October 3, 2012
"Why do people say, ‘Children come into the world at birth,’ sounding as if storks bring them? Obstetricians know that at conception the woman has already reproduced, that they now have not one but two patients to consider: mother and child. Since a pregnant woman is in the world, her womb is in the world, and so is the fetus in her womb; she has been in the world since Day One — conception."

— Doris Gordon (via floaccount)

(via emilye)

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    There is a difference between a mother and a fetus, between a mother and an infant, between a mother and a teenager,...
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