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Two years of existing in a misogynist hellscape where eggs have more rights than you, as a living, breathing, person with dreams of your own. Two years of being seen as nothing more than a production line. Roe was never enough. When we said we ‘weren‘t going back‘, that was true. We‘ve gone somewhere much worse.

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No Choice: The Fall of Roe V. Wade and the Fight to Protect the Right to Abortion | Becca Andrews

I read several really good nonfiction in Feb. No Choice came out on top, but Alan Rickman‘s diaries almost tied. #2023readingbracketnonfiction

Amiable Stacking! My nonfiction winner for February was a similar one

You're the Only One I've Told: The Stories Behind Abortion

Soubhiville @Amiable I read that this month too, and it was also excellent! 2y

DivineDiana What a great idea to have two charts! For February, I have two books that I love, and one is fiction and one is nonfiction. Hard choice to choose one. 🤔 2y

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No Choice: The Fall of Roe V. Wade and the Fight to Protect the Right to Abortion | Becca Andrews

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Such a well researched book about the history of reproductive rights from the beginning up until now. Andrews includes personal stories of many people from many walks of life, their experiences when they needed reproductive care, and the ways the American system has always been limited, along with recent devastating developments.

Crucial info for all people with birthing bodies, and those who want to help.

All the stars.

Megabooks So glad you loved this too! 2y

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No Choice: The Fall of Roe V. Wade and the Fight to Protect the Right to Abortion | Becca Andrews

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This was an emotional book and also just makes me furious that we are living in a country that still doesn't value women and our right to choose.

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Megabooks

No Choice: The Fall of Roe V. Wade and the Fight to Protect the Right to Abortion | Becca Andrews

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This is an emotional book filled with abortion stories and stories of the people who help provide them. The book is vaguely chronological, starting with women in the 60s and organizations like the Janes in Chicago that connected women to help. She spoke to many women and non-binary folks that found increasing difficulty as more burdensome legislation was passed. She talked to providers and reproductive justice advocates about where we go now.

Cinfhen, Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Chrissyreadit I‘m terrified. And frustrated by a view of Abortion that completely ignores it is vital healthcare. 2y

Megabooks @Chrissyreadit I‘m terrified too. My state has a constitutional ban on the ballot, even in cases of rape or non-viability, and I think it‘s going to pass. I hope not. Vote NO on 2 if you‘re in Kentucky!! (edited) 2y

Decalino @Megabooks I'm in Kentucky too and I will be voting no! 2y

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Megabooks what I still don‘t get is how much any woman‘s healthcare choice is still questioned. I‘ve recently checked into having my “tubes tied” as they use to call it. And where I‘d heard stories of women being told they were too young, they might change their minds, meet the right guy, whatever…I was basically told I was too old because I‘d be going through menopause soon anyway, so not worth a surgery. So basically it‘s never the “right”⤵️ 2y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ time for a woman to make that decision for herself. Nevermind that I could still get pregnant and it would be very risky, or that they‘d happily put me on birth control (and I‘d just have to hope that stays legal until I pass through menopause) 🙄 2y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa And honestly with the way the laws are changing fast, I don‘t feel like it‘s guaranteed to be legal until then, or that once illegal it wouldn‘t take years to work it‘s way through the court system and be challenged. It‘s always the “it can‘t happen here”, until it does. Republican leaning states are tough places to live right now. (edited) 2y

Addison_Reads @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I have gone through similar things. I knew I never wanted kids but doctors have always refused the surgery because I was young and might change my mind. They were always happy to push birth control instead, and now at 41, I was told I'm too close to menopause for the surgery now. It's infuriating. I would love to make a decision for my own body. 2y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Addison_Reads Exactly! And have that decision & choice listened to and honored. 2y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Addison_Reads It‘s like they think no woman has every had a late life pregnancy, or an empty nest baby because she thought she was done menstruating and wasn‘t, or that no woman ever became pregnant despite using birth control. 🙄 2y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Addison_Reads by the way, I‘m 49 & still pretty regular… I skip maybe 1 a year…yes TMI (sorry, but we need to be more open about this stuff instead of shamed into not talking about “taboo” real life stuff.) But close to being through menopause is a guesstimate at best, 41, for you, could be another 10 or 15 years of possible high risk pregnancy in a state where “danger to the life of the mother” terminations don‘t exist anymore…it‘s a long time 2y

Chrissyreadit @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Addison_Reads you are both right about everything- my grandmother had a baby at 50!!!! It‘s bullshit that women can‘t have say over our bodies. I had my tubes tied because I would have died if I was pregnant again - and in WV husbands have to give consent!!!! I‘m still furious. 18 years later. Apparently any man can get a vasectomy any time though. (edited) 2y

Addison_Reads @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Chrissyreadit Thankfully my husband is understanding and just as furious as I am, so he is getting a vasectomy. It just shouldn't be this way. And I agree, we need to be more open and talk about these things more. Too many women think they should never discuss their menstrual cycles, and it's time we all yell about them from the roof tops so we can make change happen. 2y

sarahbarnes 😡🤬😡 2y

Cinfhen This conversation is SO IMPORTANT and it‘s making me SO MAD!!!!! Thanks for sharing @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Addison_Reads @Chrissyreadit and you Meg for putting this book on my radar!!! #Stacked!!!!!! 2y

Deblovestoread Thank you all for sharing! We must talk about all of these things and make people hear us. I had a non viable pregnancy after having my tubes tied. I had to carry for a week to see if the I would spontaneously abort on my own before having it done surgically. In today‘s world I might not have had a surgical option. How can this be so hard to understand? @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Addison_Reads @Chrissyreadit 2y

Megabooks @Decalino awesome!! I truly think it will be devastating for ky if it passes. 2y

Megabooks @sarahbarnes yes. 2y

Megabooks @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Addison_Reads count me in the childfree by choice camp too. Living my adult life mostly in the south and not having a clear medical need for it, I never bothered to check about getting a ligation. I knew it would be unlikely to get approved. At 42, I still live in terror of a pregnancy, but recently I developed fibroids, so I guess an upside is that makes pregnancy less likely. 🙄 (edited) 2y

Megabooks @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Addison_Reads also there‘s the issue of insurance covering a ligation. Of course men get whatever care they need weather it be for a crooked carrot (seen those commercials?) blue pills or a vasectomy. 🤬 2y

Megabooks @Chrissyreadit that is ridiculous but believable that you needed spousal permission. And your poor grandmother!! What risk!! Plus I couldn‘t imagine having a newborn then or having to wait to 68+ for an empty nest! 2y

Megabooks @Cinfhen I think you‘ll like this but take it slow. These stories are overwhelming. 2y

Megabooks @Deblovestoread oh god! What a rough week that must have been. Abortion care is healthcare. 2y

Megabooks @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Addison_Reads @Chrissyreadit @Cinfhen @Deblovestoread I also appreciate everyone sharing! I‘m glad we can be supportive here! (edited) 2y

Cinfhen Was this audio for you @Megabooks ?? I‘m thinking of going print- I listened to a sample of the audio and I wasn‘t feeling the author‘s voice 2y

Megabooks @Cinfhen it was, but the author only narrates the (short) intro. A very good, imo, professional VO artist does the vast majority. Marisha Tapera. I hadn‘t listened to her before, but she did really well. 👍🏻👍🏻 2y

Cinfhen Ok!! Thanks 😊 I‘ll wait and see if it becomes available on #Scribd otherwise I might buy a physical copy xxx 2y

Megabooks @Cinfhen awesome 👍🏻 2y

Chrissyreadit @Deblovestoread I‘m so sorry you had to endure a week of fear and pain! This current move is terrifying! Woman‘s lives are clearly not valued. 2y

Chrissyreadit @Megabooks @Cinfhen @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Addison_Reads @Deblovestoread I always appreciate when an important book is shared and discussions ensue on litsy. I think I‘m going to listen to this also. 2y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Deblovestoread such a terrible difficult time, and a similar situation in the future to me is terrifying…because I don‘t think the options will be there. We have too many people making laws that don‘t understand basic biology. Which is very scary, and sadly even when the doctors that know it might be necessary are going to be stuck because of the new laws. (edited) 2y

Amandajoy This was an informative thread! I am also child-free (ish? I have two stepkids) and don't plan on having any of my own, but had no idea @Addison_Reads that at 41, I might be too old to have my tubes if I needed it?!? It's something I've been thinking about more lately with the recent Dobbs decision. (Never-mind the rabbit hole of doom I can go down thinking about potential ramifications for interracial marriages, which I am in.) 2y

Amandajoy I may also have to pick up a physical copy of this to have in the house. My husband and his ex are both “pro-life“ and we live in a red state. I want my step-daughter to have access to other viewpoints. Though my husband does seem to struggle when I remind him that at 11, his daughter is physically mature enough to get pregnant. And that thought is freaking scary. 2y

Megabooks @Amandajoy it is just a scary, scary time now. I just don‘t understand why people think the government should be involved in a private medical decision. My neighbor just put up a sign about being yes on the abortion ban amendment. I just want to tear it down and spit on it when I walk my dog past it. 🤬 2y

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bibliothecarivs

The Ethics of Abortion | Jennifer A. Hurley

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★★★☆☆

Pro: I liked the format: a short anthology of writings by various authors examining the issue from different perspectives.

Cons: It was fairly binary and could have benefited from more examples of the messiness of morality. It was published in 2001 and often refers to events of its time so it's somewhat outdated now.

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CBee

Roe v. Wade: The Untold Story of the Landmark Supreme Court Decision that Made Abortion Legal | Marian Faux

This does NOT apply to the justices who dissented. The others should be ashamed. Such a dark day for our country. 😞 @TheBookHippie

TheBookHippie Seriously ✊🏼 2y

KristiAhlers This has made me sick to my stomach. We don‘t legislate the male body. Why is everyone so okay with legislating a female body? I can‘t wrap my mind around this right now. Wish RBG was still here to impart her calm wisdom. 2y

DinoMom Sad day for women! 2y

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JenReadsAlot I'm so sick and angry 2y

Sophronisba Well, I love the sentiment but I am just sick over the decision. 2y

CBee @KristiAhlers she‘s rolling over her in her grave, I‘m sure. We definitely need an RBG right now 😞 2y

CBee @DinoMom @JenReadsAlot @Sophronisba we‘re going backwards and I‘m sick over it too 😞 2y

thereadingpal I'm so sorry for you all. Sending love from Italy. I hope you can protest and riot. 2y

Eggbeater Well said! 2y

CBee @thereadingpal so many are already protesting and I‘m sure that will continue. I‘m trying to figure out the best way that I can help. My state is one of the worst to live in as far as progress goes. 😞 2y

thereadingpal @CBee I'm so sorry. My fb timeline and discord server have been flooded with terrified and angry people and I hate that I can't help. 2y

CBee @thereadingpal you can help by listening! And with your kind comments. You‘re helping ♥️ 2y

thereadingpal @CBee I'll always be here to listen. Many of you have got my email because of Litsylove. If someone needs to talk it through or vent, do contact me 2y

CBee @thereadingpal thank you! 2y

Leftcoastzen Disgusting and awful! This is a dark day , nightmare. 2y

Cazxxx A terrible, terrible day. This is such a huge step backwards and it makes me so upset 2y

sprainedbrain Love this. Hate it here. 💔 2y

CBee @sprainedbrain I hate it here too. Just seems to get worse and worse every day. 2y

DimeryRene @monalyisha shared great resources. I‘m not sure if everyone already follows — @CBee @sprainedbrain @KristiAhlers (edited) 2y

CBee @DimeryRene I follow her and will check out her post now! Thank you 🙏🏻 2y

Tamra 😂😂😂👌🏾 2y

Maria514626 That is fantastic! (Everything else is not.) 2y

CBee @Maria514626 I know what you mean 😊 If I ever take up needlework, which I probably won‘t 😂 I‘ll sew us all one of these 😃 2y

Maria514626 @CBee I have a cross stitch pattern that says “NOPE.” The word is surrounded by cutesy hearts. 😆😆😆 Looks like I‘m going to work some things out—with a needle. 2y

CBee @Maria514626 oh I think I need that 😂 I have a button that has a big red NO with a small yes underneath 😂😂 2y

Maria514626 @CBee That‘s fantastic. 🎉🎉🎉 2y

CBee @Maria514626 what‘s even better is, my husband got it for me 😂😂 he gets it 😂 2y

Maria514626 @CBee 🥳🥳🥳🎉🎉🎉👏👏👏 2y

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