Of the many claims made by anti-vaxxers, we have to admit this one is new to us: A group that opposes both abortion and vaccinations insists that California needs to keep its vaccine exemption for "personal and religious beliefs" because if it doesn't, then children of good decent Christians will be forced to
I certainly hope the law passes the assembly and Brown signs. Them maybe a large number of the antis will move to a state more in line with their thinking - a state that allows religious and other exemptions - and (as Will Rogers said "raise the IQ in both places.
We are all driven by a desire to pass on our genes to the next generation. IVF may not be the most noble thing to do, but it's existence and popularity are based on something very primal. This is not said to justify it or to elevate it above adoption. It is just where the motivation comes from, a place very deeply embedded in our psyches that got there via evolution. Even though we are all free to ignore it and choose other options it exists in everyone and it does exert a pull. You can't blame those who heed it even if you choose not to.
Starting a family or adding to one is a huge life-altering and very personal decision. People don't choose one way while never ever considering the others. Everyone knows that there is more than one way to create a family. As they go through their lives at one point or another they think about all of the possibilities. They may not make the same choice that you or I would, but neither you nor I are living their lives and have to deal with the impact of the decision.
Finally, ads taken out by fertility clinics are done so in an effort to drum up business or to attract a larger share of an existing market. Just because you hear several of them during your morning commute, it doesn't mean that people are flocking to them. Fertility clinics are profit-making enterprises. Adoption agencies on the other hand are non-profits. That has everything to do with the relative balance of ads for each that you will hear on commercial radio. Advertisers also try to target specific segments of the public by blasting their ads at certain times of the day (such as, for instance, "drive time"). The heavy barrage of FC ads that you hear in the a.m. shouldn't tell you any more than that.
These ads aren't broadcast everywhere. They are put on media in places where the demographics indicate a potential market for the service. If you are hearing them it implies that you are driving through an area populated by young to middle-aged couples who have above-average income. Or the area has a large employer with a workforce that has that profile and who happens to provide an employee health plan that includes coverage for fertility treatments. The professionals who run those clinics aren't stupid; they locate and advertise where the money and market for their services is.
Agree on all points. Esp. WRT the ads - I'm in the San Francisco area, so lots of tech industry folks around (including me!) who have the money to spend on IVF if they want.
I certainly hope the law passes the assembly and Brown signs. Them maybe a large number of the antis will move to a state more in line with their thinking - a state that allows religious and other exemptions - and (as Will Rogers said "raise the IQ in both places.
HeLa!
good one!
ill will?
But take comfort in the fact that we are also breathing molecules that were breathed out by Jesus. In fact, JC is a distant relative to all of us.
We are all driven by a desire to pass on our genes to the next generation. IVF may not be the most noble thing to do, but it's existence and popularity are based on something very primal. This is not said to justify it or to elevate it above adoption. It is just where the motivation comes from, a place very deeply embedded in our psyches that got there via evolution. Even though we are all free to ignore it and choose other options it exists in everyone and it does exert a pull. You can't blame those who heed it even if you choose not to.
Starting a family or adding to one is a huge life-altering and very personal decision. People don't choose one way while never ever considering the others. Everyone knows that there is more than one way to create a family. As they go through their lives at one point or another they think about all of the possibilities. They may not make the same choice that you or I would, but neither you nor I are living their lives and have to deal with the impact of the decision.
Finally, ads taken out by fertility clinics are done so in an effort to drum up business or to attract a larger share of an existing market. Just because you hear several of them during your morning commute, it doesn't mean that people are flocking to them. Fertility clinics are profit-making enterprises. Adoption agencies on the other hand are non-profits. That has everything to do with the relative balance of ads for each that you will hear on commercial radio. Advertisers also try to target specific segments of the public by blasting their ads at certain times of the day (such as, for instance, "drive time"). The heavy barrage of FC ads that you hear in the a.m. shouldn't tell you any more than that.
These ads aren't broadcast everywhere. They are put on media in places where the demographics indicate a potential market for the service. If you are hearing them it implies that you are driving through an area populated by young to middle-aged couples who have above-average income. Or the area has a large employer with a workforce that has that profile and who happens to provide an employee health plan that includes coverage for fertility treatments. The professionals who run those clinics aren't stupid; they locate and advertise where the money and market for their services is.
Agree on all points. Esp. WRT the ads - I'm in the San Francisco area, so lots of tech industry folks around (including me!) who have the money to spend on IVF if they want.
Served with breast-milk cheese?
Wait. Wasn't Bob was the guy with the stupid grin waving his big dick around in the Enzyte commercials?
You forget the second part: And yes, this makes perfect sense to them. They are PROUD of that logic.
This folks, is what you get when you name your son Debi.
You have met pro lifers right?
I heard the aborted DNA was from a Muslim babbie.
Would that be pronounced dee-bye?
But what about the clamato juice molecules?
It really wasn't necessary for the anti-vaxxers to pile on the mountain of proof that they are complete morons, but they did.