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1968 it was still illegal to have abortions in the US.

I Watched a movie based on a secret (and back then illegal) abortion operation made by volunteering women in US.

An upper class housewife needed to do a medical abortion cause of a medical condition putting her life at risk for being pregnant. The medical board men voted for or against as they had the last saying. They hadn't allowed an abortion in ten years and they weren't gonna this time either.

The housewife had 50% chance to survive having the baby. A risk she wasn't willing to take a she had a happy loving family. So she looks for a way to do an abortion illegally as that was the last option for anyone in her situation.

I have never lived where or when it's been illegal to have an abortion, call me privileged for living in modern times, which makes me so dissapointed when some people still want abortion to be a crime.

The movie is called "Call Jane"
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True. My parents tended to gloss over that part - I was unplanned and my father had to divorce his wife and marry my mother because of the laws preventing abortion at that time. Poor them.
Queendragonfly · 31-35, F
@Roundandroundwego Maybe but that means you're here for a reason.