The difference between ‘improve abortion services by listening to women’ and ‘improve transition services by listening to transgender people’ is that women who had a termination 25 years ago aren’t trying to influence doctors re: prescribing unlicensed medications or experimental surgical procedures to use on other women seeking abortion in future!
Hearing women’s voices re: abortion means hearing about problems accessing services in a timely manner (can’t have year-long wait lists for terminations!) and clinicians being properly aware of resultant complications and long term and short term side effects, preferably via mid and long term follow up, in order to minimise those complications and side effects in future.
It means being aware that women seek abortion for a variety of reasons and while the physiological process of providing abortion may not vary much, the emotional, social and practical circumstances may vary enormously.
It means acknowledging that while for many (the majority?) of women do feel great relief, others feel more conflicted, and a small number experience overwhelming regret. It means developing an understanding of the conditions and circumstances that may lead to future regret and having some sort of support service/safety net for the minority of women whose mental health is negatively affected by the experience.
It means working towards a society where the decision to terminate or continue a pregnancy is made freely and independently and not coercively or solely due to economic pressure.
it means good sex education and access to a wide range of free and easily available contraception.
It means taking sexual offences seriously, for survivors to be properly supported both psychologically and practically and for perpetrators to be prosecuted and if convicted, incarcerated and when released, registered and monitored.
it means properly funded social services to support the girls and vulnerable women who do not have a safe and reliable family network to support them through the process.
Trans ideology argues for the opposite of almost every one of the above - eg I remember the Action for Trans Health Manifesto that demanded trans people be taught to perform reassignment procedures on each other and Shon Faye’s trans book (of the famously large advance) advocating for the total abolishment of the prison system.
I totally agree re: misinfo re being forbidden to show scan images tho - I’d booked a private first stage appointment at Marie Stopes intending for the first stage appointment to lead to an early surgical procedure a week or two later (this was pre medical procedure era) and in the days between making the appointment and the appointment itself had decided to continue the pregnancy instead. As the appointment was prepaid and I was mindful that my mind may change again I rocked up at the appointment as planned (with my mum in tow). Staff were marvellous, mindful not to affect my decision in either direction but totally accepting whatever the outcome. No one made me feel as though I were wasting their time. I was able to not only see the scan monitor, but get a printed picture to take home - possibly the worst scan pic of all time because it was very early on and thus all there was to see was a kidney bean shaped blob 😆