With Abortion Rights On The Brink, NARAL Splits Over New Direction

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[–]grixit[S] 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

But that's not all. Ok, so the article begins by describing how the national leadership wants to centralize the organization more, which a lot of the state affiliates object to. That's an old discussion that many groups have seen and both sides have points. Then it goes on to the issue of ethnic representation. Minority women tend to be affected more by abortion restrictions, but the leadership is and has been mostly european. NARAL promises to do better. But you know what's coming next, right?

NARAL also plans to hire a top-level officer focused on equity and inclusion, and in its work, it will no longer center the experiences of cis, female, middle and upper-class white individuals to the exclusion of others.

Yeah, who is it that gets abortions again?

Any bets on what the leadership is going to look like in two years? I'm guessing that instead of adding minorities, it's going to subtract women.

[–]Mercurygirl5 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

“...no longer center the experiences of..females...” is the most offensive bit. Even in something like abortion rights, where ONLY women can have one, we are being abandoned and erased. It’s so disheartening.

[–]MarkTwainiac 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Just think of the shit that would hit the fan if the Prostate Cancer Foundation USA said:

PCF also plans to hire a top-level officer focused on equity and inclusion, and in its work, it will no longer center the experiences of cis, male, middle and upper-class white individuals to the exclusion of others.

[–]Mercurygirl5 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

“But if we are not prioritizing the people most harmed, then we’re not doing our job.”

And they’re going to do this by centering trans women I guess, because obviously, when talking about abortion rights, trans women are the most harmed. The harm and oppression they face by not being able to get the abortions they fetishize... it’s of utmost importance. 🙄

Seriously though this makes me soooo infuriated. The other women of the organization are already concerned about not getting the funds their individual groups need to continue fighting. The fact that even one fucking cent may go towards anything having to do with trans women is heinous. I hope they are talking about ONLY AFAB trans people but I feel naive in that thought. Trans “women” are gonna find a way to force themselves in as they always do. They’re the ugly boil on the ass of “women’s spaces” that just won’t go away.