Fellow blogger, HecateDemeter posted this:
What can you do?
Well, first of all, go ahead and feel your feelings: rage, fear, sadness, numbness. It’s OK. If you need it, I give you permission.
Second, do something nice for yourself. Take a walk, pet your cat, call your bestie, make yourself a cup of tea or a STIFF drink, smoke up. Take a minute.
Then, when you’re ready, here are some concrete actions you can take.
- Women are going to need to be able to leave states where abortion’s been outlawed and get to abortion sanctuary states. You can help them by donating to an abortion fund RIGHT NOW. Only have $5? That’s fine – every little bit helps.
- Get familiar with the ins-and-outs of medication abortion, particularly Reuters’ very useful and timely reporting that our neighbor to the south stands by ready to assist, and there’s not much the US or state governments can do to stop them.
- Look to ESTABLISHED, KNOWLEDGEABLE groups that have been putting in the work for YEARS about larger strategy, folks like NARAL and Planned Parenthood. DO NOT jump on whatever hot take by some jackass on Twitter goes viral. That person has no idea what’s he’s talking about, I promise. NARAL and PP do.
- Watch The Janes and get inspired, then ask yourself: What are you willing to risk?
- See last week’s post and, if I may quote myself, GET THE FUCK TO WORK.
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a village witch posted this on FaceBook
From the old ways...
many a young woman should know these things!
She Is Of The Woods
Let's talk about herbs that must be avoided during pregnancy
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Good ol penny royal tea will destroy your liver, please don't drink it. However it's also important to know that a strongly infused oil should not be rubbed on the pelvic area as it may, with repeated use, cause loss of pregnancy
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Cotton root bark, this one should never be drunk as a tea, it has a long history of being problematic during early pregnancy. It also has a capacity to thin blood so women who accidentally ingest this will need to counter this with something like shepherds purse or vit K
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Black cohosh, blue cohosh, & angelic root should absolutely never be taken during pregnancy especially alongside one another. These three have the capacity to disrupt hormone development & will typically cause bleeding to begin in just a handful of days in very early pregnancy
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Queen Anne's lace should be avoided by anyone who's attempting to conceive, she has a tendency to make the uterine wall slippery & prevents the precious egg from implanting. It's also important to know that during pregnancy if the egg can't implant the pregnancy won't continue
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Mugwort should also be avoided as small amounts consumed in early stage pregnancy may cause uterine contractions, it's also worth noting that infused body oils may have the same effect albeit a bit safer for the liver
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Rue, while not a commonly used herb, is showing up more in tea blends. This one can also be really problematic during pregnancy so much so that women for thousands of years have known to avoid it during pregnancy
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Parsley, while safe in food level amounts, should be avoided in large quantities such as broths as it may cause spontaneous loss of pregnancy. Especially if the person happens to be taking larger doses of vitamin C which can also endanger an early pregnancy
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These are just a handful of herbs that may disrupt hormones, cause uterine contractions, & that should be avoided by anyone wanting to keep a pregnancy viable
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Keep learning about these & other herbs you may have access to that cause these situations
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I mean how else will we avoid accidental miscarriages?
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You're smart enough to do this too
And another quote for this post:
We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced. |
MALALA YOUSAFZAI |
I'm still trying to think of something pleasant enough to at least take the edge off my anger. No luck so far.
ReplyDeleteWe need to organize somehow!
DeleteThis is good advice. I had an abortion in Canada in 1975. It is just part of our healthcare. It is shocking to us on this side of the border even though we knew it was coming. I feel so badly for those who are vulnerable.
ReplyDeleteIt is certainly a sad day...and if we can't turn things around in the next election, many people will suffer.
DeleteThat decision was repugnant. But not surprising.
ReplyDeleteI don't like it, nor Thomas' suggestion to look at gay rights and contraceptivve use. Funny, he's not interested in revoking the law allowing him to be married to a white woman.
DeleteOr maybe he does not want to be married to that woman!
DeleteHello,
ReplyDeleteThe court is on a roll now, I think they have more agenda in the works. It is not going to be good for the majority of people that live in the great USA. So sad, we are going back in time. Thanks for the advice!
Yes, and we mustn't hide our heads in the sand, which I'm prone to doing when it gets anywhere near high conflict!
DeleteAnd we have McConnell and tRump to thank for this. I hope the anger and upset caused by all this will carry through to the midterm elections and make a difference.
ReplyDeleteYou are so right, these elections have become the balancing point as to how to move forward with any of the possibilities of retaining a democracy!
DeleteI would be very cautious with parsley because a woman died from it a year or two ago. There are some books on herbs written for women, and of course, Our Bodies Our Selves. I have long considered that the chorus to Scarborough Fair is about herbal abortificants.
ReplyDeleteThat's amazing that she died from parsley! How sad. And it will be sad that so many poor women especially will have to die from other attempted abortions.
DeleteYour country came close to greatness and then lost it’s way.
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