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Thread #171405   Message #4145345
Posted By: GUEST,estelle
24-Jun-22 - 07:35 PM
Thread Name: Songs about abortion, or lack thereof?
Subject: RE: Songs about abortion, or lack thereof?
Malvina Reynolds, "Rosie Jane, are you pregnant again" 1973, lyrics on Mudcat https://mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=5085,
and Back Alley Surgery 1977 http://www.vagalume.com.br/malvina-reynolds/back-alley-surgery.html,

Note the intro to Rosie Jane:
This song is addressed to my sisters
Any man who is present may listen
Any priest, any public official, any physician
But it gives him no license to touch us
We make the decision
Me and Lydia, Josie and Rosie and Eve
We handle this matter ourselves
You'd better believe, or you better leave