That is why it is an either/or test. I don't think it is a horrible idea to require either parental consent or partner consent with the stipulation that if there is an obstacle to obtaining either, a judge (or a magistrate) can grant an expeditious exception based on a sealed affidavit. We allow judges to act as…

Thank you for your kind words. I think, despite the rhetoric, there is a lot of rational points on each side, and more importantly there is no need for every political difference to be a partisan brawl

I don't require moral connotation, I just don't consider myself in the Pro Choice (tm) movement, because nowhere in…

Then, honestly, what is the point of you being pro-choice? I am pretty in the middle of the road and not particularly unreasonable, go out on a god damn limb and try to articulate your beliefs, rather than just beg the question and demonize your opponents.

Just because a fetus is a potential person, does not mean that it has no value or is not worthy of protection. We as a society often make rules that impede the free will of humans in order to protect animals or even, sometimes plants. Yes the right of self defense is easier to prove against non-humans, but it…

Or they entered into binding contracts years before the law became public knowledge.

Or Coke Worldwide only has limited control over Coke Russia, which operates in a country boarding on dictatorship with a particular fondness for scapegoating corporations and bringing them under state control. I am not sure that they…

I also cannot fathom why anyone cares this much about what other people do to their bodies

That is because you are basing your balancing test on the assumption that potential human life has no, or minimal, inherent value. I think a law that required someone to undergo physical danger or risk in order to prevent a sure death would not be a totally unreasonable law beyond the pale of consideration (although…

Well, people could be supportive of access to abortion, but be uncomfortable with a lot of people in the pro-choice camp who want to make abortion a wholly-amoral incident (see, for example, all the people who were pushing for abortion in the PPD article or the sudden lack of the "Abortion: Legal, Safe, Rare" plank on…

On one hand, there is a chance we risked a years of a woman's life in order to save a bundle on the cells, on the other hand if the contrapostive is correct, we definitively ended a totally innocent life in order to prevent risk or inconvenience another. IMHO, i think the risk is greater is the latter.

That is my point. I am not, by your definition, pro-choice, but I certainly would not be considered pro-life since I am ok with abortion happening sometimes.

You can want legal abortions, but not have it either be:

1. Available at all times.
2. Available for all reasons.
3. Always solely the province of the impregnated woman.
4. Easy.

What if you think that abortion is a horrible, reprehensible act just SHORT of murder, but that in some cases it is the better of two literal evils?

Or, you believe that, due to bullshit politics, we really have no idea what is and is not a life and think it's better to err on the side of caution and not perform what…

I don't think i understand anything in this last post of yours.

Just a heads up, btw. Not only is it mocking to call someone a "crazy Mr. Scientist" but to react to their research with off-handed sarcasm is flagrantly rude. I know the internet loves sarcasm (probably because it is the easiest form of humor, but its a fairly offensive form of arguing, because it presupposes that…

So you are mocking the scientist, who according to you is crazy and has come to an impossible conclusion.

Just for reference, here is his wikipedia entry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Swaa…) and tell me if you think he deserves to have his name mocked and called a troll, or if he deserves to have his thesis,…

At least a man with this resume: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Swaa… got called a "Troll" and had his NON ENGLISH name mocked because we disagree with him. Nothing says American media like ad hominem attacks and anti-intellectualism.

No, but I seem to be missing it here. I don't see what the punchline or object of ridicule here is. It is the "Crazy Mr. Scientist?" Is the ironic intentional misunderstanding of probability supposed to mock Doug, or Jezebel commentators?

If this was just a pure joke on possible logical conclusion of this study, why…

Are you new at this whole science and probability thing?

You realize that CA has some of the worst schools in the nation, below average crime rates, multiple cities in bankruptcy, and is facing incremental losses in both arts and tech (ironically, a lot of the art is being lost to tech, and the tech is being lost to Austin and Portand).

I hella love CA, but let's not…

This changeover was far from a suprise, the first maradmin went out a few years ago.

I am one of those long armed, tall, Marine posters and I think that 20 pull ups is excessive and useless and it took me years to get into the high teens. But doing three? That shouldn't be an obstacle to anyone who is physically fit…