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mopinko

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24. i'm old enough to remember those days. fortunately never had to face that myself, but
Fri May 15, 2026, 03:16 PM
2 hrs ago

had friends who did. my small town was lucky, there was an obgyn who did them ‘on the qt’. (everyone knew). but he was very spendy.
it was legal in wis in those days and there was a weekly bus to a clinic over the state line. had a friend who did that, and bled like crazy when she got back. they did a crappy job, and she cd do nothing but cross her fingers and hope. the public hospital probably did more than they admitted. you couldnt get a d&c for a miscarriage at the catholic hospital unless u were married. even then, they grilled u while u bled.

i remember very well when the very catholic president of the cook co board woke up 1 morning and decreed there wd b no more abortions at cook co hospital, even for botched abortions. they closed down the ward. have often wondered how many women died cuz of that man.

i knew more than a few girls and women who wd have ended pregnancies if it werent for the stigma, including my sister. they kicked her out of catholic school as soon as they found out she was pg. 🙄🙄🙄
i went to the same school and had a nun who hated ME for it.

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Not people Hillary. Women. Women have always had and will always have Autumn 9 hrs ago #1
Are women not people? People who aren't women also get abortions. WhiskeyGrinder 8 hrs ago #3
Only women are impacted by abortion or the lack of safe abortions. It's not a people thing. Autumn 8 hrs ago #4
I can assure you men and nonbinary people also get abortions. WhiskeyGrinder 8 hrs ago #5
I can assure you no man has ever had an abortion. Men may be a bystander in a woman's abortion Autumn 8 hrs ago #6
Having helped men and nonbinary people get abortions, I feel sorry that you live in such a narrow world. WhiskeyGrinder 8 hrs ago #9
so the man had a uterus ? dave99 2 hrs ago #27
Only human beings with x only chromosomes can create and carry babies questionseverything 2 hrs ago #26
Categorically untrue LearnedHand 5 hrs ago #20
Do you think anyone reading this edhopper 8 hrs ago #7
JK Rowling? nt LexVegas 7 hrs ago #11
This is why Democrats don't win. hamsterjill 7 hrs ago #14
I'mWithYou+your statement. I'mWithHer(Hillary) oasis 2 hrs ago #30
Be protectve. I don't care. People do not have abortions. Only women have abortions Autumn 1 hr ago #32
Oh, ffs. 🙄 QueerDuck 6 hrs ago #17
Women are people Cirsium 47 min ago #34
The GOP doesn't believe in facts. nt BootinUp 9 hrs ago #2
My Favorite Abortion Quiet Em 8 hrs ago #8
I think the answer is easier Buckeyeblue 4 hrs ago #21
People do, in fact, like abortion. It's a solution that works for them. WhiskeyGrinder 4 hrs ago #22
I don't know a single woman who is happy to have Phoenix61 2 hrs ago #28
this is such an ignorant statement electron_blue 24 min ago #35
Thank you Madame President. niyad 7 hrs ago #10
I am in my eighties. Abortion was never legal when I was single and birth control was hit or miss. appleannie1 7 hrs ago #12
Also young women who needed abortions and couldn't get them safely FakeNoose 7 hrs ago #13
and public hospitals had abortion wards, mopinko 5 hrs ago #19
Allow me to recommend a book about that! ShazzieB 2 hrs ago #23
i'm old enough to remember those days. fortunately never had to face that myself, but mopinko 2 hrs ago #24
Even the Bush family was pro-choice after a family friend died from a back-alley abortion. OMGWTF 2 hrs ago #29
I've heard that abortions are on the increase Ilsa 6 hrs ago #15
Part of it's the economy, but it's more because the abortion pill protocol makes it easier to end a pregnancy, WhiskeyGrinder 6 hrs ago #16
But this is not about reality, it is about the control of women. Other methods have been used and have killed women. efhmc 6 hrs ago #18
As usual, Hillary is right dlk 2 hrs ago #25
We can do so much better than rusty coathanger abortions,..and then sepsis,.... magicarpet 2 hrs ago #31
I am stunned by some responses. karynnj 1 hr ago #33
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