What Are Abortion Code Words Even For?

“If you want to come ‘see my cows’ for the weekend, let me know,” Laurel Ysebaert, the owner of a small Ontario cattle ranch, posted on TikTok in May, as the U.S. Supreme Court prepared to overturn Roe v. Wade. “I can give you a safe space while you recover from ‘seeing my cows.’”

You get it. Like many similar videos shared on the platform in the past few months, it was soundtracked by a clip of the song “Paris” by The Chainsmokers, specifically the part that goes, “If we go down / then we go down together.” On Twitter and Facebook, people outside of the depicting two women on a hike through the woods, captioned, “If you are a person who suddenly finds yourself with a need to go in another state friendly towards , just know that I will happily drive you, support you, and not talk to anyone about the to anyone ever.”