This tweet reply cracked me for three reasons.
Do you see why?:
https://twitter.com/RejectGlobohomo/status/1433246738324746250
Biden Sits to Pee, Barbie
@RejectGlobohomo
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6h
Replying to
@darakass
You can drive to a different state if you really want to kill your child that bad. It's a free cuntry.
https://twitter.com/darakass/status/1433051917702291461
Dara Kass, MD
@darakass
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19h
I spent last night thinking of medical work arounds for this horrific law, until it is rectified in the courts.
So, this is what I would tell my daughter or her friends if they were in Texas.
[I know this isn't enough, but as a mom, and doctor, I am sharing my thoughts].
Dara Kass, MD
@darakass
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19h
Get on Birth Control
Now.
Any form that is reliable.
Oral Contraceptives, Nuva Ring, Norplant, IUD.
Something.
Now.
Dara Kass, MD
@darakass
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19h
Use condoms.
With the birth control.
Every single time.
No exceptions.
[This is good practice for STI protection anyway]
Dara Kass, MD
@darakass
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19h
Take a pregnancy test every 4.5-5 weeks.
Buy a bunch now.
Get them in bulk and get comfortable taking them.
This may feel redundant if you are on birth control, but time is of the ESSENCE with this law.
Knowledge is your only power.
Dara Kass, MD
@darakass
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19h
If you find out you are pregnant, and do not want to be, you have very little time to do it.
Do not shut down.
This will be hard, but you can't delay.
Call me, we will figure this out, together.
Dara Kass, MD
@darakass
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19h
Understand how to seek a medical abortion.
There are ways to safely seek care privately even if you need to leave the state to do it.
Share this information with your friends.
Online clinics show abortion access can survive state restrictions and Roe v. Wade threat
Remote care amid COVID-19 illustrates abortion rights are resilient even in the face of a hostile Supreme Court or state laws designed to gut them.
usatoday.com
Dara Kass, MD
@darakass
Replying to
@darakass
Be a resource to ANYONE who needs it.
A lot of people will be afraid.
This is a horrific time,
We are all scared.
And we are sorry we let this happen.
We will continue to fight, but we also need to be prepared starting today.
I love you.
5:59 AM · Sep 1, 2021·Twitter Web App
Dara Kass, MD
@darakass
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19h
Replying to
@darakass
PS. I am aware this leaves out many circumstances leading to abortion care (non-consensual intercourse, fetal abnormality, health of the pregnant person) but given the broad scope of this law, and its applicability to early elective termination, I am focusing on that here.