just to be clear, the fact that music was nominated for a golden globe is absolutely disgusting. every single (adult) involved in that gross, ableist movie should be sickened by themselves.
for those of you who don't know, music (2021) is a movie being directed by sia about a nonverable autistic girl. not only does it not include any actually autistic people in the movie itself but it also only took advice from autism speaks which is looked at as a hate group by the majority of the autistic community. leaked scenes have also shown the movie glorifying prone restraints which are incredibly dangerous and have resulted in major injuries and even death to disabled people as recently as last year.
autistic people just like me have been incredibly outspoken about how harmful this movie is but the allistic have been mostly silent. we are already seeing reviews calling this movie 'inspiring' and important' and it's absolutely horrific! we need your help calling this out. please stand with us and call out this disgusting display of disrespect to autistic folks.
đ - your local actually autistic pal
p.s. please, please reblog if you aren't autistic.
INTERNATIONAL WOMENâS DAY âł MCU WOMEN
Please, reblog! IItâs called self defense. Apart from having here, in the US, one of the highest cases of homicide and rape in the world and high rate of GBV, think about how this could help your mother or sister
Throne of glass as an album receipt, inspired by RJ Kaur on YouTube. Made by me.
Every single odd number has an âeâ in it.
I am a little high but what if people proposed with beautiful, intricate knives. Ladies would gather around the table and be like âguess what finally happened!!â And pull this beautiful, intricate dagger out of her purse and all the other ladies would gasp and congratulate her
Fic masterlist
This week I had to reassure two different friends about a Rowaelin HEA for this fic, can you believe this? Itâs like you guys donât trust my fluff-loving side at all lmaoo
Warnings: language, drunk idiots
Word count: 4,4k
As a soon-to-be mother, Aelin was so proud of her baby girl for growing so much.
As an orthopedist, she was mourning the perfect posture she used to have.
Fenrys stopped at the kitchenâs doorstep to stare at her. âWhat the hell are you doing?â
âIâm trying to save my lombardic curve. Stop being weird about it.â
He shrugged and sat on the nearest couch as Aelin tried to adjust that arched back of hers. Holy rutting Mala, why did pregnancy make her go through all that?
âIs Dorian coming tonight?â
âProbably. If he feels like it.â Fenrys shrugged. âItâs not that serious.â
Aelin crossed her arms, clamping her lips together as she tried to look serious. âYouâre just casually seeing each other every day?â
âExactly.â He turned on the TV. âJust like you and Rowan are platonically living together and having a baby.â
She gaped, but still sat by his side. âTake it back!â
âAbsolutely not! Do you think Rowan justâŚâ Fenrys flailed his arms around, looking for an example. âHe doesnât goes around massaging everyoneâs feet, Aelin. Iâm pretty sure youâre the only person he does that for.â
She crossed her arms, chin up. âHe does it for me, but not because of me. I just happen to be carrying his baby.â
âThe baby is inside the belly, not the feet.â
She sighed, forcing her voice into a lower, calmer tone. âLook, you werenât there, but he clearly wasnât interested. He only changed because of the baby. And Iâm not complaining about it, I had fun, Iâm just saying that if he wanted non-platonic stuff with me, he would tell me.â
Fenrys looked her dead in the eye. âYou had a boyfriend.â
âAnd that never stopped him from fucking me senseless. Wouldnât stop him from seeing me outside the base if he wanted to.â
It was true, and it was also killing her. Every time Rowan ran to a store to buy something she was craving or massaged her swollen feet, Aelin had the painful reminder that, when it was just her, all she got was cock and a couch inside his office. Rowan just learned very early on that happy mom means happy baby, and she was trying to be okay with it.
They were just having casual sex at first, and now he seemed okay with keeping things platonic for their kid. There was no use in reading between the lines.
After that, Aelin decided to go find Rowan at her house. Fenrys was nice enough to be silent when Dorian was there, but his bed still got squeaky sometimes.
She hired a company to paint her house, since she couldnât smell paint because of the baby, nor could she let Rowan paint the entire four-bedroom house the Air Force provided her. He protested her decision, but he was already doing too much for her.
Aelin had a feeling that, if she asked him to build a house from scratch for this baby, heâd do it alone without thinking twice.
She had already grown familiar with the path between her house and Rowanâs. The sound of the leaves when the wind got a little stronger never failed to soothe her, and Aelin was excited to co-parent a kid with such close proximity.
Which could be even closer, if her new idea worked out.
When Aelin stepped into her house, the first thing she noticed was the faint sound of Syd Barrett spilling his guts, and she looked for the source until she found Rowan lying on the nurseryâs floor.
He didnât seem surprised when she walked in, though. He probably listened to her footsteps all the way to the babyâs room.
âI didnât know you were into junkies from the 60âs.â
Rowan got up to get another pillow and help ease her onto the floor. âYou listen to them all the time.â
Aelin closed her eyes, feeling the muscles on her back relax now that she was lying too. âMy parents were fans.â
Rowanâs hand found her scalp, and Aelin almost purred. God, she was too weak for those.
âYou think about them a lot?â He asked.
âMore often now that Iâm pregnant. And with insomnia.â
Pregnancy just made her think of them more often now, but it wasnât the crushing type of grief she felt during her late childhood and early teen years. It was bittersweet.
Rowan hummed, never ceasing to caress her hair. âDid you try eating an apple before bed? It helps to induce sleep.â
âNo, I havenât.â Aelin hid her face on his side, trying her best not to laugh.
Apples before bed did absolutely nothing for people with sleep disorders. Rowan didnât know that her pregnancy was just making a deeper problem worse, though. Aelin couldnât take any kind of sleeping pills with a baby on the way, and telling him this problem with no solution was just going to make the Buzzard worry to death.
Aelin had been off her antidepressants for almost two years, so this new development made her ghost her psychiatrist and decide to go back once she stopped breastfeeding. She had plenty of time to tell Rowan about that.
Aelin closed her eyes and grinned. âThis song is so silly. I love how he laughs halfway into it.â
It was a good song, but he just repeated the name Maisie over and over most of the time.
âIt isnât silly,â Rowan protested. âHeâs stoned out of his mind, and the only thing he feels like doing is repeating that girlâs name over and over. Itâs kinda relatableâ
âRowan Whitethorn.â Her voice was low as she looked at him with widened, surprised eyes. âAre you coming out as a stoner?â
Chuckling, he playfully pinched her upper arm and turned sideways to face her while lying. âThe name is really cute.â
âMaisie?â
âYeah.â
She chewed her bottom lip, thinking this over. The name was adorable. âBut weâre not naming our daughter after a junkieâs song, right?â
âNo.â He shook his head, as if erasing the idea. âOf course not.â
They just stayed there, letting the album play as Aelin took in the babyâs room. It was so cute she felt like her chest could burst any minute.
She made Rowan and Aedion put a baby blue wallpaper, even if the Air Forceâs regiment said every wall should be plain white. The furniture was in white wood, except for the little dresser in the corner.
It was wooden as well, but every drawer was a different shade of blue, getting darker at the bottom. The knobs were sea life themed, and it took Aelin a lifetime to decide which animal went with what drawer.
It was the cutest, babiest little thing. She woke Rowan up at 1 am to show this finding when she saw it online. It was her favorite part of the nursery.
Aelin felt her heart bang again when she met Rowanâs deep, inquisitive eyes.
âWhatâs on your mind?â
She placed her pillow closer to Rowan and hugged him. âThank you.â
He had been pulling Aelinâs house together day and night, completely ignoring her protests about not letting her do much.
Rowan didnât say anything, just caressed her head in that way that made her melt.
âIâve been thinking about something,â she continued.
He hummed.
âYour house doesnât have much of the baby vibe. With the parade of one-night stands and all.â
Rowan sighed. âI know I need to have this talk withââ
She shushed him. The house was Fenrysâ as well, and she didnât want a surprise baby to disrupt his lifestyle.
âI thought of something. Itâs not a permanent solution, but I wonât put an expiration date on it either.â
Rowan leaned closer, watching her intently.
âWhen I move into this house, you could come with meââ
He engulfed her in a hug, burying his face in the crook of her neck. âYes.â
âYou can pick any room youâdââ
âYes.â
âSo neither of us will be alone with a newbornââ
âYes.â
Aelin laughed, feeling her chest tremble against his own. Alright, he didnât need a lot of explanations. She got that.
They just stared at each other for a moment. Aelin felt her heart knock on her throat and do fuzzy little flips as she watched how Rowanâs smile made his eyes light up.
For the first time, she could put a name on the jolt of electricity he made her feel.
She was falling, and bracing herself for the bone crush.
~~
It was funny how everyone from this soccer momsâ night out was telling her to stop being shy and sing with Lysandra. Aelin wasnât a shy person at all, she was just someone who knew her strengths. Singing wasnât one of them.
There was no amount of fancy drinks that could make her go up on that stage, but now that Lys made the crowd ask no nicelyâŚ
Dorian was trying to save Aedionâs love life in a bar two blocks away. If this became a huge embarrassment, she could just leave, pretend this never happened and join them there. Aelin got up and took the second mic, not missing the cheery crowdâand especially her tableâstirring things up.
âWhat are you two singing?â The employee with the computer asked.
âLana?â Aelin suggested, but her friend had a vacant stare on the crowd.
She poked Lys on the ribs. âWhat are we singing?â
âOh.â She jerked Aelinâs way, blinking, but then her disoriented face turned into a roguish grin. âPeppers.â
Not a question, but Lys and the employee still sought Aelinâs confirmation before starting.
Aelin was just singing at first. She wasnât stiff, but there was nothing much to her moves. However, when the pre-chorus was reaching its end, Lysandra placed one hand on hand on Aelinâs hips in an attempt to loosen it, and thatâs when she understood.
Lys didnât want to sing a song. She wanted them to give a full show. And now that Aelin understood, she wouldnât settle for less.
She was rolling her hips, swaying her whole body and toying with her hair as the lyrics suggested. Aelin had no idea if the tables were stirring them in because they were actually good or just two excited drunks, but she was eating it up.
âPut your hands on my knees, baby!â Someone screamed, referencing the song lyric.
Aelin had a snarky remark ready, but kept to herself when she realized it came from a woman, not a creepy dude. Instead, she swayed her hips harder and went down so she could put her hands on her knees in a little provocative manner. The lesbian roared, making her cackle mid-chorus.
And you know what? Tonight was about girls. Aelin came with her soccer mom friends to talk about girl things and sip girly drinks. If she was doing sexy dances tonight, it was for the lesbians. And bisexual girls. Non-binary tooâ
Lys tapped her shoulder when she stopped singing, too distracted counting all the letters from the acronym to check if she wasnât forgetting anything. Fuck. She blamed it on the tequila.
Aelin smiled at the crowd when the song ended, taking the applause and fame in. Maybe she should quit orthopedics to perform for a living. Maybe that was her true calling.
All of those thoughts came to a halt when she paused to carefully study the room, though. Her heart stopped just to go back at the highest speed.
Rowan. By the side of a hot redhead.
He was staring at her, and there was no way to decipher that intense look in his eyes. His lips were pursed, but even if Rowan looked pissed, he never took his eyes off her. Not while she was on stage, not when Lys dragged her by the arm to the ladiesâ room.
The redhead was looking between them the whole time, probably figuring something out already.
Aelin didnât do anything when she got to the bathroom, though. Just stood there, staring at a blank spot in the wall. She was so shocked she barely noticed the distinctive reek of a barâs bathroom. Lys was watching her the whole time, forehead wrinkled and hands on her hips.
This silence was too much, especially since Lys knew most of whatever went down with Rowan.
Well, that didnât matter now. If the last weeks gave her any doubt about how she should proceed now that they were in a better situation, this just gave her rational side more certainty. He had moved on already, and so should she.
Aelin decided to reapply her lipstick just to do something with her hands.
âIâm assuming you saw Rowan with that woman.â
Yes, and not with any woman. It was the kind of woman who made single moms question their sexuality.
âA redhead?â Aelinâs voice came out slightly high-pitched as she stopped reapplying her lipstick to protest, searching for Lysâ concerned gaze through the bathroom mirror. âI thought he liked blondes. When did blondes stop being the hottest option?â
âYouâd still be hotter than her if she were blonde. Or if you were a redhead.â
âThis is not about me.â Aelin closed her lipstick, rolling her eyes. âIâm talking about menâs choices in general. Itâs an anthropological observation.â
Lies, lies, lies. But Aelin didnât even tell her therapist about old feelings resurfacing, she wasnât about to pour her heart out to her newest friend while drunk at a club. Especially not while Rowan was having a hot date.
She raised her eyebrows, looking as if she was tired of explaining something obvious. âEven though he was ogling you like a dog staring at meat through a butcherâs shop window?â
Aelin put away her lipstick and gave Lys a pointed look. âHe was not.â
âI was there. I remember it all too well.â
Aelinâs eyes widened. âWe could sing that.â
âWe can, because youâre not crashing Rowanâs date tonight.â
Aelin was carefully silent. Sheâd be lying if she said that idea didnât cross her mind.
âYouâre not.â Lysandraâs tone was firm, and she placed both hands on her friendâs shoulders. âYouâre going to repeat after me: Iâm Aelin Galathynius.â
Aelin giggled. âYouâre not Aelin Galathynius.â
Lys squeezed her friendâs shoulders harder than necessary. âSay it.â
She straightened her posture. âIâm Aelin Galathynius.â
âAnd Iâm too mature to crash Rowanâs date.â
âAnd Iâm too mature to crash Rowanâs date,â she lied.
âGreat.â Lys took a deep breath and pointed to the door. âLetâs get back to our table.â
Aelin went from the restroomâs door straight to Rowan.
âGood to see you got out of your house for once.â
Rowan slowly assessed her outfit with that judgy gaze of his, making her skin burn. âGood to see you singing something that isnât a nursery rhyme.â
Aelin crossed her arms. âI thought you were seeing a guy tonight.â
Rowan mirrored her expression. âSo did I.â
Wait, he thought who would be seeing a guy?
His date extended a hand. âHi. Iâm Ansel.â
She begrudgingly shook it. âAelin.â
God, this was awkward. She shouldâve listened to Lysandra and stayed at her table. But when she saw Rowan there on a date with this gorgeous homewrecker with incredibly shiny hair⌠Aelin felt like she was burning from the inside out, and not in a good way.
Something about her face mustâve showed, because Ansel pointed between her and Rowan and said, âThis is totally platonic. Fenrys thought Rowan could have a night out, so he stayed with the kid and set this up.â
âThis isâŚâ Rowan tilted his head, frowning at the redhead. âExactly and not exactly what happened at the same time.â
Ansel elbowed him, making him straighten his posture.
âThis is exactly what happened,â Rowan amended.
âRowan?â Ansel put a hand on his shoulder to grab his attention, and Aelin almost singed it off with her eyes. âCan we talk for a second?â
They excused themselves and got just far enough so theyâd be out of earshot. It looked like they we bickering. Ansel pointed at Aelin with her head. Rowanâs body stiffened. She pointed at the door. He pulled at his shirt cuffs and nodded. Aelin would kill to hear whatever that exchange was, especially because when Rowan approached her, Ansel was⌠smirking? As weird at this sounds, it looked a lot like a smirk.
âHey.â Rowan didnât sit again, just got close enough so sheâd hear him over the terrible performance of an 80âs song. âIâm going to call an uber. Can you stay here?â
Aelin felt her heart sink. âYouâre leaving with her?â
âWhat? No!â His eyebrows shot up as if the idea was absurd. âIâm calling Anselâs uber. I was asking if you can wait for me here. Or at the tables outside, anywhere but the club part.â
Aelin nodded, chuckling. The loud, buzzing dance floor by the entrance mustâve been a terrifying sight for Rowan.
She found the soccer moms and quickly explained sheâd be with Rowan in the other room. They seemed to understand the situation, which was good. Aelin was friendly with everyone there, but the only person she was close with was Lys. That one would be blasting their DM tomorrow morning, there was no doubt.
Rowan came back just a few minutes after she found them a table at a calmer area outside.
The breeze hitting her shoulders was gentle, but still stronger than her thin, backless shirt. Still, Aelin held her head high, refusing to feel bad for crashing and ruining his date.
âHow many beers did you pay her?â
Rowan leaned back on his chair, a playful glint in his eye. âThree, why?â
âYouâre paying me four.â He opened his mouth, but she raised a finger and beat him to it. âNo questions asked.â
Rowan chugged his beer after their first round came. âI donât know why youâre being like this. Arenât you dating other people too?â
âWhat?â Aelin slightly shook her head, mouth ajar. âWhere is this coming from?â
He tilted his head. âYou were very clear about wanting more kids.â
âAnd then you made an assumption about my dating life.â
Rowan didnât answer, unwavering.
Aelin held a finger up. âFirst, I told you I havenât figured that out yet.â Another finger up. âSecond, I wasnât in a relationship the first time, I donât need one to have kids again.â She shrugged. âFor all you know, I could be talking about adoption or fertilization.â
Rowan had his arms crossed, eyes squinted at her. âWhy would you pay to have kids if we did that for free the last time?â
The mix of what heâd just said and his displeased face made her cackle. Hard. Her head was tilted back, her body trembling as she tried to regain composure and feel less breathless.
âWhy is this funny?â He protested, trying and failing to hide a silly smile. âIâm just saying that if you donât have another person youâd like to⌠share genes with, the reasonable thing to do would be make the other children genetically compatible with Maisie.â He sipped his beer, looking nonchalant. âIn case one of them needs a kidney or a bone marrow transplant.â
âAlright.â She chugged the rest of her beer down. âLetâs suppose I decide to do that. Would you donate your sperm and sign off parental rights?â
âAbsolutely not!â He blurted, clutching his beer for dear life as if itâd protect his imaginary kids from Aelinâs modern ideas. âIâd make and raise them the old-fashioned way.â
Aelin leaned towards Rowan, her pulse skyrocketing as her breath fanned against the shell of his ear. âI bet youâd love that, wouldnât you?â
There was no mistaking the way he trembled under her whisper. Rowan found the exposed curve of her waist with his hands like a magnet, the tips of his fingers pressing against her skin.
Rowanâs pupils were dilated, his forest-green irises looked on fire. âStop teasing me. Weâre drunk.â
Aelin leaned back on her seat and sipped her drink, chest filled with satisfaction even after being rejected. It was really hard to feel defeated now, since Rowan was too intoxicated to take his eyes off her golden top.
âYou were a lot more fun six years ago.â
Rowan chuckled and finished his bottle. âNext round?â
Aelin confirmed at the same time her phone started ringing.
âDor? Is everything okayââ
âI canât stand your cousin anymore, Aelin! Iâm dumping him in the sewers!â
She chuckled, not missing Rowanâs curious gaze. âDid Aed drink too much?â
âThat too! He went straight to a woman and slurred: âyouâre the prettiest girl Iâve seen this week.â I canât do this, Aelin. Heâs unsalvageable.â
Aelin snorted. âAlright, give me five minutes and Iâll text you.â
âToo long!â
She finished the call before Dorian could protest further. Rowan had his head tilted, waiting for an explanation.
âDorianâs bored, so he decided to be Aedionâs wingman tonight. Theyâre at a bar close by, so we agreed to uber back together.â
âUber together where? Dorian lives in the opposite side of town.â
She shrugged. âWho knows? You know how Dorian is.â
That explanation seemed enough for Rowan. It didnât take long for them to decide it was way past their bedtime already, so they decided to head out as well.
They needed to have their wristbands scanned at the cashier near the exit, and she took a step back when Rowan mentioned for her arm as well.
Aelin shook her head. âI spent a small fortune in frilly cocktails.â
He didnât say a thing, just gently took her wrist and showed it to the cashier.
The outside of the club looked the same it did hours ago, except the line to enter was longer, making the street too loud for it to be the middle of the night.
âHeeeey.â Aelin made a twist to look him in the eye, but stumbled on her heels. Rowan tried to catch her from falling, but she beat him to it. She was just that kind of independent drunk. âYour mom invited me to your trip with Maisie the last time she was in town.â
Rowan snorted. âSounds like her.â
Every year, Rowan and Maisie visited the southeastern beach house his parents retired in. Inviting Aelin to her exâs trip without letting him know was something only Rory Whitethorn could pull off. She was a⌠peculiar person, to say the least. Aelin loved her to death.
âWhat did you tell her?â He asked.
Aelin tried to look nonchalant, thankful he couldnât tell the tingling in her limbs. âWhat was I supposed to tell her? I already crashed your date, I wonât crash your trip too.â
To be fair, Aelin didnât say anything because she would not, under any circumstance, invite herself to Rowanâs trip. And by under any circumstance, she meant only if she was drunk.
He shrugged. âMaisie would love it if you went.â
She gave him a pointed look. âOf course Maisie would want me to go. Iâm talking about you. Would you feel comfortable with me there?â
Rowanâs shoulders dropped, and something in his eyes melted. âOf course I would. Do you want to come with me next month?â
Aelin flipped her hair, not looking him in the eye. âWell, since you asked so nicely.â
He snorted and placed a hand on the back of her shoulder, gently stroking that patch of skin with his thumb until their uber arrived.
Rowan opened the backseat door for her, but a very drunk Aedion called his name from the inside.
She leaned closer to Rowan and whispered, âI think he wants you to go in the middle.â
He sighed, but complied.
The moment they got inside and closed the door, Aedion laid down on the backseat, resting his head on Rowanâs lap and hugging his middle. âI love you, man.â
Rowan petted his head the same way heâd do to a dog. âYouâre okay.â
âAw,â Dorian cooed from the passenger seat. âHe got so happy when he saw you outside.â
âAre you staying with Aedion?â Rowan asked, since the driver was getting them farther from Dorianâs apartment each minute.
âNo, Iâm staying with you. You stole my boyfriend, remember?â
Rowanâs face was flat when he replied, âThanks for letting me know.â
Grinning at the bickering, Aelin rested her head on Rowanâs shoulders and nearly purred when his hand met her scalp. He chuckled. She lightly elbowed his ribs.
âYou know damn well Iâm weak for those,â she mumbled, eyes blissfully closed.
âI do.â
Aelin almost fell asleep right there, all because of Rowanâs skilled hands. She wouldâve, if it wasnât for the seat bumping as the driver sped, and the annoying air freshener in the car.
When they arrived, Rowan decided to drop Aelin off while Dorian did the same to a nearly dead drunk Aedion, and theyâd meet later. Or Dorian could just break into the house through Fenrysâ window like he used to, that part wasnât clear.
âThereâs this thing nagging me,â Rowan said as they walked through her front garden.
âSpill.â
âDorian seemed to know you were with the soccer moms all the time, but Fenrys seemed so clueless about this earlier today.â
âOh.â Aelin leaned against a pillar, scrambling for a nice way to explain this. âDorian doesnât tell much about me to Fenrys, since itâd be the same as telling you. I never asked him to do this, but heâs just that loyal.â
Rowanâs expression seemed downcast for a beat, then he concealed it with a grin. âKeeping secrets, Lieutenant?â
Aelin crouched to get the keys from under the front mat, trying to downplay how much that harmless question made her heart twist. Something about her demeanor mustâve given it away, since he changed the subject.
âYou know itâs not safe to leave your keys there, right? Why didnât you take them with you?â
Aelin got up again and sighed, already knowing it was too much for his male brain to understand. âMy purse is small, and the keys would scratch my lipstick tube.â
Rowan shook his head, but a small smile betrayed his disapproving face. âSo between your lipstick and your house keys, youâd rather keep the lipstick?â
âAbsolutely. I need to keep my priorities straight.â
He chuckled, eyes soft as their corners crinkled. âGood night, Aelin.â
Rowan held her upper arm for a beat, caressing it with his thumb, and then let her go.
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DAY 15
GIVE IT UP FOR DAY 15
My mother had three pregnancies, and two children. She had a miscarriage, between my brother and I, in that four year span between our births, there was another pregnancy, another child desperately wanted, who didnât live to term.
My mother had her pre-natal care, and her post-miscarriage care, at Planned Parenthood.
Because it was the best place for her. Because at the time, she had a two year old child and a bike and they were living just around that nice little sweet spot between âdesperately poorâ and âalmost have enough to consider a savings account.â And when you are poor, and female, and need health services, Planned Parenthood is there.
And my mother walked past the protesters, walked past the people who screamed at her about not killing her baby, about how she was a whore, and she was going to hell. My mother, in mourning for a child that she had lost, blaming herself, hating herself for failing at this most feminine of things, walked through that, to care for herself, to get the medical care she needed. So that someday, two years later, she could have me.
I cannot speak to the courage that must have taken. But that path is walked by thousands of women. Every single day.
She donated to Planned Parenthood until her death. And she said to me, that the people who screamed at her saw her only as a vessel for a baby. They didnât care about her, they didnât care about her baby, either. They were pro-birth, not pro-life, because none of them would be there after her baby was born, to offer help and support and care.Â
The protesters didnât care about her. And the medical professionals inside did. It is the right of every woman to have access to safe, affordable, quality health care, no matter where she comes from, what her income is, or what choices she makes with her life. And that is what these kind of bills are attempting to take away.Â
americans better be rebloging the donation and help links for mexico and colombia after all the help they recieved from latin americans w their own issues