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“And you said he’s an American, Bern?” “I did, didn’t I?” “Like apple pie.” “More like school shootings,” I said. “Or lynching.”

“The Supreme Court also, and very dramatically, decriminalized abortion in the famous case of Roe v. Wade (1973).28 This case legalized abortion, at least in the early months of pregnancy. It swept away almost all existing laws which either made abortion always or mostly a crime. Politically, the case was—and remains—a bombshell. Legally speaking, the case rested on the constitutional right to privacy—a concept (one must admit) that has only the flimsiest connection with the actual text of the Constitution, if it has any connection at all. The constitutional right to privacy made its debut, basically, in 1965, in Griswold v. Connecticut.29 Connecticut was a state—probably the only one—in which all forms of birth control were still essentially illegal. In Connecticut, to use a drug or device to prevent pregnancy was a crime; it was also a crime to aid or abet anyone in the use of contraception. Family-planning clinics were thus basically forbidden to operate in Connecticut.”
― A History of American Law
― A History of American Law

“She looks surprised, then grins. “Madison,” she says. “I know. But Number One Mom says I got conceived via IVF in a clinic just off Madison Ave, so…”
― The City We Became
― The City We Became

&濒诲辩耻辞;森泽的怒吼,逐渐伴着一种悲愴。渐渐地,他缓缓地屈膝崩溃,最后双手抱头蹲在地上,只是不断地吼叫。但早已不成话语。&谤诲辩耻辞;
― 假面饭店:假面之夜
― 假面饭店:假面之夜

“And just to add insult to injury? I backhand its ass with Hoboken, raining the drunk rage of ten thousand dudebros down on it like the hammer of God. Port Authority makes it honorary New York, motherfucker; you just got Jerseyed.”
― The City We Became
― The City We Became
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