![]() “It is, in fact, not about anything other than control of women and their pleasure, or anyone who can get pregnant and their pleasure,” Collins said. Men in country music were singing about abortion, premarital sex and divorce in the ’60s and ’70s with little or no blowback, but it was rare that a woman could sing about wanting to enjoy sex with her husband without the consequences of an unplanned pregnancy, as Lynn did. It’s like a challenge to the men’s way of thinking.” I mean the women loved it,” she wrote in her 1976 autobiography, “A Coal Miner’s Daughter.” “But the men who run the radio stations were scared to death. “When we released it, the people loved it. Wade decision, but Lynn held onto the song for years before she felt fans were ready to listen. Bayless, was recorded prior to the Roe v. “The Pill,” written by Lorene Allen, Don McHan and T.D. ![]() And that was not something I ever had to think twice about until the lyric finally hit me.” “She talks about being able to wear the clothes she wants,” Collins, who now volunteers as a case manager on the Kentucky Health Justice Network’s abortion resources hotline, said of 1975’s “The Pill.” “Because of my access to birth control, I could go out to bars with my friends and wear miniskirts. But it wasn’t until high school that she began to put together the context of what Lynn was singing about. In addition to growing up in a home where classic country music was part of the lexicon, Collins grew up in a family that talked about abortion and birth control, which led her to start volunteering as an escort at a clinic in Kentucky. Kate Collins, 34, was not of the generation who heard “The Pill” or “One’s on the Way” when they first played on the radio, but Lynn’s voice provided a soundtrack to her childhood. In November, Kentucky voters will decide whether to eliminate the right to abortion in the state’s constitution. Supreme Court overturned the 1973 case, creating a massive shift in reproductive rights across the country. Wade became a landmark legal decision protecting abortion rights, died only months after the U.S. ![]() Lynn, who sang about birth control after Roe v. Some of her songs reflected the lives of many rural women and mothers, lamenting their invisible labor and the repressive and gendered roles that kept them tied to a singular identity.įor some of those working in reproductive health care today in her home state of Kentucky, Lynn’s music proves all too relevant. (AP) - Loretta Lynn, the Grammy-winning country music icon who died Tuesday at 90, lived through - and sang about - decades of advancements for women’s social movements, achievements now endangered.Ī mother multiple times over by the end of her teens, she gave voice to those who had historically had little control over childbirth and their own sexuality. Frogwares does not have any comment at this time and Nacon has yet to respond at the time of writing we'll update this article when we receive more information from either party.NASHVILLE, Tenn. We've reached out to Frogwares and Nacon about this latest Steam release. Frogwares, however, has recently released a PS5 version of the game on its own as the sole owner and publisher on that platform. It's unclear if Frogwares will receive any compensation for this latest Steam release of the game. "We are happy to announce that The Sinking City is now available on Steam!" read the Steam Community news post. "To celebrate its release, the game is 60% off until March 5th." Nacon has not released any statement of its own at the time of writing other than a Steam Community news post announcing that the game is being sold once again. Frogwares has not created the version of that is today on sale on We do not recommend the purchase of this version.
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