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2naSalit

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10. I was a bit younger...

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #6)

Fri Jun 24, 2022, 11:02 AM

Jun 2022

And at the age when it was not safe to be alone in many places and if "something" happened to you, it was your fault for being female and nothing would be done to help you while pregnant or after.

Roe v. Wade gave me a sense of freedom I never knew was possible until then. Now, I feel gutsick and pissed off like I cannot describe.

I want men to suffer until they change their bullshit dominance crap.

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I am past the age of having children.. but I am so heartbroken about the loss of Roe [View all] Peacetrain Jun 2022 OP

I am past it too. It seems to me that you and I can have a part to play in Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #1

I just cant stop crying.. but you are right,, Peacetrain Jun 2022 #2

Very good point. MuseRider Jun 2022 #12

Oh, God. Please. They're not, are they? I can't even look. I'm afraid of how I'd react. Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #13

You see it now and then MuseRider Jun 2022 #14

When they leaked it it was all over here. I wanted to throttle them. Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #15

I just have to think MuseRider Jun 2022 #16

I totally agree. As Peacetrain and I said upthread, we are post-menopausal Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #18

Today, after yesterday, I am just exhausted salin Jun 2022 #17

Me too! Faux pas Jun 2022 #3

I am just sick at heart... Peacetrain Jun 2022 #4

I Faux pas Jun 2022 #5

I recall so clearly when Roe was decided. I found out when Ocelot II Jun 2022 #6

I am old enough to remember that also.. Peacetrain Jun 2022 #7

The right bdamomma Jun 2022 #24

I was a bit younger... 2naSalit Jun 2022 #10

What the Supreme Court did today was also Goodheart Jun 2022 #8

I wish I could turn the TV off .. I knew this could happen.. but honestly Peacetrain Jun 2022 #9

Same here. I am well past my reproductive gldstwmn Jun 2022 #11

I am a man, so I am never past it Johnny2X2X Jun 2022 #19

Gosh. Poor thing. Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #21

Maybe you should think a bit MuseRider Jun 2022 #23

I totally get that Johnny2X2X Jun 2022 #25

THANK YOU! MuseRider Jun 2022 #26

Except here we are again. Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #27

God I know. MuseRider Jun 2022 #28

If ever there were an occasion for mass civil disobedience, this is it. And I don't Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #20

This was a right bdamomma Jun 2022 #22