SAN ANTONIO, Texas (W.) Oct. 11, 2006 -- “Ms. Magazine Magazine has launched a campaign urging women who have had an abortion to stand up proudly and tell the world.
"We are now starting a new petition, beginning with the names of some of the original 1972 signers [of a similar petition]," the magazine said. "They signed to save lives and to spare other women the pain of socially imposed guilt. Their purpose was 'to repeal archaic and inhuman laws.' They recognized that because of the 'social stigma still wrongly attached to abortion' many would not be able to sign publicly. But they invited all women to sign—'to help eliminate the stigma.'"
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