Sally Field, on the “hideous” and “traumatic” illegal abortion
she underwent as a 17-year-old in 1964:
“It was during a time even worse than now. A time when
contraception was not readily available and only if you were married. But I
feel that so many women of my generation went through similar, traumatic events
and I feel stronger when I think of them. I believe, like me, they must want to
fight for their grandchildren and all the young women of this country … we [a
doctor, his wife, and my mother] parked on a really scroungy-looking street [in
Tijuana], it was scary and he parked about three blocks away and said, ‘See
that building down there?’ And he gave me an envelope with cash and I was to
walk into that building and give them the cash and then come right back to him
… a technician giving me a few puffs of ether but he would then take it away,
so it just made my arms and legs feel numb [and] weird, but I felt everything –
how much pain I was in. Then the situation turned darker. I realized that the
technician was actually molesting me, so I had to figure out, how can I make my
arms move to push him away? So it was just this absolute pit of shame. And
then, when it was finished, they said, ‘Go go go go go!,’ like the building was
on fire. And they didn’t want me there, you know, it was illegal. These are the
things that women are going through now—when they’re trying to get to another
state, they don’t have the money, they don’t have the means, they don’t know
where they’re going … and do that to our little girls and our young women, and
not have respect and regard for their health and their own decisions about
whether they feel they’re able to give birth to a child at that time.”
Is this what you want for women in America in 2024, because
it’s what you get if The Felon, Sofa Loren and Project 2025 take over in
January.
Don’t go back to those dark days; move forward.
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Nice positive day! What a shame that no matter how Trump's lies get fact-checked, his cult is going to parrot them. He's pulling their strings the same way Putin pulls his.
ReplyDeleteThat's the part that freaks me out ... the cult believes every idiotic thing he says.
DeleteStephen King always cuts right through bullshit.
ReplyDeleteFor a guy who can get pretty wordy, he was pretty concise.
DeleteIt's my understanding that Musk Rat actually did call. Pete set him straight. Then the Musk Rat went right back to his twitterverse and keeps spreading the bullshit.
ReplyDeleteKing is good at describing things, isn't he? The couch fucker IS smarmy.
Leon is a mess ... I mean what was that cheerleader move at The Felon rally?
DeleteRooting for US Apartheid.....
DeleteExcellent info from the world of pushing-back-against-insanity. Elon Musk really HAS lost his marbles. He's on his way to becoming Howard Hughes.
ReplyDeleteThere's something seriously wrong with that guy.
DeleteAmerica, brace yourself and set up a national health service; it's cheaper and more efficient than an insurance based service as the insurers are there to make a profit. A national health service is not.
ReplyDeleteSadly, the healthcare industry has a stranglehold on our government.
DeleteSally for the win. I saw her express this on a YouTube video. I am old enough to remember back alley abortions and the consequences. WE ARE NOT GOING BACK!! FORWARD!! CAST A DAMN VOTE!!
ReplyDeleteGood on her for sharing what happened and what CAN happen.
DeleteA collection of smarts all in one place! Refreshing. Tommy Davidson’s mother is amazing!
ReplyDeleteI liked what she said, too.
DeleteThere is only one difference between Trump and Musk and it's a difference that proves they are the same person. Trump and his "concepts" are always "in 2 weeks, we are revealing the most amazing whatever...." In decades of being a carnival barker and nine years as a politician, the 2 weeks has never happened. Elon Musk promises every innovation in 2 years instead of weeks...that's it. The two toxic bros want every man in this country to be as toxic as they are. I don't know why any woman would support the two smarmiest men on the planet, but I worry mostly about Moms of sons. A Mom may feel she is unable to prevent her son from being a toxic, lying, neo-Nazi incel, but she can vote against the political leaders who are pulling her son into their cult!! π€¬π€¬
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xoxo :-)
Always Pete.
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I love Pete. He'll be president one day.
ReplyDeleteAnd you know that NO MATTER how reality is explained to the MAGAts, they will never recognize they've been lied to and are lied to on a daily basis. It's very simple.
Also, love Stephen King here. So on point.
Tans people are... people..
XOXO
I agree, of course, about Pete. I first posted about him back in 2015: https://ishouldbelaughing.blogspot.com/2015/06/south-bend-mayor-pete-buttigieg-why.html
Deleteand again in 2016: https://ishouldbelaughing.blogspot.com/2016/06/could-pete-buttigieg-be-our-first-gay.html
xoxo
Instead of Sarah Huckbee Saunders worrying about Kamala not having kids...which she does indeed have step children...she should be more worried about her own frumpy sloppy appearance....the fat cup.
ReplyDeleteAnd Elon Muck? Sitting on his fat ass!!! I just saw a picture of him topless...he looked like a big tub of cottage cheese sitting there.
Huckleberry is an idiotic puppet for the GOP Hate Car.
DeleteI saw a picture with his shirt off ... oh hell no!
Pete just proves the Democratic Party has a future of capable leaders and ideas for problem solving.
ReplyDeleteThe Republican Party offers nothing but a future of malicious fools for “leaders” and ideas for misery. -Rj
Pete is the future.
DeleteThe GOP, alas, may never recover from The Felon.
The GOP is a house of cards, built on nothing but lies, and DonOLD is the joker. My state (Indiana) began early voting this week and I voted this morning. I live in a red state (ugh), but it is trending blue-ish for this election. That’s why it is SO important to get out and vote; you never know when your ONE vote will be so valuable.
ReplyDeleteI think a lot of places are turning blu-ish! But we cannot rest on that idea, we still need to get out and vote as if our lives depended on it ... because they do.
DeleteThe sad part is, despite the fact-checking, the people who need to hear the truth are unwilling to listen to it. They'd far rather follow IQ45, no matter the cost.
ReplyDeleteThat's what I can't fathom; he lies and lies and lied and lied and still they--and it's a small cult to be sure--believe him.
DeleteEvery one of the people you highlighted here is a good person. I feel that they belong to the same team as me - the team of kindness, intelligence and truth. It made a nice change from the GOP dipsticks you often present on this blog as you seek to persuade your fellow Americans to VOTE BLUE!
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to show some reason and common sense for a change.
DeleteThat last one π
ReplyDeleteDavidson's mother was one smart woman and he's one loving father.
DeleteI am so looking forward to a blue wave ending the time of Alternative Facts.
ReplyDeleteIt'll be nice.
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