my ends are tied loosely - After a date rape (by a "poet") during a trip to Paris in 1967 when she was 23, she found herself pregnant. She tried the usual "remedies" -- scalding hot baths, violent jumping, having someone walk on her belly. When she got home to Minnesota, she was two months along. A doctor friend there said he couldn't help her himself, but sent her to a local prostitute who did abortions.

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After a date rape (by a "poet") during a trip to Paris in 1967 when she was 23, she found herself pregnant. She tried the usual "remedies" -- scalding hot baths, violent jumping, having someone walk on her belly. When she got home to Minnesota, she was two months along. A doctor friend there said he couldn't help her himself, but sent her to a local prostitute who did abortions.

“The Way It Was”: Abortion in the US before Roe v. Wade.

If you don’t want to click the link, pretend that it isn’t even here because I’m not trying to be controversial; I’m just reblogging an article that I read. This article shocked me. I knew pre-Roe that things were not pretty if a woman needed an abortion, but only in a vague sense. I honestly don’t even know what to say. I’ve always been pro-choice, and this definitely reaffirmed that in a big way.

Source: motherjones

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