Please note that I said “especially in the Potter universe”. In our universe, Hermione’s skin color would have a huge impact on her personal story. In the Potter universe, I don’t think so. Though to be fair, I’m not a big Potter fan so perhaps I’m incorrect. But my very brief and casual visits to the Potter world…

Right? Maybe my xmas gifts to people this year (because I have not started shopping) will be donations to PP. I’m not even being flippant—I’m kind of on board with the idea of, “Uncle Steve, great news—I donated $100 to Planned Parenthood in your name. And it is earmarked for abortion, you fucking tool.” That would be…

The most disturbing thing about the news article is that her address is published in the article.

By all means, please divulge to the whole worlds where she lives so that the abortion nuts can go shoot her.

He’s a fucking miracle that was wanted. That’s the difference here. People don’t even want to adopt animals with handicaps, how many foster parents out there are going to want to adopt a baby that needs this much care?

Shame on me? LOL.

At what point does quality of life play into this thought process? In that position I’d rather be dead.

If oxygen is needed on a permanent basis the fetus was clearly not viable on its own outside the womb. He is probably going to be in an incubator for months. This person is going to have a horrible, painful and ultimately short life for no justifiable reason. The doctors may have had no legal choice but I believe…

Hardly independent. In fact a hugely dependent existence which the State will try its best to shrug off after 18 years.

This woman, for whatever reason, thought that her best option was to stick a coat hanger into her vagina and hope it caused a miscarriage. This is why we need good sex ed in high schools. This is why we need to fund Planned Parenthood. This is why abortions should be state supported.

I know this raises huuuuge ethical considerations, and would be an interesting debate if it hadn’t happened horrifically in the real world, but WHY would they resuscitate the foetus?

Tell us more about how Muslims want to enslave women, old white men.

Learn something new every day.

You’re so right. She’s a terrible victim. She’s not victiming correctly AT ALL. Where is her sense of empowerment?? Shouldn’t she be giving interviews about how much happier she is, and how this is just the start of the next chapter? She should absolutely behave more like that. How dare she process through this in her…

Is that guy wearing a skull cap or does he have very Christian hair?

Sorry, I wasn’t making any such assumption...just trying to indicate that the old dynamic worked, and we don’t know how to make the new dynamic work yet. I think it can work, but it’s just not clear to me how yet.

I’m glad you are kind of on board, but why would you assume a woman wouldn’t be there for her friends? I’m in no way physically capable of this sort of thing, but I do know that if I were I would never leave one of my team behind. That's not a man thing; that's a human thing.

Most of the commenters here have NO fucking idea what they are talking about.

I can understand somewhat the initial concern about physical strength but this is negated by the mandatory requirements. Aka if she can meet the physical strength required, then she has every right to be there.

I know that Taylor Swift is problematic, but can we leave the Nazi comparisons to people who are totalitarian, fascist, and/or anti-Semitic?

The columnist claims Swift’s “twinkly persona is such a scary flashback to the fascist blondes who ruled the social scene during my youth.”