Vegan Waitress Who Doesn’t Want Kids Turns Her Fallopian Tubes Into Necklace

I don’t think I could safely say that I knew anything about the way my life was going to pan out when I was 22, but the same can’t be said of Savannah Blouin, who is so adamant that she doesn’t want kids that she has had surgery to remove her fallopian tubes and turn them into a necklace.

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The vegan restaurant waitress (lol of course) underwent a salpingectomy last July and felt inspired to make the jewellery after Roe Vs Wade was overturned in the United States, meaning that in some states women were no longer provided with the right to abortion. She says that wearing the necklace makes her feel empowered:

I had my fallopian tubes [removed] because I’ve always known that I never want to have children.

Once the decision was overturned and abortion would soon no longer be recognised as a human right, I feared the trigger laws in the aftermath would hinder me from getting my tubes removed in my late 20s, which was what I had originally planned.

I am admittedly an odd person, and when I realised I was having tissue removed, I was excited to be able to look at them [after surgery].

It didn’t seem like a crazy request to me, it seemed entirely logical.

Although it wasn’t the original intent, I feel very empowered while wearing the necklace.

After I got my tubes removed, the pathology department of the hospital had to test them before returning them to me two weeks later.

I went to my local craft store with my fallopian tubes in a plastic cup, and asked to speak to someone ‘who has experience with resin and is also a bit weird’.

The person they pointed me to was completely unfazed by the organic matter in my hands, and they were extremely helpful with my project.

People are almost always shocked when I say my fallopian tubes are inside the jewellery.

People often think they are a type of stone or a bug of some sort.

The majority of men I have shown the necklace to, have gotten oddly quiet and sad upon hearing of my proud infertility.

I do believe it is an unconscious reaction, and they do not realise how it comes off, but it appears that they are mourning my fertility for me.

I do not feel ill towards these people, because they don’t mean harm, but seeing people visibly mourn my own fertility feels very dehumanising.

There are lots of common misconceptions, the most common would be that I no longer get a period.

That is not true. Everything is entirely normal with my cycle, as well as with my hormones.

I am a very politically motivated person, and I am adamantly against the overturn of Roe V. Wade.

I have never wanted children, I’ve always been very vocal about that, and I am so grateful that I could have this procedure done and inspire people to take charge of their own bodies in a similar way.

Well it certainly seems like Savannah knows exactly what she wants and how and when she’s going to get it. I suppose you have to respect her commitment to her ideals – I just hope that she doesn’t live to regret that decision when she reaches her thirties or whatever.

As for the idea of sticking her fallopian tubes in a necklace, I don’t really think that’s that outrageous. Sure, it’s a bit kooky and out there and very vegan waitress, but it’s not that big a deal in the grand scheme of things when you see some people’s body transformations. Let her do what she wants it’s fine – and I’m sure it’s going to make anti-abortion activists over in the States very angry and I’m totally here for that.