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Abby Wendell
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Carrie Seidstra
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Kia Myakonitis
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Kiara Bridges
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Michelle Drew
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Suzanne Bell
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Wendy Sheldon
Kia Myakonitis: 我与一位女性的谈话揭示了怀孕定义的复杂性，以及怀孕测试结果与实际感受之间的差异。Allison的经历说明了即使在怀孕早期，身体和心理感受也可能与医学诊断不符。保险公司拒绝报销她的费用，因为没有检测到胎儿心跳，这进一步突显了怀孕定义的模糊性以及由此带来的不公平。
Abby Wendell: 在堕胎受限的美国，拥抱怀孕的模糊性可能有助于女性控制自己的身体。通过重新定义怀孕，我们可以找到一种新的生育控制方式，即月经药。月经药实际上是用于药物流产的药物，但无需确认怀孕，这可以帮助女性避免堕胎的污名化和法律风险。
Wendy Sheldon: 我提出“月经药”的概念，这实际上是用于药物流产的药物，但无需确认怀孕。这是一种新的生育控制方法，介于紧急避孕药和堕胎之间，可以帮助女性在不确认怀孕的情况下恢复月经。
Michelle Drew: 我祖母作为一名助产士，在 70 年代使用草药帮助女性恢复月经，避免提及怀孕。这与“月经药”的概念异曲同工，赋予女性控制生育的权力。
Carrie Seidstra: 在美国，将月经调节正式化成“月经药”的想法，最初并未得到广泛认可，一些医生和记者对“月经药”的概念感到困惑，认为这是在掩盖堕胎。一些堕胎权利倡导者也对“月经药”持怀疑态度，认为这可能会加剧堕胎的污名化。但是，也有一些人立即理解并支持“月经药”的概念。
Kiara Bridges: 保守派立法机构可能会将“月经药”与堕胎禁令联系起来，但在堕胎合法的州，“月经药”可以更广泛地使用，甚至可能得到一些堕胎反对者的支持。在堕胎受限的背景下，“月经药”可能成为一种折衷方案，获得一些中间派的支持。
Suzanne Bell: “月经药”的模糊性，类似于薛定谔的猫，既可以是怀孕也可以不是怀孕，直到进行测试才能确定。这种模糊性赋予了女性权力和控制力，可以帮助女性在不确认怀孕的情况下控制自己的身体和生育。
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Abby Wendell: 'But there are situations where this ambiguity could be useful. That's actually the story I have for us today. It's a thought experiment I stumbled across about how embracing ambiguity could help a person maintain control of their body in a post-Roe America.'
Wendy Sheldon: 'What Wendy is suggesting is a rebrand, because what she's calling "period pills" are actually the very same pills prescribed to induce a medication abortion, typically misoprostol and mifepristone or misoprostol alone.'
Michelle Drew: 'I am a certified nurse midwife and family nurse practitioner, and I am a full-spectrum reproductive health provider...Someone would come in, and it would be around, I'm late. You know, my courses are late.'
Carrie Seidstra: 'Despite the prevalence of menstrual regulation throughout history and geography, when the Period Pill Working Group first presented the idea of missed period pills to their colleagues working in reproductive health in the U.S., lots of them just did not get it.'
Kiara Bridges: 'Well, I think that as soon as a conservative legislature gets wind of period pills, they will be sure to include it in, you know, whatever law that bans abortion.'
Suzanne Bell: 'says missing a period is kind of like that thought experiment in quantum mechanics where a cat is trapped in a sealed box with poison. Like Schrodinger's cat and that philosophy of the cat in the box could be dead or alive at the same point, but until you open up the box and confirm, both realities could be true.'
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