The background on #ShoutYourAbortion, from last week.

Campaigners Lindy West, Amelia Bonow and Kimberly Morrison started the hashtag “#ShoutYourAbortion” on Twitter on Friday [September 18].

The phrase exploded over the weekend around the world, trending across the US, Australia and Europe. More than 60,000 women explained their decision to get an abortion.

Here are a few tweets:

Feminist Wire ‏@thefeministwire 3 hours ago
A Love Note to Women Who’ve Had Voluntary Abortions http://www.thefeministwire.com/2015/09/a-love-note-to-women-whove-had-voluntary-abortions/#.VgmVycz4Q8w.twitter … #ShoutYourAbortion

Katha Pollitt ‏@KathaPollitt Sep 25
Abortion haters, pls read this woman’s story of choosing to end catastrophic wanted pregnancy. #shoutyourabortion http://tinyurl.com/nzjke92

Victoria Brownworth ‏@VABVOX Sep 22
Men have no voice in a woman’s bodily autonomy.
So all the men tweeting me?
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