SHE DIDN’T KNOW THAT NATURE COULD BE PLACED UPON HER CHEST
Price: $1,100.00
Artist: Laura Haberer
Type: Original
Year: 2024
Medium: Oil on Panel
Size: 12" x 16"
Becoming a mother has been the most profound change. My husband and I struggled with fertility and I nearly died of a septic miscarriage the year before having my son. It isn’t lost on me that had that occurred during the current presidential administration or if I lived in a different state, I may not have survived and never had the chance to become a mother. My son wouldn’t be here. When I reflect on all the ways in which men in suits have attempted to control women’s reproduction, from the idea of restricting IVF to forcing women to bear children they don’t desire to withholding life-saving healthcare, it’s clear it isn’t about reproduction at all, but about control. These men sit in their leather bound chairs miles from the hospital rooms where babies are born or the bathrooms where women are racked with fear over an unwanted pregnancy. They do not pause to contemplate the emotional state of any woman on the precipice of a reproductive choice yet they feel entitled to the decision. Words fail to describe the moment I met my son and the change to my very being that I experienced. But it was my choice. As it should be every woman’s choice.
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