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sufrommich

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20. The problem is that it's not like this

Fri Mar 7, 2014, 11:34 AM

Mar 2014

everywhere and access to safe abortions are actually less common than they were right after 1973 post Roe v.Wade. It reminds me of the bad old days when women would have to travel to NY in order to get a safe legal abortion,poor women who couldn't afford to travel to NY were shit out of luck and at the mercy of whichever back alley abortion provider they could afford.

http://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/09/nyregion/70-abortion-law-new-york-said-yes-stunning-the-nation.html

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Nation's First Birthing Center/Abortion Clinic Opens in Buffalo. This Is Huge. [View all] ismnotwasm Mar 2014 OP

We need one of these in every large city. loudsue Mar 2014 #1

This will truly confound the anti-choicers... CTyankee Mar 2014 #2

i was thinking about this listening to rachel last night. mopinko Mar 2014 #3

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i'm sure. it is common. mopinko Mar 2014 #12

Glad you survived! roody Mar 2014 #16

yeah, well mopinko Mar 2014 #17

I didn't know a D&C was an actual medical sufrommich Mar 2014 #18

Yes! JustAnotherGen Mar 2014 #4

This is a huge step in women's healthcare! sheshe2 Mar 2014 #5

That is just GREAT! Thanks for posting this good news! Squinch Mar 2014 #6

Heh. They said preconceptions. eggplant Mar 2014 #7

LOL ismnotwasm Mar 2014 #11

Huge K&R. I grew up there, and still visit regularly as bullwinkle428 Mar 2014 #8

K&R for Moving ON !!! Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2014 #10

Right? ismnotwasm Mar 2014 #13

K & R! freshwest Mar 2014 #14

Yes! This is the way it should be, everywhere theHandpuppet Mar 2014 #15

Exactly. ismnotwasm Mar 2014 #19

The problem is that it's not like this sufrommich Mar 2014 #20

Rec! progressoid Mar 2014 #21