To be fair, last week my dental hygienist told me she volunteers herself to help for medical emergencies sometimes. When I was a CNA I knew people who volunteered themselves, as well. Which is terrifying, because as a CNA I don’t feel like I really knew anything if it didn’t involve changing an adult diaper.

That’s sort of McCrory’s MO, though. He’s one of those people who acts like politics can be separated from other aspects of life because he just refuses to understand the stakes for minorities.

I think a lot of people have these really long engagements where everything is about GETTING MARRIED and PLANNING THE WEDDING and then that happens and... they don’t know what their direction is now. The relationship doesn’t have a clear trajectory anymore. They could ignore all sorts of mundane problems while they…

They rack up a big hospital bill for nothing because no one should be using an epi pen and then going about their business—the epi pen is supposed to bridge you to professional medical services for treatment of a life-threatening reaction. Regardless of whether they actually do that, they’ll feel pretty crappy from…

EpiPens are definitely prescribed at the drop of a hat, because patients hear about them and request them much more frequently than they need them. I’ve had multiple people request them because they get local swelling when stung by bees without any other symptoms. Literally everyone gets local swelling when stung by…

There’s a range of sedation offered to abortion patients at most clinics, but past a certain gestation most people choose IV fentanyl plus versed (midazolam). It’s the same kind of sedation used for most wisdom tooth removals; patients are awake but loopy, emotional, and won’t remember anything.

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Epidurals have to be done in a hospital by anesthesia techs (CRNAs) or anesthesiologists. Not every woman wants or gets an epidural, because there are downsides (slower labor, limitations on birth position) that many want to avoid. A lot of midwives and birth centers offer alternatives like hypnosis during or birth…

True. Say what you will about Scalia, but he was incredibly intelligent. I hate and deeply disagree with his opinions, but they’re very interesting to read and well argued.

I was so fucking confused by that line of questioning. Older conservative men usually understand EXACTLY what insurance is and then condescendingly explain it in the process of telling me why we should all have catastrophic healthcare plans and pay maintenance out of pocket “just like car insurance”.

I’m so confused by how these things happen. My father is a total gun nut, and I was NEVER EVER EVER in a position where I could have gotten a hold of a weapon as child. How are these people so “into” guns and so lax with gun safety?

Yeah...

Looks like “The Five Year Engagement".

Trump’s success doesn’t mean as much about his actual stances as it does that the primary political lean of most Republican voters is just anti-establishment. They hate Hillary far more than Sanders just because she’s what Trump isn’t and what ever other “good” candidate is: polished and political. They’d pick Sanders…

Good for them. I really deeply regret changing my name.

The morning after pill is basically the equivalent of taking a bunch of birth control pills a once. It can stop ovulation, but once ovulation has happened it has no effect. Your uterine lining has been prepping already at that point (especially in this case, as another commenter pointed out this woman had been taking…

I am very confused about why a person would take the morning after pill if they had been implanted with an embryo already.... if you have the embryo in there already, a medical or surgical abortion is your only option if it implants successfully.

Wasn’t there a story a few months back that got a bunch of press about the time she dropped some cats off at the shelter in a cardboard box and was really rude to the workers there about it? They turned out to have been her partner’s cats, but it just didn’t sound like she was a very cool or together person...

Some women get so impassioned about this issue, too. I cannot believe the number of women I know who passionately argue against wrapping and trashing their menstrual products on the grounds of “ew”.

I’m actually in almost the same boat as you, and we’re planning on having my IUD removed in less than a year. I keep joking that every time they go to remove it, I’m going to freak out and stop them. Creating a person is a big decision. I’m kind of okay with the fact that it’s scary and hard to plan for and involves a…