He had heard her say, so many times, that a society that approved of m…

John Irving
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He had heard her say, so many times, that a society that approved of making abortion illegal was a society that approved of violence against women; that making abortion illegal was simply a sanctimonious, self-righteous form of violence against women- it was just another way of legalizing violence against women, Nurse Caroline would say. ✨ The Cider House Rules. Book by John Irving, 1985.
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