It would depend. An elective abortion at 17 weeks is a multiple day procedure because the cervix has to ripen. It’s possible it could ripen quickly and a fetus could be delivered intact. But, typically, yes, an elective abortion would involve forceps and aspiration (IIRC, this was an effect of Carhart because before…

Ah, but like Kim Davis, he’s forgiven as soon as he asks for it. Or, he believes that lying is acceptable if it furthers his own ends. Either way, fuck him. I am so fucking sick of politicians and megalomaniac activists contributing to this fucked up idea of reproductive health service delivery that we have in the US.

Uh, yeah. I know a ton of Episcopal priests who have been drooling on themselves the past few weeks over Francis. I work in repro justice, so this fawning annoys me.

Ha! My dummy dog does the same. She’s tall, so she can pull everything off counters, but can’t figure out how to get into it. Last week it was a plastic ziploc bag (just bite into it, ya dingus!). The funny/sad thing is that my other dog could crack open any food container in a matter of seconds but dummy dog guards…

IS THAT WHY I STARTED MY PERIOD ON SUNDAY? Holy shit.

I believe it. Also, the first few weeks of nursing my now 6 year old were filled with pain (I called it cheese grater nipples and he was my second and I breastfed the first and it’s supposed to be easier with the second!!), so yeah, I’m with you on the vampire thing.

It wouldn’t matter and I agree wholeheartedly that either scenario makes her awful for the US in general. But I work in the field—and specifically around reducing abortion stigma—so people’s motivations and beliefs do carry some interest to me.

My 6 year old child and 35 year old spouse would be happy to show you!

True, true.

Do people really believe Carly is anti-choice? I have such a hard time wrapping my head around the idea that abortion would be such an issue with her, given that the need to control her own fertility would have contributed so much to her rise and surely on some level she understands that? The whole thing just reeks of…

I loved that book. So beautiful and haunting.

So, having been four at the time and not nearly as precocious, apparently, as Chelsea, um, WHY did he visit a Nazi cemetery?

That’s how mine were, too.

Good for you for looking at other options! I am not a big shopper and picked my wedding dress out after trying on maybe 5 dresses and I hated it. Hated it to the point that I have given it to my 8 year old to put on and play dress up in because I have no interest in preserving it. So glad you found something you truly…

Mmmm, Martin O’Malley (I was part of an organization that endorsed him in 2006 and the man is dreamy if you’re into the guy who cheated on Barbara Hershey in Beaches type).

Day, though, said it was meant to be a tribute to a local serviceman who fought in World War II and sent the painting of Hitler back home.

After seeing that, I’m not sure I’ll ever have sex again. HOW DO I GET IT OUT OF MY MIND?

Wow, and it’s just now 12 pm. I think I’m done with the internet for today. Hope mom and baby recover quickly and are able to get the hell away from him as soon as they do.

I found the BBC History Extra podcast and have gotten so much from there, so that’d definitely be my first recommendation. From there I got the following: http://www.amazon.com/The-Plantagene… (so good that even though I had the Kindle version I bought the hardcover, too!), http://www.amazon.com/The-Wars-Roses……

Yep, me too. Hell, women STILL die of what would have killed me (and Jesus, the sobbing that Downton Abbey caused).