Your thoughts about the IUD in the wake of Trump are spot on. When my provider asked me why I wanted to get mine inserted, I said something like "because I'm afraid if Trump gets re-elected, they will make pills illegal. I want something that's in my body." she nodded and made some comments along the line of "there was a 200% increase in IUD requests" either after Roe fell or after Trump got elected the last time (I forget which horrific event it was that spurred it). There's a story in there somewhere about the things that women do and consider (birth control methods, women's healthcare, periods, pregnancy, miscarriage, what men are "safe" and what men should you never be alone with) that exists outside of men. There's an entire galaxy of women's behavior and motivations that men don't know exists. It's in the same universe as these right-wing sweaty-minded nutjobs who want to make any and all abortion illegal. I always wonder "don't the women in those families pull them aside and tell them about miscarriages? Do they know about the miscarriage of mom/grandma/aunt/cousin? And she would have been put in jail for that under this law? Guess not?"
They are not treating us with dignity. That’s exactly it. I just want to be treated with the same respect and dignity white men know they’re entitled to. It’s as if they recognize how differently they treat everyone else and are afraid to be on the receiving end of it.
Your thoughts about the IUD in the wake of Trump are spot on. When my provider asked me why I wanted to get mine inserted, I said something like "because I'm afraid if Trump gets re-elected, they will make pills illegal. I want something that's in my body." she nodded and made some comments along the line of "there was a 200% increase in IUD requests" either after Roe fell or after Trump got elected the last time (I forget which horrific event it was that spurred it). There's a story in there somewhere about the things that women do and consider (birth control methods, women's healthcare, periods, pregnancy, miscarriage, what men are "safe" and what men should you never be alone with) that exists outside of men. There's an entire galaxy of women's behavior and motivations that men don't know exists. It's in the same universe as these right-wing sweaty-minded nutjobs who want to make any and all abortion illegal. I always wonder "don't the women in those families pull them aside and tell them about miscarriages? Do they know about the miscarriage of mom/grandma/aunt/cousin? And she would have been put in jail for that under this law? Guess not?"
They are not treating us with dignity. That’s exactly it. I just want to be treated with the same respect and dignity white men know they’re entitled to. It’s as if they recognize how differently they treat everyone else and are afraid to be on the receiving end of it.