Yes, yes, yes. I had a very well known abortion provider tell me the same thing. We know regret is a possibility for literally every choice we make. Experiencing regret is a part of life. But protecting people from it is a desire for control, not assistance.

The clinic could have been included in a PH survey for sure.

I do training on how to deliver all options counseling and when I was training a group recently I brought up our waiting period (48 hours). One of the participants asked if there had ever been any studies correlating suicide risk and waiting periods. My personal thought is that there’s probably absolutely no way to…

By “this place” does he mean New Orleans? Because I’m with you, Marco. New Orleans is unforgettable.

I used them for my OB care with my first child (only until 24 weeks, though; we moved)! I miscarried my first pregnancy and had to find an OB who would do the D&C and Dr. Larsen ended up being the guy. I really enjoyed my experience with them.

So I was examining why I feel so sad about the Ben/Jen split. And I realized it’s because, given the way she looked at him and behaved (in public), it doesn’t seem like a split would have been her idea. And that’s just wrong. He’s the huge douche from Dazed and Confused and she’s the beautiful, symphony composing…

So basically they’re borrowing tactics from the anti-choicers?

I read somewhere that Pinckney’s wife and child were waiting in his office for the bible study to be over when they heard the shots. I’m married to a clergyperson and have passed many hours in his office while waiting for whatever program or service to be finished. This image of them—the innocence of the moments…

Two thoughts: one, governors in states like mine (Alabama) have to be breathing a huge sigh of relief here. Imagine the mess they’d have if the subsidies had been struck down. And two, the cynical part of me wonders if this was really a conservative victory because it ultimately pushes the conversation of universal…

Woo hoo!!!!!!!! I know one of the organizers of the demonstration in SC. I am laying this victory at their feet.

That’s why we had ours young (26 and 28). We wanted to be young enough so that if we had issues we still had a lot of time to conceive and then figured if we did we’d then have lots of time to enjoy being together when the kids were older. Mine are 6 and 8 now and independent enough that they can feed and occupy…

Ha! Mine was “my roommate’s out of town and I don’t want to stay by myself.”

Thanks. Honestly, I really don’t give him a thought of lot except when stuff like this comes up. He’s just a non issue in my life. Also, having a rule that sends his emails straight to my trash helps!

No, mine’s actually a huge liberal, but he still likes to yell.

Is your uncle my father?

I’m so sorry. I think my father has been into drugs and alcohol, too, but since I have no idea where he is or with whom he lives it’s hard to know.

Yep. Charlie Sheen reminds me so much of my father that it’s scary. They even look alike (same skinny, unhealthy looking face) and my dad, having not seen any of his children in almost 11 years, still writes emails periodically decrying that we don’t have a relationship with him while also simultaneously trashing the…

Wait, so is the fact that they removed them a nod to the idea that the Tea Party is racist at its core?

I thought of Sojourner Truth, too. I think she’d be an excellent person who checks a lot of necessary boxes simultaneously. Plus, she’s less well known than Tubman.

Yes, my BFF did IVF with her husband and when they asked her mother to loan them the fee she told them that adopting was really the better way to go and asked why they were being so selfish to want a bio kid.