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Sinead Butler
Sep 04, 2021
Greta Thunberg has weighed into the conversation surrounding the radical Texas abortion laws, and she’s made her feelings abundantly clear.
The 18-year-old climate activist took to Twitter to share a chart about the reasons why women have abortions which perfectly sums up how pro-choice women feel about the government interfering over decisions about women’s bodies.
She tweeted to her 5 million follows a pie chart that powerfully and bluntly lists the biggest reason for women deciding to get an abortion as “personal choice” at 60 per cent, a blunt expletive “F**k off” at 22 per cent, with “Not your concern” at 10 per cent and “Mind your business” at 8 per cent.
The reasons why women have abortions: https://t.co/KGiWtMtLnq— Greta Thunberg (@Greta Thunberg) 1630690134
The US Supreme Court voted not to block the controversial Texan abortion law which bans most abortions in the state.
The law prohibits abortions once medical professionals can detect cardiac activity, usually around six weeks and before many women know they’re pregnant.
A medical emergency is the only exception, and this requires written proof from a doctor, but not for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest.
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Thunberg’s post has been widely appreciated on Twitter with over 160,000 likes and nearly 35,000 retweets since she posted it on September 3.
People have also tweeted their praise for the environmental activist for taking a stand on such an important issue.
This is ☄️ https://t.co/02DlzKgOda— Sian Berry (@Sian Berry) 1630707266
@GretaThunberg This is the best thing I have ever seen on abortion Greta, you impressed me when I first found out… https://t.co/Wy3D35jvQh— Jennifer Linn (@Jennifer Linn) 1630690740
@GretaThunberg Very good, Greta! It's right. Every woman has the right to decide if she wants to be mother or not,… https://t.co/Dz7xBB2MGV— Franco Muñoz (@Franco Muñoz) 1630710665
@GretaThunberg Way to be Greta, you tell them. Thanks for being an inspiration, my girls(3 and 6) will hopefully lo… https://t.co/PyQuSPn5sj— Mr Fox (@Mr Fox) 1630697857
Greta bringing the 🔥🔥🔥🔥 https://t.co/UBD2GMYrvn— A. Torch (@A. Torch) 1630699450
🗣 GET EM GRETA https://t.co/LrVOuppE9b— maddie double-u (@maddie double-u) 1630691240
Brilliant https://t.co/9gInwaoXpE— Marjory Bisset #MVM #FBPPR (@Marjory Bisset #MVM #FBPPR) 1630693155
Meanwhile, others seized the opportunity to slam Thunberg for her comments, asking her to take the same stance for gun ownership and vaccinations while also telling her to stay in her lane of environmentalism rather than speaking out about other issues.
I fixed it. 😘 https://t.co/tehYW87TBw https://t.co/FRmdeas0Xb— A M A N D A (@A M A N D A) 1630723201
A true example of a CHILD'S mind..! https://t.co/KJJDF5To9C— Thomas OConnor 🇺🇲 Born '62 🇺🇲 Only LEGAL VOTES (@Thomas OConnor 🇺🇲 Born '62 🇺🇲 Only LEGAL VOTES) 1630723067
Now do vaccines or guns https://t.co/wF9uCyb4C2— D (@D) 1630692571
I would have thought the reason she gave would be because of climate change. 🙄🤡 https://t.co/dlCq4t4bRa— Goldie Blonde 💎🇺🇸 (@Goldie Blonde 💎🇺🇸) 1630703268
I see the climate change bus is in for a service https://t.co/EE8cLT10fE— Trubs (@Trubs) 1630735942
In other news, Thunberg recently made the headlines when she said that she doesn’t consider Scotland as a world leader on climate change ahead of the country hosting the UN climate change conference being held in Glasgow this November.
She also added that she “was not 100 per cent sure” that she would attend the event and that her decision would be based on whether the event was “safe and democratic,” BBC reported.