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In reply to the discussion: Wyoming Becomes First State to Outlaw Abortion Pills [View all]Lonestarblue
(9,969 posts)30. The religious right and other right-wing groups want to send women's rights back to the 1700s.
Women could not vote, could not own property in their own names, could not run for public office, could not become a lawyer or doctor. It was not until 1849 that Elizabeth Blackwell was granted an MD to practice medicine.
But you know what right women did have then? They could have an abortion because it was not illegal. Ben Franklin even published a recipe for an herbal mixture to bring on the menses.
The country is regressing because of a bunch of religious extremists think that white men, preferably carrying guns, are the only people who should have civil rights and personal autonomy.
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The first state that granted women's suffrage is the first state to make women second class.
AZLD4Candidate
Mar 2023
#12
Oh, let me tell you...Back when I listened to Limbaugh (checking in on the enemy) when Bill Clinton.
electric_blue68
Mar 2023
#29
The religious right and other right-wing groups want to send women's rights back to the 1700s.
Lonestarblue
Mar 2023
#30
Anti-abortion people believe the word "zygote" was made up to justify abortion.
raging moderate
Mar 2023
#21
The law only criminally penalizes the commercial distributors, not the actual users.
ancianita
Mar 2023
#22
So Wyoming wants to outlaw a medicine that's been legal for more tha 20 years? nt
in2herbs
Mar 2023
#34
We were going to visit Grand Teton National Park this fall. Not going to happen now.
emulatorloo
Mar 2023
#40
Yellowstone while being crowded is sumer is stil a wonder and people come from all over-
Prairie_Seagull
Mar 2023
#38