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niyad

(127,717 posts)
Fri Jan 22, 2021, 10:04 PM Jan 2021

Roe v Wade, Jan. 22, 1973. 48 years ago. In those 48 years, we have seen relentless, escalating, [View all]

hate-filled, and sometimes murderous attacks by woman-hating gestational slavers. Hundreds of pieces of legislation designed to restrict access, to punish women for daring to think that they should/could exercise bodily autonomy.

I live just a few miles from the site of one of the most recent murderous attacks-the Black Friday mass shooting at a PP in Colorado Springs. I have worked as a clinic escort, trolled the woman-hating gestational slavers with a group of friends in guerilla theatre. I have received death threats, been assaulted for believing we have a right to choose.

"Nevertheless, she persisted." And will continue to do so.

Today, a ray of sun. The Biden-Harris administration announced its support for reproductive rights, codifying Roe, and overturning the "global gag rule". Hope and help.

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