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Of course, as a woman, you have other issues to consider. Starting a family, for instance. You have wisely chosen the nursing profession, Miss Townsend. I never knew what to say when they sounded off like that. The beginnings of a compliment always ended up stinging like an insult.
There is no greater right for a woman than having a choice, Anne. And I exercised that right. Fully and consciously.
“What do you of all people know about birth control? You never acted like you knew anything about it.”
The Roe v. Wade decision had come down on a Monday in January of 1973,
Do you think that retarded girl could take care of a baby? Besides, what about their daddy?”
On the one hand, they restrict our access to abortion. On the other hand, they tie our tubes.
Our bodies belonged to us. Poor, disabled, it didn’t matter. These were our bodies, and we had the right to decide what to do with them. It was as if they were just taking our bodies from us, as if we didn’t even belong to ourselves.
But I had exercised a choice, something that was being denied these women.
It is further ordered that the plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment is granted in the above respects, and the defendants’ motion to dismiss is denied.”
