We are all diseased. Our society and culture is diseased. We are broken.

Every time this happens it is like the floor has fallen out from under me. And yet I am also not surprised.

This is an emotionally inflamed moment. It would be inappropriate to talk about doing nothing now. We’ll take this up in a few months and do nothing then.

They did nothing after one of their own was nearly killed, and when 20 babies were massacred. They will NEVER care about this issue.

He seems to not understand, vasectomies are not fully "reversible." After 10 years of a vasectomy the successful rate of impregnation is below 25%. It gets lower every year after. So if we snip all boys at birth (which would probably cause problems with development as well), we would effectively have made all men…

Technically speaking, she already doesn’t have the right to throw babies out the window.

Definitely. We should make sure undesirables like people in poverty and those with mental defects can’t just reproduce willy-nilly.

I’m on the opposite team for this one. We want the government out of uteruses, not having even more domain over them.

Thank you & E. for sharing your stories. I remember being in recovery crying out of relief and Catholic guilt over being relieved, and the nurse holding my hand telling me it’s ok to cry and that I could stay as long as I wanted.

This is horrific , and I wonder if she was suffering some sort of postpartum psychosis?

The nurse who took care of me when I had my abortion was a goddamned saint. She was older and firm, but also gentle and compassionate. I think of her and how wonderful she was all the time.

but I don’t think those forms allow for public release right?

I so agree with the suing thing: as my Dad used to say: “Sue ‘em ‘til they scream!” Even if this woman signed a consent form to have her miscarriage filmed for medical research, I’ll bet you dollars to doughnuts she did not sign a consent for allowing some nut jobs to post it on the internet or put it on TV. He should…

Many years ago, when I was 21 I had an abortion. When I waited to go into the operating room a nurse waited with me and she held my nervous hand in hers, not saying anything, just a strong grip on my hand making me feel that I wasn’t alone. I think of that nurse often, and how her touch calmed and strenghtened me.

They’re not supposed to be released to the public, but you can find all kind of surgeries uploaded to youtube and the like. Your photos could also be compiled into a textbook. The students are supposed to respect sensitive material but that doesn’t mean they always do, particularly someone who either has an agenda or…

NAF is going to sue him into the fucking ground.

I’m horrified the mother has actually been named. Can’t imagine what nutty mcnutjobs are going to come out of the woodwork in her life now. As if losing a child to miscarriage isn’t enough but to have it dragged out and abused like this must be horrifying.

Yeah, but I don’t think those forms allow for public release right? From why I’ve heard, the anti-abortion crowd gets some of these from the odd medical professional who believes in “the cause” and doesn’t mind leaking documents and photos in violation of medical privacy regs.

Carly seems to be going full Ralph Wiggum on this. You never go full Wiggum.

These images are gross and disturbing! Open heart surgery is wrong!