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My Mother used to tell stories when she was younger her girl friends would drink turpentine,... to induce an abortion,.. magicarpet Nov 15 #1
And threw themselves down stairs nolabear Nov 15 #7
Back alley bloodbath,.. magicarpet Nov 15 #10
Lysol douches japple Nov 15 #18
Yep. Jesus. nolabear Nov 15 #24
I remember SARose Nov 15 #2
IIRC they used to call the rhythm method "rhythm and blues"...nt Wounded Bear Nov 15 #8
Yeah. Absurdly ineffective Easterncedar Nov 15 #12
Yeah, remember this? Trailrider1951 Nov 15 #15
Vatican Roulette JoseBalow Nov 15 #25
Yeah, I remember the coat hanger stories... MiHale Nov 15 #3
And one of my aunts was rendered infertile after the coat hanger episode. She was never abe to have children. n/t iluvtennis Nov 15 #20
We absolutely should require sex education in schools too. Diamond_Dog Nov 15 #4
That will go to the trash heap, along with most other real scientific education. erronis Nov 15 #26
Ha the good old days snowybirdie Nov 15 #5
Maybe we made it... Wounded Bear Nov 15 #9
Of course snowybirdie Nov 15 #11
Not yet Easterncedar Nov 15 #13
I remember those days too. n/t rzemanfl Nov 15 #6
Hey fellow oldsters...remember this: PCIntern Nov 15 #14
Yep. I remember. MineralMan Nov 15 #16
Birth control for married couples was legalized in 1965 Danmel Nov 15 #17
IIRC it was thought that the crime rate went down once birth control and abortion were more readily available, due to LymphocyteLover Nov 15 #19
In addition to remembering it moniss Nov 15 #21
It's a good time for men to get a vasectomy if they're sure they don't want kids IronLionZion Nov 15 #22
I had mine done in 1972 after my second child was born. erronis Nov 15 #27
One of the women in the office I worked -- she used a douche of diluted Lysol "to kill the little germs." 3Hotdogs Nov 15 #23
One..... Lovie777 Nov 15 #28
My mom nearly had to die with my younger brother before she could get a hysterectomy. haele Nov 15 #29
Scary that those times may be returning. Elessar Zappa Nov 15 #30
Indeed it is! MineralMan Nov 16 #31
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