Riiiiiiiiight. I was an unplanned baby (and I’m a twin, so that was SUPER fun for my poor mom) and, well, yeah, it DOES feel kinda nice that she chose to have my brother and I even though she was young, poor and unmarried at the time because she wanted to and not because she had weird religious convictions or…

Totally agree, I didn't even read it as sarcasm at first because it's 100% true.

My mom just about gave up converting me to her side when she posed that question to me: “so you’re okay that the only reason you’re here is because I didn’t have an abortion?” I was like:

My birthmother Juno-d with me (for lack of a better term, she went to the clinic to terminate and decided there to choose adoption). It weirdly does feel better, knowing that she was able to make that choice for herself - like I wasn’t born out of some forced-birth tragedy, but instead out of her own choice and her…

I saw a bumper sticker the other day that said, “Smile! You’re alive because your mother didn’t believe in abortion.” I wanted to ram the back of his car and jump out and yell, “YES SHE DID YOU DONKEY! SHE BELIEVED IN IT AS A CHOICE A WOMAN SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE!” Sorry for yelling, just...don’t speak for my mother,…

THIS IS THE WHOLE POINT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How much more wanted and loved they will feel when she tells them that they were chosen, that they are alive because she chose not to kill them.

it SHOULD be this way, but the world isn’t, especially the conservative ‘i’m not racist’ racists. they don’t want to see an honorable black soldier shot by a crazy white man, they want a heroic vigilante taking down a thug, it makes them feel better about the world, and the violence inflicted on black america,…

It’s relevant because of the common narrative that surrounds men of color who are gunned down by police involves character assassination. You’re right, it doesn’t matter whether he was a career criminal or a decorated soldier... if he was white. Men of color are frequently, if not constantly, painted as irascible…

YES. When I saw the header image, these are the thoughts that went through my brain in the span of about a second and a half:

came here to say just that. extra stars for you

Just makes my blood boil that even NOW people are like, “Oh, he was in the Coast Guard?”

Thank you for publishing Scott’s in-uniform picture. So many other outlets purposely published less flattering photos of him. Not only did Scott not deserve to die at the hands of a crazed cop, but he deserves the respect he is due for serving our country.

Yeah, I was 9 at the time and that’s the main thing I remember about it. And I remember thinking that it was fucking dumb and that no one would care if a boy did that. I guess I was a baby feminist back then.

“When we were in residency in Florida, Brandi would say, ‘Tony, can we get a couple of vans and go over to watch the [MLS’s] Tampa Bay Mutiny?’ We would get the vans, but it was her idea. She just wanted to watch top-level soccer.”

I still can’t believe the backlash that she got for taking off her shirt.

Here ya go! The CDC has got this covered!

Hey hey hey...don’t give those TRAP laws any credit. There was a sharp decline in abortions within three months in areas after BC was covered by the ACA.

In contrast, states that have done little to restrict abortion access, and have instead invested in widening access to health insurance and low-cost contraception, have seen the most significant decreases in abortion rates.