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Huh?

January 23rd, 2003 | Category: Articles

Here’s one I simply don’t understand. On the Planned Parenthood website is posted a list of Twenty ways to celebrate ROE, including such items as “Hold a pro-choice movie night,” and “Keep watch on the Bush administration.”

This is exactly what one would expect to see on a Planned Parenthood site. But the last suggestion in the list threw me for a loop:

“Create a memorial wall for victims of illegal abortions.”

How ironic.

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January 01st, 2003 | Category: Articles

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