@Flackette Knits A Lot: Your second point is so good. The other people at the station aren't just going to stand by and say, "well, she knew the risks!" if something goes seriously wrong. They will definitely engage in behavior that is riskier than necessary in order help their colleague.

@radiant::fusion: Early pregnancy is when the vast majority of miscarriages occur. Women often require medical care with a miscarriage, either because they're bleeding too much or because they need a D&C to prevent sepsis (as Flackette points out). You don't think about how dangerous a miscarriage is, because…

@girl_ninja: By "personal", I mean not work-related.

@chocho-san: I don't do employment litigation, but there are many jobs that have physical requirements. You can't have a paraplegic warehouse worker, because he has to lift things. A pilot can't have epilepsy. Nurses have to be able to lift a certain amount of weight. I think there generally has to be some decent…

@sdvictor: Was the roomie ok?

@girl_ninja: I get that you think the criticism of Cutler was too harsh. But the players know that they play injured all the time. Brett Favre played in the playoffs last year when he could barely even walk or stand up straight. Jay Cutler walked out of the locker room at halftime with no assistance.

@ajlien03: The stations are very small relative to the number of people who live and work in them and have limited equipment in general. Transporting goods to the stations is extremely expensive. It just doesn't make financial sense to stock them for pregnancy.

@greeneyedlady: If that's what she was saying, that makes more sense. I think the simple explanation is that Jay Cutler's performance on Sunday affected his teammates and their dreams of going to the Super Bowl. While I'd guess many of the Falcons and Steelers were disgusted by their quarterbacks' actions when the…

@girl_ninja: Why would anyone mention Vick or Roethlisberger in the context of Jay Cutler's performance on Sunday? Are you saying that no other football player should be criticized without mentioning that there are other football players also worthy of criticism? You're right, Jay Cutler didn't do anything criminal or…

@girl_ninja: The Jay Cutler wimp-out happened 2 days ago. People won't be talking about it by Friday. Coverage of both Vick and Roethlisberger lasted months and was extensive. I guess I don't understand what you're saying here.

@Wandell: MoGlo is a big football fan. She was being facetious.

@LaComtesse: I was going to say the same thing, less diplomatically. This man, like everyone else, is entitled to a defense. He got it, and the jury didn't find the victim sufficiently credible to convict. That's justice, people. Sometimes it ain't fair, but it's how our system works.

@SeriesofTubes:

@SeriesofTubes: The evidence currently available shows that you're off base here. The pictures in the video Shamrockette linked show the filthy table on which he performed the procedures. They have testimony from multiple employees, and many of them were arrested, so I can only assume there will be more people who…

@shorty63136: Aw, I'm honored!

@Interior_League: Uh, yes. While you may find the idea of a D&X Surgery distasteful, the surgery has been carefully designed to ensure a minimum of pain to mother and fetus, and also to prevent the fetus from drawing breath. Women generally don't choose D&X procedures because oops!, they forgot to get an abortion…

@Penny: They mentioned at least one at 30 weeks. So horrible.

@beeshaveknees: I cannot find one that looks anything like this online! I'm very frustrated.

@lepas: Seriously. This is an example of someone desperately wanting to think that they're so much smarter than everyone else. Why would the photoshopper do such a weird job if it was really photoshopped? This is not like the cases where they make the person weird-shaped or accidentally crop out a hand or something…

@Zulkey: There are some of us who just don't like pain medication. I don't get Novocain at the dentist, and I've taken a total of 3 pain pills in my life, even after several surgeries. I do like Advil, though, for my migraines and cramps.