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Rhiannon12866

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4. Reminds me of a story told by Rep. Madeleine Dean on one of the news shows

Reply to wnylib (Reply #3)

Thu Sep 19, 2024, 06:59 AM

Sep 19

She couldn't help getting a little choked up talking about her mother-in-law who grew up without a mother. Her mother-in-law had been the youngest of six when her mother got pregnant again. And her mother was told that the baby would be stillborn and that she would not survive the birth - and that's exactly what happened. The year was 1930.

You'd think that since we've made such progress with medical care since then fewer women would be dying today, but Republicans have turned back the clock.

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Lawrence: Republican men who write abortion bans don't care about the life of the mother - The Last Word - MSNBC [View all] Rhiannon12866 Sep 19 OP

Republican lawmakers and courts are murdering women in the US. wnylib Sep 19 #1

That's sure what it sounds like to me!!! Rhiannon12866 Sep 19 #2

So much for MAGAs being a family values party. wnylib Sep 19 #3

Reminds me of a story told by Rep. Madeleine Dean on one of the news shows Rhiannon12866 Sep 19 #4

There were so many cases of difficult pregnancies that cost women their lives in the past wnylib Sep 19 #5