Women are getting coat hanger tattoos in support of abortion rights — and it's incredibly powerful.
, were having the same discussion. “There is a huge bond and strength that comes out of those who work in abortion care,” Slachta says. “They are my tribe, and some of my biggest ‘sheroes.’” Diaz remembers feeling like, “this is something I could have with me for life,” adding that she’s originally from Venezuela, where abortion is illegal, and “care is a back-alley abortion for the majority.”By dinnertime, the groups had joined together, six women in total .
Diaz and Conti each described an additional, personal meaning. “I'd had an abortion a few years prior and had the privilege to have safe access to care. [The tattoo] also reminds me of the privilege I've had to have safe access,” Diaz says. For Conti, the tattoo represents another kind of personal transformation. “I was anti-choice up until college and grew up in a very conservative household...
Slachta, however, felt differently. “I was one of the few in the group who got it in a less public space. I have other tattoos that are much more visible, which can draw attention and questions. Because this issue is so personal to me, and because we are in such a period of anti-abortion legislation and restrictions to access, I did not want the possibility of some anti [choice person] chatting me up about their thoughts on abortion.
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