A recent survey from
the Public Library of Science found that 95 percent of women who have
had an abortion don’t regret their choice. However, rarely is that
choice ever advertised out of fear of public scrutiny and harassment.
That may soon change. A new trending hashtag is combating the stigma of
abortions by encouraging women to share their stories on social media
using the #ShoutYourAbortion.
It all started when Seattle writer
Amelia Bonow mustered the courage to share her experience having an
abortion on Facebook. She was inspired after hearing about Republicans
in Congress attempting to defund Planned Parenthood, and felt a need to
act.
She told Vice
that after writing the post she texted her friend, writer Lindy West,
about it, and West took a screen-shot of her post and tweeted it to her
more than 60,000 followers with their agreed hashtag #shoutyourabortion.
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