Inclusive Abortion/Reproductive Rights Signs

• The 1950’s is calling..don’t answer
• Pro choice or no choice
• End the stigma
• Stop the war on marginalized communities
• Stronger together; Equal rights for all
• Vasectomies prevent abortions
• If I wanted the government in my uterus, I’d screw a congressman
• 1973; Protect Roe v Wade
• Reproductive rights are trans rights!
• Trans rights are human rights
• My body, My choice, My voice
• Public Cervix Announcement: Keep your laws off our bodies
• Keep your rosaries off my ovaries
• If you’re “prolife” where’s your advocacy for for universal healthcare, affordable housing, ending police brutality, ending the death penalty etc?
• If you’re not livid then you’re not listening
• Abortion is a human right
• Same shit, different century
• America: where a virus has more reproductive rights than people with a uterus
• I am more than my uterus/We are more than our uterus
• Pass the equal rights amendment!
• Pass the Women’s Health Protection Act!
• End the Hyde Amendment! It drastically effects WOC & low income women!
• Im a person, not a womb.
• I’m the pro-choice feminist they warned you about
• We shouldn’t have to be here
• Thank god the 675,000 dead from COVID/*insert gun violence statistic here* aren’t embryos, the republicans would be pissed.
• What laws regulate cishet men’s bodies?
• Abortion is 14x safer than giving birth
• Don’t like abortions? Don’t get one
• Men of quality do not fear equality
• If the baby is black/gay/trans/poor/an immigrant, will you protect its rights then?
• My arms are tired from holding this sign since the 1960s
• Woman’s rights are human rights
• If my birth control is taken, I’ll just make more feminists
• I understand a mask can be uncomfortable but so can pregnancy/child birth & the GOP doesn’t seem to have a problem forcing pregnant people to do that
• When did MY abortion effect YOU?
• Protect the rights of: black, indigenous, immigrant, poor, trans, ALL women
• We will be less activist when you’ll be less shitty
• Pro-choice (adj.) the radical notion that women are people and can make decisions about their own bodies
• Forced pregnancy is a crime against humanity
• When abortion is outlawed, a corpse has more rights than a living breathing person
• I am no longer accepting things I cannot change. I am changing things I can no longer accept -Angela Davis
• Girls just wanna have FUNdamental human rights

Creative Sign Ideas

• GOP: we can’t pass laws making it harder to get guns. there won’t be fewer guns, people will just find a way to get them illegally. Also GOP: if we ban abortion there will be fewer abortions (Do this one set up as a meme if you have a big enough board)
• We’re not ovary-acting ! / Don’t make us ovary-act!
• Boys will be boys (mark out boys) held accountable/decent people/educated better
• Make a diagram of a plant seed saying this is not a tree & one of an embryo/fetus saying this is not a baby

Problematic Protest Signs (& Why)

• References to the Handmaids Tale. Not only are they unrealistic (the US would never ensure ALL pregnant people are housed, have access to pregnancy care, properly fed, etc) but they are also disingenuous to all the black, indigenous and immigrant women of color that have already been experiencing forced sterilization, forced birth, and more pregnancy related atrocities throughout America’s history and even into today’s times.
• Coat Hanger References. Yes, it used to have more relevance during the movement that got Roe v Wade passed however, it also contributes to the idea that self-managed abortions are dangerous and deadly when in reality medicinal abortions, aka self managed abortions, are extremely safe when properly supervised. Coat hanger imagery only serves to fuel the stigma (and borderline misinformation) around abortions. With such medical advancements since the 1970’s and it’s safety record, the gruesome imagery of the coat hanger is unnecessary in this day in age.
• “If men got pregnant we wouldn’t be having this conversation” or similar rhetoric. This point excludes the trans men and masc-presenting non-binary and gender-nonconforming individuals who are capable of getting pregnant. It fails to include our trans and gender-nonconforming comrades, people who reproductive healthcare access also affects just as much as cis women.
• Rhetoric stating LGBTQ rights will be next. This ignores the fact that LGBTQ rights are under attack now. The more inclusive the movement and the sooner people acknowledge the intersectionality of different specs and move in such a way that also recognizes their problems, the more power we will have. Solidarity is everything; As Fred Hampton said “We don’t think you fight fire with fire best ; we think you fight fire with water best. We’re going to fight racism not with racism, but we’re going to fight with solidarity.” This needs to be applied to all issues if we hope to achieve true liberation for all.

References

1. https://www.guttmacher.org/article/2019/11/self-managed-abortion-may-be-rise-probably-not-significant-driver-overall-decline
2. https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/coat-hanger-abortion-meme
3. https://blackfeministcollective.com/2018/12/08/why-the-the-handmaids-tale-is-problematic/