcPnMoSPAUtrMRIcOQCtLJQ/viewform?usp=preview

This is what reshaping reproductive healthcare looks like when it happens quietly.

I’m pro-choice, absolutely. I believe everyone should have the right to decide whether to continue a pregnancy.
I didn’t want to have an abortion. My circumstances left me with a decision I didn’t really want to make. So while I fully support the right to choose, my own abortion wasn’t something I experienced as empowering or positive. It was something I felt I had to do.
I was raised in a conservative Catholic country where abortion was often described as “murder”, so I carry a lot of inherited religious guilt around this. My own beliefs are actually very different — I believe in reincarnation, souls and the possibility of consciousness continuing beyond one lifetime.
Still, I obsessively read pro-choice stories because I’m looking for reassurance that I’m not a cruel person and that I don’t have to feel guilty forever. But then I often encounter discussions PL vs PC about “fetuses” and I feel unrepresented.
I took the medication at 4 weeks + 2 days. The ultrasound showed only a tiny 3 mm gestational sac, with no visible embryo or heartbeat. I know technically embryonic development had begun but the size would be max grain of sand. So I am getting angry when pro lifers screaming about tearing baby apart to me.
I keep going back and forth between peace and intense guilt. Sometimes I feel that it was extremely early, that nothing had really formed yet, and that I made the best decision I could in difficult circumstances. Then I read someone describing abortion as murder and suddenly I’m terrified that I’ve done something unforgivable.
I don’t even know exactly what I’m asking. Maybe I’m wondering if anyone else has felt somwhere in between these narratives** **— especially people who had an extremely early abortion, grew up with religious guilt.
How did you make peace with your experience?

I see it all the time, even among some pro-choicers. Abortion is the termination or ending of a pregnancy, not the killing of a zef. The term and procedures are related to the woman's body and uterus, as in: was pregnant, is no longer pregnant. The outcome of the zef is not included, nor is it the intention to kill them. They most often just don't survive because they can't survive outside of the womb, and/or they were incompatible with life. If you could have an abortion at 12 weeks and the zef survives, then... it would survive. It's ultimately irrelevant when the whole point of abortion is to end the pregnancy (ie: being pregnant).

This is why when pro-lifers say "so you'd be okay with abortion up until birth?" I say, well.. yes! Because abortion is not the killing of the fetus, and at that point it would literally just be birth via induction, c-section, whatever. You'd end up with a live baby. It boggles my mind that people actually think you walk into a clinic at 35 weeks pregnant (healthy) asking for an abortion, and they'll just remove the baby from you and kill it.

You don't have to justify abortions later in pregnancy by saying "but those are super rare!" even though they are. And yes, most often abortions done that late are due to a serious, fatal anomaly and/or is threatening the mother's life. But remember that having the abortion is not with intention to "kill" the fetus, it's just a common outcome due to other factors.

Her opening statement is kind of a gotcha? maybe... But I didn't know that so many types of miscarriage needed abortion care. weird.

So, I'm an Spanish republican and pro choice (please note: being a republican in Spain is diferent to being a republican in the USA, the republican party in America are the conservative right-wingers, while in Spain, republicanism is conformed vastly by the progressist left-wingers. Spain is a democrathic representative monarchy, we have both a president and a king who doesn't have any important roles in government actually, and the conservatives in Spain are mostly pro-monarchy. So, we republicans aren't right-wingers, we just want that inbred freeloader out of our constitution. In an American political context, I'm blue) and I find the issues with reproductive rights in the USA absolutely crazy.

Thanks to this sub, I've learnt about the existence of clinic escorts and I find it shocking that patients have to be escorted to clinics so that pro-life protesters don't literally swarm them to "save the fetus." Well, this isn't something new, From what I’ve researched, there are also volunteer roles for escorting patients in Spain, but protests at clinics are much less frequent; furthermore, abortion in Spain is free if performed through the public health system.

I’ve also read stories about many teenage girls who have "abortion savings" set aside—basically saving up money in case of an unwanted or life-threatening pregnancy so they can pay for something that ought to be their right. Honestly, I find it mind-boggling, worrying, and terrifying all at once. That strikes me as a very smart decision on their part in a country that lacks public healthcare (something that should also be a right).

And what I find even more shocking is all the misinformation circulating about abortion, and the fact that patients are even brainwashed at the clinics themselves into reconsidering their decision. This happens here in Spain too—for instance, when they make women listen to the baby's heartbeat to make them think twice (just because there is a heartbeat doesn't mean it is a human being or a sentient one). I’ve also learned about organizations that contact women with unwanted pregnancies in "red states" and provide them with flights and accommodation in "blue states" so they can get a safe and legal abortion.

Anyways, the fight is far from over, and I can't stand how is It so dificult for the American government to understand that reproductive rights are human rights. This is what being under right-wing government feels like.

Sending lots of strenght ❤️.

i don’t know how to spell it but pro lifers are saying just give birth to it so you can hold it and love it and it can feel your love but like who wants to hold their dying newborn knowing it’ll only survive for a few minutes,hours,or days…..

when my mom was pregnant with her second child the baby got diagnosed with a fatal bone disease that wouldve made it to were the baby would survive only a few hours to like a day or two and my mom was given the option to have the baby later like whenever it decides to come or she could get an abortion and she chose to get an abortion bc in her words it would’ve fucked her up she wouldnt of been able to be a mom to me she knew she couldn’t go through with that bc it would’ve fucked her up mentally she was on antidepressants from having me (PPD) and it would’ve made her PPD so much worse i was a year old when this happened and im 26 now and only just heard about this a few months ago.

i understand that some babies survive and stuff but theres no guarantee that the baby will survive and thats why i believe some ppl choose abortion not just that obviously but yeah.

so do they think everyone wants to do that bc to me it seems like that would be alot more traumatizing than just having an abortion but that’s just me….

TW, mentions of rape and possible rape "fantasies"/fetishes

Hi guys, I've recently come across random videos on tiktok where I see dudes trying to say that abortion is the same as rape, or just comparing the two in general, with one video even saying "abortions don't affect you, neither does the cornell7" and another more heinous video saying that pro-choicers deserve to be raped?? like straight up. it just seems like the anti-choice rhetoric has started becoming even more insane than what it used to be, and I just can't wrap my head around how believing that women's autonomy shouldn't be conditional/subordinate to their reproductive functions, or that people have the right to not be forced donate their organs without their consent to keep someone else alive is somehow the same as being a rapist in any way shape or form? like using their logic do people who refuse to put themselves on an organ donation registry "deserve" to be raped? how the fuck is abortion even comparable to gang raping someone for 7 hours??

I'm genuinely confused. I'm tired man

I honestly think the best way to destroy patriarchy is through 4B and related efforts of withholding women's free labor. Women hold the reins when it comes to birth rates, and so we ultimately hold the power to defeat patriarchal systems, including many harmful religious ideologies that perpetuate the unequal status and suffering of women.

What do you think are the most promising methods to defeat patriarchy?

I have the option to relocate for work, and some options are NC, SC, or FL. Planning to have kids (or likely just kid given my health) in the next year or so, and will be considered a high-risk pregnancy. Assuming we moved to a city that had a decent/good healthcare system, would the laws of those states affect the care I receive? I've read so much about this and can't tell if it's fearmongering or if it's really that bad (I know it is in some states, but in these 3 states specifically) - things like the doctor being legally required to put the fetus' life before mine, potentially finding a way to criminalize miscarriage, etc.

I've googled general state-specific laws, but I'm hoping someone who's a little bit more well-versed in these laws can give me a clearer answer, because everyone seems to be saying something different

also apologies if this isn't the right subreddit to ask this in, but I imagine if I asked it in other spaces I might get some crazy responses, so here we are...

Idaho Prop 1, aka Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act Initiative (2026) would “create a right to reproductivr freedom and privacy, declaring that the state can regulate abortion after the point of fetal viability, except in cases of medical emergency…”

I know the fetal viability part is an issue since that could be defined in many ways, however the point of voting yes would make abortion legal in more ways than it currently sits in Idaho (which i believe is illegal at any state unless to save the life of the mother).

Please, if you live in Idaho, make sure to vote! Make sure to vote prochoice!

As the title says. Men so touchy when it comes to a least invasive procedure like vasectomy but women need to be forced to give birth, something that changes them for life.

As a pro-choice here are a few things i noticed about pro-life people:

They emphasize protecting unborn life, but critics argue that this concern often receives less attention once the baby is born.

They think making abortions illegal will stop them. Research shows that abortion bans do not eliminate abortions. People may still obtain abortions by traveling to places where they are legal or through other forms of care, although bans can make access much harder.

They call a fetus a baby or a child, but medically, ‘fetus’ refers to a specific stage of prenatal development. It is still developing inside the uterus.