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Waseskun, The law of silence is breaking

 

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08 November 2008, Rosalyne Mathias, 60, takes a moment of serenity under the tree that grew at the exact spot where she aborted, 43 years ago, after having made a circle of cedar leafs around the tree. After many sexual agression between age 15 and 17, she got pregnant. Too afraid to talk to her parents, she went alone in the wood to abort. 43 years later, she return on the site to have a ceremeony and hope to find peace.
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Waseskun, The law of silence is breaking
08 November 2008, Rosalyne Mathias, 60, takes a moment of serenity under the tree that grew at the exact spot where she aborted, 43 years ago, after having made a circle of cedar leafs around the tree. After many sexual agression between age 15 and 17, she got pregnant. Too afraid to talk to her parents, she went alone in the wood to abort. 43 years later, she return on the site to have a ceremeony and hope to find peace.

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