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16 Tweets That Show How Empowering Contraception Is For Women

#ThxBirthControl ❤️
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Parents editor at HuffPost UK

Women are using Twitter to celebrate contraception and the vital part it has played in their lives.

The #ThxBirthControl social media campaign highlights the many brilliant uses for contraception, not just for preventing unwanted pregnancies, but for helping women take control of their bodies and lives, while helping regulate medical conditions, too.

While ‘Thanks, Birth Control’ Day is a regular celebration of contraception in the US, this year it was even more poignant - especially with the threat of losing affordable access to contraception under the Trump and Pence administration.

Some women thanked contraception for helping them take control of their lives and bodies...

It’s not actually Uterus, it’s MY-terus. I make the decisions here. #thxbirthcontrol #CosmoXBedsider

— JesseSaler (@JesseSaler) November 16, 2016

#ThxBirthControl ..for allowing me to take control of my body and my future ✊🏾💋

— Ms. Byrd (@Nia_93) November 16, 2016

Helping women delay having kids until they've reached their academic or career goals. That's worth celebrating. #ThxBirthControl

— Girls Inc. (@girls_inc) November 16, 2016

I support the "radical idea" that women are humans capable of making decisions. #ThxBirthControl

— meanmayormary (@Goneferal2) November 16, 2016

Others thanked it for helping them raise healthier, more stable families...

Birth control access meant I didn't have kids until I was financially, logistically and emotionally ready. #ThxBirthControl!

— Elisabeth🕯 (@septembergrrl) November 16, 2016

#Contraception allowed me & my husband to marry, become financially secure & then have our children. #ThxBirthControl

— Lauren Moore (@dlmluckytiger) November 16, 2016

Happy parents. Healthy kids. Stable families. Say it with me now! #ThxBirthControl

— Sara Shepard (@sarabooks) November 16, 2016

Some thanked it for helping regulate a medical problem...

#ThxBirthControl for regulating my period. I'm a lesbian and don't need it to prevent pregnancy, but some of us have medical conditions.

— Jen Hansen (@HansenJen_82) November 16, 2016

#ThxBirthControl for finally regulating my cycle, 2 periods a month is no joke!

— Haneen Marie (@Huni_marie) November 17, 2016

#ThxBirthControl For controlling my ovarian cysts!

— CrayonPanda (@acceptablepanda) November 16, 2016

There's no way I could've gone to class in college w/ debilitating cramps so #ThxBirthControl for helping me not hold myself back

— kaity o'reilly (@kt_oreilly1) November 16, 2016

Others highlighted that without birth control, sex in general becomes a no-no. And that’s just not on.

"Don't use the pill, just abstain." I'm sorry but I'm not just going to never have sex because I don't want children. #ThxBirthControl

— Samantha Faith Ⓥ (@jennythefriend) November 17, 2016

Taking the fear out of having sex and letting me control my own path! #ThxBirthControl https://t.co/dEnKyBilmE

— eleanor nastywoman (@elles22) November 17, 2016

Midnight sex or morning sex, whatever your thing; it's YOUR decision to make. Kids or no kids? Your decision too! #ThxBirthControl pic.twitter.com/vSSAZSmeMi

— Mayra (@peppyMiss) November 17, 2016

And even men jumped onboard with the celebration...

#ThxBirthControl for creating healthier families and empowering every woman to decide what’s best for her own body!

— Raul M. Grijalva (@RepRaulGrijalva) November 16, 2016

#ThxBirthControl for helping women stay in school & succeed in life. That’s definitely worth celebrating!! @MTV

— Dylan Sprayberry (@DSprayberry) November 16, 2016

One thing’s for sure, we’ll never take contraception for granted again.

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