i remember reading this similar story years ago and i haven’t forgotten it: http://www.msmagazine.com/summer2004/womanandherdoctor.asp

it would seem that your opposition is to the word, not the procedure.

for all of the medical advancements we’ve made, it’s still an incredibly risky endeavor!

i don’t know if that’s true! i know lots of moms who have had miscarriages and who have gone on to have an incredibly fraught first healthy pregnancy, and then they sort of take it all for granted. frankly, pregnancy isn’t fun no matter the flavor.

i understand your response, but holy crap, man, you’re not going to increase anyone’s understanding of this issue with a flippant ‘fuck off.’

Oh, also, I wanted to send a note to “Elizabeth:” This too shall pass. I know that you feel like this is an overwhelming pain that will live inside you for the rest of your life, but at some point, I promise, some sort of normality will resume. The pain may not go away altogether, but life won’t stop for you. I know…

This is heart wrenching. Similarly, I had a “reduction” at something like 18 weeks because one of two fetuses wasn’t developing properly and would likely have eliminated the entire pregnancy (including the other twin). It was an incredibly difficult decision and the pain of the procedure was nothing compared to the…

or bill murray (based on the cast of kingpin)?

i immediately think of the home improvement guy whose name escapes me.

uber may be a horrible company, but these numbers seem outrageous. it’s hard to believe that there have been 5,800+ incidents of rape — if it were that high, there would be protests in the street, people burning uber flags, etc. wouldn’t there?