A dream come true - my first article for @NatGeo, about the work of the Ishashimana community, is online! Thank you @MoNscience for believing in this story and for the great edits!!
https://nationalgeographic.com/environment/2020/11/sacred-bean-saved-wayuu-indigenous-ishashimana-clan-climate-change-calamity/?fbclid=IwAR3dxfAxgt2C48pbTcQeCouEOxtuOmNjCLT-vOBNw9KsalhoV9x55KegwFA…
“The pandemic had an impact on reproductive health as a whole - because it was not considered a priority." - Teresa Bombas, one of Portugal’s top obstetricians.
Women struggle to access abortion as pandemic adds to hurdles in Europe:
), plans to document COVID-19’s impact on the supply chain of abortion pills in the U.K. and the challenges posed by opposition groups. Welcome, Sarah! https://bit.ly/2CSG8wf
Don't expect a baby boom if #RoevWade is overturned.
Expect a rise in 'unsafe', 'illegal' #abortion.
Expect to treat #women for complications of those.
I know how tempting it is, when you read an inflammatory and inaccurate post, to fire off a correction or retort. But doing that just amplifies the original post. It spreads it and sustains it. Resist the retort. Let it go.
"When a white man says 'Give me liberty or give me death' he is called a hero and the whole white world applauds. But when a black man says the exact same thing he's called a criminal and treated as one."
NEW FROM ME:
As covid19 spreads thru prisons, CA officials are ignoring mental health.
4 women have attempted suicide at CIW, while statewide, mentally ill patients are hospitalized/dying of Covid at disproportionately high rates.
These are connected.