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Hortensis

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42. :) Glad to hear it. I don't think people need to worry either
Thu Dec 2, 2021, 03:18 PM
Dec 2021

about a future in which the daughters of others "will not be able to make decisions about their own bodies." What the Republicans actually can and may do if we don't stop them defines our job.

I hated being pregnant. [View all] piddyprints Dec 2021 OP
Every woman is an individual pandr32 Dec 2021 #1
Yes, but it's different with vaccines. piddyprints Dec 2021 #2
I completely agree pandr32 Dec 2021 #5
Exactly. Akacia Dec 2021 #87
Until they can carry a baby for 9 months, all these old white moralists should just shut their ratchiweenie Dec 2021 #3
I'm related to some piddyprints Dec 2021 #6
That is a mindset that I cannot relate to. Caliman73 Dec 2021 #26
Spot on. piddyprints Dec 2021 #30
They belive in choice when they refuse to wear masks or get vaccinated, which affects all of us. ratchiweenie Dec 2021 #31
add more to that hypocritical thinking observed... Trueblue Texan Dec 2021 #68
Unfortunately, Amy Coney Barrett went through five pregnancies LeftInTX Dec 2021 #11
Yes, having been pregnant is no predictor of what side they'll be on. piddyprints Dec 2021 #14
The thing that motivated me was the "eye on the prize" at the end of nine months! LeftInTX Dec 2021 #25
It's Like We're Moving Into "Brave New World" Or Somethingq COL Mustard Dec 2021 #39
You're better than I am. piddyprints Dec 2021 #40
She was never faced with the choice. barbtries Dec 2021 #35
I hear that from my daughter. piddyprints Dec 2021 #43
I understand. Kath2 Dec 2021 #62
She was mature, married, financially stable, and had incredible community support. SharonAnn Dec 2021 #69
Yes, that too. LeftInTX Dec 2021 #71
Additionally, a pregnant teen has so much pressure. LakeArenal Dec 2021 #4
Yes! piddyprints Dec 2021 #7
Any girl who becomes pregnant as a teen FakeNoose Dec 2021 #32
Can I share some with of this? Freddie Dec 2021 #8
Absolutely! piddyprints Dec 2021 #10
My wife almost died giving birth to our beautiful daughter Farmer-Rick Dec 2021 #55
Glad everything was ok Freddie Dec 2021 #56
Exactly. Farmer-Rick Dec 2021 #57
Similar story here. hunter Dec 2021 #64
A story like this would make an excellent letter to the editor! So many people have a simplistic JudyM Dec 2021 #9
Thank you. piddyprints Dec 2021 #12
If you do write that letter, include this. n/t sarge43 Dec 2021 #20
Thank you. piddyprints Dec 2021 #24
Positively harrowing. JudyM Dec 2021 #28
Thank you Hekate Dec 2021 #13
You're welcome. piddyprints Dec 2021 #16
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2021 #81
I would like to add that it isn't all physical genxlib Dec 2021 #15
Yes. piddyprints Dec 2021 #19
Your pregnancies sound, sadly enough, like mine. Sick as a dog, emergency deliveries, etc. Shrike47 Dec 2021 #17
I'm sorry to hear that. piddyprints Dec 2021 #21
A Wall can not be built high enough and long enough sarge43 Dec 2021 #18
So true. piddyprints Dec 2021 #22
Let's face facts. I hear what you are saying and I commiserate with you wholeheartedly Cozmo Dec 2021 #23
You are correct. piddyprints Dec 2021 #27
Of course your daughters can make decisions about their own bodies. Hortensis Dec 2021 #29
They are both grown. piddyprints Dec 2021 #36
:) Glad to hear it. I don't think people need to worry either Hortensis Dec 2021 #42
You are suggesting a highly entitled approach vanlassie Dec 2021 #50
Sorry, but...absurd. No one learns to be more self reliant Hortensis Dec 2021 #51
I wonder which of us has more direct experience with vanlassie Dec 2021 #52
This is getting off track. Have a nice evening. nt Hortensis Dec 2021 #53
I mourn ShepKat Dec 2021 #33
I do too. piddyprints Dec 2021 #37
? This really isn't just whitey. Lots of black and other minority people Hortensis Dec 2021 #47
I was directing my wrath towards... ShepKat Dec 2021 #70
Okay, though there's strong evidence that Thomas has always been Hortensis Dec 2021 #89
100 Recs. mahina Dec 2021 #34
Of course they don't. piddyprints Dec 2021 #38
I swear it's rooted in misogyny mahina Dec 2021 #44
But it's ok piddyprints Dec 2021 #46
For some of us.. slightlv Dec 2021 #48
What an ordeal! piddyprints Dec 2021 #85
My husband got a vasectomy slightlv Dec 2021 #90
You said it so well. Thank you AKwannabe Dec 2021 #41
Thank you! piddyprints Dec 2021 #45
SERIOUSLY TREMENDOUS BIG HUG COMING YOUR WAY MissMillie Dec 2021 #49
MissMillie ... piddyprints Dec 2021 #72
Thank you for your post! Tumbulu Dec 2021 #54
Yikes! piddyprints Dec 2021 #77
Except this sort of shaming women for the fact that we can produce a baby Tumbulu Dec 2021 #91
Thank you for your story. Solly Mack Dec 2021 #58
Thank you! piddyprints Dec 2021 #76
i still haven't heard about govt child support for forced birth. pansypoo53219 Dec 2021 #59
Me neither, we need to demand to know how they will pay for this Tumbulu Dec 2021 #60
And you won't. piddyprints Dec 2021 #78
Damn right. Kath2 Dec 2021 #61
Exactly. piddyprints Dec 2021 #73
Similar situation (Big Hug) proud patriot Dec 2021 #63
I'm glad you survived. piddyprints Dec 2021 #75
Much love to you proud patriot Dec 2021 #92
If men could get pregnant..... BigmanPigman Dec 2021 #65
If they actually gave birth, piddyprints Dec 2021 #79
My wife loved being pregnant ymetca Dec 2021 #66
Some women do. piddyprints Dec 2021 #80
I shared paragraphs 5 and 6 ("who the f***...") Freddie Dec 2021 #67
They get it so wrong. piddyprints Dec 2021 #82
Another thing about Amy's un empathetic, tone deaf, adoption comment: LeftInTX Dec 2021 #74
I did not know that. piddyprints Dec 2021 #83
Yes, both her parents were college educated LeftInTX Dec 2021 #84
I almost wrote piddyprints Dec 2021 #86
She could have become a nurse in Texas LeftInTX Dec 2021 #88
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