Jamie Abrams: What moving from Kentucky to Virginia after I was diagnosed with cancer reveals about Roe. - NBCNewsTHINK
because it might stimulate the growth of cancer cells.
In the aftermath of Roe’s being overturned, supporters of the move want to pretend that abortion access can be surgically extracted from women’s health care decision-making as a whole. Nothing could be further from the truth. When I was diagnosed with cancer, the last things on my mind were pregnancy, birth control and abortion. Yet nearly all my medical appointments, tests and surgery itself were predicated on controlling reproduction and being able to terminate a pregnancy if needed.leak, which had made it clear what the conservative-leaning court was poised to do, I have switched gears rapidly between being a reproductive rights scholar and a breast cancer patient.
As a breast cancer patient in Northern Virginia, I have thankfully found unbounded compassion, empathy, dignity, privacy and vitalizing human connection. I’ve been supported by patient’s rights advocates, counselors, cancer patient support groups and a multitude of local health care providers. I’ve been buoyed by the lived experiences of survivors and their caregivers, who’ve catalyzed their own hardships toward walking empathetically alongside others.
My mind swirls with the stresses of the last two months between attending medical appointments, canceling work commitments, switching jobs and insurance plans, watching bills accumulate and organizing child care. The mere thought of traveling to another state for an MRI, a biopsy or a procedure is staggeringly unthinkable as acceptable health care. For most, it would be insurmountable because of the costs and logistics alone.
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