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Brainstormy

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42. 1973 may have been the year that

Thu May 16, 2019, 03:59 PM

May 2019

abortions technically became legal, but it was some time before they were widely available. And the "legality" of the thing, (see integration) didn't mean much for many, many years in the Deep South.

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My Abortion Story [View all] Brainstormy May 2019 OP

Wow Sherman A1 May 2019 #1

I have been told very loudly... TommyCelt May 2019 #29

Our civil rights, our voting franchise, then our credit Marthe48 May 2019 #38

Kicking with extreme sadness Faux pas May 2019 #2

"You can't tell me that overturning Roe won't take us back to this." WhiskeyGrinder May 2019 #3

It sure wasn't legal in Mississippi then. DownriverDem May 2019 #14

I had to go to Japan all alone wryter2000 May 2019 #32

I think all of us of a certain age know of a story like this one. n/t rzemanfl May 2019 #4

I certainly do Fortinbras Armstrong May 2019 #59

This is what it was like, lots of stories like this. redstatebluegirl May 2019 #5

Wrenching. Truly. hlthe2b May 2019 #6

There was an old woman who performed those services in the rural area where I grew up. Arkansas Granny May 2019 #7

We can't let this happen again in America... Pachamama May 2019 #8

Those stories were all too common in the 1970s Farmer-Rick May 2019 #9

+1. n/t rzemanfl May 2019 #12

Roe DownriverDem May 2019 #15

Wow, I was still in high school back then Farmer-Rick May 2019 #26

a pill could easily take care of the problem. CountAllVotes May 2019 #30

Well the abortion pill, or pills actually, are 91 to 98% effective for up to 12 weeks pregnant. Farmer-Rick May 2019 #61

sorry CountAllVotes May 2019 #62

1973 may have been the year that Brainstormy May 2019 #42

A friend's sister became pregnant at 16. Here in TX in pre-Roe days, yellowdogintexas May 2019 #18

My dear late father-in-law had an experience like that. calimary May 2019 #20

Another story Desert_Leslie May 2019 #10

Welcome to DU. And thank you for sharing this story. StevieM May 2019 #40

All of these stories are so heartwrenching. smirkymonkey May 2019 #53

My abortion story is similar. ariadne0614 May 2019 #11

Women have been trying to end pregnancies ever since yellowdogintexas May 2019 #17

Oh wow, what a moving story Farmer-Rick May 2019 #28

My wealthy friend's abortion story cyclonefence May 2019 #13

+1,000 !! CountAllVotes May 2019 #31

This many do not need to care if it's legal lunasun May 2019 #55

I took a friend to KY from Nashville to have a procedure done yellowdogintexas May 2019 #16

my story is that just about every girl or woman I have known in my life demigoddess May 2019 #19

I read the Kitty Kelley unauthorized biography of Frank Sinatra calimary May 2019 #21

Republicans and anyone who support them should be shamed. ffr May 2019 #22

Repuglicons are evil - goes without saying. But definitely bears repeating! erronis May 2019 #27

I have posted this before on DU and other sites vlyons May 2019 #23

My mother wanted an abortion CountAllVotes May 2019 #34

We elected an idiot named Ronald Reagan. (eom) StevieM May 2019 #41

too bad DENVERPOPS May 2019 #58

heart breaking story, Brainstormy May 2019 #48

It ruined our family CountAllVotes May 2019 #51

actually I'm shocked that my consciousness Brainstormy May 2019 #50

Kick because everyone should read this stopwastingmymoney May 2019 #24

American Gothic Handmaid's Tale. dchill May 2019 #25

Thanks for posting. Can't be easy to post such trama and I thank you for telling us DUers these... SWBTATTReg May 2019 #33

a horrible story! mrsadm May 2019 #35

Step-dad's mom pregnant with fifth child 30's depression years IADEMO2004 May 2019 #36

The horror stories sort of stopped being told once MineralMan May 2019 #37

A doctor's knowledge and perspective belongs in this thread. ariadne0614 May 2019 #39

+1. n/t rzemanfl May 2019 #44

Canadian ProChoice Action Network, more ... Aimee in OKC May 2019 #52

I wish more women who had abortions would come out in public AlexSFCA May 2019 #43

they will simply say women deserve it if they choose to abort..they will have no sympathy samnsara May 2019 #45

Damn! 😪 Duppers May 2019 #46

Everyone should bookmark this thread. Ilsa May 2019 #47

There are people organizing for a post Roe world srobertss May 2019 #49

I'm so sorry for Martha and YOU, as a teenager. That was too much for you to handle. catrose May 2019 #54

What has happened to this country? extvbroadcaster May 2019 #56

About 45 or 46 years ago when I was about 25 I had a "fling" panader0 May 2019 #57

The internet has made things possible we never could have imagined rzemanfl May 2019 #60