Sisters and Allies, It's Time to Get Mad and Take Action

Story by: Leighana Martindale

The 25 men listed below are the state senators from Alabama that voted yes on House Bill 314, also known as the “Human Life Protection Act”. This bill criminalizes and prohibits abortion or attempted abortion, except in cases where "abortion is necessary in order to prevent a serious health risk to the unborn child's mother,”.

This bill goes a step further, reclassifying abortion as a Class A felony, punishable by up to 99 years in prison.

99 years in prison for abortion

Let’s think about that, 99 fucking years in prison for getting an abortion. But oh, you may be thinking, what happens to rapists? Rapists see ONLY 10 YEARS IN PRISON, and are usually out within 5.

I’m going to repeat that again so it truly sinks in.

ABORTIONS = 99 years in prison

RAPE = 10 years in prison

Yeah.. So the next question is what do we do?

SPEAK UP, STAND OUT, USE YOUR VOICE.

You may think you don’t have a loud voice and can’t create change, but that is not true and exactly what men like these 25 assholes want you to believe.

Even if you only managed to change one person's mind, or just brought this vitally important topic to their attention, you are making a positive impact. Remember that.

Let’s brainstorm some actions that we can take today:

Take ACTION:

Grab your pens and laptop > write letters to these 25 men; write letters to your state senators and representatives.
Call your senators and your representatives, tell them to withdraw their support for Wendy Vitter
Donate to grassroots organizations working in the states that have been affected by this bullshit:
- Ohio: Women Have Options Ohio
- Georgia: ARC-Southeast
- Alabama: Yellowhammer Fund
Protest Peacefully > Keep your ears open for marching opportunities, etc.
Get with your sisters, smoke a joint or two and talk it out. Being with women who have the same morals, supporting each other and just talking can help keep you semi-sane through these times.

Periods for Power

Let’s take a lesson out of our sister’s books: Periods for Pence.

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Indiana women know how to make change happen, they’ve been doing it for years. Mike Pence, being the scum sucking horrible toxic human being that he is, has received thousands upon thousands of letters and mail items containing graphic yet real and vividly accurate stories about our experiences as women. Revolving mostly around the bloody effects of our periods.

With all these laws being passed, our bodies as women are obviously of high interest to these men. So why leave out any of the mystery? Let’s explain, in vivid details what is like to have a menstrual cycle, to go through an abortion, to carry an unwanted pregnancy, to give birth, to be raped or assulted or to have ANY of the plethora of issues that we as women have with our reproductive systems.

These men said YES to House Bill 314

Here are the 25 men who voted yes contact information. Please write whatever is in your heart and email, mail, or call these men. Let’s flood their inboxes and let them know, we see them, and we are coming for their seats.