I'm really, really glad I read your post prior to commenting, because I was about to go off! So I'll switch gears: Maybe the Republicans are speaking, and that's the reason for their expressions.

You're probably correct.

For Pete's sake, Jessica just had the kid via C-Section! Of course a "sex ban" should be in play, prescribed by her OB!!

You're right. Not to mention that after the HOURS of waiting to see someone (despite having an appointment), you get a 3-5 minute span with the actual physician.

Likely as not, nhombe, likely as not. This kind of stuff takes months, years, or even decades to get resolved.

Not if the majority consists of women and open-minded men.

I get it. But doesn't that make you sad and slightly ashamed of our governing bodies? (Not our own bodies, of course, because they're achieving that quite nicely on their own.) Big Pharma has more lobbyists than anyone else, I think, except for power companies and banks.

Thank you for your considerate "poise" identifier. I was afraid maybe it would offensive. ;) (Wouldn't want to offend those delicate GOP senses, now would we?) *again, gags on sarcasm*

But of course! *gags on sarcasm*

And it's not just that. It's that these people don't give a shit about said "precious life" is once it's born! They slash school lunch programs, food-stamp programs, welfare programs, before- and after-school childcare funding, and the list goes on and on.

This makes me physically ill. Good thing I took my anti-nauseant an hour ago.

We can't get reproductive health services or accessible, affordable birth control, but the freaking DEER can?

My 4-year-old loves this. He thought it was the best. thing. Ever. when we saw a couple days ago! (He has recently discovered Legos-past, from his older brother's "glory days," and he has been building like a crazy person ever since.) When he this, he asked me "How she do that?"

LOVING her, and the looks of the aide next to the Red Witch.

The mind boggles, does it not? What if the situation was reversed, and Texas legislators unilaterally decided to start castrating all males at 14 years old or older (like bulls)?

You, sir or madame, are positively brilliant! I could even read it to the tune of that song.

I'm relieved to know it's not just due to my former circumstances. I always kind of wonder about women who get with "former" abusers, but then, I also know that many abusers are sociopaths who only present to you (and others) what they want you to see.

Also, I don't think I could ever be with a man who has battered another woman (been said battered woman; hated it; survived it), but maybe that's just because of my personal experience.

And you also have the reverse, i.e. Mel Gibson, whose first wife swears he never abused her and then he goes on his offensive tirades and that whole mess with whatever-her-name-was.

Sounds like the same phenomena as people who purchased Dalmations after both Disney movies, and then abandoned them in droves when they realised that if you lock them in the garage overnight, they will chew off your mini-van bumper; or the people who got rabbits after some other movie.