Abortion as TRANSformation

Abortion is for us. Just as it has been a part of women's history since the beginning, it has been thread through our history too. Trans men and nonbinary people have depended on abortion just as much as cis women. Our fights for bodily autonomy are intertwined. Where trans safety and access to gender affirming care are under attack, so is women’s safety and access to abortion. Our fight is one and the same, our voices say the same thing.

We know what is best for us and no one deserves to tell us otherwise.

When seeking out abortion, trans people are more likely to seek out self-managed abortion. This is in part because navigating reproductive clinics and spaces can feel uninviting and also because we are used to taking our health and choices into our own hands. We are used to making our own path.

Abortion and transition are both forms of transformation - we know this journey. 

As trans people, we know what it is like to shed our skins, coming out pink and new. A rebirth of ourselves. We hold this spirit of transformation. The defiance of living in our own truth. 

Who is it that knows going to the depth of yourself and choosing what is right better than us? Who else knows a truth whispering quietly in their ear better than us? A shifting of what feels  right clicking into place? 

Abortion is a part of us, we hold it in our hands and hearts with our sisters.