In March of 2016, just a few months before he would accept Donald Trump's offer to be his running mate, Mike Pence signed a law in Indiana that would make "selective abortions" illegal.
Aha! TIL ... actually, I just looked at his pic again (trying to stick to my diet; that visage pretty much ruins my appetite), and it looks to me like a man who's in desperate need of a bowel movement! He looks constipated!! LOL
In lawless Canada, where there have been no abortion laws on the books since 1988 'cuz it's a private matter, the teen abortion rate is slightly under half per 1,000 women what it is in the US, and slightly over half per 1,000 for adult women. Maybe universal health care and education are better strategies than fetal funerals?
No, Robyn, not between a person and their doctor, unless someone has specified, "My pronouns are they, them, and their." It's a person and her doctor. Always.
You actually put it really well. I'm disabled and thus my views are complex - I'm strongly pro-choice in that I would not interfere with anyone's right to abort, ever, but at the same time, my life has value. Disabled lives in general have value. And the trend toward a "genetic detection" test for stuff like autism and Down Syndrome is really scary to me, because frankly, if I could get the goddamn accommodations I am legally entitled to, I'd be a kickass worker for anyone who wanted to hire me. The idea that accommodating disability is somehow too expensive or a general pain in the ass leads to unemployed/homeless/dead disabled people, which leads to even MORE thought that we're basically just burdens.
But, my longwinded point is that I appreciated how this piece talked about both the right to choose and the fact that disabled lives do matter, but babies should also just not be born because. Thanks for handling a potentially weird and unpleasant issue very diplomatically.
Thank you for presenting such a personal viewpoint. I do believe in choice because I think it should be the woman's decision--she's the one most affected and for the government to control her choices seems wrong.
In the cases you mention, when tests show a disability, one of the main issues is whether the family is in a position to provide the necessary care. Universal health care would be a plus for that.
Pence's hemorrhoids and spiked cock ring...
Great...now I have to wash my brain with bleach to get rid of those images.
Aha! TIL ... actually, I just looked at his pic again (trying to stick to my diet; that visage pretty much ruins my appetite), and it looks to me like a man who's in desperate need of a bowel movement! He looks constipated!! LOL
Trump's too horrible to contemplate Commander of the Faithful in waiting is his Impeachment Insurance.
In lawless Canada, where there have been no abortion laws on the books since 1988 'cuz it's a private matter, the teen abortion rate is slightly under half per 1,000 women what it is in the US, and slightly over half per 1,000 for adult women. Maybe universal health care and education are better strategies than fetal funerals?
No, Robyn, not between a person and their doctor, unless someone has specified, "My pronouns are they, them, and their." It's a person and her doctor. Always.
now you're just being mean.
we do a family thingee in canada every year and drive (from chi) thru IN. i am always on the lookout for red state kitsch
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You actually put it really well. I'm disabled and thus my views are complex - I'm strongly pro-choice in that I would not interfere with anyone's right to abort, ever, but at the same time, my life has value. Disabled lives in general have value. And the trend toward a "genetic detection" test for stuff like autism and Down Syndrome is really scary to me, because frankly, if I could get the goddamn accommodations I am legally entitled to, I'd be a kickass worker for anyone who wanted to hire me. The idea that accommodating disability is somehow too expensive or a general pain in the ass leads to unemployed/homeless/dead disabled people, which leads to even MORE thought that we're basically just burdens.
But, my longwinded point is that I appreciated how this piece talked about both the right to choose and the fact that disabled lives do matter, but babies should also just not be born because. Thanks for handling a potentially weird and unpleasant issue very diplomatically.
They already have a genetic detection for down's and a handful of other trisomies.
Unless "she" is a transman who just hasn't had all the surgeries
Yeah, and the Down Syndrome population has decreased by 90%. As an autistic person, that scares the piss out of me.
Anything from ca. Lake Station on East and then up north into Michigan must be a treasure trove for you then. :)
Lived in Chicago for almost 15 years.
I think once they are sufficiently charred they all look alike.
Thank you for presenting such a personal viewpoint. I do believe in choice because I think it should be the woman's decision--she's the one most affected and for the government to control her choices seems wrong.
In the cases you mention, when tests show a disability, one of the main issues is whether the family is in a position to provide the necessary care. Universal health care would be a plus for that.
Stephen Hawking was certainly not useless.
I prefer "Comrade in Chief."
Aren't "souls" something to do with that religious stuff that is not supposed to be in our government?
Or am I thinking of "sanity?"