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Mother's Day Should Be a Woman's Choice

Mother's Day should not be compulsory for any woman.

It should be the yearly celebration of a decision, a moment to mark with gratitude a beautiful but perilous journey one has carefully or prayerfully chosen to traverse.

It should be an anniversary of choice.

Mother’s Day should not be an annual reminder of a destiny decided by strangers who will never know their names nor care about their stories nor partner with them in any way.

As the Republican Party and its surrogates in the highest court here move toward the legislative removal of women's autonomy nationwide, Mother's Day will be…

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