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lark

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1. I remember this with horror.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Jun 10, 2019, 01:30 PM

Jun 2019

I tried everything but the coat hanger and nothing worked. I was so lucky that a friend knew about Planned Parenthood in NYC that would do abortions on women 16 and older without their parents consent. We started an underground railroad in 1969 (I was #1) and helped several of our friends and family get to NYC to get legal abortions there. I am prepared to get onboard with this again if the laws are changed.

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When abortion was illegal: A 1966 Post series revealed how women got them anyway [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2019 OP

I remember this with horror. lark Jun 2019 #1

Horror is the word. I remember groups of friends trying to figure out the best enough Jun 2019 #2

My grandma told me stories of her getting an abortion in the Depression. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2019 #5

That's what we're going to have to do wryter2000 Jun 2019 #3

I remember when there was a Life Magazine murielm99 Jun 2019 #4

Highly recommend the OP and the comments posted, they are VITAL for us ALL. BeckyDem Jun 2019 #6

I guess the idea is making America great again by sinking back into the "good old days". marble falls Jun 2019 #7