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MineralMan

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21. What a ridiculous thing to say! No wonder they laughed.

Reply to niyad (Reply #20)

Tue May 9, 2017, 12:32 PM

May 2017

Most likely, Beverly, like most people, spent a small part of her teen years in the backseat of a car, fooling around with a boy. How people can forget the realities of being a mammal I will never understand.

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Reproductive Choice in the early 1960s - A Cautionary Tale [View all] MineralMan May 2017 OP

Thank you for this post. athena May 2017 #1

I know, and it's getting worse every year. MineralMan May 2017 #2

As long as people having sex, there will be abortions. world wide wally May 2017 #3

I grew up in that same era. Arkansas Granny May 2017 #4

I didn't mention non-medical abortions. MineralMan May 2017 #6

K&R smirkymonkey May 2017 #5

you are a little older than i, but mopinko May 2017 #7

thank you for this very thoughtful post. niyad May 2017 #8

You're more than welcome. MineralMan May 2017 #11

I am just a couple of years younger than you, and I remember those days well. I remember niyad May 2017 #13

I was brought up to be responsible for my actions. MineralMan May 2017 #14

clearly, you were a very thoughtful and aware young man. there are many who are not. niyad May 2017 #15

Exactly, which is why access to contraception, abortion MineralMan May 2017 #16

it is all about, always, keeping control of females, keeping them second class, without niyad May 2017 #18

It is, isn't it? MineralMan May 2017 #19

Appreciate your attention to this MOST IMPORTANT topic. hamsterjill May 2017 #9

Exactly. We must safeguard every generation from being MineralMan May 2017 #17

It's so much more than abortion. It's contraception. It's locking women back into the home. no_hypocrisy May 2017 #10

Exactly. The religious right wants to simply suppress the MineralMan May 2017 #12

"if we don't teach our teenagers about sex, they won't do it" --beverly lehaye (concerned women niyad May 2017 #20

What a ridiculous thing to say! No wonder they laughed. MineralMan May 2017 #21

They want to send women back further than that... CousinIT May 2017 #22

Same exact high school years as mine. maddiemom May 2017 #23

"The Pill" Loretta Lynn's banned song countryjake May 2017 #24

It did change women's lives, for sure. MineralMan May 2017 #25