Bugh. I had a 7th grade math teacher who once gave the whole class a lecture on the difference between whores and sluts. He was doing it to be "cool" and "edgy," and he also had a habit of taking his shirt off in class. I, along with a string of other girls, complained to the administration. I recently checked out my…

Because OF COURSE HE'S A HUCKABEE APPOINTEE.

"Why may male religious authorities ask women intimate details about their sex lives in meetings in which no other women can be present?"

On a smaller scale, I always find this fascinating with conservative Christians who are all about throwing the word "slut" around at women who have sex before marriage, but who then turn around and stealthily move in with a partner. Almost every single Christian/Catholic person I know who decries sex before marriage…

Right?? Like, if I were a protester, I'd probably pick a clinic in another town where maybe the staff doesn't recognize me... You know, save a little face.

Wow..."we need to have a talk"? Nice one, brah. Take the "disappointed father" approach...

That's how I feel, too. Many of the stories were infuriating, but some, like the girl who simply insisted that she and the physician were both murderers, were just really sad. I've read somewhere before that while by and large, most women don't ever regret their abortions or feel guilty about them, the ones that do…

Ohhhh, okay. I remember reading somewhere that the vast majority of abortions today are medical abortions, and I couldn't figure out how that jibed with a 7-week restriction. But that makes sense—thanks for the info!

Out of curiosity, does anyone know why RU486 is recommended only for those under 7 weeks? (I always thought it was 6 weeks?) Wasn't there a case in Utah where a woman thought she was early in her pregnancy and took the drug and ended up aborting a 20-week pregnancy? (I'm sure the guidelines have less to do with…

Did anyone else hate Barbie? God, I couldn't stand Barbie dolls. I once cried for hours when all of my relatives got me fucking Barbie dolls for Christmas when I was seven or eight.

Dismissed until you read up on your shit. I'm not going to have a conversation with someone who clearly has no idea what they're talking about but has the balls to act like I'm the ignorant dumb ass.

You're ignorant.

UUUUUGGGHHH for fuck's sake. All of this is so fucking ignorant I just don't even know where to start. Am I being punked right now? Jesus H. Christ. I reiterate: go read a book.

Before you go all "home birthers are sacrificing their children's lives because they're selfish assholes" on me, please go read a book or two on childbirth.

Stuck in the birth canal? As in shoulder dystocia? Or are you talking about a failure to progress? Because neither are fatal, and neither require an emergency c-section—which you'd know if you had done your research. Did you know that your baby is more likely to go into distress with a hospital birth than a home…

You can say the same thing about owning a dog and having a baby.

Really? Spitting in their faces? Come on now. Don't you think that's a little disrespectful to those of us who actually did shit tons of research before choosing an out-of-hospital birth? Or are you just making the assumption (as so many do) that we're all a bunch of spoiled assholes who think we're special snowflakes…

Because this is obviously a totally black and white case of modern medicine versus midwives? Or is it a case of more stupid moms versus education? Because we breeders are just a bunch of ignorant dumdums, right?

That's truly tragic, but it sounds like her midwife wasn't doing any heart monitoring during contractions or while she was pushing. How would they miss that the baby's heartrate was bottoming out? My midwife monitored my son's heart rate with every contraction and push, and when it started to slow down, she…

Well, there are a handful of women every year who do unassisted home births, but the vast majority are overseen by trained, educated midwives who come equipped with pitocin, oxygen, and other resources in case something goes wrong.