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THANK YOU, for your brevity, your honesty. We need more like you to come forward, because you are an honest voice for many women. Why we women are here again and again, in this quandary, is a the great mystery. Let us hope, that you will not be put on some 'list' in some future America, simply because you have chosen to take control of your own life. Bravo! Blessing to you and your family.

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DidiLyn,

Prison time? May be a psychiatrist would be a better avenue for you to work out your gilt? How incredibly sad. My heart goes out to you and other woman who are so lost in guilt. Good luck to you and I hope you reach out for help.

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Thank you so much for stepping forward with your incredible first hand experience which if it had happened today in America, would have horrified most. It was barbaric. Time passes and those of us who lived during the time abortion was illegal remember this horrible scenario, played out over and over again. Many young people have no real understanding of how bad it really was for women on this and many other fronts. This is why we can never go back to that but, keep a place for this understanding alive by talking about it with our children and in our public schools. Is this long running history of women taught and talked about in public schools today?

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Luke, you are a male, yes? Do you support the scientific field manipulating our DNA and cloning? You see, there is very little uproar over this, but when it comes to women and abortion, it a full out attack. Why are not, pro-choice sorts, not crying out to the scientific community to stop their biotech practices? I am always amazed by this.

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Yes I have, more than once. Would I do it again? Yes. I am tired of others i.e. religious minded people who judge me and or my sisters for the choices I made. The reason there is so much angst and turmoil is because there is so much shaming. We cannot go back, to back ally abortions. Women need to stand strong and not yield ground on this issue. Leave the emotional aspect between the woman and her confidant and God. The shaming must stop. There is a reason for separation between church and state and this is a good example why we need it.

Sallie

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