Tuesday, June 28, 2022

If you don't know what this is, you do not belong here





These graphics are for everyone whose uterus and/or ovaries don't look like the drawings on protest posters. And a reminder for those who don't even understand the biology of what they're trying to legislate. If you don't know what this is, you do not belong here.

Also, I want everyone who has been so eager to urge the mass deletion of all fertility tracking apps, as well as those who find the use and existence of such apps absurd, to consider that those who have one of the conditions depicted might have something going on that requires more than just a paper calendar to document. Perhaps in the same way that someone with a heart condition may find a wearable device like a FitBit useful. It's not unreasonable to want to take advantage of such technology. Nor is it unreasonable to expect such sensitive data to remain private. 

Also consider that the conditions in the medical illustrations are just a few examples of the complexity of the reproductive system, things that medical science still doesn't fully understand. They are only a few of the many disorders that make hastily written commands to just get an IUD unsafe if not impossible for some. They are the reasons why the question of procreation is complicated, deeply personal, something that should not be intruded upon by people who don't know biology. 


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