There was the “rule of thirty”—you had to have six kids, living, by the time you were thirty, five by age thirty-five, four by age forty, or have had three C-sections, and you had to have the permission of your husband, or if you were separated, he had to have been gone seven years....
FUCK THAT. #womxndontneedpermission #womxnarenotincubatorswithlegs
When I first met my husband to be, I did go to a doctor and I did get birth control pills and my future husband Paul found out I was taking them, and he made me throw him away. In his mind, he thought that if I was on birth control pills, that meant I could go to bed with anybody I wanted to and I never get pregnant. Therefore, birth control pills gave girls the opportunity to be promiscuous!
#womxndontneedpermission
My doctor would always tell me, “You‘ve got too many kids, too many kids. You have to stop having babies. It isn‘t good for you.” But he was very clear that he wouldn‘t do an abortion.
So help her!!! #womxnarenotincubators
#abortionishealthcare #womxndontneedpermission
I was depressed, desperate, and frantic. I felt that I really couldn‘t survive another pregnancy. How many reasons did I need? Well, they didn‘t think my reasons were good enough, and they refused to sterilize me, so I was stuck again.
#womxndontneedpermission
After that I tried to get a hysterectomy or get my tubes tied so I wouldn‘t be at risk every time my husband came after me, but they wouldn‘t do it. They asked me why I wanted one. Why? Why couldn‘t they understand? I was tired. My body was tired.
#womxndontneedpermission
My husband refused to sign for the birth control pills. This was like a bad dream. First, I couldn‘t get birth control because I wasn‘t married, and then, the way things turned out, I couldn‘t get birth control because I was!
#womxnneedbirthcontrol #womxndontneedpermission
