A man who assisted in autopsies in a big urban hospital, starting in the mid-1950s, describes the many deaths from botched abortions that he saw. “The deaths stopped overnight in 1973.” He never saw another in the 18 years before he retired. “That,” he says, “ought to tell people something about keeping abortion legal.
–“The Way It Was” — Mother Jones Magazine — Abortion before Roe v. Wade. (via deltumbles)
read this article, it’s 100% incredible.
(via homotronic)
Trigger Warning: Article describes molestation by a backalley abortion provider.
(via prolifehypocrisy)
Roe V Wade closed off entire wings of hospitals. Those wings were full of women and children dying from the complications of back alley abortions. Roe closed them down. No more people were dying from coat hangers. And they won’t.
(via dr—grumbles)
Via Lipstick Feminists-
mael9999 reblogged this from haveabiscuit-potter
-
tonkswyrda reblogged this from haveabiscuit-potter
-
deathorthetoypiano reblogged this from haveabiscuit-potter and added:
It’s not about a belief system. It’s not about anything except keeping women safe. Desperate people are driven to...
-
deathorthetoypiano liked this
-
folding-space reblogged this from haveabiscuit-potter
-
tsubasadreams reblogged this from chokeonthefuckery
-
spoiling liked this
-
haveabiscuit-potter reblogged this from i-was-a-weismann-girl
-
rmcthecrackup liked this
-
yubishines liked this
-
rogueofjustice reblogged this from levonsong
-
britt-ish reblogged this from levonsong and added:
This speaks to why I think “pro-life” is the wrong choice of words.
-
levonsong reblogged this from dytabytes
-
janzoo liked this
-
dytabytes reblogged this from official-which
-
lusciousgrapes reblogged this from michaelfassbendersteeth
-
violentdelerium liked this
-
headlessqueen reblogged this from babydali
-
ashley080 liked this
-
chlobola liked this
-
morepenguin liked this
-
imjusthereforme liked this
-
thatonechick42 reblogged this from arseniccupcakes
-
buzzcockbetty reblogged this from die-young-for-an-unworthy-cause
-
dripping-withalchemy liked this
-
dripping-withalchemy reblogged this from honoryourv0mit
-
lostsomething liked this
-
die-young-for-an-unworthy-cause reblogged this from cops-in-cars-the-topless-bars
-
honoryourv0mit reblogged this from heartthrob
-
rainbowchocobo reblogged this from heartthrob
-
heartthrob reblogged this from spacebats
-
vextrelovegalaxy reblogged this from cottoncandydays
-
kya-chan reblogged this from yellow-dress
-
salivias liked this
-
rats4candy reblogged this from spacebats
-
liangmingni liked this
-
olivesaretasty liked this
-
iusedtobeintbs liked this
-
spacebats reblogged this from cottoncandydays
-
lz-bth reblogged this from keepsturning
-
keepsturning reblogged this from cottoncandydays
-
carecub reblogged this from cottoncandydays
-
withgodgivenass liked this
-
pastelpanties liked this
-
cottoncandydays liked this
-
cottoncandydays reblogged this from arseniccupcakes
-
thatladydownthestreet reblogged this from arseniccupcakes
-
beyond-imagining liked this
-
yoursarcasmpleasesme liked this
-
wearingraincoats reblogged this from muffinw
- Show more notes
