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secondwind

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1. I knew a girl in 8th grade, we weren't close, but we knew each other.......

Reply to madaboutharry (Original post)

Thu Dec 2, 2021, 07:08 PM

Dec 2021

I noticed one day she had not been to school, and I asked around... she had gotten pregnant and had an abortion at home...
she had been pregnant with twins... she lost her life..

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My mother, growing up and living in a pre-Roe v. Wade world, [View all] madaboutharry Dec 2021 OP

I knew a girl in 8th grade, we weren't close, but we knew each other....... secondwind Dec 2021 #1

The asshole Republicans know all this, but do their shit anyway Walleye Dec 2021 #2

Say her name: Gerri Santoro. enough Dec 2021 #3

A friend of my mother's had an abortion in the late 1920s. greatauntoftriplets Dec 2021 #4

My mother had a back alley abortion in 1937. She told of it being performed in dirty conditions and sinkingfeeling Dec 2021 #5

Someone I knew from high school moondust Dec 2021 #6

How fast can safe abortion pills be made widely available? Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #7

You can learn more here at these sites. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2021 #8

Thank you! Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #9

It is actually available to people in all states; the state restriction is on who does the WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2021 #10

Oh I see, in other US states, European doctors can prescribe. Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #11

It is *an* option, for sure! But it's effective only up until about 11 weeks, and if a person can't WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2021 #12

Yes a good start. Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #13