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lark

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19. I had an abortion and helped 4 others have them when it was totally illegal in our state.

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Original post)

Tue May 28, 2019, 11:15 AM

May 2019

I am proud of helping these 4 young women (between 17-19) go to NYC where it was legal and stop the unwanted pregnancies. I am very thankful for the friend who helped me when I knew nowhere to turn, and then teamed up with me and several other young women to form an Underground Railroad where we could help others take control of their lives and their reproduction. It makes me so sad that young women could be faced with this once again because birth control will be outlawed along with abortions if the rw women hating oligarchs get their way.

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I had an abortion. Why it's none of your business. [View all] sinkingfeeling May 2019 OP

+1,000 Brava!!!!! secondwind May 2019 #1

I totally agree with the author...the why's and details are none of our business. Lars39 May 2019 #2

K&R!! InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #3

I paid for an abortion. tazkcmo May 2019 #4

Absolutely! Trueblue Texan May 2019 #5

RIGHT ON. Ohiogal May 2019 #6

Free, on demand, without apology. WhiskeyGrinder May 2019 #7

K&R Solly Mack May 2019 #8

Thank you for showing the courage to share your story... Wounded Bear May 2019 #9

Thank you. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2019 #10

Phenomenal and precisely the point! Pacifist Patriot May 2019 #11

Agreed, it's nobody's business IronLionZion May 2019 #12

As a man I can only imagine how difficult a decision that is ZeroSomeBrains May 2019 #13

I'm sorry, but the whole "difficult decision" thing is just more bullshit. scarletwoman May 2019 #37

No woman needs to agonize over what is best for her ZeroSomeBrains May 2019 #39

Yes cp May 2019 #14

forcing someone to endure a pregnancy against their will is slavery unblock May 2019 #15

birth slaves. birth slavers. mopinko May 2019 #21

Yes! Thank you for posting this. PatrickforO May 2019 #16

Bravo!!! SallyHemmings May 2019 #17

Thank you. Qanisqineq May 2019 #18

I had an abortion and helped 4 others have them when it was totally illegal in our state. lark May 2019 #19

K&R. n/t rzemanfl May 2019 #20

Full stop, GOP, full stop, Christ-o-fascists. dchill May 2019 #22

Maybe the best post of the year... Ferrets are Cool May 2019 #23

+10000 redstatebluegirl May 2019 #24

BOOM! calimary May 2019 #25

Great OP malaise May 2019 #26

Amen...the choice is the woman's to make, period. Moostache May 2019 #27

Well said. iluvtennis May 2019 #28

The anti-abortion movement is like a medieval army... heckles65 May 2019 #29

I think of the women more like camp followers. And that is insulting to camp followers. demigoddess May 2019 #30

Thank you, well said. wendyb-NC May 2019 #31

I agree with this writer 100%. Nitram May 2019 #32

Damn straight! BigmanPigman May 2019 #33

Excellent statement & n.b. the Repugs are moving the window to only "rape,incest, life of mother." stuffmatters May 2019 #34

I wish the GOP would get it through their thick heads that they do not control what women Vinca May 2019 #35

100% bluescribbler May 2019 #36

My how the Republicans have changed .... Shoonra May 2019 #38

Why it's none of my business Harker May 2019 #40