As in, Maggie Lizer ass off...

She has stated numerous times that American nurse midwives (CNMs) are the most highly educated and most qualified midwives in the world. The vast majority of those practice in conjunction with OBs and provide excellent care. American homebirth midwives, however, have ridiculously low standards for credentialing…

Hey, I’m sorry you are being shamed for your choices, and I’m sorry if I have come off as insensitive. You are right, shaming can go both ways. It’s not ok, and there is no way around the fact that childbirth always carries some amount of risk- to the woman and to the baby- no matter what choices we make, so it is a…

I am so sorry for your nephew and whole family. That is a terrible experience. I agree with you that the midwife should be held responsible, but unfortunately, I don’t know the laws surrounding that. Dr. Amy Tuteur may be able to give you some guidance...she blogs at The Skeptical OB.

The problem with saying that there is an ideal c-section rate is that it is impossible to say whether or not a c-section was necessary until after a woman chooses not to have one, and there is a negative outcome as a result. And a “negative outcome” in this case means a dead or brain damaged baby. So most OBs…

I mean, if natural childbirth didn’t work none of us would be here

Brava!!

Tuteur is basically crazy. She doesn’t think parents should have the ability to make any informed decisions if they conflict with what she thinks is the correct decision.

IMO, it is not fair to dismiss what she says because you don’t agree with her tone. She has strong opinions, and she is not afraid to share them. She makes no secret that she has contempt for people who advocate for “natural” while hiding scientific facts, and she has no problem demonstrating that contempt. I can…

Fuck this quacktivist bullshit.

Your understanding of English is perfect. It doesn’t make any sense without the backstory. It’s all a part of a larger twitter fight: earlier, one of Ted Cruz’s PACs tweeted a racy image of Melania Trump that she shot for GQ 16 years ago. So Donald tweeted at Ted to be careful or else he’d “spill the beans” on Ted’s…

Don’t you mean that’s your MARMALADE? Ugh, sorry. Have you tried Guerlain Pamplelune? My fave grapefruit!

According to scotusblog, there is no way to know if it was a 7-1 decision. It would take at least 5 for the block to go forward, so it could have been 5-3, 6-2, or 7-1. This kind of ruling just requires a vote, not an opinion or dissent. So all we know is that Thomas just had to issue a dissent even though it wasn’t…

Do you truly not realize that my last two responses have been responding to you the same way that you have been responding to others? Wow. It’s very frustrating, isn’t it, to have your views completely dismissed because they don’t comport with someone’s else’s notions of the views you should have.. So please feel free…

Sorry, that’s a really weak answer. I don’t accept it because it makes no sense to me why a tall rich white guy would vote for a pie-in-the-sky,weak, peacenik, all-talk old hippie. So your reason is invalid. You are voting against your interests, and if you can’t see that, well, you’re just ill informed and you need…

Since you are a white man, clearly voting Democrat is against your interests. I demand you defend your choice to me so that I can ridicule your answers and declare them not good enough.

Reasons were shared, and you chose not to make yourself aware of them. That’s on you and nobody else.

I’m happy to hear why Clinton is the best candidate for people of color, but instead I usually get shut down as attempting to whitesplain, mansplain, or whatever.

Why do you have a problem saying “Black Lives Matter”? When people have a problems saying that Black lives matter, it pretty much seems like they don’t actually think they matter.

1- In Pittsburgh we call the Pirates the Buccos. When I first moved here I thought it was confusing, but now I think it’s charming.