I wrote a short piece on safe #menstruation tracking apps, expanding on a few tweets I posted at the time #RoevWade was overturned. Incidents of testing women for abortion drugs in the UK prompted me to turn it into an article:
@AimeeMaroux That's more than appalling it's horrific. I know this sounds a little right wing, batshit crazy but the government is not your friend. Don't get me wrong, there are many things I think the power of government should be used to address but never forget power shifts and those in control may not be good people
@allpoints This is from the article that made me put together a list of safe apps:
"Under Section 58 of the Offence Against the Person Act 1861, which carries a maximum life sentence, it is illegal for a woman to administer “poison” (abortion pills) with the intent to cause her own miscarriage after the 24-week legal limit.
Last month, the fifth woman this year appeared in an English court charged under Section 58, compared with only three previous prosecutions in the past 160 years."
@AimeeMaroux It felt weird to just "favorite" your reply ('yay oppression?') so I'm responding with some text too. There are similar occurrences happening here in the US. Good to see people sharing information about protecting themselves
@allpoints That is really scary! The apps don't help against actual drug tests like that but I hope showing these options helps keeping the data safe that might tip the wrong people off.
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