"Julie Burkhart....."

[handmade34]

"Four Years Later, Slain Abortion Doctor’s Aide Steps Into the Void"

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/14/us/kansas-abortion-practice-set-to-replace-tiller-clinic.html

"This spring, Julie Burkhart, an abortion-rights advocate who lives in Wichita, is planning to reopen the abortion clinic that occupied this space for decades, setting the stage for a re-emergence of the fiery passions that once made this conservative manufacturing town the center of the abortion battle in the United States..."

[Helen Reddy]

1. What courage and dedication

she is displaying. Putting her life on the line for her beliefs.

Be safe Julie Burkhart.

[handmade34]

2. yes

I do respect and appreciate the passion and dedication

[Helen Reddy]

3. Incidentally,

I, as well support the USPS employees. The general public have little knowledge about the financial duress the USPS has endured, through no fault of their own.

[niyad]

5. as do I

[niyad]

4. what an amazing, courageous woman. may she and all involved be safe.

[handmade34]

6. I remember well

the days before Roe V Wade... too many don't and we all need to fight harder to stop the madness coming from the crazies, fundies, republicans, or whatever the force is trying to set us back decades...

I used herbs (pennyroyal) to abort years ago and all was well but we need to make sure our daughters don't need to go back to those days.

[niyad]

7. like you, I remember those days far too well. when you mentioned pennyroyal, it remnded me that

when I think about the attacks on herbs and natural healing, that is actually one of the targets--women's ability to control their own bodies. these things were known for a very long time, information passed down, and now, working hard on being lost.