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hamsterjill

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4. Thank you.

Reply to bearsfootball516 (Reply #2)

Sat Sep 26, 2020, 12:02 PM

Sep 2020

May I ask your thoughts on the loss of safe and legal access? I’m not trying to put you on the spot, I’m genuinely curious how younger voters feel about this.

I’m a woman who is 61 and this issue is truly paramount to me, but I see some posts on DU that make me believe not everyone is as concerned. An attitude of “what can we do anyway, so let it go.”

I understand we may have no choice but I’m not willing to go down without one HELL of a fight. Do younger voters feel the same? Do they understand the gravity?

Thank you much for any insight you’d be willing to share.

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The abortion issue and the impending loss of legal access. [View all] hamsterjill Sep 2020 OP

I was out of college by the time Roe v. Wade was decided, The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2020 #1

1992 over here, I turn 28 on November 5. bearsfootball516 Sep 2020 #2

Thank you. hamsterjill Sep 2020 #4

It's a scary, heavy thought for my age demographic. bearsfootball516 Sep 2020 #11

Sincerely, thank you. hamsterjill Sep 2020 #12

An early happy birthday, and first Saturn return. Here is to you having great cause to celebrate. niyad Sep 2020 #5

Thank you!! bearsfootball516 Sep 2020 #13

I was in college when it came down. I knew a number of women who went to CA, where it was niyad Sep 2020 #3

Me and all of my siblings were born before Roe v. Wade became law. smirkymonkey Sep 2020 #6

I figure I'm lucky MiniMe Sep 2020 #7

My mother got pregnant with me as an unmarried, professional woman. Coventina Sep 2020 #8

The bad old days, when rape was seldom prosecuted. Greybnk48 Sep 2020 #9

I had pre-eclampsia, twice. Abortion became legal between those two pregnancies. I didn't abort but Shrike47 Sep 2020 #10

Yes, I had a friend who had pre-eclampsia really bad TexasBushwhacker Sep 2020 #15

January 22, 1973 is the day it was decided IcyPeas Sep 2020 #14

late 60s Claire Oh Nette Sep 2020 #16

I was in college and active in the women's SharonClark Sep 2020 #17

A lot has changed since Roe v Wade in 1973. roamer65 Sep 2020 #18