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Why did images of early pregnancy cause such a social media firestorm? https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/3/23435111/early-pregnancy-abortion-tiktok-social-media-images

Like many folks, I saw these images shared on social media in past few weeks. I never doubted their veracity though. I have a vivid memory as a kid of visiting the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago and seeing their Prenatal Development exhibit. I’d recommend it to anyone. There is a lot of misinformation out there, and I’m not surprised that some folks would rather believe that at 4 weeks an embryo is a miniature person rather than an undifferentiated clump of cells. #stillprochoice

Important Note

This site features content going all the way back to 2000. The posts you’ll read reflect my views and writing style at the time. While I have gone back to clean up a few of them, I think it’s important not to sanitise too much. This site is a record of who I am and how I’ve grown. Any blog post written years ago may not reflect who I am today, nor how I would write about the same topic today.