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T<\/strong>his much seems apparent, that if something is normal it needs no justification. As far as I am aware, there are few parades in support of sleeping, falling in love or eating bread, and fewer websites in flagrant support of wearing clothes. Normal things are either self-evidently normal, or they ain\u2019t normal.<\/p>\n

Thus making an effort to change public attitude towards abortion, as the new campaign\u00a0My Abortion My Life<\/a> is doing, fails from the very outset. If abortion were\u00a0\u201da normal and necessary part of women\u2019s reproductive lives and health\u201d\u2013 i.e. if the creators of the website were telling the truth \u2014 there would be no need for their website.<\/p>\n

READ THE REST AT LIVE ACTION Y\u2019ALL<\/a><\/p>\n

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