Yeah, that’s a headline we didn’t think we’d be writing today, but Climate Progress put it out there Friday and we just had to click.
Katrina survivors call for reproductive rights in face of climate change https://t.co/XcJWTz7hXL pic.twitter.com/PSobttukWY
— Climate Progress (@climateprogress) August 31, 2018
Um …
— Max Zorin (@_TravisWade) September 1, 2018
— D.B. (@DBknowsthelaw) September 1, 2018
What does that even mean?
— Jeanne Nicholson ? (@JeannesTweeting) September 1, 2018
When you win liberal buzz word bingo in one sentence.
— Paul (@Southie777) September 1, 2018
— Isaiah Leslie (@Isaiah_Leslie) September 1, 2018
The agenda for today's meeting…. pic.twitter.com/gjJxuBwymJ
— Equality 7-2521 (@Zer0space1) September 1, 2018
— Mr. MRE Spoon ? (@bad_jujuu) September 1, 2018
OK, we read the piece at ThinkProgress so you don’t have to, and the gist is that there was a town hall on climate change and social justice, and the theme was that 1) climate change will create more natural disasters like Katrina, and 2) the government needs to protect women from these natural disasters through “higher wages, more affordable housing and better access to health care — including contraception and abortion which are disproportionately used by cis women.”
When disaster strikes, pharmacies may be shut down, limiting access to contraceptives, leading to unplanned pregnancies. Likewise, hospitals may be closed, leaving pregnant people without the care they need. Finally, abortion clinics may be inaccessible, leaving those who have lost a job or home or suffered physically or emotionally as the result of a catastrophic storm without a means to terminate a pregnancy.
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Now does it make more sense?
Not only is it the #sjw headline of the year, it may in fact be evergreen.
— Mitch Berg (@mitchpberg) September 1, 2018
— Fabian Garza (@BasedGoslingRN) September 1, 2018
There’s a lot going on in this tweet pic.twitter.com/XosqigHUVD
— Holden McLemore (@holdenmclemore) September 1, 2018
This article makes zero sense.
— Joy Miller (@JinglesJoy1) September 1, 2018
There were some long winding roads to connect climate change and women’s reproductive needs
— Savannah Blueberry (@Savnnablubry) September 1, 2018
I'm sure you guys could have found a few more things that have no connection to each other to include in this tweet.
— Seth Spellman (@spellman_seth) September 1, 2018
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'You're DUMB.' NYT piece about having kids in a 'Mad Max dystopia' is the dumbest thing you'll read today https://t.co/31BclIrR9I
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 5, 2018
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