HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019088.txt

In the late 1970s, the author was torn between their role as an underground abortion referral service and a stand-up satirist who performed jokes about rape. After Roe vs Wade legalized abortion, they believed it would never be made illegal again, but in 2012, they became disillusioned with the right-wing religious conservative movement's attempts to re-criminalize reproductive rights. The author eventually dropped a controversial joke that involved the "rape-in" of legislator's wives after receiving backlash from feminist friends. In July 2012, a woman who prefers to remain anonymous went to a comedy club and sparked widespread controversy by expressing her disapproval of rape jokes being performed at the venue.