Doctors Fear Return To Horrors Of Pre-Roe 'Back Alley' Abortions - MSNBC Prime

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Dr. Susan Dodd, a retired obstetrician and gynecologist, talks about reproductive health care before Roe v. Wade, and what it was like providing abortion services while being threatened by anti-abortion activists. Aired on 05/19/2022.

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1. The caveman speaks

Susan Dodd is extraordinary, having devoted her career to safe practices for women after she herself was confronted with an unwanted pregnancy. It was poignant to see pics of her at the beginning of her career, and then now, as she is retired.

I say poignant because:

Then I think of that pic of the OK governor holding up the law he signed with such glee. It is an insult that the work of women like Susan Dodd can be halted by someone(s) who is such an intellectual inferior.

That’s what we have with this Roe v Wade situation.

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2. I certainly agree. She knows how these women feel, but it's still an extremely stressful vocation

Even before these draconian laws, there have been protesters and threats and murders. What I have never understood is why these extremely personal and difficult choices are the business of anyone in government or anyone who does not know any of the women whose very lives they're choosing to affect.