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"And somewhere along the way, a woman’s right to use birth control turned into a woman’s responsibility to use birth control, which is not fair and not inclusive."

"Whether we’re ready to admit it or not, it still seems to persist that the idea of abortion and bodily autonomy may be perceived as a threat to masculinity. If not outright, then certainly in subtle, subconscious ways."

"Abortion is health care and keeping health care inaccessible is ethically wrong."

There was a night recently when Allen, high on quaaludes, had whacked her across the face. It wasn’t like him to be like that, she knew. He wasn’t that kind of guy. And yet, he’d done it all the same, and it was something she would not forget. Paige’s mother had often repeated a piece of motherly wisdom: “If you’re not going to marry a guy, don’t tie yourself down to him.”