I had a close friend who wore an “Abortion is Mean” sweatshirt like a second skin. In my 20s, I came to the conclusion that no, abortion wasn’t mean, and it also definitely wasn’t murder. Restricting pregnant people from obtaining safe abortions was just another way to control them.
Sara Rowe Mount has written on mental health, neurodivergence, parenting, and more for outlets such as Business Insider, Scary Mommy, and HuffPost, as well as articles and nonfiction books for children and teenagers. Her writing is informed by her past in the religious right’s anti-choice and purity culture movements.