Remembering Life Before Roe

[Arkansas Granny]

1. I can remember my horror when at age 13 a classmate told me that her sister had gotten pregnant,

but they took her to an old woman who lived in our neighborhood and she "took care of it". I knew who this woman was. She was an old granny woman who lived way back in the woods without running water to her shack. I can only imagine what a terrible experience it must have been. This was in rural SW Missouri in the 1950's. I have often thought of the desperation that drove these girls to seek help in such horrible circumstances and wondered how it affected their lives.

WE CAN'T EVER GO BACK THERE!