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CTyankee

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3. I wonder how my granddaughters will know to fight if they don't know our stories and those

Reply to niyad (Reply #2)

Tue May 17, 2016, 01:15 PM

May 2016

of the women who lost their lives in this struggle. I think it is important that we share our stories of the pre-Roe days when obtaining an abortion meant risking your life. Luckily, they have many more choices for birth control than I did as a young woman.

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all the more reason to GOTV in the fall. We need to give special importance to the Senate races CTyankee May 2016 #1

sadly, from the look of things, not until long after I am dead. niyad May 2016 #2

I wonder how my granddaughters will know to fight if they don't know our stories and those CTyankee May 2016 #3

we must make certain that our voices and our stories are not silenced and buried. It is sad that niyad May 2016 #4

I fear their complacency more than anything...while I don't want them to go through what so many CTyankee May 2016 #6

. . . niyad May 2016 #5

This is crazy! Vesper May 2016 #7

the hatred for women, especially under the guise of "concern for" outweighs any other consideration. niyad May 2016 #8

. . . . niyad May 2016 #9