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[ingravinoveritas]

Watching this is fueling my rage right now, my fight. Thank you to Michael for giving a recitation that inspires the feelings this Dylan Thomas poem was meant to provoke...

#michael sheen #welsh seduction machine #dylan thomas #do not go gentle into that good night #abortion #abortion rights #roe vs. wade #reproductive rights #supreme court #off-topic #sort of #but seriously important #will resume your regularly scheduled MS/DT posts soon #but i am thoroughly pissed off at the moment #discourse

[ingravinoveritas]

I am absolutely sickened by what has happened today. Women’s bodies have long been a battleground, but living at the intersection of being female and autistic has shown me the even greater struggle we face in ensuring the reproductive rights of people on the spectrum.

The right to choose, whether to choose to carry a pregnancy term or to have an abortion, is a fundamental one that is inextricably tied to bodily autonomy and the right to self-determination. Today’s ruling sets a precedent that AFAB people do not have the right to bodily autonomy, and that the most vulnerable among us will not only not have our choices respected, but may be denied the right to that choice in the first place.

As I begin work on developing a sexual education curriculum for students on the autism spectrum, I am left to wonder how I will keep autistic women and AFAB people safe in a world that disregards their sexuality and agency all too readily. The fight ahead has become even greater than any of us could have expected.

But I can’t stop, and I won’t stop, until every last one of us is free…

#abortion #abortion rights #roe vs. wade #autism #autism and sexuality #disability #supreme court #reproductive rights #sex education #off-topic #but seriously important #will resume your regularly scheduled MS/DT posts soon #but i am thoroughly pissed off at the moment