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Hillary - Here are the facts: People have always had and will always have abortions in all 50 states. [View all]

What a fine President she would have been.

Here are the facts: People have always had and will always have abortions in all 50 states.

Abortion pills are safe, effective, and have been used by millions of people.

No court or politician can change either of those realities.
— Hillary Rodham Clinton (@hillaryclinton.bsky.social) 2026-05-14T21:17:04.973Z

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Hillary - Here are the facts: People have always had and will always have abortions in all 50 states. [View all] Swede Yesterday OP

Not people Hillary. Women. Women have always had and will always have Autumn Yesterday #1

Are women not people? People who aren't women also get abortions. WhiskeyGrinder Yesterday #3

Only women are impacted by abortion or the lack of safe abortions. It's not a people thing. Autumn Yesterday #4

I can assure you men and nonbinary people also get abortions. WhiskeyGrinder Yesterday #5

I can assure you no man has ever had an abortion. Men may be a bystander in a woman's abortion Autumn Yesterday #6

Having helped men and nonbinary people get abortions, I feel sorry that you live in such a narrow world. WhiskeyGrinder Yesterday #9

so the man had a uterus ? dave99 20 hrs ago #27

some men do WhiskeyGrinder 12 hrs ago #45

The only sexual organ that matters for gender identity is the brain. Zelda_Orchid 5 hrs ago #49

Only human beings with x only chromosomes can create and carry babies questionseverything 20 hrs ago #26

Not true. Pregnancy is possible in women with Swyer syndrome (46,XY) WhiskeyGrinder 4 hrs ago #52

Google says they would need a donated egg, if so my point would stand questionseverything 32 min ago #55

Categorically untrue LearnedHand 23 hrs ago #20

Do you think anyone reading this edhopper Yesterday #7

JK Rowling? nt LexVegas Yesterday #11

Egads, I hate that harridan wolfie001 5 hrs ago #48

This is why Democrats don't win. hamsterjill Yesterday #14

I'mWithYou+your statement. I'mWithHer(Hillary) oasis 20 hrs ago #30

Post removed Post removed 19 hrs ago #32

Oh, ffs. 🙄 QueerDuck Yesterday #17

Women are people Cirsium 19 hrs ago #34

I know. QueerDuck 15 hrs ago #41

I'm hiring a brass band... Cirsium 13 hrs ago #42

Oh dear... lapucelle 13 hrs ago #43

The GOP doesn't believe in facts. nt BootinUp Yesterday #2

My Favorite Abortion Quiet Em Yesterday #8

I think the answer is easier Buckeyeblue 22 hrs ago #21

People do, in fact, like abortion. It's a solution that works for them. WhiskeyGrinder 22 hrs ago #22

I don't know a single woman who is happy to have Phoenix61 20 hrs ago #28

this is such an ignorant statement electron_blue 18 hrs ago #35

How so? nt Phoenix61 18 hrs ago #36

cuz... electron_blue 2 hrs ago #54

I stand by what I said. Phoenix61 16 min ago #56

I know many people who were happy to get an abortion and did not find it disruptive. WhiskeyGrinder 12 hrs ago #46

Yes!! Hope22 17 hrs ago #38

Thank you Madame President. niyad Yesterday #10

I am in my eighties. Abortion was never legal when I was single and birth control was hit or miss. appleannie1 Yesterday #12

Also young women who needed abortions and couldn't get them safely FakeNoose Yesterday #13

and public hospitals had abortion wards, mopinko 23 hrs ago #19

Allow me to recommend a book about that! ShazzieB 21 hrs ago #23

i'm old enough to remember those days. fortunately never had to face that myself, but mopinko 21 hrs ago #24

Oh my goodness! This is bringing back horrible memories FakeNoose 18 hrs ago #37

i find myself always pointed out that the men who make these laws mopinko 16 hrs ago #39

Even the Bush family was pro-choice after a family friend died from a back-alley abortion. OMGWTF 20 hrs ago #29

I've heard that abortions are on the increase Ilsa Yesterday #15

Part of it's the economy, but it's more because the abortion pill protocol makes it easier to end a pregnancy, WhiskeyGrinder Yesterday #16

Kitchen tables ... oldsoldierfadingfast 13 hrs ago #44

But this is not about reality, it is about the control of women. Other methods have been used and have killed women. efhmc Yesterday #18

As usual, Hillary is right dlk 20 hrs ago #25

We can do so much better than rusty coathanger abortions,..and then sepsis,.... magicarpet 20 hrs ago #31

i'm so grateful for these meds. mopinko 16 hrs ago #40

I am stunned by some responses. karynnj 19 hrs ago #33

Mahalo to you and Hillary, Swede. Cha 12 hrs ago #47

Before modern times, and now again, women will have to "Call Jane" TomWilm 4 hrs ago #50

Yes, but only those who are in the upmost echelon should be able to have one. OldBaldy1701E 4 hrs ago #51

Hillary intentionally used the word people, likely because of Republicans concerted efforts to dehumanize women dlk 4 hrs ago #53