It was about this time 15 years ago that my ex (who raped me after we broke up) threatened to kill me if I didn't have an abortion.

His threat made me realize that I couldn't be like him: I couldn't use violence to get what I wanted in life.

Suddenly, I knew I couldn't abort. https://twitter.com/PunkyMantilla/status/1246573301650071554

In that moment, I felt solidarity with the vulnerable preborn child.

I'd been pro-choice for as long as I'd known about abortion. So I didn't WANT to be prolife... I knew it would be the death of my social life. I knew I'd be outcast.

But, I also knew I'd been unsettled.

So, begrudgingly and with angst, I made it my life's work to go unsettle others: I became vocally and passionately Pro-Life.

I wish I could be pro-choice, it'd make my social life so much easier.

But I can't ignore science and my ethic of nonviolence to make my life easier.

So, I'm prolife AF now,
Unapologetically.

And though I want to lead with compassion and dignity in all things, I must say this:

Abortion coercion is REAL and it is FU*KED UP and I will block apologists for it without a second thought. Do NOT come at me with that shit, EVER.