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  • I also support Bristol Palin's Choice

    But not her mom's ticket. I have a variation on Rachael Larimore's story. I was born in the 60's, as was my sister. I know that she was born to a 13 year old mother, but I don't know the circumstances of my own birth mother. Both of us were adopted by my parents as infants. If we were conceived after Roe v Wade, perhaps neither of us would ...
    Posted to XX Factor by mattsh on September 3, 2008
  • Re: Palin and choice

    wharwood... THANK YOU for an excellent and well thought out post. You distilled most of what has been irking me about the coverage of this aspect of Palin. I have been *thisclose* to boiling over all day about it, and I just had to wade into the Fray to see if anyone else was with me. I have this to add...I was pushed over the brink with ...
    Posted to XX Factor by zeusbaby42 on August 29, 2008
  • Where is a discussion about Father's Rights?

    Up front allow me to say that I am a clear supporter of abortion rights under any and all circumstances. I was raised in a strongly feminist household and support equal rights for women and do not believe they have been achieved yet. And yet I was deeply troubled by the language Linda used in this article in its absolutism about it being only ...
    Posted to XX Factor Extra by AJIntrocaso on August 13, 2008
  • Liberal Media Lies

    Political logic augurs a Democratic triumph in looming US elections but Barack Obama’s White House duel with John McCain is still a statistical tie, prompting some to wonder why he is yet to break away. Political logic augurs a democratic triumph? Augur: To predict, especially from signs or omens; foretell. What signs or omens are they looking ...
    Posted to Politics by MiamiVice on August 12, 2008
  • Re: Why lie about the law?

    But the statement that the woman is being asked to sign is itself a lie. What it should say is that it is the OPINION of some legislators and/or South Dakotans that abortion will ''terminate the life of....'' And what does Melinda Hellenberger mean when she says it is 'just a sheet of paper' and therefore the doctors should have no compunction ...
    Posted to XX Factor by Hoboken on July 3, 2008