“I need feminism because if I get pregnant, I don’t want to be treated by the medical system like a ticking time bomb, attached to a set of reproductive organs and a developing person.”

Because while I am staunchly pro-choice, I am weary of the argument that pregnancy is always dangerous and life threatening. Emotionally and physically taxing? Yes! But it does not reduce every single woman down to a delicate little flower made of glass.

“I need feminism because if I get pregnant, I don’t want to be treated by the medical system like a ticking time bomb, attached to a set of reproductive organs and a developing person.”

Because while I am staunchly pro-choice, I am weary of the argument that pregnancy is always dangerous and life threatening. Emotionally and physically taxing? Yes! But it does not reduce every single woman down to a delicate little flower made of glass.