Shout Your Abortion

#ShoutYourAbortion is a social media campaign where women share their abortion experiences online without “sadness, shame or regret” for the purpose of “destigmatization, normalization, and putting an end to shame." Tens of thousands of women worldwide have shared their abortion experiences online using the hashtag #ShoutYourAbortion. The Shout Your Abortion campaign was started on September 19, 2015, by American activists Lindy West, Amelia Bonow, and Kimberly Morrison, in response to efforts by the United States House of Representatives to defund Planned Parenthood following the Planned Parenthood 2015 undercover videos controversy. The hashtag has received both positive and negative attention within social media and the mainstream media.

On September 18, 2015, the U.S House of Representatives passed legislation to suspend funding of Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) for one year, pending investigation of allegations regarding PPFA’s practices with respect to fetal organ and tissue donation. Shout Your Abortion co-founder Amelia Bonow reported she “cried all day” in response to the House of Representatives attempts to defund PPFA.

On September 19, 2015, Bonow turned to social media, speaking out in defense of PPFA on her Facebook page. Bonow expressed gratitude for what she described as an “incredibly positive experience” of an abortion procedure she had at a Planned Parenthood facility and Bonow publicly discussed her abortion without “sadness, shame or regret.” Two other activists, Lindy West and Kimberly Morrison, became involved. West took a screen shot of Bonow’s Facebook post, added the hashtag #ShoutYourAbortion, and then sent Bonow’s Facebook post out to her over 60,000 Twitter followers with the introduction: “The campaign to defund PP relies on the assumption that abortion is something to be whispered about.” An image of Kimberly Morrison's unshaved armpit with a tattoo that reads "fuck the patriarchy" was used as the logo for the Shout Your Abortion social media campaign. The hashtag #ShoutYourAbortion soon trended worldwide, including in the US, Australia, UK, and Ireland. On September 22, 2015, the #ShoutYourAbortion hashtag was used over 100,000 times in a 24-hour period.

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