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The Feminist Movement and the Importance of Abortion
Abortion became a top priority for the movement, and they encouraged women to speak out about their illegal abortion stories. The image of a woman in the stirrups became sort of this emblem of female passivity and male power. Some people who supported abortion rights worried that framing the issue within the feminist movement might create a backlash.