I think it should be okay for a 7-year-old, depending both on how they adapt it (I have only read the novel) and how mature and perceptive your son is, but it has some really terrifying concepts, including the loss of parents in a traumatic event. If he can handle something like Watership Down, he can probably handle…

My copay has been $0 since October because of Obamacare. Zero co-pay for contraceptives begins during your insurance renewal month or January 1—whichever comes first.

Now? $0. Previously, $24 with a discount card that knocked off $26 (Loestrin 24Fe is Tier 1, so $50 co-pay with Humana). When I tried out an IUD, I paid around $200 after reimbursement, but closer to $500 up-front via Planned Parenthood.

Was going to respond to say this, but you did it better. :)

Don't you know? Women on welfare just use that money to buy drugs and alcohol.

Yeah, I wasn't particularly scarred by these guys, but it was a nice apology.

I received the apologies through Facebook—my reaction was a lot like yours. I had long forgiven the kids (it was the standard middle school nonsense), but I think it is good to know that, probably, when they have kids of their own, they won't stand the same behavior.

It was a strange moment when a couple of kids who used to bully me reached out as adults to apologize.

Mob mentality, fear of standing out, still-developing brain chemistry.

I can't back it up with a study, but nearly every rape survivor I have spoken to about SVU told me watching it was therapeutic.

I watched SVU after I was raped because while everyone was tip-toeing around me, Olivia was punching perps in the face with justice. And when justice failed, there was always Stabler's fists.

I used to secretly hope that every red-tailed hawk I saw might be Tobias.

This story is amazing. I feel good just reading it. Thank you!

You might be interested to know that Planned Parenthood does offer services for men. If there is a location closer to you, many locations do cancer screenings and other check-ups.

When I made $9.25 an hour in DC and only had emergency healthcare insurance, I went to PP. My annual exam was $90. A separate visit for a birth control consult was $25 without a pelvic exam. This was in 2008-2009. Later visits using my health insurance when I was in between gynos had a $25-$50 copay, depending on the…

I handed my rapist a condom. I told him no, I told him I was too drunk to have sex, but when it looked like he wasn't going to listen, I said wait and found a condom in a bedside drawer.

I had a Courtney doll! My sister and I had a whole basket of Barbies from birthdays and whatnot, but Courtney was my favorite. She's one of Skipper's friends, but had brown hair and freckles. I used to re-enact Cinderella with regular Barbie as the wicked stepmother and Ariel Barbie as a wicked stepsister. And then…

All I've got is a pair of teeth. Damn. Lasers sound awesome.

Have you read ILU-486?

There was a news story a while back about how a woman who had posted a photo that gave safe directions on a home abortion was forced to take the picture down by Facebook. (FB later backed down when people pointed out that she wasn't breaking any rules, IIRC.)