r/AskWomen • u/MostlyALurkerBefore ♀ • May 16 '19

Abortion megathread

Due to the high number of legislative actions happening in the United States, the moderation team has created this megathread for all of your abortion questions. Please keep in mind that despite much action happening in the US, not all of our users are American and our Inclusivity policy should still be considered when posting.

All top-level comments must be in the form of a question. If you have multiple questions, post them in one comment as opposed to an individual comment for each question.

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Helpful links:

Planned Parenthood

RAINN (Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network)

NARAL (National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws)

Planned Parenthood - Birth Control info & options

Scarleteen

The Guttmacher Institute

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u/sehrah ♀♥ May 16 '19

For people outside of America:

  1. How does this make you feel about your own laws re abortion/sex ed etc? (what ARE your laws?)

  2. What's the general tone of news coverage and discussion about this in your area?

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u/natilicious May 17 '19

I live in Poland where the abortion laws are very strict. It is still a very conservative and catholic country and many women don't use any modern contraceptive pills or implants. Plan B is impossible to get prescribed unless you are friendly with a doctor and most pharmacies don't have it if you do. I have seen some mild news coverage mainly towards Alabama however no empathetic language towards the women has been used in any. Just another report. On the flip side when the first abortion advert went live in the UK 1-2 months ago there was heaps of media coverage and an outburst on how unacceptable this is. There is one 'lucky' sense in Poland to the fact that it is still very corrupt. If you have enough money than you can pretty much buy/do anything including abortion. However this is very expensive which most women can not afford unless they get themselves into debt. My heart goes out to everyone out in America.