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"Six weeks pregnant" does NOT mean, six weeks after you find out you're pregnant [View all]
Gillian Brockell @gbrockell 29mJust in case you didn't know, "six weeks pregnant" does NOT mean:
--six weeks after you find out you're pregnant, or
--six weeks after conception.
"Six weeks pregnant" means six weeks after the start of your last period.
Gillian Brockell @gbrockell 29m
So at the (unknowable) moment of conception, you are already 2-3 weeks pregnant.
The earliest you can possibly know you're pregnant (if you're paying very close attention and have a short cycle) is 4/4.5 weeks.
Gillian Brockell @gbrockell 29m
If you have a long cycle or aren't keeping careful track of your period, you don't realize until 5-7 weeks.
This is before morning sickness kicks in for the vast vast majority of women.
Gillian Brockell @gbrockell 29m
So if you see a movie or TV show where someone finds out they're pregnant because they unexpectedly vomit, that would be too late for them to get in abortion in Texas.
"Six week abortion ban" does not mean someone has six weeks to end a pregnancy.
Gillian Brockell @gbrockell 29m
It means someone has either days to terminate, or that it's too late to terminate.
That is all.
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❄️ ApothecaryJeri 🇺🇸 💛🐝 @ApothecaryJeri
Or take a pregnancy test every time you have sex ?? the burden on women - psychologically, emotionally, physically and financially is god damn NEVER ending.
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