Yes! And then I think we should make 2014 the year of getting birth control pills over the counter!

It's a Kirin. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qilin

Ha. Like when G. W. Bush proposed the "Clear Skies" act, which had very little to do with actually keeping skies clear? : P

This is a horrifically morbid question, but how do you rape an 8-day-old baby? It can't possibly be PinV rape, can it? Is that physically possible?? (I don't think I even want someone to answer this question, but it keeps running through my head every time I hear this story on the radio.)

That is extremely depressing. : ( And they didn't even win on Prop 2.

If a doctor is a Jehovah's Witness, are they allowed to refuse administering or prescribing blood transfusions to patients who are not Jehovah's Witnesses (who might be bleeding out)? And would any hospital employ such a doctor (especially in the ER!) knowing that this might be an issue?

Wow - Michigan's legislature is on a roll this week. They just passed a bill making Michigan a right-to-work state. What's next? Maybe they could declare conservative Christianity the state religion while completely dismantling the social safety net next.

I completely agree. And, just for kicks, I searched Jezebel's archives for "statutory rape" and found:

I grew up in Texas, too, and I remember seeing mums on fellow students and at florists and whatnot, but I don't remember them being *that* big a deal.

Blankets can suffocate a baby. Just put the kid in a cardboard box.

Agree!

I think your response is very well put. I do have a tiny disagreement with your last paragraph, though. The US preventative task force recommendation against routine mammography came out in 2009. The recommendation against routine PSA testing only came out this year. (Though Urologists seem to be having as much…

I too am glad to see science moving forward and doctors picking up on changing guidelines (however slowly and reluctantly). We've come a long way from the days surgeons would take out everything from the breast to the shoulder blade as a treatment for cancer ... Which, btw, was either ineffective (because the cancer…

Not all breast cancers progress to the stage where they kill people. Some progress very slowly. Some disappear on their own (theoretically). So it's possible that a woman who had a localized cancer found on mammography, got it removed and/or got chemo, and thinks of herself as a survivor might never have died of…

One could argue that if the councilpeople supporting John James hadn't walked out of the council meeting in protest, Corey Booker wouldn't have been able to step in and make his nomination.

After reading about how high heels alter the way you walk (even when you're not wearing them), I switched to flats. If I could get away with it, though, I'd wear sneakers *everywhere*.

I second Pietachok on trying an IUD. I got the nonhormonal one (Paraguard) after spending years on hormonal birth control and it's really made a noticeable difference in my interest in sex. I've also heard people say that they don't mind even the hormonal IUD (Mirena) since it's much more localized in effect thus…

Why not just hire a stylist?

Finally!!!! Hallelujah!

I could totally imagine a scenario where all the pill manufacturers lower their prices to compete for market share among women. Because the market for birth control is huge. So I totally share your optimism. :)