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Julie Gammack's avatar

This just in from a reader who chooses to not be identified:

‘I was in medicine before Roe. I was a Broadlawns resident physician 1971-72, and I cared for women returning from Canada with complications, not from poor care but from having to fly home too soon. Roe was enormous. In practice in {northwest Iowa}, I did not personally perform abortions—it would have been needlessly disruptive in the small hospital, and more, I could not be sure of absolute confidentiality there. And also, a doctor [nearby] was readily available for referral. And of course, I referred any women who wished and I was always receptive to whatever choice a woman chose.’

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Jill D Brosnahan's avatar

This is not about abortion. It is about power and control over women. Full stop.

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