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After Roe v. Wade fell, the National Domestic Violence Hotline saw a 99-percent increase in callers reporting that people were trying to control their reproductive choices.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For some people, this is exactly why they wanted it overturned. Pro-Choice Activists have been saying for decades that this is about rolling back women's rights and freedoms, and that arguing over the merits of abortion as a medical procedure was pointless.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Why do they want this though? Why do they want to roll back women's rights and freedoms? What's the appeal of that? Just... Why??? ~Strawberry