When Ilyse Hogue, President of NARAL Pro-Choice America, announced that she was pregnant, anti-choice activists reacted with surprise, as if being in favor of abortion rights meant being anti-pregnancy. RH Reality Check responded in turn with the Tumblr Pregnant, Parenting, and Pro-Choice, showing that the three can and do co-exist. Here’s my contribution—share yours.
I was pro-choice before I (knew I) was a lesbian, and coming out didn’t change that. My own family creation was such a deliberate process of choices—of gestational carrier (her), egg provider (me), sperm donor, fertility clinic, obstetrician, hospital, and timing—that it only strengthened my belief that every woman has the right to control whether and when and how she gets pregnant.
And since sexually active lesbian, gay, or bisexual youth are about twice as likely as other students to report becoming pregnant or getting someone pregnant, according to at least one large study, reproductive health care that includes information on and access to contraception and abortion services is an LGBTQ issue as much as anyone’s.
Share your pro-choice, pregnant, and parenting photos on the Tumblr if you agree that pro-choice is also pro-child and pro-family.
