THE FOUNDER OF
THE #SHOUTYOURABORTION CAMPAIGN
HAS GONE INTO HIDING AFTER
PEOPLE PUT HER PERSONAL
INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET, AND
SHE STARTED TO FEAR FOR HER
LIFE.
AMELIA BONOW IS THE
WOMAN, AND SHE WANTED TO TAKE
THE STIGMA AWAY AFTER CONGRESS
VOTED ON BANNING ABORTION.
SHE
SAID, "LIKE A YEAR AGO I HAD AN
ABORTION AT THE PLANNED
PARENTHOOD ON MADISON AVENUE,
AND I REMEMBER THIS ñ" [VIDEO BUFFERING]
SHE NOT ONLY WANTED TO DEFEND PLANNED
PARENTHOOD, BUT SHE WANTED TO
TAKE AWAY THE STIGMA ASSOCIATED
WITH GETTING AN ABORTION.
UNFORTUNATELY THAT DID NOT SIT
WELL WITH PEOPLE WHO CONSIDER
THEMSELVES PRO-LIFE, BECAUSE AS
SOON AS THEY HEARD ABOUT IT THEY
THOUGHT THEY WOULD PRACTICE
THEIR PRO-LIFE IDEOLOGY BY
THREATENING HER LIFE.
THEY
POSTED HER HOME ADDRESS ON THE
INTERNET, AND AS A RESULT SHE
HAD TO GO INTO HIDING.
I WANT
TO GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES OF THE
THREATS SHE GOT.
"IF HAPPINESS
IS THE STANDARD, THEN IT MIGHT
MAKE MANY PEOPLE HAPPY IF
@AMELIABONOW HAD HER HEAD CRUSHED
TOO."
SHE ALSO GOT A CALL FROM
DAVID HALE, VICE PRESIDENT OF
DEVELOPMENT AT PLANNED
PARENTHOOD OF THE GREAT
NORTHWEST AND A HAWAIIAN
ISLANDS, EXPRESSING
CONCERN FOR 
HER SAFETY.
VIDEO BUFFERING ñ
THERE HAVE BEEN
CASES WHERE THOSE WORKING AT THE
CLINICS HAVE BEEN SHOT AND
KILLED.
I DO NOT THINK IT IS
OUTLANDISH TO THINK THAT HER
LIFE WOULD ACTUALLY BE
ENDANGERED.
I WAS FOLLOWING THE HASHTAG,
I THOUGHT LINDY WEST STARTED
THIS, BUT SHE
HAS JUST BEEN ACTIVE.
SHE GOT
INTO IT WITH A LOT OF HER
FOLLOWERS.
I AM ON THEIR SITE,
BUT I DO NOT THINK TWITTER IS
THE BEST PLACE TO 
HAVE THIS
ARGUMENT.
WHILE I COULD NOT BE
ANY MORE ON THEIR SIDE, ANY TIME
YOU ENTER INTO AN ATTEMPT TO
DISCUSS A SERIOUS TOPIC, WHERE
YOU KNOW THE HEAT ON THE OTHER
SIDE, IT MINIMIZES THE SYMPATHY,
FOR ME, THAT YOU GET WHEN THEY
DO WHAT YOU KNEW WHAT THEY WERE
GOING TO DO.
ITS HIDEOUS, IT'S
HORRIBLE, AND ANYBODY WHO POSTED
HER INFORMATION SHOULD HANG
THEIR HEADS.
ANY WAY YOU LOOK AT
THE ARGUMENT ON THE OTHER SIDE,
IT IS FOOLISH, BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE
WHO ARE WELL-MEANING WHO
THINK IT IS MURDER.
THEY ARE NOT ALL CRAZY.
THEY ARE NOT ALL CRAZY, AND
THOSE WHO ARE REASONABLE,
LOGICAL PEOPLE WHO HAPPEN TO BE
RELIGIOUS AND CONSIDER
THEMSELVES PRO-LIFE, I AM NOT
HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH THEM.
I AM HAVING A CONVERSATION
ABOUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF
ANTIABORTION ACTIVISTS, IN MY
OPINION, WHO WILL SAY THEY ARE
PRO-LIFE, AND THEN IN THE SAME
SENTENCE TALK ABOUT KILLING
PEOPLE WHO ARE IN FAVOR OF
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS.
THOSE ARE
THE MOST HIDEOUS PEOPLE IN THIS
COUNTRY.
PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY
CARRY OUT ACTS OF VIOLENCE
AGAINST THOSE WHO ARE TRYING TO
DEFEND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IN
THIS COUNTRY.
PRO-LIFE ACTIVISTS, GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE.
SO DISINGENUOUS.
FOR POLITICIANS IT IS ALL ABOUT EXPLOITING
A
SITUATION LIKE THIS TO GAIN
POLITICAL BROWNIE POINTS AMONG
THEIR VERY RELIGIOUS, VERY
CONSERVATIVE BASE.
FOR RIGHT-WINGERS, IT IS ABOUT
CONTROLLING WOMEN'S SEXUAL ACTIVITY.
THEY HATE THAT WOMEN
HAVE ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTIVES SO
THEY DO NOT HAVE TO PAY THE
CARTILAGES OF HAVING SEX.
THEY HATE THAT WOMEN CAN GET AN
ABORTION IF THEY GET PREGNANT
AND IT IS UNWANTED.
THEY HATE THAT WOMEN CAN TAKE CHARGE OF
THEIR OWN LIVES.
THEY WANT TO GO BACK TO THE GOOD OLD DAYS
WHEN THEY HAD COMPLETE CONTROL OVER WOMEN.
THOSE PEOPLE ARE PATHETIC, WEAK, PIECES OF
SHIT.
THEY ARE NOT ACTUALLY PRO-LIFE,
I HAVE NO RESPECT FOR THEM.
THE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE WHO DO BELIEVE
IN LIFE AT CONCEPTION,
I BELIEVE YOU ARE WRONG, BUT I
AM NOT TALKING ABOUT YOU.
I'M TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO
CARRY OUT THESE ACTS OF VIOLENCE.
I DON'T DISAGREE WITH
ANYTHING YOU SAID, I JUST
HATE TO SEE CONVERSATIONS LIKE
THIS HAPPEN ON TWITTER.
I HOPE THAT THIS IS
ALL THERE IS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY
OF THESE PEOPLE ñ
THIS IS NOT A PLACE FOR SERIOUS
ñ OCCASIONALLY TWITTER HAS
A SERIOUS CONVERSATION,
ACCIDENTALLY.
LIKE THE ARAB
SPRING, FOR INSTANCE.
TWITTER CAN BE USED FOR REAL
POLITICAL MOVEMENTS, THERE
IS NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
I'M TALKING ABOUT AMERICA
TOO, WHERE THERE IS SO MUCH
ANGER AND BETRAYAL, AND YOU GO
BACK AND FORTH.
SHOUT YOUR
ABORTION, THAT WAS GOING TO
HAPPEN.
ITíS GOING TO BE AN
ARGUMENT AGAINST ME SAYING THAT
IS NOT THEIR FAULT, BUT, I KNOW
PEOPLE WHO WERE ANTIABORTION WHO
NEVER WOULD HAVE GOTTEN IN THE
BACK AND FORTH HERE.
IF YOU
THINK THAT IS A LIVING BEING,
THEN YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO BE
AGAINST ABORTION.
BECAUSE THAT
IS A SERIOUS CONVERSATION.
I DID NOT THINK THAT TWITTER WAS
THE PLACE FOR THIS.
WE BOTH
THOUGHT THAT PEOPLE NEEDED TO
STAND UP FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD,
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE PLANNED
PARENTHOOD REACTED VERY POORLY
IN THE INITIAL DAYS AFTER THAT,
SO PEOPLE NEEDED TO TAKE A STAND
WITH PLANNED PARENTHOOD.
SO MAYBE THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY, BUT
IT DID NOT FEEL LIKE IT TO ME,
BECAUSE I KNEW IT WOULD EVOLVE INTO
UGLINESS.
THEY ARE NOT EQUALLY
STRIDENT, ONLY ONE SIDE POSTED
THE ADDRESS WITH THE OBVIOUS
IMPLICATION BEING, HEY IF YOU
LIVE NEARBY, GO MAKE HER
LIFE MISERABLE.
THREATENED HER LIFE.
THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
I SAW, LINDY'S WIFE WAS
THREATENED.
SHE GOT INTO IT,
SEEMED TO GET FRUSTRATED,
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HER ACTUAL
FEELINGS ARE.
ONE GUY POSTED
ABOUT HOW HE WAS THE GRANDFATHER
OF FIVE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS.
AND
THEN EVERY WOMAN WHO TWEETED
SHOW YOUR ABORTION WAS SOMETHING
ñ I'M PARAPHRASING ñ
WAS SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES
OF ñ HE SAID, HOW DARE YOU DO THAT TO THE
MAN WHO WAS THE FATHER.
THEY WERE SAYING,
YOU DESERVE TO BE SHOT IN THE
HEAD, GET LOCKED UP, BURIED ALIVE.
ONE HIDEOUS THING AFTER ANOTHER.
HERE'S THE THING WITH THAT
GUY, NOT ONLY IS HE EXTREMELY
HYPOCRITICAL WITH HIS OWN STANCE
ON LIFE, BUT HE THINKS ABOUT
THIS ISSUE IN TERMS OF HIS OWN
BUBBLE, HIS OWN CONTEXT, HIS OWN
EXPERIENCES.
HOW CAN YOU DO
THIS TO THE GUY?
YOU DON'T
KNOW HER STORY.
YOU DON'T KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT THESE WOMEN'S
LIVES.
WHETHER THEY HAVE BEEN
THE VICTIM OF RAPE OR INCEST,
WHETHER THAT PREGNANCY PUT 
HER
LIFE IN JEOPARDY.
YOU HAVE
GRANDCHILDREN, THAT'S GREAT,
NOBODY IS GOING TO TAKE YOUR
GRANDCHILDREN AWAY FROM YOU.
YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE, WORRY ABOUT
YOURSELF, AND LET WOMEN MAKE
CHOICES FOR THEMSELVES.
