Patsy Fergusson
1 min readDec 10, 2021

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I understand objecting to an outrageous policy that coerces Black and Brown women to use birth control in order to get food, but I don't see a direct connection from that policy to Roe V. Wade. I'm interested in your perspective, and because of it I now notice that white women are at the front of the abortion fight. But women of all races choose to have fewer children when they have access to birth control and education. https://blogs.worldbank.org/health/female-education-and-childbearing-closer-look-data

I also don't think a white man's inability to oppress a white woman (because she has a right to abortion) leads him to oppress Black and Brown people more. I believe if one person gains freedom, others are more likely to gain it, too. And if one person is oppressed, others are more likely to be stepped on. I think that was the perspective of the Black woman who coined the term intersectional feminism. And that's the perspective of all the great spiritual leaders throughout history. All people are connected in an interdependent web and need to work together to lift everyone up.

On an unrelated note, I'm confused by the pictures! Are those pre-teens advocating for abstinence in their underwear? I can be stupid sometimes. Can someone explain the pics to me?

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Patsy Fergusson
Patsy Fergusson

Written by Patsy Fergusson

Tree hugger. Tour guide. Top Writer. Feminist. Newly-baptized Bay swimmer. Editor of Fourth Wave. https://medium.com/fourth-wave

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