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It was the 2014 Country Music Association Awards, andLoretta Lynnknew what she was doing.
But Lynn loved it and loved Musgraves.
She also proved that fearless truths could sell: 24 of Lynns songs were No.
Miniskirts, hot pants and a few little fancy frills, Lynn sang.
Yeah Im makin up for all those years / Since Ive got the pill.
The Pill wasnt her only statement on reproductive freedom.
In her memoir, she made it clear that she supported the choice to have an abortion.
Personally, I think you should prevent unwanted pregnancy rather than get an abortion, she wrote.
I dont think I could have an abortion.
It would be wrong for me.
I believe they should be able to have an abortion.
Her beliefs were more complicated than her most controversial songs would have you believe, however.
She sang about the pill but didnt take it herself.
Lynn was complex, not a contradiction.
And so are the women who love and are inspired by her songs.
Lynn was the complex southern woman incarnate, and nothing expressed that like her songs.
Country music, and country people, are rarely properly understood outside of their own channels.
