Women and Girls’ Bodies Are Not Public Property

Even though many Americans believe they are

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There is a disturbing, persistent belief among many Americans that women and girls’ bodies do not belong to ourselves as men’s bodies do. (With the exception of the draft years.) Or, more accurately, that bodies with uteruses are public property to be poked, prodded, invaded, debated, impregnated and regulated…