Leah Torres is an OB/GYN who tweets at @LeahNTorres. She was praised today on Twitter for being gender-neutral in her advocacy for trusting pregnant people with their rights to an abortion — a stance I share, back and categorically endorse.
Psst! Come here! I have a secret 2 tell u…
A lil closer…lil more…
Doesn't matter what u call it: life, baby, fetus, next messiah…
— Leah Torres, MD (@LeahNTorres) September 23, 2015
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Nothing overrules the autonomy of the pregnant person.
Not ideology, not politics, not religion, not beliefs…
Nothing.
— Leah Torres, MD (@LeahNTorres) September 23, 2015
Earlier, she wrote:
Clearly pregnant people can't be trusted…. https://t.co/OfIFPr2mfb
— Leah Torres, MD (@LeahNTorres) September 23, 2015
Our ex-colleague and recent embracer of all things TERFy Ophelia Benson sought this tweet out and attacked Torres for it, repeatedly chastising her for saying “pregnant person” instead of “woman”.
Continue reading ““Woman” is a gender, not a marker of fecundity.”