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She told me, "I would never have one, but no one should ever tell a woman she can't have one".
My mom was cool 
She knew it would be your decision and yours alone.
In May of 1969, as the women’s movement was gaining momentum and influence in the Boston area and elsewhere around the country, a group of women met during a . In a workshop on “Women and Their Bodies,” they shared their experiences with doctors and their frustration at how little they knew about how their bodies worked.
The discussions were so provocative and fulfilling that they formed the Doctor’s Group, the forerunner to the Boston Women’s Health Book Collective, to find out more about their bodies, their lives, their sexuality and relationships, and to talk with each other about what they learned.
They decided to put their knowledge into an accessible format that could be shared and would serve as a model for women to learn about themselves, communicate their findings with doctors, and challenge the medical establishment to change and improve the care that women receive.
In 1970, they worked with the to publish a 193-page course book on stapled newsprint entitled “.” The book was revolutionary for its frank talk about sexuality and abortion, which was then illegal. The cost: 75 cents.
In 1971, they changed the title to “Our Bodies, Ourselves” to emphasize women taking full ownership of their bodies. The book quickly became an underground success, selling 225,000 copies, mainly by word-of-mouth. The cost this time around: 30 cents.
https://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/our-story/
Guys understand too.
PS. I am from MA as well. 
Fall River from birth to the late 80's-now in Florida
I will be here to the end.
In the waiting room of a planned parenthood clinic in the early 70s. It made clear that my thoughts about my body were not unusual or incorrect.
PS, I was born in Beantown and grew up in MA, NH, and Maine. Have been thinking of moving back to NE in the next few years, maybe.
One of my favorite places here is good old Cape Cod.
...manufacture one involving spirituality and unfalsifiable statements. Then you can assemble it in such a way that your beliefs dovetail right in. What's also great about this issue is that it really requires no sacrifices of those on the "right" side. Win win!
That's all the abortion issue is for the GOP. Sure, there are some true believers in there. That's just noise. The GOP has a major optics problem. They are against so many things that common sense says we should be doing. Reducing income inequality, improving access to voting, reducing weapons proliferation, etc. What's an entrenched political party to do? This is why they will never give up on this one.
Truth bomb for the GOP! 
Sorry I missed that. Love it!
Thanks, speak easy.
It was time to move on 
Purged he was. 
Voice however makes me nuts. I can't believe what they think I say.
ever!!!
