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appleannie1

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

Fri May 15, 2026, 10:41 AM

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I honestly believe there were a lot more abortions back then than there have been since abortion was made legal. The main problem besides not being safe is illegal abortions cost cash, a commodity poorer people don't have. That forces women without money to use self-inflicted methods. The jackasses in the GOP are too dumb to realize what a can of worms they just opened but they don't give a crap. Lording over women makes them feel manly.

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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 20 hrs ago OP

Not people Hillary. Women. Women have always had and will always have Autumn 20 hrs ago #1

Are women not people? People who aren't women also get abortions. WhiskeyGrinder 20 hrs ago #3

Only women are impacted by abortion or the lack of safe abortions. It's not a people thing. Autumn 20 hrs ago #4

I can assure you men and nonbinary people also get abortions. WhiskeyGrinder 20 hrs ago #5

I can assure you no man has ever had an abortion. Men may be a bystander in a woman's abortion Autumn 19 hrs ago #6

Having helped men and nonbinary people get abortions, I feel sorry that you live in such a narrow world. WhiskeyGrinder 19 hrs ago #9

so the man had a uterus ? dave99 13 hrs ago #27

some men do WhiskeyGrinder 5 hrs ago #45

Only human beings with x only chromosomes can create and carry babies questionseverything 13 hrs ago #26

Categorically untrue LearnedHand 16 hrs ago #20

Do you think anyone reading this edhopper 19 hrs ago #7

JK Rowling? nt LexVegas 18 hrs ago #11

This is why Democrats don't win. hamsterjill 18 hrs ago #14

I'mWithYou+your statement. I'mWithHer(Hillary) oasis 13 hrs ago #30

Post removed Post removed 13 hrs ago #32

Oh, ffs. 🙄 QueerDuck 17 hrs ago #17

Women are people Cirsium 12 hrs ago #34

I know. QueerDuck 8 hrs ago #41

I'm hiring a brass band... Cirsium 7 hrs ago #42

Oh dear... lapucelle 6 hrs ago #43

The GOP doesn't believe in facts. nt BootinUp 20 hrs ago #2

My Favorite Abortion Quiet Em 19 hrs ago #8

I think the answer is easier Buckeyeblue 15 hrs ago #21

People do, in fact, like abortion. It's a solution that works for them. WhiskeyGrinder 15 hrs ago #22

I don't know a single woman who is happy to have Phoenix61 13 hrs ago #28

this is such an ignorant statement electron_blue 11 hrs ago #35

How so? nt Phoenix61 11 hrs ago #36

I know many people who were happy to get an abortion and did not find it disruptive. WhiskeyGrinder 5 hrs ago #46

Yes!! Hope22 10 hrs ago #38

Thank you Madame President. niyad 19 hrs ago #10

I am in my eighties. Abortion was never legal when I was single and birth control was hit or miss. appleannie1 18 hrs ago #12

Also young women who needed abortions and couldn't get them safely FakeNoose 18 hrs ago #13

and public hospitals had abortion wards, mopinko 16 hrs ago #19

Allow me to recommend a book about that! ShazzieB 14 hrs ago #23

i'm old enough to remember those days. fortunately never had to face that myself, but mopinko 14 hrs ago #24

Oh my goodness! This is bringing back horrible memories FakeNoose 11 hrs ago #37

i find myself always pointed out that the men who make these laws mopinko 9 hrs ago #39

Even the Bush family was pro-choice after a family friend died from a back-alley abortion. OMGWTF 13 hrs ago #29

I've heard that abortions are on the increase Ilsa 18 hrs ago #15

Part of it's the economy, but it's more because the abortion pill protocol makes it easier to end a pregnancy, WhiskeyGrinder 17 hrs ago #16

Kitchen tables ... oldsoldierfadingfast 6 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 17 hrs ago #18

As usual, Hillary is right dlk 13 hrs ago #25

We can do so much better than rusty coathanger abortions,..and then sepsis,.... magicarpet 13 hrs ago #31

i'm so grateful for these meds. mopinko 9 hrs ago #40

I am stunned by some responses. karynnj 12 hrs ago #33

Mahalo to you and Hillary, Swede. Cha 5 hrs ago #47