No, it's not.... re-read the OP's story. She and I both agreed that her friend was irresponsible in her decision making. In this particular case, she procrastinated. I'm not pointing to that as justification for any arbitrary limits or restrictions on abortion, because I don't believe that's good policy, but like I…

I agree, which is why I think there shouldn't be any restrictions whatsoever on abortion... I just think it's irresponsible to wait any longer than necessary after making the decision to terminate.

Your example implies my judgement was in general, rather than specific. Again, to point to the OP's story, her friend knew she couldn't/wouldn't take the baby to term and just procrastinated on getting the procedure done.

Yeah... Cathay Pacific and Korean are the same. Super super accommodating. I'm a bit pissed though because I'm set to lose status on both SQ and CX this year.

That would give you a pretty healthy idea of how technologically advanced the Zlorggg are as a species.

I never claimed to the moral arbiter, nor am I suggesting any arbitrary limits be put on abortion. I support a woman's right to choose, end of sentence. Allowing a fetus to gestate for a significant period of time without good reason (as was the case in OP's scenario) after making the choice to terminate is just…

OK I understand. It admittedly has been many years since my last statistics class.... but you explained my point for me essentially, vis a vis increasing sample size relative to the possible number of outcomes. I was drawing on vague memories of college stats classes and not clearly explaining the notion I had in my…

That's not accurate. I support her right to choice, but I also think the choice she made was an irresponsible one. If you're pregnant and you can't/don't intend to take it to term, you have a moral obligation to terminate the pregnancy as early as possible. Abortion is not a morally black and white issue, there are…

Word. The reason I brought it up is not just because I find late term abortion to be a necessary evil that I am a bit icked out by. I was a bit hyperbolic with the "mom doesn't want a black grandson" thing, but that's exactly the way the anti-choice/anti-woman crowd sees things (though, given the demographic make up…

First of all, you don't seem to be getting the joke about my username.

Sorry- edit to add: "getting an abortion that late for that reason"... I somehow left that out.

As a full supporter of reproductive rights, I still get to have the opinion that getting an abortion that late in the pregnancy is kinda fucked up right? At 5 months it's a lot closer to a human than a clump of cells.

Does Germany have nearly as many black people as America? No? Hmmm. Ask your German friends about Turks and you might start to see some prejudice come out.

In fairness, 1500 people really isn't statistically significant enough to be representative of a country of 300+ million. Where I live, in Hong Kong- a city of 7 million and change- no news organization or university will publish a poll unless 1000+ participated.

By virtue of your comment, yourself included.

I've kicked a girl out of bed for improper nut handling before.....but never off an airplane.

What I can't handle is the bumfuck airports they fly into that are two hours by bus from their stated destination.

Surely you jest.

As an American who's lived in Asia for four years and flown through HKIA, Beijing Cap, Narita, Singapore Changi, KLIA, Sydney Kingsford, Dubai International, and so forth.....AGREED.

The demand for international flights to and from Boston compared to NYC, CHI, LA, SF SEA, DC and MIA is laughable. Boston simply isn't an international hub and never will be.