No, we don't. We can't put this thing to bed because we are constantly entertaining the moral outrage of a large, vocal, interfering minority who believe their personal convictions should take precedence over other people's choices.

MoGlo, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

You are sadly mistaken if you think you've been making any kind of reasonable, logical, or well-thought-out argument.

The 'as a means of contraception' argument is a boogie-man. Not that this never happens, but it is a ridiculous marker to base this argument around. And even so — so what? A person like that should be forced to have the child because she's shown such amazing life skills? Or everyone should because this person might…

You are being preachy, actually. Kind of textbook.

Because it isn't autonomous. It relies on another's life to exist. Not machines or external care, but another person's actual body and life are required for that fetus to live.

Then in any situation where you are a party, you make that argument and then be there to support the woman fully if she chooses to have that baby. Otherwise? Why are you making it your business? There are thousands of unloved, unwanted, messed-up, awesome fully-born, fully-aware kids in foster care, and until they are…

I approve. I think I will, too :)

And that is exactly the kind of mom every child deserves!

I know, right? The crazy wasn't even worth addressing.

I'm glad my mother wanted me. I'm glad I had a strong foundation in life of parents who were glad I existed. I'm glad they chose me. If they hadn't, I wouldn't be here, and I wouldn't have an opinion. And that would be fine because I wouldn't want my mother to suffer through an unwanted pregnancy. I wouldn't want her…

I'm a woman. I get blood on my hands at least every twenty-seven days.

I imagine you are someone who is frequently denying science when it disagrees with your beliefs. I've never argued that a fetus wasn't alive — just that it wasn't yet a person. And it isn't a person until it's born.

You have a little bit of foam on your lip.

This only became hugely controversial because Reagan and the Moral Majority needed a wedge issue to distract from his being divorced (a real issue in those days).

I'm guessing you don't have a uterus.

Nope. A potential person. Living doesn't equal person. Lots of things are living. Lots of things are alive. Like the woman who is pregnant.

Yes, actually. It is all about the person whose life will be irrevocably changed by the pregnancy. It is all about the woman whose body will undergo major alterations, whose health will be impacted. She should want the child — even if what she wants is to give that child up for adoption — but it should unquestionably…

We don't seem to be in danger of running out of people, no.

Nope. Baby don't know nothing yet and never will. It's a potential person just as all sperm and eggs are. I refuse to accept that potential lives trump actual lives.