Obviously women deserve control over their own bodies. That’s table stakes. But if we’re agitating, if we’re protesting … and they’re making it about the babies? Let’s make it about the babies too. All workers — all women — deserve to start a family. And in a capitalist system, it’s cruel to force people to raise children when they can’t afford it. “If it’s not about babies, then it’s about punishing women (and people with uteruses) and controlling our bodies.” — @leliacohan, May 3, 2020
Obviously women deserve control over their own bodies. That’s table stakes. But if we’re agitating, if we’re protesting … and they’re making it about the babies? Let’s make it about the babies too. All workers — all women — deserve to start a family. And in a capitalist system, it’s cruel to force people to raise children when they can’t afford it.
“If it’s not about babies, then it’s about punishing women (and people with uteruses) and controlling our bodies.” — @leliacohan, May 3, 2020