Totally agree, but fiscal reasons are what I hear cited over and over and over by people I know who are pro-choice, pro same sex marriage, etc.

I’ve lived here for almost 7 years, but am really hoping to not be here much longer!

I kind of love this new approach that PP, ACLU, and CRR are taking with these laws by reminding people how much it costs to defend them. Here in Alabama people haven’t gotten their state tax refunds yet and the state is bankrupt and they haven’t passed a budget, but legislators want to pass laws that will be…

When my best friend was worried she was pregnant by her boyfriend who’d just dumped her I bought her a test and a bottle of Kahlua (it was our alcohol of choice the last time he broke up with her) and brought them to her sister’s. We toasted to hopes it was negative and then drank that bottle down when it was! I think…

Yeah, our first is definitely the harder child now that they’re both past preschool age!

So much sympathy for you here. My first slept through the night at 7 weeks. My second slept through the night consistently at 3 years old. He was colicky for 16 weeks and nursed every 45 minutes the first 2-3 months. It was unbearable and a large part of why my husband had a vasectomy—we could not fathom the…

Actually, WHO has published instructions for what’s needed to induce after 14 weeks. Cytotec is used for birth inductions all the time. It works really well at initiating contractions. My question in this instance and others is what instructions were given regarding complications. The advantage of a medical abortion…

It’s also important to know the geography of Georgia when we talk about access. She’s in southwest Georgia, about two hours from the closest clinic (that probably also services much of eastern Alabama and middle Georgia). There are a lot of clinics in Atlanta, but it’s not the easiest drive and Georgia has a 24 hour…

Which is why I raged the fuck out when I saw someone I know who’s a raging anti-choicer crying during I Dreamed a Dream and Fantine’s death scene. Fuck you, bitch. It’s your ideology that causes it!

With the increasing news coverage of women being arrested for self inducing abortions (and I’m sure it won’t stop, particularly with the 5th Circuit decision yesterday), I’m really wondering where the anti-choicers are going to go with this. We’re no longer in the realm of D&Cs in hotel rooms and assurances that the…

This is why I scoff when my husband says things like “we need to get rid of some of our DVDs” and “we never watch these movies.” You never know when you’ll need it, honey.

Oh, duh. Good point!

Yeah, it wasn’t clear when it was reported that the daughter called to see if she’d shown up whether she had an appointment.

Which then leads to the equally distressing idea that if she actually had a c-section scheduled somebody REALLY messed up.

Right. But is that anecdotal, an assumption, or do they know that from data that’s been analyzed? Just as a for instance, I live 2.5 hours from New Orleans and our local provider told me 2 weeks ago that she regularly gets patients from there. I’m obviously in a very restrictive state, too, but apparently there’s a…

I’d be interested in knowing how location versus state of residence is reported. Clinics keep track of this data via zip codes, but I’m curious whether, for example, an abortion in Atlanta by a woman who lives in Alabama counts as an Alabama abortion or a Georgia abortion. There is so much misinformation out there…

That would be amazing!! I want to ask what you’d like for the sequel in terms of how it left off, but then I’d be spoiling it for the unfortunate people who haven’t read it!

South Alabama here. That shit’s been on since March.

I love everything by Judy Blume, both juvenile and adult fiction. I’ve got Forever, Wifey, and Summer Sisters, as well as a few of her YA stuff. My almost 8 year old daughter has recently become obsessed with the Fudge books and I’m already anticipating the day she notices the Blume books I have on the shelves...

My husband and I were listening to a story about the case on NPR. They said it was 8-1, but the first time we heard it they didn’t say who the lone dissenter was. I said “10 bucks says it was Clarence.” Sure enough! What a huuuuge surprise.