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Abortion is violence a deep, desperate violence inflicted by a woman upon, first of all, herself.

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Adrienne Rich
Age: 82 †
Born: 1929
Born: May 16
Died: 2012
Died: March 27
Essayist
Feminist
Peace Activist
Poet
Writer
Baltimore
Maryland
Adrienne Cecile Rich
Adrienne Cécile Rich
Adrienne Riche
Woman
Firsts
First
Inflicted
Abortion
Desperate
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