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Patrick Young
@patrickjyoung
organizer, agitator, educator.
Non-Governmental & Nonprofit Organization Washington, DCReAXN.ioBorn November 12, 1983Joined May 2008

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#PaulWhelan is a Trump-supporting ex-cop who was kicked out of the Marines on a bad conduct discharge for multiple counts of theft and dereliction of duty. #BrittneyGriner is a two-time Olympic gold medalist who was arrested for having a prescribed medication.
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The whole process can be incredibly traumatic for someone who has already identified themselves as being in crisis. And it can often lead to dangerous delays in getting basic medical treatment. 11/12
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And when the young women my mom worked with decided that the best option for them was to terminate their pregnancies, these predatory ‘pregnancy centers’ used guilt and coercion to try to compel them to carry their pregnancies to term. 10/12
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They lure pregnant people in promising supports to make a wide range of choices. Often these centers indicate that they offer abortion care. But once pregnant people are in the door the only choice they offer is to bring their pregnancy to term. 9/12
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But she was a strong supporter of reproductive freedom. And that means ensuring that everyone has the freedom to chose when and how to become parents (along with the supports they need) if that is what they choose… 6/12
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… and offered programming and educational support on parenting for those teen parents alongside their traditional academic education. So she supported many, many young mothers who were in what you would call a crisis pregnancy. 5/12
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I will say that my mother spent her career as a guidance counselor working with at-risk teens. The alternative high school that she worked at had a teen parenting program that allowed young parents to bring their children to a daycare in the school… 4/12
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Hi, apologies for missing this message yesterday. I was not personally involved with the event on Thursday evening because I have been in South Carolina with my family as my mother battled with, and ultimately died from small cell lung cancer. 2/12
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Tonight's Capitol Hill Pregnancy Center banquet was disrupted Not once Not twice Not 3 times Not 4 times Not 5 times But 6 times, by obnoxious pro-abortion protesters Pro-lifers, have the last laugh! I pledged $10 for each disruption Please do the same! capitolhillpregnancycenter.org/donate.html
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Fuck you Erin Hawley
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Tonight, I joined friends (@ShutDown_DC) in disrupting the "Capitol Hill Pregnancy Center"'s anti-abortion banquet in Crystal City. This clinic, a so-called "crisis pregnancy center" lies to patients, endangers pregnant people, and is part of a national anti-abortion network.
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