Coming of age during Roe v. Wade: Women tell us how they saw the moment then and now

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : A junior high school student at the time, Harrison considered herself "pro-choice": "I thought abortion was simply about women being able to do with their bodies what they wanted."
44% : But her view of abortion shifted five years later, when she went off to college and studied biochemistry.
39% : "A nuclear war is going to destroy many people all at once, whereas I think abortion is just a progressive nuclear war.
38% : In her memory, "old male Catholics" were the spokesmen against abortion back then, and "the ongoing narrative" was that if someone wasn't "pro-choice," it was because they were ignorant.
37% : "I think abortion is an individual violence, it's one-on-one," she said.
36% : "I was against abortion," Crossed said.
36% : As Roe hangs in the balance, readers who support abortion rights emphasized that the widespread illegality of abortion did not stop the procedure from happening before the Supreme Court decision.
35% : One reader remembered being 15 at the time, and finding her mom "sobbing uncontrollably" at the news that Roe had legalized abortion.
21% : Crossed opposed abortion on the same grounds that she is against all forms of war and capital punishment:

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