Today in Labor History December 29, 1939: Madeleine Pelletier died. She was a first wave feminist, psychiatrist, and anarchist. During her lifetime, she advocated for the right to sexual pleasure for women, and access to contraception and abortion. In July 1906, she and other suffragists, including Caroline Kauffmann, invaded the French Chamber of Deputies and rained down from the gallery pink slips of paper containing an appeal for the right to vote. She was the first woman in France to receive a degree in Psychiatry. She was a member of the French Section of the Workers' International. She became hemiplegic in 1937 due to a stroke. Nevertheless, she was still found guilty of assisting an abortion on a teenage survivor of incest, in 1939, despite being physically incapable of assisting in the actual procedure, and was forced to spend the rest of her life in a mental asylum, where she died of a second stroke.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #feminism #birthcontrol #abortion #choice #anarchism #psychiatry #MadeleinePelletier

Today in Labor History December 29, 1939: Madeleine Pelletier died. She was a first wave feminist, psychiatrist, and anarchist. During her lifetime, she advocated for the right to sexual pleasure for women, and access to contraception and abortion. In July 1906, she and other suffragists, including Caroline Kauffmann, invaded the French Chamber of Deputies and rained down from the gallery pink slips of paper containing an appeal for the right to vote. She was the first woman in France to receive a degree in Psychiatry. She was a member of the French Section of the Workers' International. She became hemiplegic in 1937 due to a stroke. Nevertheless, she was still found guilty of assisting an abortion on a teenage survivor of incest, in 1939, despite being physically incapable of assisting in the actual procedure, and was forced to spend the rest of her life in a mental asylum, where she died of a second stroke.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #feminism #birthcontrol #abortion #choice #anarchism #psychiatry #MadeleinePelletier

"Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organisations in the past weeks in what campaigners call one of the 'biggest waves of censorship' on its platforms in years."

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/dec/11/meta-shuts-down-global-accounts-linked-to-abortion-advice-and-queer-content

#PublicHealth #SocialMedia #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #abortion #lgbtq #queer #censorship #shadowban

This citizens' initiative was able to collect 1.12 million signatures across the EU.

Fantastic!

But in 2012-13 an initiative seeking to ban abortion collected 1.72 million signatures!

Horrifying.

The forces that want to take your rights and freedoms away are well organized, and great at gathering support. Do not forget that your voice matters! We have to organize also! Join organizations to give them more resources to do more work and reach more people!

#HumanRights #activism #abortion

Great news from the EU today!

This is huge for securing the human right to healthcare and living without fear for everyone who can become pregnant, and the people who love them.

It's also a great day for civil society and activism: this is the formal adoption of a citizen's initiative started by a large group of organizations!

The lesson you should take: Find an organization that does good work, and become a member today!

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20251211IPR32167/my-voice-my-choice-meps-support-citizens-initiative-on-accessible-abortion

#abortion #activism #EU #HumanRights

Big shout out to Feminist Voices Zimbabwe.

These amendments need to occur. We cannot keep running off colonial ass laws baked in christian nationalism and conservatism that continue to enable predators and abusers, while stripping women of their autonomy!

#BlackFeminism #AbortionRights #Abortion #Zimbabwe

Big shout out to Feminist Voices Zimbabwe.

These amendments need to occur. We cannot keep running off colonial ass laws baked in christian nationalism and conservatism that continue to enable predators and abusers, while stripping women of their autonomy!

#BlackFeminism #AbortionRights #Abortion #Zimbabwe

So they want to amend the #Abortion Laws in #Zimbabwe

The reforms seek to allow abortion on request up to 12 weeks of gestation and up to 20 weeks in cases where the pregnancy poses a risk to the woman’s health, mental well-being, or socio-economic stability.

https://saafund.org/zimbabwe-is-due-to-reform-its-abortion-law/

This is honestly sooo amazing and gives me sooo much hope! But surprise surprise- the christians and catholic come out of their little gremlin holes to oppose this hugeeee step in Womens Rights and autonomy.

I really for the love of all things sacred hope that the lawmakers just ignore these religious bigots cause wtfff!

#Africa #AfriPol #ZimPol #WomensRightssRights

" #Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to #abortion access providers, #queer groups and reproductive health organisations in the past weeks in what campaigners call one of the “biggest waves of censorship” on its platforms in years.

The takedowns and restrictions began in October and targeted the #Facebook,  #Instagram and #WhatsApp accounts of more than 50 organisations worldwide, some serving tens of thousands of people – in what appears to be a growing push by Meta to limit reproductive health and queer content across its platforms. Many of these were from #Europe and the #UK, however the bans also affected groups serving women in #Asia, #LatinAmerica and the #MiddleEast."

an information worth sharing
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https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/dec/11/meta-shuts-down-global-accounts-linked-to-abortion-advice-and-queer-content