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luvMIdog

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7. long time ago I knew a woman who used pick up sticks like this in the pic to self abort

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Sun May 21, 2017, 12:29 AM

May 2017

She told me she was young and very terrified of having a baby. She said she went in the bathroom and used these sticks. It's a wonder she lived to tell the tale

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My Grandmother's Desperate Choice [View all] StevieM May 2017 OP

Important reminder of lives lost when abortion is illegal bobbieinok May 2017 #1

KICK and REC. and applause for the New Yorker BlancheSplanchnik May 2017 #2

Right wing nutcases here.. Permanut May 2017 #3

Yeah, that's what they want, all right Warpy May 2017 #4

Heartbreaking. And these Republicans want women to go back to those awful times. FUCK THEM. n/t CaliforniaPeggy May 2017 #5

K&R Solly Mack May 2017 #6

long time ago I knew a woman who used pick up sticks like this in the pic to self abort luvMIdog May 2017 #7

Make America Great Again - going back to the 50's. Stonepounder May 2017 #8

A great read TxDemChem May 2017 #9

Thank you for sharing MLAA May 2017 #10

And me too iluvtennis May 2017 #11

I think you misunderstood. This wasn't my grandmother's story. I was reposting the article. StevieM May 2017 #12