Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Women's Rights & Issues

PoindexterOglethorpe

(27,123 posts)

1. Roe v Wade was in 1973, nearly fifty years ago.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sun Jul 17, 2022, 11:50 PM

Jul 2022

Which means that no one under 60, maybe no one under 70, really understands what life was like before then. They never knew women who were desperate to end an unwanted pregnancy and did all sorts of dangerous things. They never knew someone who died from an illegal abortion. They never knew someone who's reproductive live was ended by a botched abortion.

Six of the nine Supreme Court Justices are too young to remember life before Roe v. Wade. Which is in part they think that ending it is quite benign, sort of like outlawing aspirin.

Click here to purchase valentine hearts!

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

3 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Abortion Ban Stories Are Worse Than Anyone Imagined [View all] applegrove Jul 2022 OP

Roe v Wade was in 1973, nearly fifty years ago. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2022 #1

No, the woman-haters on the courts and in the lrgislatures know, they just niyad Jul 2022 #2

Thank you so much for posting this truly horrifying piece .This is only niyad Jul 2022 #3