• velma@reddthat.com
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    20 days ago

    I remember distinctly the day in my childhood that I became aware of anti-abortion protestors as my father and I were going somewhere in the city. I asked my dad what they were mad about.

    “They’re mad that women are allowed to stop their pregnancies.” My dad told me. “They think it’s about killing babies.”

    I remember thinking about it for a moment before asking something related, but my dad made a point that stuck with me for the rest of my life:

    “Don’t you think women should be allowed to decide what happens with their own bodies?”

    That’s when I became a feminist before I even had the words to know what that meant.