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SheilaT

(23,156 posts)
1. I often point out that women have been
Thu Jul 17, 2014, 01:15 AM
Jul 2014

having abortions since the first one ever got pregnant. It's not as though no woman ever had an abortion before Roe v Wade, or that outlawing them makes them go away. I well remember before Roe v Wade and I well remember what women went through to end an unwanted pregnancy.

Unfortunately, Roe v Wade was over 40 years ago, and a lot of us who really cared back then are well past menopause, and the younger women do not understand what's at stake.

I often point out that women have been SheilaT Jul 2014 #1
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