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i think you may be saying, and it seems to me, that many women are pro life from genuine religious or ethical roots, even when having a child will be an economic hardship. and the other thing i was thinking is about the comment that children who can be home with a parent for the first year of their lives thrive more than others. maybe you didn't mean that, but i know in many cultures, and in our country, children are raised in more communal ways that also lead to thriving. and i really appreciate how thoroughly, as always, you bring into the light the way women's choices about having children are so weighed down by economic hardship.

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Church on Sunday, sleep and nod

Trying to duck the wrath of God

Preacher fillin us with fright,

They all trying to teach us what they think is right

They really got to be some kind of nut

I can't us it

Trying to make it real compared to what.

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