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demigoddess

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19. my story is that just about every girl or woman I have known in my life

Thu May 16, 2019, 12:07 PM

May 2019

has told me of being raped/molested by family members. This kind of law would make women not only have the babies of rapists but the babies of incest. But then I guess republicans would like that. And would blame it on the little girls.

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My Abortion Story [View all] Brainstormy May 2019 OP

Wow Sherman A1 May 2019 #1

I have been told very loudly... TommyCelt May 2019 #29

Our civil rights, our voting franchise, then our credit Marthe48 May 2019 #38

Kicking with extreme sadness Faux pas May 2019 #2

"You can't tell me that overturning Roe won't take us back to this." WhiskeyGrinder May 2019 #3

It sure wasn't legal in Mississippi then. DownriverDem May 2019 #14

I had to go to Japan all alone wryter2000 May 2019 #32

I think all of us of a certain age know of a story like this one. n/t rzemanfl May 2019 #4

I certainly do Fortinbras Armstrong May 2019 #59

This is what it was like, lots of stories like this. redstatebluegirl May 2019 #5

Wrenching. Truly. hlthe2b May 2019 #6

There was an old woman who performed those services in the rural area where I grew up. Arkansas Granny May 2019 #7

We can't let this happen again in America... Pachamama May 2019 #8

Those stories were all too common in the 1970s Farmer-Rick May 2019 #9

+1. n/t rzemanfl May 2019 #12

Roe DownriverDem May 2019 #15

Wow, I was still in high school back then Farmer-Rick May 2019 #26

a pill could easily take care of the problem. CountAllVotes May 2019 #30

Well the abortion pill, or pills actually, are 91 to 98% effective for up to 12 weeks pregnant. Farmer-Rick May 2019 #61

sorry CountAllVotes May 2019 #62

1973 may have been the year that Brainstormy May 2019 #42

A friend's sister became pregnant at 16. Here in TX in pre-Roe days, yellowdogintexas May 2019 #18

My dear late father-in-law had an experience like that. calimary May 2019 #20

Another story Desert_Leslie May 2019 #10

Welcome to DU. And thank you for sharing this story. StevieM May 2019 #40

All of these stories are so heartwrenching. smirkymonkey May 2019 #53

My abortion story is similar. ariadne0614 May 2019 #11

Women have been trying to end pregnancies ever since yellowdogintexas May 2019 #17

Oh wow, what a moving story Farmer-Rick May 2019 #28

My wealthy friend's abortion story cyclonefence May 2019 #13

+1,000 !! CountAllVotes May 2019 #31

This many do not need to care if it's legal lunasun May 2019 #55

I took a friend to KY from Nashville to have a procedure done yellowdogintexas May 2019 #16

my story is that just about every girl or woman I have known in my life demigoddess May 2019 #19

I read the Kitty Kelley unauthorized biography of Frank Sinatra calimary May 2019 #21

Republicans and anyone who support them should be shamed. ffr May 2019 #22

Repuglicons are evil - goes without saying. But definitely bears repeating! erronis May 2019 #27

I have posted this before on DU and other sites vlyons May 2019 #23

My mother wanted an abortion CountAllVotes May 2019 #34

We elected an idiot named Ronald Reagan. (eom) StevieM May 2019 #41

too bad DENVERPOPS May 2019 #58

heart breaking story, Brainstormy May 2019 #48

It ruined our family CountAllVotes May 2019 #51

actually I'm shocked that my consciousness Brainstormy May 2019 #50

Kick because everyone should read this stopwastingmymoney May 2019 #24

American Gothic Handmaid's Tale. dchill May 2019 #25

Thanks for posting. Can't be easy to post such trama and I thank you for telling us DUers these... SWBTATTReg May 2019 #33

a horrible story! mrsadm May 2019 #35

Step-dad's mom pregnant with fifth child 30's depression years IADEMO2004 May 2019 #36

The horror stories sort of stopped being told once MineralMan May 2019 #37

A doctor's knowledge and perspective belongs in this thread. ariadne0614 May 2019 #39

+1. n/t rzemanfl May 2019 #44

Canadian ProChoice Action Network, more ... Aimee in OKC May 2019 #52

I wish more women who had abortions would come out in public AlexSFCA May 2019 #43

they will simply say women deserve it if they choose to abort..they will have no sympathy samnsara May 2019 #45

Damn! 😪 Duppers May 2019 #46

Everyone should bookmark this thread. Ilsa May 2019 #47

There are people organizing for a post Roe world srobertss May 2019 #49

I'm so sorry for Martha and YOU, as a teenager. That was too much for you to handle. catrose May 2019 #54

What has happened to this country? extvbroadcaster May 2019 #56

About 45 or 46 years ago when I was about 25 I had a "fling" panader0 May 2019 #57

The internet has made things possible we never could have imagined rzemanfl May 2019 #60