My mother was big in the abortion rights movement. In the early 1960s, when abortion was still illegal, she had a miscarriage at around six months. So she's covered in blood, with a dead fetus between her legs, and the doctor told her she couldn't be cleaned up yet. GUESS WHY? 1/

A full examination had to be done, and presented to a POLICE OFFICER, to prove my mom hadn't committed Manslaughter. Imagine that. Worst moment of your life, in pain, covered in blood, dead fetus. PLEASE WAIT LIKE THAT WHILE WE TREAT YOU LIKE A CRIMINAL.

So, "please breathe a little," @ElyZeigle ? Shut your mouth, you arrogant little worthless fuckstain. Let the people who are in danger of being criminalized for medical emergencies, who are being treated like brood mares, fight this with every ounce of their strength.

@AIsForOrg Epilogue: Frances Janet Weinstein Avallone. 1936 -- 2003. She ran the Right to Choose in NJ for about two decades. She was a goddamn hero.

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@AIsForOrg P.S.: One more thing to make clear: my mother wasn't a big activist before her miscarriage. She was radicalized by the experience. She spent the rest of her life fighting to protect women from what she endured.

@DAvallone @AIsForOrg Thank you David. This is exactly what I needed to hear.

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@DAvallone @AIsForOrg Thank you

@DAvallone @AIsForOrg I know a woman who had this happen at home two years ago, was jailed (away from her three other children) for months, and is still fighting murder charges. In the USA. YES, we have to fight for #ReproductiveRights

@DAvallone @AIsForOrg Thank you.

@maureenfox @AIsForOrg I'd prefer they be sent to @AIsForOrg . Thanks for asking. That's the org I'm working with these days, and they have a unique mission and outlook about making change through culture that I think is valuable.

@DAvallone @AIsForOrg Note that in The Handmaids Tale, men were oppressed as well as women. Men wanted to escape as badly as women did. It was just that 1% of the men at the top who were able to do as they please.

@DAvallone @AIsForOrg Made a donation in honor of your mother. Bless her for her work.

@DAvallone @AIsForOrg Too often establishment media is “both sides”, instead of govt forcing women/girls 2 carry pregnancy 2 term as form of “acceptable” govt control & regardless of her life (incl faith trad). Media is “invisibilizing” women/girls vs fetus, & many voters arent focusing on result

@DAvallone We love this. Thank you, David. You are, as always, a good friend. For those who would like to honor his request and donate to our organization, here’s a link:

@DAvallone @chick_in_kiev @AIsForOrg Off your meds again oh brave Tweeter fighter

@DAvallone @AIsForOrg Nailed it.

@DAvallone @AIsForOrg 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

@DAvallone @DeWayne_Fulton @AIsForOrg I'm finding more young men are supportive of women. I'm so grateful for that. Women are telling men "no" and EDUCATING them strongly about their rights! The old holdouts I had to deal with are going away. Their young coherts won't last without them, they're not smart enough.

@DAvallone @AIsForOrg She sounds amazing. Thank you for sharing her story.