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In reply to the discussion: Abortion: Not easy, not sorry [View all]Ineeda
(3,626 posts)71. A dear friend--a former Catholic Sister of Charity nun and extraordinarily credentialed nurse--
tells tales of illegal abortions that would curl hair. She dealt with the aftermath, back in the day. Truly. Coat hangers, knitting needles and all! The truth is that women will always need abortions and will often find desperate ways to get one or attempt one themselves. It makes me weep. (I've had one illegal and one legal. Legal is better.)
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Divorced, three children, one severely disabled, one abortion. I did not want another child to raise
jwirr
Oct 2014
#8
it does have to do with money for a lot of women--they can't afford to have kids.
yurbud
Oct 2014
#19
I'm proud of you for doing what was right for you and for your future family.
PeaceNikki
Oct 2014
#22
Agreed, I use to believe I am pro choice but I would never have an abortion myself
Heather MC
Oct 2014
#43
One of the lies I have seen being spread now by the Christian Taliban is that women who terminate
PeaceNikki
Oct 2014
#64
A dear friend--a former Catholic Sister of Charity nun and extraordinarily credentialed nurse--
Ineeda
Oct 2014
#71
I've gladly helped a minor over the state line to bypass the shit parental notification.
PeaceNikki
Oct 2014
#29
I find it sad and pathetic when one cannot see a private medical decision which allows a woman to
PeaceNikki
Oct 2014
#54
I don't know why you feel it necessary to inject your 'personal feelings about the nature of the
PeaceNikki
Oct 2014
#57
I am not running for any office. But if you're implying you would vote against choice because I am
PeaceNikki
Oct 2014
#78
lol. are you talking about boob jobs? because that's how i feel about those.
La Lioness Priyanka
Oct 2014
#56
When I was younger, I didn't have a single female friend who hadn't had an abortion.
valerief
Oct 2014
#65