It doesn't really matter anyway, since the hospital can release a person if they don't think they "qualify" for an actual psychiatric hold even if they've only been there a few hours.

My kids each got a dumbphone as they moved to schools when they had to walk home by themselves, unfortunately because my neighborhood had had some problems with punk kids bullying other kids, and some creepers that were watching the school (never got caught either). They were probably 8 or 9.

The only pill that causes an abortion is the abortion pillwhich is not covered anyway. These 4 prevent implantation, and a fertilized egg that does not implant is not an abortion. If it were, every woman who was ever able to have children would be considered a murderer due to the possibility/probability of fertilized…

Unfortunately that isn't always an option. Many times if a crime is reported to the city police, it is referred back to the campus authority, unless the crime is so violent that the police have to take over (such as the Virginia tech shootings). Students can best help themselves by knowing what the victim's rights in…

Law enforcement does try to screen it out, but on occasion there are some who are smart(?) enough to fake the psych and polygraph, at least here in the US. I don't know what the screening is like in Europe.

One problem is that many anti-choicers believe that even medically necessary abortions are actually "elective". They support a woman continuing a pregnancy even if she needs a life saving procedure or treatment, because martyrdom. Many of them also are against any sort of hospice or palliative care. You know, because…

The Target stores in my area (at least at the Super Target stores) had decent plus sized sections until a couple of years ago. This isn't a recent change, no matter how they spin it. But the variety in their boys, girls and women's has all been reduced, and trying to find jeans at a decent price that actually cover a…

Actually yes, New Hampshire is a Stand Your Ground state. Most colleges however, have rules barring students from keeping weapons, which is stupid considering the uselessness of "college discipline". It certainly hasn't improved since I went to school almost 20 years ago. :-(