Linda Ilsley

California resident reflects on her time an abortion clinic escort in the 1990’s in Milwaukee, WI.

California resident reflects on her time an abortion clinic escort in the 1990’s in Milwaukee, WI.  

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Abortion is legal under federal law, but Red State Republicans are making it hard for women to exercise their constitutional right to choose.

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Abortion is legal under federal law, but Red State Republicans are making it hard for women to exercise their constitutional right to choose.

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