So today I am going to take a little bit of a break from recs posting, because I was reminded of a project I started a few months ago, when I was seeing something in the news that seemed both horrible and inevitable.

It's an AO3 bookmarks collection of fics with the summary, "Someone has sex they want, which leads to a pregnancy they don't want, which leads to an abortion they do want, and they don't regret it a bit." Because it occurred to me that if we want to change the narrative, the first step is to start a different narrative. And fanfic seems like one place to start to put a story into the general culture.

So if you, too, wish we could change the stories we hear around abortion, or at least diversify them, here is the collection. Please share it with people who might want or need to see it! Please submit any fanworks that you think might fit the theme? And if you're so inspired, please write more stories about people who have abortions and it isn't a punishment or a regret!

To stay vaguely on theme: When I was going through the abortion tags looking for stories to add to the collection, I did notice that there were enough stories with a particular element to call it a trope - the trope of "I needed a ride to the clinic and I couldn't ask my friends or my lover so I asked my enemy instead." As you might guess I really love this trope!

Here is my favorite fic on that theme, both in the collection & with that trope:

baby let's take the long way home (10579 words) by plonk
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī/Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn
Characters: Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī, Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern with Magic, Abortion, Mpreg, With A Twist, Enemies to Lovers
Summary:

“Oh, hey,” Wei Ying says as the audiobook starts up. “Snacks?"