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Wicked Blue

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3. When I was in college in the late 60s-early 70s,

Reply to Ocelot II (Original post)

Fri Aug 8, 2025, 08:58 PM

Aug 8

unmarried women could not legally get birth control pills.

Luckily my college medical center made them available to any female student who requested them.

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Trump cuts threaten access to birth control for millions of women [View all] Ocelot II Aug 8 OP

Forced pregnancies. Irish_Dem Aug 8 #1

That's the plan. Ocelot II Aug 8 #2

Exactly KentuckyWoman Aug 8 #7

All part of the plan, afaict. For white men who grouse about "unfair" competition with DEI candidates.... Hekate Aug 8 #4

White males are only 30% of the US population. Irish_Dem Aug 9 #15

Only the ones like Hegseth and Trump and their ilk. It's the power structure, the money structure... Hekate Aug 9 #20

White males have been bossing and controlling women Irish_Dem Aug 9 #21

Every race, creed, and color has produced their share of despots and monsters. Every gender, too... Hekate Aug 9 #22

Yes but right now our monsters are white males. Irish_Dem Aug 10 #23

When I was in college in the late 60s-early 70s, Wicked Blue Aug 8 #3

K&R Solly Mack Aug 8 #5

It really takes some doing to make Dick Nixon look like a reasonable human & a statesman... Hekate Aug 8 #6

And check out the attitude of this clown who is running for Tina Smith's seat dflprincess Aug 8 #8

It's scarier to watch a society embrace regressive views jfz9580m Aug 8 #9

OMG, an incel who thinks he's an alpha caveman. Ocelot II Aug 8 #11

Aren't those the same types of men in essence? jfz9580m Aug 9 #13

As a young woman with no contraception I would have stayed far, far away from an *hole like that... Hekate Aug 9 #14

Dull guys who have nothing going for themselves have to blame their deficiencies on allegorical oracle Aug 9 #16

All these guys who claim to be "alpha cavemen" look like dweebs. yardwork Aug 9 #18

Just Say No!! BidenRocks Aug 8 #10

The men promoting this also believe it's their right to rape women. yardwork Aug 9 #19

They need canon fodder Blue Full Moon Aug 8 #12

Barefoot and pregnant peggysue2 Aug 9 #17