firebrandedflute
firebrandedflute
firebrandedflute

Nothing is real. Humanity is a diseased dream, fumbling at sapience but never reaching it.

Well, I feel like I just got punched. Cause when I feel low about LGBTQ stuff I always say, well, at least we're not all getting pregnant!

But if every game is not exactly the same, how am I going to make strawman comparisons of their features? You're clearly not thinking ahead here.

In general, women were seen as easier to mislead, less competent, but more warm.

oh good it's That Guy. Hey there, That Guy.

It is eugenics. However, contrary to popular misconceptions, "eugenics" ("the belief and practice of improving the genetic quality of the human population" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics) and "genocide" ("the systematic destruction of all or part of a racial, ethnic, religious or national group" - http://en.

This better not happen. Ghostbusters is not a film that needs to be rebooted/remade. At all.

Oh please. Label someone ableist because they discriminate or inhibit people who are in our world, living their lives. A fetus is not a person. Choosing not to continue a pregnancy that will cost you - emotionally, financially, etc - is a logical and understandable choice. Also, they could very well already have

I feel like if it's your body you have no obligation to honor any "contract" dictating what you can, reproductively, do with it. We affirm all the time that a woman has the right to back out of or stop sex. If her partner forces sex on her or forces the sex to continue after she has decided she wants out we call that

"On the one hand, it's her body and her decision."

Oh, I'm not saying she should be coerced into an abortion. But for example, what if this situation were to happen in the US? Let's say the surrogate and family had a prior agreement to terminate should the baby have a severe birth defect. The surrogate has every right to renege and not abort, since I think forced

This is a very messy sad situation all around, and it sucks that all of these people's choices resulted in a child that no one wants to care for. But I really resent everyone jumping in to say how horrible it is for someone to not want to keep a disabled kid. Nope, sorry. If you want to raise a child with

I'm glad I'm not the only one who took that away from this story. The three of them should have negotiated all of the what-ifs well in advance, but at the end of the day, it's not the couple's fault that she insisted on carrying a fetus neither she nor they wanted to term. They're assholes for not paying her, and

Yeah, they should really go over stuff like this beforehand.

I feel like, if you are looking into surrogacy, you should make it clear in the contract before inserting fertilized eggs that you have no interest in raising any potential disabled children, so that the surrogate knows going into it that she might have to abort, keep the disabled child, or give it up for adoption.

I feel like in general, if you become a surrogate it is best to be prepared to honour the parents' wishes should they want to abort due to a catastrophic birth defect.

Totally! I got major blue steel vibes from that picture up top.

No, but some do, and maybe that's who they've decided to market to? Maybe not everything is about you?

I think it's pretty funny. I'd rather have "starter husband hunting" wear than "club" wear. Starter husband hunting sounds wayyyy more fun.