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mopinko

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24. i'm old enough to remember those days. fortunately never had to face that myself, but
Fri May 15, 2026, 03:16 PM
13 hrs ago

had friends who did. my small town was lucky, there was an obgyn who did them ‘on the qt’. (everyone knew). but he was very spendy.
it was legal in wis in those days and there was a weekly bus to a clinic over the state line. had a friend who did that, and bled like crazy when she got back. they did a crappy job, and she cd do nothing but cross her fingers and hope. the public hospital probably did more than they admitted. you couldnt get a d&c for a miscarriage at the catholic hospital unless u were married. even then, they grilled u while u bled.

i remember very well when the very catholic president of the cook co board woke up 1 morning and decreed there wd b no more abortions at cook co hospital, even for botched abortions. they closed down the ward. have often wondered how many women died cuz of that man.

i knew more than a few girls and women who wd have ended pregnancies if it werent for the stigma, including my sister. they kicked her out of catholic school as soon as they found out she was pg. 🙄🙄🙄
i went to the same school and had a nun who hated ME for it.

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Not people Hillary. Women. Women have always had and will always have Autumn 19 hrs ago #1
Are women not people? People who aren't women also get abortions. WhiskeyGrinder 19 hrs ago #3
Only women are impacted by abortion or the lack of safe abortions. It's not a people thing. Autumn 19 hrs ago #4
I can assure you men and nonbinary people also get abortions. WhiskeyGrinder 19 hrs ago #5
I can assure you no man has ever had an abortion. Men may be a bystander in a woman's abortion Autumn 18 hrs ago #6
Having helped men and nonbinary people get abortions, I feel sorry that you live in such a narrow world. WhiskeyGrinder 18 hrs ago #9
so the man had a uterus ? dave99 12 hrs ago #27
some men do WhiskeyGrinder 4 hrs ago #45
Only human beings with x only chromosomes can create and carry babies questionseverything 12 hrs ago #26
Categorically untrue LearnedHand 15 hrs ago #20
Do you think anyone reading this edhopper 18 hrs ago #7
JK Rowling? nt LexVegas 17 hrs ago #11
This is why Democrats don't win. hamsterjill 17 hrs ago #14
I'mWithYou+your statement. I'mWithHer(Hillary) oasis 12 hrs ago #30
Post removed Post removed 11 hrs ago #32
Oh, ffs. 🙄 QueerDuck 16 hrs ago #17
Women are people Cirsium 11 hrs ago #34
I know. QueerDuck 7 hrs ago #41
I'm hiring a brass band... Cirsium 5 hrs ago #42
Oh dear... lapucelle 5 hrs ago #43
The GOP doesn't believe in facts. nt BootinUp 19 hrs ago #2
My Favorite Abortion Quiet Em 18 hrs ago #8
I think the answer is easier Buckeyeblue 14 hrs ago #21
People do, in fact, like abortion. It's a solution that works for them. WhiskeyGrinder 14 hrs ago #22
I don't know a single woman who is happy to have Phoenix61 12 hrs ago #28
this is such an ignorant statement electron_blue 10 hrs ago #35
How so? nt Phoenix61 10 hrs ago #36
I know many people who were happy to get an abortion and did not find it disruptive. WhiskeyGrinder 4 hrs ago #46
Yes!! Hope22 9 hrs ago #38
Thank you Madame President. niyad 18 hrs ago #10
I am in my eighties. Abortion was never legal when I was single and birth control was hit or miss. appleannie1 17 hrs ago #12
Also young women who needed abortions and couldn't get them safely FakeNoose 17 hrs ago #13
and public hospitals had abortion wards, mopinko 15 hrs ago #19
Allow me to recommend a book about that! ShazzieB 13 hrs ago #23
i'm old enough to remember those days. fortunately never had to face that myself, but mopinko 13 hrs ago #24
Oh my goodness! This is bringing back horrible memories FakeNoose 10 hrs ago #37
i find myself always pointed out that the men who make these laws mopinko 8 hrs ago #39
Even the Bush family was pro-choice after a family friend died from a back-alley abortion. OMGWTF 12 hrs ago #29
I've heard that abortions are on the increase Ilsa 16 hrs ago #15
Part of it's the economy, but it's more because the abortion pill protocol makes it easier to end a pregnancy, WhiskeyGrinder 16 hrs ago #16
Kitchen tables ... oldsoldierfadingfast 5 hrs ago #44
But this is not about reality, it is about the control of women. Other methods have been used and have killed women. efhmc 16 hrs ago #18
As usual, Hillary is right dlk 12 hrs ago #25
We can do so much better than rusty coathanger abortions,..and then sepsis,.... magicarpet 12 hrs ago #31
i'm so grateful for these meds. mopinko 8 hrs ago #40
I am stunned by some responses. karynnj 11 hrs ago #33
Mahalo to you and Hillary, Swede. Cha 4 hrs ago #47
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