Tag: Roe v. Wade

Editor's Kid

Women and progress; how far have we come?

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I’ve just finished the book The Next Ship Home, a historical fiction book that focuses on Ellis Island. Through the story it explores many problems immigrants had there in the early 1900s. My grandmother’s journey My grandmother, Rose Katarina Blaich, came from Germany through Ellis Island in the early 1900s. She traveled with her sister, Mina. I’m […]

Editor's Kid

The abortion puzzle

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I can’t understand the need for the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade. Nor do I see a reason for male-dominated state legislatures to get involved in determining decisions that should be between a woman and her physician. Consider this from Guttmacher.org: Eighteen percent of pregnancies (excluding miscarriages) in 2017 ended in abortion. […]