It’s also very difficult for me not to get very upset/irate/lose all faith in humanity discussing this issue that should not be an issue. Great post.

Pro-life is not all it claims to be; it’s really just pro-fetus.

Holding Dr Tiller and his family in my thoughts at this time. Thank you for speaking the truth.

There it is. Say it again and again. To everyone you meet.

I believe that misogyny, the politics of female sexuality, and the irrational value placed on the “potential” of a fetus’s life (under ANY circumstances—all life is sacred, blah, blah, blah… except for women the lives of woman who fulfill their feminine duties by having sex with men, of course) constitute the crux of this problem. The actual medical procedure of performing late-term abortions is, I think, secondary to the underlying ideologies of whore-ness and baby-entitlement that incite so much hatred, fear, and violence on behalf of “believers.”

And we can all work on changing these stubbornly ignorant views of human life and behavior. With everyone we meet. Everyday.

If we can help others overcome these mental barriers, late-term abortions and abortions in general will become less controversial and more accessible. And the Dr. Tillers of the world will not have to live in mortal fear. Nor will there be so few of them.

Basically I think politics, not medicine, is both the problem and the solution.

9-2, your passion is warranted and in no way disrespectful…IMHO. Thank you for the post.

(My apologies if this is an awkward or not particularly eloquent comment. My brain is tired.)

Instead it just makes me wish I hadn’t been suckered into thinking science and math were too hard for me to do despite testing well in them. It’s too late for me to go back and be a doctor now, but it’s not too late for me to encourage any daughters I have may have to love and hopefully go into science.

Seriously, thank you for putting in words the absolute rage and frustration that I and other feminists have been feeling over the past few days.

Level Best, you are so right. Granting reproductive freedom would undo thousands of years of patriarchy and, God forbid, acknowledge that women are actual fucking human beings (pun intended).

I hope Roeder goes before the toughest, most feminist pro-choice judge in the nation for this disgusting act of oppression.

Right now, as I sit in my spineless skin, I completely and utterly regret my decision to go into post-conflict international law to advocate for women rather than become a doctor and perform late term abortions.

Because as of yesterday, the number of people willing to do that in this country just went down 33% by one single act of terrorism designed to tell women in this country, you aren’t human you fucking whore.