A poem describes what 'exposure to the raw edges of human existence' looks and feels like for people most impacted.
I had written a completely different article for Mother’s Day, but when — between May Day and Mother’s Day — someone leaked a draft of the Supreme Court’s plan to overturndecision. The decision affirms that access to safe abortions is a constitutional right protected by the federal government.
We forthwith acknowledge our awareness of the sensitive and emotional nature of the abortion controversy, of the vigorous opposing views, even among physicians, and of the deep and seemingly absolute convictions that the subject inspires.
What might “exposure to the raw edges of human existence” look and feel like for the people most impacted by the threat against federal protection of safe abortions — oppressed and marginalized people, survivors of the prevalent sexual violence culture in the United States, and poor women, girls and queer people without access to autonomous medical care?
What would we do if those of us who believe in safety, embodied self-determination and care for all people collectively acknowledged what it means to be on the edge? I hope that when future generations tell the story of what happened between May Day and Mother’s Day in 2022, they remember that a large coalition of people, emboldened by love, came together to protect each otherthe black becoming blue of morning afterthe metal slot of a just-locked drugstore doorthe grazing gown on grateful thighsthe fraying hairs closest to your templethe punch of breaching whale in cannon breaththe line between the joker and the foolthe worn-out names for more falling out...
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