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eggplant

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14. Two things.

Reply to Mariana (Reply #13)

Sat Feb 21, 2015, 04:45 PM

Feb 2015

I've actually met women who consider abortion to be their birth control. Only a very few, but they do exist.

It is 100% their right to do so, and to be able to do so without shame. Choice means choice, whether others agree with their decision or not.

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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