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A good piece on bodily autonomy in the Guardian. Excerpt below.

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

archive.ph/yCk7B

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The reality is that abortion has almost unprecedentedly low regret rates. Peer-reviewed studies following women in the US for between three and five years after an abortion show that the rates of women experiencing any feeling of regret remain between 1% and 5% and dissipate over time. Any distress is often linked not to the abortion itself, but to experiences of social stigma, judgment and lower social support. There's another type of care that has even lower regret rates yet is comparably politicised and legislated against: gender affirmation surgery. Politicians, legislators and anti-trans campaigners frequently use regret narratives to argue against trans rights and healthcare, even though research shows that, globally, regret after gender affirmation surgery is extremely rare - ranging between 0.03% and 1%. Repeated studies suggest that regret among trans people is often caused by social stigma. In comparison, knee replacement surgery has a dissatisfaction rate of up to 30%. Elective rhinoplasty has a general regret rate of 5%-15%, but studies from Iran show regret rates can reach 40%. Yet nobody proposes mandatory reflection periods before nose

Abortion trauma is a myth. Irish women don’t need laws to make them ‘reflect’ on their choices

More people regret knee surgery than abortion. So why is the patriarchy still scaring us with lifelong torment, asks Irish writer Roe McDermott
Roe McDermott (The Guardian)
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