January 23, 2012   4,083 notes

“ A man who assisted in autopsies in a big urban hospital, starting in the mid-1950s, describes the many deaths from botched abortions that he saw. “The deaths stopped overnight in 1973.” He never saw another in the 18 years before he retired. “That,” he says, “ought to tell people something about keeping abortion legal. ”

“The Way It Was” — Mother Jones Magazine — Abortion before Roe v. Wade. (via deltumbles)

read this article, it’s 100% incredible.

(via homotronic)

[edited to put the article on page 1. otherwise, all sentiments echoed.]

(via winged)

You need to read the shit out of this.

(via aflightybroad)

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