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Pro-Choice

uppityperson

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1. Thank you for the article. 1 thing that used to piss me off was random strangers touching my belly.

Reply to fizzgig (Original post)

Mon May 13, 2013, 12:03 AM

May 2013

I mean, wtf? Don't touch me without my permission. Ever. Ever. And don't tell me I am too fat/thin or doing something else you don't like.

The new laws are scary in that I can see them being used to control pregnant women more and more. Had a miscarriage? Prove you did nothing wrong or you could get prosecuted for feticide.

Books like Handmaid's Tale are cautionary stories, not to be put into place. Unfortunately we have to continue to fight to make it not happen.

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Pregnancy, Politics and the Policing of Women's Bodies [View all] fizzgig May 2013 OP

Thank you for the article. 1 thing that used to piss me off was random strangers touching my belly. uppityperson May 2013 #1

i was thinking of the touching the belly thing when i was posting this fizzgig May 2013 #4

Weld County commissioners would love this. madamesilverspurs May 2013 #2

i'm so glad my husband got over his wanting to move to greeley fizzgig May 2013 #5

Weld County commissioners would love this. madamesilverspurs May 2013 #2

What amazes me... Kath1 May 2013 #6