NEVER AGAIN!

[niyad]

[Brickbat]

1. K&R. But sadly already happening.

[niyad]

2. sadly true

[n2doc]

3. Well, people better start fighting harder then for Women's Rights

And not relying on R v W to save them. And it starts at the local and state level.

[niyad]

5. observing the complete lack of interest in the issue of women's rights demonstrated everywhere,

even on progressive boards, I do not have a lot of hope.

[hamsterjill]

12. That's my viewpoint, as well.

The younger generation of women seem completely uninterested in preserving their right to control their bodies. That's my opinion, of course, but it is borne out by the number of young women that I have contact with as friends, coworkers, etc.

I would LOVE to be wrong about that!

[Snow Leopard]

23. What right don't

Women have?

[Gothmog]

4. In Texas, the GOP is trying to bring this back

The Texas TRAP laws are very effective

[bigwillq]

6. Joan Crawford, is that you?!?

[Amimnoch]

7. ooo careful there mate.

Not knowing what that symbol was, that was the first thought that came into my head as well (I thought it was a reference to that movie for some reason). Then I saw some of the responses and realized I'm missing something important in the reference, and looked it up:

It's a symbol of not going back to the days where women had to seek horrendous and highly dangerous methods (like using a coat hanger) to either self, or friend assist abort a fetus.

[SpankMe]

11. You must be young.

I was explaining to some young college students recently how the coat hanger symbol related to the abortion issue. What surprised me more than them not knowing the reference, was that they weren't aware of wire hangers!

Seems all of the hangers you see today are plastic, molded hangers. Wire hangers are becoming rare.

How old am I? Old. That's how!

[DLevine]

8. K&R nt

[stage left]

9. K&R nt

[BlueJazz]

10. I like this one.

[niyad]

18. excellent point

[handmade34]

13. already happening...

http://www.politicalresearch.org/2015/03/29/how-indiana-is-making-it-possible-to-jail-women-for-having-abortions/#sthash.cr0xGhGQ.dpbs

http://www.ircrc.org/purvi-patel/

one thing is clear: a woman sought emergency medical care because she was hemorrhaging and instead got a criminal investigation and homicide charges filed against her

http://www.psmag.com/politics-and-law/the-re-ascension-of-the-diy-abortion

As many as 240,000 18- to 49-year-old women in Texas have attempted at-home abortions, according to survey data released this week from the Texas Policy Evaluation Project…. 100,000 to 240,000 women in the state—had either tried it themselves or knew a friend who had. Many used the drug Misoprostol; others used herbs, hormonal pills, or illicit drugs or alcohol; a few settled for being punched or hit in the abdomen.

[niyad]

19. and people (mostly men) ask me why I am so angry all the time.

[handmade34]

20. I am angry...

but more so sad and frustrated because it is again a fight and I don't see women fighting diligently enough... I am old enough to have seen the women suffer (and die) before Roe V Wade... I was fortunate to have a working knowledge of herbs years ago when I needed to end a pregnancy, but today, just like Purvi Patel, I could be in prison for what I did... I am so full of sadness for what we are reverting to

[niyad]

21. I had no idea, when we got roe, that over 40 years later, we would still be fighting the same damned

battle, against people whose hatred for women seems to be growing by leaps and bounds.

[spanone]

14. the republicans want to take us right back to the 50's

[d_legendary1]

15. We're already in the 1960's

They're a few laws away from getting us there.

[spanone]

16. this went on well into the 60's too.

[d_legendary1]

17. And since these guys are getting their way

its gonna get worse.

[niyad]

22. . . .

[niyad]

24. . . .