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Clouds Passing

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23. Not one of you live in fear of having a miscarriage and being hauled off to jail

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Tue Nov 25, 2025, 08:54 PM

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Mind your own damn business. [View all] Swede Tuesday OP

ding x 1000000000! AllaN01Bear Tuesday #1

Excellent 👍👍💙💙 TommieMommy Tuesday #2

Brava! sheshe2 Tuesday #3

Hmmmm.....do men have lack of standing in court? Karadeniz Tuesday #4

What do you think, do they? bluesbassman Tuesday #6

That's an excellent question. If a man is just the vehicle for the distribution of zillions of sperm erronis Tuesday #8

THIS!!! calimary Tuesday #5

I couldn't agree more. 👍 Dave Bowman Tuesday #7

She is 100% correct. GoodRaisin Tuesday #9

The provider of the egg and the nurture should be the only one to have authority, under law and justice. erronis Tuesday #10

Excellent! 2naSalit Tuesday #11

Some men have uteruses and plenty of women think abortion should be illegal. WhiskeyGrinder Tuesday #12

Noted. ZDU Tuesday #15

Supportive of? WhiskeyGrinder Tuesday #18

Bill Clinton suggested that abortion should be safe, legal and rare.. Permanut Tuesday #13

When abortion is safe and legal, there's no reason for it to be rare. WhiskeyGrinder Tuesday #17

Roger that.. Permanut Tuesday #19

Safety as in...? WhiskeyGrinder Tuesday #20

I'm not a health care provider.. Permanut Tuesday #22

Depends on the method of prevention. WhiskeyGrinder Tuesday #25

Safety as in abortion is a lower health risk than dental work, and giving birth is a higher health risk than dental work ancianita Tuesday #27

Right. Mife is safer than Tylenol. WhiskeyGrinder Tuesday #28

As a 65 year old woman... pat_k Tuesday #24

"I do not know ANY FEMALE person who would "choose" abortion as a method of birth control" WhiskeyGrinder Tuesday #26

Just curious. Are you now, or have your ever been a person who could become pregnant? pat_k Tuesday #29

What about my response prompts this McCarthyist question? WhiskeyGrinder Tuesday #30

I fear I may have responded in a knee jerk way because... pat_k Tuesday #31

Thank you for your apology. Please don't beat yourself up about it. WhiskeyGrinder Wednesday #36

Abortion can be safe, legal, rare, free, on demand and without apology all at once biophile Wednesday #41

You have a point that "rare" as a policy goal can attach a stigma to it. pat_k Wednesday #42

Hear, hear! ZDU Tuesday #14

Don't forget the "It's not my fault. She was askin' for it." part. Ping Tung Tuesday #16

It is bad enough that women still must defend their right to make life altering choices about continuing a pregnancy.. pat_k Tuesday #21

Not one of you live in fear of having a miscarriage and being hauled off to jail Clouds Passing Tuesday #23

Interesting to see this, right after learning that robert dear, the Planned niyad Tuesday #32

Just learned this too pat_k Tuesday #33

K&R spanone Tuesday #34

Wow. Just, wow. And Amen. Joinfortmill Wednesday #35

I'm glad to get on the rec list. Better late than never. NNadir Wednesday #37

I and my husband have always felt those true words. chouchou Wednesday #38

But, the Bible says ... JustABozoOnThisBus Wednesday #39

100% true! Martin68 Wednesday #40