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Deborah Lima's avatar

I can’t breathe. I turned 20 the year Roe v Wade happened. In high school (so before that), my four best friends sought abortions. Contraception wasn’t readily available and, in fact, birth control pills weren’t legal for unmarried women (well teenagers). We didn’t have Planned Parenthood in every 2nd city. We finally did get clinics at college. My sister had an abortion. My mother did. She was 37 or 38 and had a 2 year old. She got eclampsia with that pregnancy and was afraid for her life. All of these abortions were before Roe v Wade. You just can’t imagine how terrified these young women were. Terrified. That’s what we have ahead of us.

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Cynthia Post's avatar

You are right on in your assessment and the urgency at hand. I agree with everything except when you say that a national ban on abortion would come "if and when Republicans seize control of both chambers of Congress and the presidency." It wouldn't require a Republican president. It would only require two-thirds majorities in both chambers to override a Democratic presidential veto. THE MIDTERMS ARE CRITICAL.

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