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KT2000

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3. Before Roe v Wade

Reply to Gormy Cuss (Original post)

Thu Jan 24, 2013, 01:44 AM

Jan 2013

we had a doctor who believed in a woman's right to choose. He conducted abortions in a clean, medical facility. The authorities went after the women they could find that had abortions in his clinic and tried to convince them to testify against him none would. When Roe v Wade became the law of the land I was personally relieved because it meant they would not come after me - though I would never have testified against him.

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Roe v. Wade: how did this decision influence you personally? [View all] Gormy Cuss Jan 2013 OP

It allowed me to relax Warpy Jan 2013 #1

I got up the courage to have sex three times when I was 17, kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #2

Before Roe v Wade KT2000 Jan 2013 #3

I was in my early 20's with 2 young sons, working in a hospital lab in NY. mountain grammy Jan 2013 #4

It was common knowledge in the 1950's in Portland, Oregon.. Permanut Jan 2013 #5

I was 8. I remember my mother and grandmother literally cheering when it was announced REP Jan 2013 #6