I’m finally at a point where I can talk about what the misogynous judges on the Supreme Court did when they overturned Roe v Wade and sent us back into the 19th century.
If you don’t know what the items in the photo are for, you better learn because the Supreme Court has made pregnancy mandatory.
In the mid-70’s, I went to Planned Parenthood for my annual checkup. I got checked by a foreign doctor whose English vocabulary consisted of “you’re pregnant.” I was on the pill, and told the doctor that I wasn’t even one day late. He still insisted I was pregnant. After I gave a urine sample which showed I wasn’t pregnant, he still insisted I was pregnant. I got hysterical, and one of the Planned Parenthood workers led me through the waiting room to another room to discuss options. I was crying hysterically and felt like telling the women in the waiting room that it was okay, I didn’t have to have both breasts lopped off, I was only pregnant. I got referred to a gyn who performed abortions. I asked about birth control and the woman opened her desk drawer and brought out a handful of condoms in assorted colors. I told her I better use plain condoms because I couldn’t stand any more excitement.
At the time, a husband’s signature was required for a wife to get an abortion. I had no money of my own. I’d have to take off my wedding band, pretend I was single and had no health insurance in order to get an abortion. At the time, the cost of an abortion was about $180.00 and I only had a about 6 weeks to come up with the money.
I took the bus home, and got to listen to a screaming baby. I remember what I thought at that moment. “That’s what I’m going to get stuck with.” The next day, I had blood, lots of blood, in my urine. I weighed 110 at the time, and I lost 6 pounds in two days. Shortly thereafter, I got my period. Crisis averted.
I thought this trauma was just me until I found someone else who had the same horrendous experience with the same doctor.
As I write this, the horror comes back to me. No woman should ever have to go through what I went through.
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