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calimary

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17. Yep. We won't go back to when our only medical tool was a coat hanger.
Wed Jun 5, 2019, 05:04 PM
Jun 2019

I'll tell the story of my dear late father-in-law, a kindly doctor who reminded just about everybody who saw or dealt with him as a Marcus Welby type (from the affable and caring doctor character played by Robert Young in the popular TV series that bore the character's name).

Years ago, he recalled an incident in which he was driving through town one day when he spotted a young woman, collapsed on the sidewalk, hemmorhaging onto the pavement. He pulled over, went to check on her, and made an instant decision to bundle her up into the back of his car and drive her to the hospital. She'd had a back alley abortion. His arrival on the scene saved her life. He was generally conservative in his politics and had been against abortion. But he confessed that he felt compelled to become pro-choice after that experience, and realized that abortion should be safe and legal - whether or not he approved, personally, because he knew women would still try to get abortions whether they were legal and accessible or not. Wise man. No wonder his oldest son turned out that way.

10000000x this Freddie Jun 2019 #1
K & R! 50 Shades Of Blue Jun 2019 #2
we are ALREADY going back Skittles Jun 2019 #3
Dismantling a SHITLOAD of regulations. Bet a treasure Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2019 #11
I have no idea what you mean. virgogal Jun 2019 #4
Me either, but it's still exciting! Bonx Jun 2019 #6
Funny!!! Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2019 #12
😂😂😂😂 live love laugh Jun 2019 #16
Pre Roe v Wade? guillaumeb Jun 2019 #5
Yep. We won't go back to when our only medical tool was a coat hanger. calimary Jun 2019 #17
An excellent bit of history. guillaumeb Jun 2019 #18
thank you so much for sharing this. niyad Jun 2019 #19
#BeBoldEndHyde WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2019 #7
Makes sense Chakaconcarne Jun 2019 #8
That's not what MacArther said. BigmanPigman Jun 2019 #9
Fuck him. calimary Jun 2019 #13
That's not what Schwarzennegger said either. Totally Tunsie Jun 2019 #10
Fuck him, too! calimary Jun 2019 #14
Summer 1988 Olafjoy Jun 2019 #15
Dear Gdess. thank you so muich for sharing this. THIS, though, is exactly what those damned niyad Jun 2019 #20
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