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Women are facing a barrage of deeply misogynistic responses online following Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election.

The Republican candidate defeated Kamala Harris after a chaotic campaign marked by anger, insults and division, winning 51 percent of the vote on Wednesday, November 6.

In the wake of the former president’s shocking political comeback, women have reported men writing “your body, my choice” on their social media posts, among other disturbing comments about reproductive rights.

The slogan “my body, my choice” was originally popularized by feminists who defended reproductive choices as rights in the 1960s. However, the phrase has now been co-opted due to its negative effect.

All three justices Trump appointed to the Supreme Court ruled in favor of reversing it Roe v. Wade in 2022, delivering a major victory to activists who fought to overturn the constitutional right to abortion.

Nick Fuentes, the white nationalist podcaster known for his long history of anti-Semitic and misogynistic comments, wrote on X/Twitter as Trump’s victory surfaced: “Your body, my choice. Forever.”

The phrase has quickly become popular on TikTok, where countless women were told their bodies were no longer theirs following the presidential election results.

‘Your body. Our choice’ and ‘We now own your body’ comments are starting to roll in,” Hannah Cor, an advocate for women’s healing and liberation, said in a post on the app.

“Men no longer have to be silent in their hatred of women,” she claimed. “They can hate us out loud and lose nothing.”

Meanwhile, influencer Camila Guadarrama revealed: “I had to delete a video because I was threatened and several men said they couldn’t wait for me to (get raped) or (they said) ‘your body is my choice. ”

“How are young women supposed to feel right now,” one user on X/Twitter wondered in response to widespread misogyny online.

“They just prove that it’s more about controlling us women than caring about politics or policy,” someone else claimed.

While abortion remains legal in many states, the Trump administration and JD Vance could see a federal ban on the table. Trump has claimed she would veto such a ban — and emphasized he would leave the issue to the states — but his messaging on the issue has been unclear.

Even without a federal ban, existing state-level laws have already damaged reproductive care across the board. Access to contraception and IVF treatments is threatened.

The number of obstetricians and abortion clinics is declining, maternal mortality is increasing, and doctors in some states are at risk of criminal penalties for performing abortions.

Read more from That of the Independents explore what’s next for reproductive health care during the Trump administration here.