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A Texas Prison Guard Punishes a Woman for Talking About Abortion
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/texas-prison-talking-about-abortion/Then, a woman asked about so-called “partial birth abortion,” a nonmedical phrase the anti-abortion movement created to stigmatize later abortion care.
“There’s no such thing,” Harris told them. She explained that most abortions are now medication abortions, meaning that a person need not undergo a procedural abortion to terminate their pregnancy.
That was what drew the ire of the guard on duty—a young man in his early 20s whom Harris had never noticed before. But that day, he made his presence—and his views about abortion—known.
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At midnight, a prison lieutenant, one with whom she has never had any problems, woke Harris and moved her to a cell on the far side of the unit, away from everyone except a woman who has severe mental health issues. Harris’s new window faces rows of barbed wire rather than the prison yard, where she could watch and wave at people walking by. Only by screaming loudly can she communicate with the women on the other side of the unit.
“There’s no such thing,” Harris told them. She explained that most abortions are now medication abortions, meaning that a person need not undergo a procedural abortion to terminate their pregnancy.
That was what drew the ire of the guard on duty—a young man in his early 20s whom Harris had never noticed before. But that day, he made his presence—and his views about abortion—known.
(snip)
At midnight, a prison lieutenant, one with whom she has never had any problems, woke Harris and moved her to a cell on the far side of the unit, away from everyone except a woman who has severe mental health issues. Harris’s new window faces rows of barbed wire rather than the prison yard, where she could watch and wave at people walking by. Only by screaming loudly can she communicate with the women on the other side of the unit.
