Changing our minds about abortion and what to say to a woman who wants one | Mary Lou Singleton

<p><a href="https://whosebodyisit.substack.com/p/life-update?r=lf1be" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Unlock Isabella&#39;s life update for only $6</a></p><p><br></p><p>✦✦✦</p><p><br></p><p>In 2022, Mary Lou Singleton and I released an episode titled:<strong> </strong><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Gt3t0ARi4AanLhGt2olqj?si=25639165257c4b3b" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em><strong>What will happen to women if medical abortion is criminalized?</strong></em></a></p><p>We discussed medical totalitarianism, snitch culture post 2020, period tracking apps, state surveillance of women’s menstrual cycles throughout history, forced abortions, the harms of pharmaceutical contraception and the difficulty of trying to legislate morality.</p><p>Since that episode aired, our feelings about abortion have changed.</p><p><em>DISCLAIMER</em> This isn’t a 180 episode — you won’t hear us scream “abortion is murder!!” however, we do discuss abortion as a kind of child sacrifice.</p><p>This episode isn’t about the legality of abortion. </p><p>It’s about what abortion <em>is, isn’t</em>, and what it has come to mean for women.</p><p>We step back to ask the questions that often get glossed over in the abortion debate such as:<em>What is sex for?</em></p><p>We explore how abortion has in some circles become a cultural sacrament—tied to ideas of freedom, identity, and what it means to live fully as a FREE woman.</p><p>We acknowledge the real grievances that led many women to fight for abortion access, and why that fight felt necessary.</p><p>But we also ask <strong>at what cost,</strong> and whether the narrative we’ve inherited (from both sides) has left women with <strong>the full truth.</strong></p><p>From generational memories of unsafe, illegal abortions to today’s pressures around career, social status, and delayed motherhood, we hope you find this conversation holds complexity <em><strong>without collapsing into extremes.</strong></em></p><p>We talk about the women often left out of the conversation: the ambivalent majority—and ask harder questions about what drives most abortions, the role of cultural expectations, and the systems that profit from them (selling aborted fetal cells to med spas + funding Big Pharma.)</p><p>We honor women in vastly different circumstances, including those for whom abortion feels like the only viable option.</p><p><br></p><p>✦✦✦</p><p><br></p><p>2022 abortion episode: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Gt3t0ARi4AanLhGt2olqj?si=ozA-E1L2QdCoT0JvlpV8kA" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">What will happen to women if abortion is criminalized?</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/marylousingleton/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Follow Mary Lou Singleton on Instagram</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://substack.com/@marylousingleton" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Follow Mary Lou Singleton on Substack</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/whosebodyisit/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Follow Whose Body Is It on Instagram</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.whosebodyisit.com/master-class-library" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Classes for anti-woke women</a></p><p><br></p><p>Music //<a href="https://soundcloud.com/grandakt" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠<em>Time by ASHUTOSH</em>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><em></em><a href="https://www.free-stock-music.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠<em>Music promoted by Free Stock Music</em>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><em></em><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠<em>Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License</em></a></p>