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{the daily fat} Fat people deserve access to abortion, Plan B and contraceptives.

ByLindley Ashline

I’m still over a month behind on all my work due to waves hand at the HAES events of 2022, and I’m still a high-risk person trying to survive a pandemic, so I have nothing intelligent to say about the Supreme Court trashing Roe v. Wade except:

  • Abortion is a human right
  • Abortion cannot be magically replaced by Plan B for fat people
  • Plan B is less effective for anyone over ~165 pounds
  • How much less effective? We don’t know, it hasn’t been studied
  • Contraceptives are also not the answer, since they do fail
  • Fighting for abortion is also an act of allyship to fat folks specifically

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Lindley Ashline

Hi there! I'm Lindley. I create artwork that celebrates the unique beauty of bodies that fall outside conventional "beauty" standards at Body Liberation Photography. I'm also the creator of Body Liberation Stock and the Body Love Shop, a curated central resource for body-friendly artwork and products. Find all my work here at bodyliberationphotos.com.

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