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title: Mini Guide to Discussing Abortion Rights at the Dinner Table
date: 2023-03-22T03:00:00-04:00
author: OBOS Admin
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[Health & Sexuality Info](/health-info)# Mini Guide to Discussing Abortion Rights at the Dinner Table

How do you talk about abortion with your family and loved ones? Here are quick facts and things to know about abortion, forced pregnancy, abortion access, and the future of abortion rights. Abortion is safe and common, and it is both essential health care and a human right. It is important that all who need and desire abortions have access to them for a variety of reasons, including health and economic reasons. Restrictions to abortion access disproportionately impact those living in poverty, people of color, undocumented people, young people, and LGBTQIA+ people. Even though Roe has been overturned, organizations, state legislators, and voters continue to fight to ensure all have access to abortions.

> Following the Supreme Court’s shameful overturning of Roe v. Wade earlier this year, voters overwhelmingly showed up and showed out to protect reproductive freedom during the midterm elections. With the holiday season fast approaching, abortion is likely to come up in conversations about the news — including among friends and family.

[Read the full article ](https://www.aclu.org/news/reproductive-freedom/your-mini-guide-discussing-abortion-rights-thanksgiving)

SOURCE: ACLU • LAST UPDATED: November 23, 2022

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- [abortion access](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/tags/abortion-access)
- [abortion restrictions](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/tags/abortion-restrictions)

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## Abortion Decriminalization and the Struggle against Policing and Criminalization

This policy brief examines the state surveillance of abortion access and the growing criminalization of pregnant people, parents, and providers.

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This policy brief examines the state surveillance of abortion access and the growing criminalization of pregnant people, parents, and providers.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/health-info/abortion-decriminalization-and-the-struggle-against-policing-and-criminalization)

[Stories & ConversationsRead

## If I Had Listened to Abortion Protesters, Things Would Be Different

A'yen talks about the forces that tried to prevent her from getting an abortion and how grateful she is that she was able to make the choice that was best for her.

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A'yen talks about the forces that tried to prevent her from getting an abortion and how grateful she is that she was able to make the choice that was best for her.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/stories-conversations/if-i-had-listened-to-abortion-protesters)

[ResourcesRead

## Body Politics: How White Fear Has Fueled the Anti-Abortion Movement

This article traces how nativism, eugenics, and white supremacy have historically helped drive the anti-abortion movement.

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This article traces how nativism, eugenics, and white supremacy have historically helped drive the anti-abortion movement.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/health-info/body-politics-how-white-fear-has-fueled-the-anti-abortion-movement)

[Stories & ConversationsWatch

## Claiming Back My Sexuality and Body

L discusses how she reclaimed a sense of confident power in her own body and her sexuality, from contraceptive choices to the decision to have a natural birth with no medication.

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L discusses how she reclaimed a sense of confident power in her own body and her sexuality, from contraceptive choices to the decision to have a natural birth with no medication.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/stories-conversations/claiming-back-my-body)

[Stories & ConversationsRead

## No One Asked Me What I Wanted

A young woman shares her abortion story. While those around her seemed excited about the possibility of a baby, she had to make the decision that was best for her.

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A young woman shares her abortion story. While those around her seemed excited about the possibility of a baby, she had to make the decision that was best for her.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/stories-conversations/my-story-no-one-asked-me-what-i-wanted)

[ResourcesRead

## Facts About Pregnancy Tissue

Primary care physicians who provide abortion care use facts and images to debunk myths about early pregnancies.

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Primary care physicians who provide abortion care use facts and images to debunk myths about early pregnancies.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/health-info/facts-about-pregnancy-tissue)

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## Fake Abortion Clinic Database

Reproaction’s Fake Clinic Database shows the locations of anti-abortion clinics that exist to mislead and shame people seeking abortion care.

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Reproaction’s Fake Clinic Database shows the locations of anti-abortion clinics that exist to mislead and shame people seeking abortion care.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/health-info/fake-abortion-clinic-database)

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## Abortion History among Hawaiʻi's Indigenous People

For centuries, Native Hawaiian healers treated abortion as a core part of normal health care. In 1970, Hawai'i was the first U.S. state to legalize abortion.

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For centuries, Native Hawaiian healers treated abortion as a core part of normal health care. In 1970, Hawai'i was the first U.S. state to legalize abortion.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/health-info/abortion-history-hawaiis-indigenous-people)