I do agree. And, none of that even begins to address whatever situations got them pregnant in the first place. Coercion by a partner? Lack of access to birth control or no education about how to effectively use it? Loss of support systems due to loss of job, loss of significant other, a major move, whatever? Like…

I think I've decided to start calling myself Pro-Birth Control. In whatever form that takes. I still believe that a baby is a human and alive and should be given a chance at a life, because I believe in God and Jesus and further that God created that life for a reason and a purpose. BUT I am also not the person who…

The first. Especially after Gosnel (Thanks MyOcean for the reminder what his name was) all I could think is

Which is exactly my point. Maybe it wasn't clear, I'm so infuriated by their short-sightedness and my own feelings of helplessness that my usual clarity might have been lacking.

Yeah, screw me. Since that is actually the exact point I'm trying to make. why aren't we talking about what happened to make them that desperate in the first place?

I just. I. where. um. I don't even know where to start. Until 6 months or a year ago I would have said i'm pro-life. I sort of still am. BUT (please hear me out here!!!) I don't think my employer should have ANY right to determine what medical care I do or do not get. Someone else commented "What's next, not…

More exhibitionist than just extrovert. But yes. :)

you're welcome. It was easier to send a smile to you than to try to argue with the rest of them. :)

I just saw a thing on Upworthy today that said that 14 million girls are made "child brides" per YEAR. My money says the far and away vast majority of these early pregnancies are from child brides and not trafficking. This does not account for girls who are assaulted and then forced to marry the perpetrator. But,…

Kudos to you. Two thumbs up. I don't honestly understand why other people think you're wrong or your reasoning is wrong for having STANDARDS for your 13 y/o on the internet. People, clearly, vastly underestimate the effect those images can have on a person, especially at a young age. So, I say, you go!! Keep it up!…

yes. this, exactly. yes.

I"m in!

bran cereal .... i shit you not.

wow. not even. just. wow. gawd. sigh.

Abso-freaking-lutely! Glad you've found freedom from the scale and (I hope) healing from the eating disorder. I think we universally underestimate how much of a destructive and self-sabotaging thing that # can be. If it goes down, YAY! Celebrate! If it goes up. ARGH, self-comfort with food. If it doesn't move,…

The problem is, I fear, we’ve been in the starting position for a while now, and I wonder — I worry — we will never move onward. For every one shuffled step forward, we take two steps back.

wow. just, wow. I am a highly intelligent person and I can barely follow what you think you're saying here.

Technically it IS still reported. *I* didn't say anything about who it was reported to or where it was reported. It still relies on a woman's willingness to admit she was assaulted and victimized. Erin even says

Surfing - a vending machine for sharks.

the DOJ found that there were six rapes or sexual assaults per thousand per year