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hotskeletonwinter 's review for:
Mercy Street
by Jennifer Haigh
This book wasn’t quite I was expecting it to be but it wasn’t bad. I wanted to know more about Claudia, her work, her drive. I felt that too much time and detail was spent on Victor, but I do like how fake clinics are mentioned, because they cause real harm. Victor reminds me very much of David, one of our local protestors.
The similarities were sickening. David isn’t Catholic, but he hates womxn just as much as Victor. The threads of violence and misogyny that connect them were so familiar to me. Rape, pedophilia, punishment, murder, racism, anti-Blackness. I have heard David talk about all of these things. The photo shown is of him: David Benrexi. He is wearing an anti-abortion, racist shirt that is supposed to connect to Harriet Tubman—who he gladly would have enslaved, and committed acts of violence upon.
Another thing highlighted in the book, is how photos are taken of patients. This is a very real thing and it is not okay. You can imagine why. Ask yourself, at what other medical facilities do you see this happening? It is unacceptable. Period.
Clinic violence exists. Fake clinics exist and are very harmful in multiple ways. Protestors/anti-abortion activists exist and are very dangerous. Please, please speak up for abortion care access, for inclusive, intersectional reproductive care, for queer folx, for peoplx of color. The threat is very real and it kills. This is not a game.
Please support your local abortion funds and get involved. Volunteer at clinics, get educated, have conversations. Call your legislators and demand we all of access to full spectrum care with dignity and respect. Vote. Help others register to vote and get to the polls together. Join teams of clinic defense and fight back against the harm that protestors cause outside of clinics. Check on your friends and family clinic workers. Get trauma informed. Tell stories, encourage story telling—it is one of the most powerful ways to end stigma. Remember that this work is done with love, above all else. AID & ABET.
The similarities were sickening. David isn’t Catholic, but he hates womxn just as much as Victor. The threads of violence and misogyny that connect them were so familiar to me. Rape, pedophilia, punishment, murder, racism, anti-Blackness. I have heard David talk about all of these things. The photo shown is of him: David Benrexi. He is wearing an anti-abortion, racist shirt that is supposed to connect to Harriet Tubman—who he gladly would have enslaved, and committed acts of violence upon.
Another thing highlighted in the book, is how photos are taken of patients. This is a very real thing and it is not okay. You can imagine why. Ask yourself, at what other medical facilities do you see this happening? It is unacceptable. Period.
Clinic violence exists. Fake clinics exist and are very harmful in multiple ways. Protestors/anti-abortion activists exist and are very dangerous. Please, please speak up for abortion care access, for inclusive, intersectional reproductive care, for queer folx, for peoplx of color. The threat is very real and it kills. This is not a game.
Please support your local abortion funds and get involved. Volunteer at clinics, get educated, have conversations. Call your legislators and demand we all of access to full spectrum care with dignity and respect. Vote. Help others register to vote and get to the polls together. Join teams of clinic defense and fight back against the harm that protestors cause outside of clinics. Check on your friends and family clinic workers. Get trauma informed. Tell stories, encourage story telling—it is one of the most powerful ways to end stigma. Remember that this work is done with love, above all else. AID & ABET.