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and some conservatives want to jail somone like her. Yonnie3 Jun 2018 #1
the number of these kinds of personal remembrances is stunning bigtree Jun 2018 #2
I got an abortion before Roe wryter2000 Jun 2018 #3
Wow! Mine was the typical MuseRider Jun 2018 #13
Yours sounds scarier wryter2000 Jun 2018 #16
I doubt I would have been brave enough to go to MuseRider Jun 2018 #19
This, I'm afraid, is what they want. volstork Jun 2018 #61
I remember my mother telling me of a friend of hers whose baby had died in utero and she had to Maraya1969 Jun 2018 #44
Dead fetus in utero bhcodem Jun 2018 #47
26 years ago a friend lost her pregnancy at 12 weeks on a Friday. Ilsa Jun 2018 #68
And mine was a typical post-Roe one in the 1990's. kimmylavin Jun 2018 #18
Thank you all for sharing your stories lostnfound Jul 2018 #90
I dated someone whose sister went to Japan. HurricaneWarning Jun 2018 #87
My mom, (God rest her soul), told the story of what it was like in that era... The_REAL_Ecumenist Jul 2018 #92
My mother's obstetrician called them D&Cs. GeorgeGist Jun 2018 #4
That's because cannabis_flower Jun 2018 #8
D&Cs were protocol after a a miscarriage to make sure all the tissue was out. Hekate Jun 2018 #24
Late 60's when I was living in NC, the fetus no longer had a heartbeat womanofthehills Jun 2018 #45
From at least a century ago the word for non-Catholics was: Don't send your wife or daughter ... Hekate Jun 2018 #54
1994 my wife had a miscarriage benld74 Jun 2018 #74
I remember that time. I did not have a "D&C" but my sister was working in a hospital Sophia4 Jun 2018 #82
One thing I'd bet that would happen if it were overturned is border clinics would open up ... mr_lebowski Jun 2018 #5
We can have border clinics in CA wryter2000 Jun 2018 #26
Yes, yes we would. luvtheGWN Jun 2018 #36
You would MOST DEFINITELY be assuming correctly :) (nt) mr_lebowski Jun 2018 #37
We ALL need to remember this. EllieBC Jun 2018 #6
Much more than a "woman's problem". What many men do not understand. Snellius Jun 2018 #21
Soon women will have to go to IRELAND for an abortion... BigmanPigman Jun 2018 #7
Not true. shanny Jun 2018 #28
Are you really THAT sure, that after all this time ... with their golden opportunity ... mr_lebowski Jun 2018 #39
If they overturn Roe shanny Jun 2018 #57
Yeah no they can't do it in one swoop but w/o Roe, if they still hold both Houses and POTUS? mr_lebowski Jun 2018 #62
I agree. shanny Jun 2018 #72
What I'm wondering about is what might lead to complacency on THEIR part. calimary Jun 2018 #85
I think you meant to write "Ireland." And, yes, that is shocking. (eom) StevieM Jun 2018 #34
Yeah I just noticed that and corrected it. Thanks! BigmanPigman Jun 2018 #60
And Argentina too, I think. calimary Jun 2018 #86
Absolutely right. I don't think people can imagine what it was like, so many lives thrown into enough Jun 2018 #9
I do. I remember. Me too. n/t ariadne0614 Jun 2018 #65
Keep the right to a safe hygienic abortion legal uppityperson Jun 2018 #10
And the evangelicals argue that defacto7 Jun 2018 #11
Until 1973/4, service women were automatically discharged for pregnancy regardless of marital status sarge43 Jun 2018 #12
Like those in combat, the experiences are too horrific to remember or repeat Snellius Jun 2018 #29
Because she deserved that much, I'll continue to remember sarge43 Jun 2018 #63
Exactly. The rich will always have access to a discreet "D & C" while those of lesser means catbyte Jun 2018 #14
I've never understood why pro choice advocates rarely use this to fight back BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2018 #15
We do. That's why the wire coathanger is used as a symbol. Hekate Jun 2018 #30
That's true. Still, I've seen more appeals to the privacy focus BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2018 #67
If you want, you can get pins, earrings, buttons, bumper stickers with that symbol... Hekate Jun 2018 #69
Oh I have buttons with the hanger symbol! BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2018 #95
I hate it because they are essentially making us follow their religion. My beliefs say that demigoddess Jun 2018 #17
Religious freedom includes freedom FROM religion - RandomAccess Jun 2018 #23
PREACH!!! The_REAL_Ecumenist Jun 2018 #84
I have a clear memory of 2 neighborhood teenagers irisblue Jun 2018 #20
Millions of women at risk from backstreet abortions (The Telegraph) SaintLouisBlues Jun 2018 #22
When I was 9 years old...... dawnie51 Jun 2018 #25
Goddess bless your grandmother for a wise and brave woman Hekate Jun 2018 #35
Another story about a Catholic hospital: luvtheGWN Jun 2018 #40
and when she recovered sessions would have thrown her in jail.... samnsara Jun 2018 #27
And can you imagine what John Ashcroft's Justice Department would have done to her StevieM Jun 2018 #38
In a rural south Mississippi town . . . Sam McGee Jun 2018 #31
Those who speak of an Underground Railroad: start now, in Texas. In that huge state there is only Hekate Jun 2018 #32
Evangelicals rewrote *the Bible* on abortion in the 1970s for their political purposes. sharedvalues Jun 2018 #33
My late MIL, Jewish, born in 1913, raised in Vienna, said there was no Biblical justification... Hekate Jun 2018 #43
And now they want ethnic cleansing - removing brown people to get votes for Republicans. sharedvalues Jun 2018 #77
I have often thought abortion is a freedom of religion issue. It is a matter of opinion when Amaryllis Jun 2018 #80
K&R. n/t rzemanfl Jun 2018 #41
My support for women being able to decide whether to remain pregnant is absolute. aikoaiko Jun 2018 #42
The 1955 Death of Jacqueline Smith (Slate 2015) struggle4progress Jun 2018 #46
I remember the intense punishments meted out to women, girls, and those who helped them Hekate Jun 2018 #48
When Abortion was Illegal (and Deadly) struggle4progress Jun 2018 #49
I never had an experience like that but I remember jimlup Jun 2018 #50
Roe/Wade marehare Jun 2018 #51
Welcome to DU! Mountain Mule Jun 2018 #66
Welcome to the Democratic Underground marehare happynewyear Jun 2018 #76
The US of A is a Nation of Freedoms . . It's the Republicans OldManTarHeel Jun 2018 #52
Thank you bdamomma Jun 2018 #78
This type of thing happened to me as well. redstatebluegirl Jun 2018 #53
"If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament" Mountain Mule Jun 2018 #55
isn't that the truth bdamomma Jun 2018 #79
my late mom wittnessed a lot of these as a welfare offficer . never really spoke about them AllaN01Bear Jun 2018 #56
.. Demovictory9 Jun 2018 #58
My maternal grandmother was born in 1909. She died in 2009, lived to 100. phylny Jun 2018 #59
Thank you for this thread wryter2000 Jun 2018 #64
An awful lot of us have horror stories from those days. WinstonSmith4740 Jun 2018 #70
Republicans are the anti-life party. I once opened the bathroom door in similar circumstances... hunter Jun 2018 #71
Horrible ... mr_lebowski Jun 2018 #73
The problem with your proposal Nonhlanhla Jul 2018 #91
Roe v Wade had restrictions built in from Day One, something the anti-choice fanatics lie about Hekate Jul 2018 #93
Too many of us have illegal abortion horror stories mountain grammy Jun 2018 #75
kick for exposure...thank you for posting....nt Stuart G Jun 2018 #81
My straight-arrow conservative father-in-law had a similar experience. calimary Jun 2018 #83
I remember a woman speaking at a gathering in the late '70s who had an abortion back then Rhiannon12866 Jun 2018 #88
Rich people will always have access to safe and legal abortion. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jun 2018 #89
Sadly K&R Puzzler Jul 2018 #94
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