And now for a completely different mess...

[catsittingstill]

Time is running out on the comment period on the proposed "conscience law" to allow anyone associated with medical care in any way to clog up a woman's right to decline to bear an unwanted baby.

If you care about reproductive rights, or about women, Planned Parenthood's spot to submit comments on the proposed rule is here: http://www.ppaction.org/campaign/frcp08_adv1?qp_source=frcp08pporg

Remember that comments will be publicly visible, so don't say anything you wouldn't want attributed to you, or to the Side of Right and Goodness.

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Comments

[adamek.livejournal.com]

I just wish more "pro-choice" people would support your own choice in the matter. When the amniocentesis test indicated Down Syndrome every nurse-midwife in the HVMA Quincy office was pushing Ailsa to abort. She made her choice not to abort, but they kept pushing. We switched to a different office. Since David was born I've been somewhat shocked by the number of "pro-choice" friends we've lost because the choice we made was not what their choice would've been.

I'm pro-choice, I chose life. I respect the right of other people to choose otherwise, and in the interests of choice I wish pro-abortion people would support ours.

I think pro-abortion nurses should support the right of a woman to carry a fetus to term, and I think pro-life pharmacists should supply whatever medications a doctor prescribes.

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

I think pro-choice people generally do support the right of people to choose. I certainly do.

I'm sorry that you ran into a few exceptions, of course, and if I could talk to them I would cheerfully point out that it's your and Alisa's right to choose even if your choice differs from theirs.

I'm saddened, but very surprised to hear that you have lost friends over your and Alisa's decision to have a Down's Syndrome child. It may be worthwhile to remember that people change and move in and out of our lives for many reasons, which may have nothing to do with us--unless the former friends told you in so many words that they couldn't be friends with you anymore because of David, you may not want to assume that.

Goodness knows I've lost touch with a lot of my friends over the years owing to one of us moving away or starting a different job or some other coincidental happening in my life that changed our patterns of association.