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The legislature realized white couples used abortion to plan for smaller families, and Black and immigrant families were much larger. Alabama&#8217;s legislature was terrified non-whites would populate the country, and many <a href=\"https:\/\/ffrfmaine.org\/home\/roe-v-wade-january-2021\/\" class=\"more-link\">(more&hellip;)<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.&#8221; George Santayana. After prohibition in America was repealed because it resulted in organized crime having more power, India instituted prohibition and experienced the same results. 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