Probably because the Supreme Court has a long record of ruling on free speech and pretty much upholding speech that offends someone's delicate sensibilities as long as it does not fall within the exceptions that they've outlined (e.g. obscenity, child pornography). Here's what John Roberts said in the Westboro case -

A friend of a friend had a child who told them at around age 12 that she felt that she was transgender and wanted to start transitioning and go back to school as a boy (this was the beginning of the summer). They live in a large metropolitan area so they tracked down a (legit, not faith based) therapist who…

He's devoted his life to God. Or playing a minister on a schlocky tv show, same thing really.

I am so sorry for your loss. My mom has an autoimmune disorder and her medications compromise her immune system and before he died, my dad was immunocompromised from chemotherapy so I totally understand how important it is to vaccinate not only for ourselves but to protect others.

I moved to a new city recently and was looking for Meetup groups to meet people. I have an infant and in my old city, met some great friends through a moms' group there. I somehow got on the distribution list for moms' groups in my new city and got an invite to a play date from a group called "Nonvax" and I wondered…

Except that some diseases - like pertussis - are so virulent and require such high rates of vaccination that there is essentially no herd immunity.

It's a screening test but with a pretty high level of accuracy, so if you get a negative result, they usually don't suggest any further testing. If you get a positive result, they recommend that you confirm with a diagnostic test (amnio). I did the MaterniT21 and got a negative result and baby was fine. I asked my…

Or perhaps because it could give peace of mind to parents. After dealing with infertility for 10 years I just had a surprise pregnancy at 45. Because of my age, my risk for trisomies 13,18, and 21 was about 1 in 50 to 1 in a 100. We could do MaterniT21 and get initial screening results by 12 weeks and confirm if…

Mother Anjelica does not approve of such shenanigans.

Agreed. He needs an HBO show like Jon Oliver.

I have a baby and we never carry her around like that. This is more like being carried around like someone being saved from a burning building by a fireman.

Interesting that the GOP labels any legislation passed by Democrats that they don't like as "unconstitutional" and yet this actually IS unconstitutional. Clearly they are employing the "mom,mom,mom,mom,mom,mom" strategy of being annoying and wearing down the reserve of the decision makers until the Supreme Court just…

The thing to keep in mind is that not all birth defects are compatible with life. I know two people who have found out at their 20 week ultrasounds that their babies had such severe birth defects (one had anencephaly- essentially no brain, just brain stem and the other was missing 2 chambers of its heart among other…

I have a 7 year old daughter who occasionally says she doesn't want to go to school. While I think Malala's story is a little too intense for her at this age, I do tell her that she is very lucky because in some countries girls aren't allowed to go to school or it's very difficult for girls to go to school. And…

Except I am under no such delusion that commenting on Jezebel elevated the conversation or solved anything.

It's slacktivism at its finest. Tweeting and re-tweeting all day then proclaiming oneself a champion of civil rights.

I had an emergency c-section for my first baby after 24 hours of induced labor and pushing a stuck baby for 2 hours. I had no desire for a VBAC and had a scheduled c-section for my second and it was awesome. It was like cheating - no labor, I knew when the baby was coming and got a full night of sleep the night…

When did Tony Blair marry Rachel Dratch?

Just because you can afford expensive medical treatment for an animal doesn't necessarily mean you should either. When my dad had cancer my parents' dog was also diagnosed with cancer. The vet said something about chemotherapy and my dad - who was himself undergoing chemo- immediately said no - he didn't want the dog…

I think that my experience with my OB is pretty normal. She is part of a practice and they all take turns being on call. So someone has to be on call on weekends/nights/holidays anyway. If you go have your baby outside of normal office hours, the doctor on call delivers it. I think the issue is less convenience and …