I always thought the lack of a male heir was the issue. It’s the reason he gave for divorcing Katherine of Aragon. Though I wasn’t there, what do I know? I always thought the infidelity/witchcraft thing was a ruse to get rid of her because she hadn’t given him a male heir.  Not that it was her fault, but the bit about…

Ever thought about writing those movies yourself?

As the late, great George Carlin said “more life babies means more dead soldiers”

This is a decade or so old now, but I continue to be haunted by this BBC report on child death in the U.S., which zeroed in on Texas as a state with shocking rates of child death due to abuse. In large part, it’s because social services are woefully inadequate.

The same politicians who are demanding that virtually every pregnancy end in birth are demanding cuts in programs that help women and children in need, and help special needs children.   The woman may say ‘I cant afford to provide for another child’ but the politician says ‘Tough, you have to continue the pregnancy’…

The attitude is children are how women get punished for being sexually active.  When you get right down to it, there is a whole lot of misogyny, even from women, on the anti choice side 

This is just part of the system to keep the poor people poor and the rich people rich.  Kids are expensive and having them at the wrong time will make sure you stay poor.  This isn’t a bug, it’s a feature.

A friend of mine used to work at PP and said she would need more than her fingers and toes to count how many anti-choicers (including legislators) brought their wives, daughters, mistresses, girlfriends, etc. to get an abortion. They are such fucking hypocrites.

so you want people who did not help with the child’s creation to support the child after birth

Don’t let “pro-lifers” fool you. Plenty of them obtain abortions, then seek to whitewash their image while denying others the choice they allowed themselves.

As someone who grew up somewhat financially insecure - never heard a worry about losing the house or anything, but definitely remember some bills not being paid on time - the fact that someone who doesn’t have enough money to leave a state could POSSIBLY be expected to raise a fucking child is a terrifying indictment…

I’m glad everything went well for you. I had an abortion at 8 weeks pregnant at an Austin clinic in 1999 when I lived there. It was easy-peasy, with no complications and no protesters, thankfully. I was in graduate school and there’s no way I would have been able to travel out of state. My heart breaks for everyone…

Yes! I came to the comments just to ask about why this look was not included. She performed in the rain like the goddess she is and she looked AMAZING!!! 

If I thought for a moment that the lab leak theory might lead to tighter safety protocols in China and other countries then I’d be marginally more supportive of looking into it further. But that’s certainly not the intent of these theories, and therefore it won’t be the outcome.

Who cares where it came from, we all just need to know it certainly ain’t the last.

I don’t see how you can state that as an objective fact. A lot of people, including myself, interpreted it as satire. A lot of people didn’t.

Wherever it started, the way it was handled by Western Nations and selfish idiots who can’t even be bothered the tiniest bit to try to prevent it’s spread was fucking pathetic.   That’s the FAR bigger issue.

This is in no way surprising to me. If you don’t think Stewart is born from the same neo-liberal primordial ooze that Maher spawned out of, then you might be from that puddle too.

yes, a feminist scientist totally works on a show where the primary female character’s individuality is so unimportant, she doesn’t have a last name.

I was talking about this with a friend. I read it and eye-rolled so hard.