The Women’s March is urging people who attend their protests to stop using coat hanger imagery because they “don’t want to accidentally reenforce right-wing talking points that self-managed abortions are dangerous, scary and harmful.”
The organization also told women to stop wearing Handmaid’s Tale costumes because it believes that they are only relevant to white women.
On Saturday, the organization held an “abortion rights” protest in Washington, DC.
“We don’t use coat hangers or coat hanger imagery because we don’t want to accidentally reenforce right-wing talking points that self-managed abortions are dangerous, scary and harmful,” the organization tweeted.
Thousands of women have died attempting coat hanger abortions, so it is unclear why a feminist organization would want to place women in jeopardy by attempting to minimize the dangers of such procedures.
“Women who have unsafe abortions are at risk of serious medical problems, including incomplete abortion, hemorrhage (heavy bleeding), infection, uterine perforation (caused when the uterus is pierced by a sharp object), and damage to the genital tract and internal organs (by inserting dangerous objects such as sticks, knitting needles, or broken glass into the vagina or anus). Each year around 7 million women are admitted to hospitals for complications of unsafe abortion and between 4.7% – 13.2% of maternal deaths can be attributed to unsafe abortion,” according to the book Our Bodies, Ourselves.
The above excerpt was written by leftist feminists. These are not “right-wing” talking points by any reasonable measure.
We don’t use coat hangers or coat hanger imagery because we don’t want to accidentally reenforce right-wing talking points that self-managed abortions are dangerous, scary and harmful.
— Women’s March (@womensmarch) October 2, 2021
“Handmaid’s Tale imagery has proliferated, primarily by white women, in recent years. This message erases the fact that Black, undocumented, incarcerated, poor, & disabled women have always had their reproduction controlled in America. It’s not some dystopian future or past,” they continued.
Handmaid’s Tale imagery has proliferated, primarily by white women, in recent years. This message erases the fact that Black, undocumented, incarcerated, poor, & disabled women have always had their reproduction controlled in America. It’s not some dystopian future or past.
— Women’s March (@womensmarch) October 2, 2021
Handmaid’s Tale references and costumes have been a widely used uniform at Women’s March events in the past.
Several women did not get the memo, or they did not care, because several were still spotted at the protest, according to a report from the Post Millennial.
