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leftyladyfrommo

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11. Abortion was illegal when I was in college in the '60s.

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #9)

Tue Feb 8, 2022, 10:30 AM

Feb 2022

I guess we were just used to it being totally unavailable.

Seems like all my friends got pregnant. They went to Mexico or Oregon.

It's true that a lot of women that went to back alley abortionists and it was horrible. People ended up with pelvic infections because nothing was sterile. Some died of perforations. It was terrible. And that's when abortions were cheap.

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Abortions in Texas dropped almost 60% in the first month after new SB 8 restrictions were imposed [View all] Passenger Feb 2022 OP

50% went elsewhere . .. Lovie777 Feb 2022 #1

Has there actually been a lawsuit yet? Buckeyeblue Feb 2022 #2

Braid v. Stilley, in which a doctor (Braid) who performed an "illegal" abortion in Texas and WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2022 #7

If/When the USSC overturns Roe, TX will have a new law no_hypocrisy Feb 2022 #3

Anyone read Freakonomics? The only truly correlative factor they could find that explained Scrivener7 Feb 2022 #4

I think they are just going to other states. leftyladyfrommo Feb 2022 #5

Those who have the means to do so, yes. Many do not. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2022 #9

Abortion was illegal when I was in college in the '60s. leftyladyfrommo Feb 2022 #11

People who go to college have a different level of means when it comes to accessing abortion, both WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2022 #12

I don't just understand this law Mad_Machine76 Feb 2022 #6

. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2022 #8

If they're shut down Mad_Machine76 Feb 2022 #13

A doctor who performs an illegal abortion might find their license suspended, essentially closing WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2022 #16

DOH is a government entity, yes? Mad_Machine76 Feb 2022 #18

Every additional birth above stasis adds $320K in state/local taxes spread over an 18yr period. TheBlackAdder Feb 2022 #10

+10000 roamer65 Feb 2022 #14

Now do Oklahoma lame54 Feb 2022 #15

Look at Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arkansas, and Louisiana Deep State Witch Feb 2022 #17