Um, no, because you're carrying the child in your body, so it's YOUR choice.

That shit is hilarious.

Are you seriously saying that women should not be able to make the choice not to continue with the pregnancy should they find out their fetus has Down Syndrome?

That's hugely judgemental. It's not always about ableism, not all of us have families we can rely on to take care of Down Syndrome adult children after we die. Not all Down Syndrome adults are high functioning enough to be own their own, and as a parent, that seems terrifying - what will happen to them when I'm not…

I absolutely can expect the couple who created this child to take responsibility for him. He is their son. We have a term for people who do what they are doing: dead beat parents. Men do it all the time- I'm sure you've heard if MRAs who want to be able to force women to abort or not pay child support. Refusing to…

There's also the issue of complications related to abortion. And the increased possiblity of such complications in the context of health systems in the developing world. The parents are essentially renting the surrogate's uterus but don't and shouldn't have control over medical procedures that could harm her future…

No. Women carrying children in their bodies have veto power over whether those pregnancies continue. Even poor women who are surrogates. Just as all men have to accept this, rich bio parents using surrogates have to as well.

Well, I agree that it's hugely ableist but the reality is that the vast majority of women who test positive for Down Syndrome do abort. How about we rail against the social structures that make it so that it is incredibly difficult to get the support needed to raise a disabled child even in the developed world, and…

It's still her body. Every woman has the right to choose whether or not she gets that medical procedure done on her own body, even if the fetus is not biologically related to her. For her, she believed abortion was a sin, and she didn't want that procedure performed on her. That's her right as a person.

I feel like, if you are looking into surrogacy, you should make it clear in the contract before inserting fertilized eggs that you have no interest in raising any potential disabled children, so that the surrogate knows going into it that she might have to abort, keep the disabled child, or give it up for adoption. …

Long live the

The store owner is the one who should be arrested. That dress is a far more grievous crime than mere thievery.

I don't think feminism means nobody's allowed to want to look pretty.

"Look, girls! Don't worry about which scientists or philosophers have insulin pumps! Who cares?" Yep, that's exactly what this article said. You nailed it!

Whales are graceful fatties, hippos are fatties with bad teeth.

Yeah, but you realize this comment pretty much makes you THE MOST BITTER JEZZIE, right?

This is why I love my country. We don't have a tipping system we simply get paid a full hourly rate.

There are only two appropriate place to bitch about bad tippers.

1) In the restaurant, when every customer is gone, you're almost done with your sidework, and the boss is locked in the office with the money;