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Abortion Story

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  Trigger Warnings: Abortion, child molestation, sexual assault, and rape I grew up in southern Baptist churches. I absolutely swore I would never be “that girl” that put myself in a position to have an abortion. The church taught that girls are supposed to be pure and remain a virgin until they are married. Women are also supposed to never deny their husband sex, under basically any circumstance, and that has led to many churches allowing husbands to rape their wives. I could be wrong, but I don’t recall boys being led to believe they would be damaged goods if they didn’t save themselves. To be honest though, this is how American society treats women. Serial killers have frequently targeted prostitutes because it’s well known that most people see them as “less than” and second-class citizens. We teach that girls have to dress a certain way or they’ll be viewed as sluts and possibly worse… entice a boy. We don’t teach boys that they have to respect girls. We don’t teach girls that