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Question #5) Examine the final line of “Dirty Wedding”: “It was what the mother and father did together” (84). What is Johnson trying to say? Johnson is trying to say that ultimately the choice to abort a child is that of the mother and father, for it is the mother and the father that are responsible for creating the life. He also implies that this is not a decision taken lightly as it is one that typically comes with lots of heartache and pain. In the beginning of the story, the narrator describes the scene they had to face when they came to the abortion clinic. Johnson writes," Out in front of the abortion building picketers shook drops of holy water at us and twisted their rosaries around their fingers" (Johnson 104). In my opinion,

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