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lark

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11. My heart weeps for these women

Sat Feb 21, 2015, 04:33 PM

Feb 2015

and any others anywhere where male politicians have gained control of medical services and enforce their misogny on unwilling young women. Their but for the grace of goddess go I. Even before Roe v Wade abortion was legal in NY, even if it wasn't anywhere else on the East Coast. Several times friends of mine got pregnant unintentionally while in high school or college - we all pitched in with what little $$ we had and made sure they got to NYC if that's what they wanted. It was like an underground railroad of emancipation for women. I can't imagine being in a place where there are no safe options whatsoever. How horrifying.

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Brazilian women resort to desperate measures after abortion crackdown [View all] niyad Feb 2015 OP

kick Liberal_in_LA Feb 2015 #1

K&R nt Mnemosyne Feb 2015 #2

Snarky retort 90-percent Feb 2015 #3

Isn't that where Glenn Greenwald lives? geek tragedy Feb 2015 #4

Welcome back to the 50s USA. Too bad we cannot put instructions for a safe abortion on the jwirr Feb 2015 #5

There are safe options available in Brazil, but not a lot. eggplant Feb 2015 #10

Some years ago I read that in Brazil, because abortion was illegal SheilaT Feb 2015 #6

No. Those who seek to outlaw abortion Curmudgeoness Feb 2015 #7

they believe in punishing women for daring to have sex, for daring to think their lives matter. niyad Feb 2015 #9

Some people really do believe Mariana Feb 2015 #13

Two things. eggplant Feb 2015 #14

K&R Solly Mack Feb 2015 #8

My heart weeps for these women lark Feb 2015 #11

as does mine. your comment about the underground railroad is something that, it appears, we will niyad Feb 2015 #12

I wouldn't be at all surprised if our granddaughters don't end up facing the same things we did lark Feb 2015 #17

Such organizations exist. eggplant Feb 2015 #15

thank you for that link niyad Feb 2015 #16

welcome to the 50's & 60's of my youth in the goodle u.s.a. spanone Feb 2015 #18

Is mifepristone legal in Brazil? roamer65 Feb 2015 #19