Was there medical assistance in the conception, Matt?

Sort of a weird thing to harp on for a religious organization, though, right?

I wish I could remember what it was that I heard about this (it was a while back). But IIRC there are some religious conservatives who tell women stuff like this because they think women should be at home raising babies in their 20s instead of out in the workplace worrying about advancing their careers - because if they get too involved in the career track they may not get to have babies later.

I'm probably the most extremely-to-the-right buffista in terms of the abortion issue, and even I'm horrified hearing about what people are doing to that poor girl.

Stands with Matt. I wholeheartedly agree. As JZ and others said before, where was everyone who was supposed to be concerned for her welfare before this happened? No thirteen-year-old child should be forced to carry a baby to term against her will, and the idea that she's going to be used as the center of a new! improved! debate about right to life is criminal.

But my doctor did say that female fertility does drop significantly as you get into your 30's.

This is my personal hope, man.

Right there with you.

IIRC there are some religious conservatives who tell women stuff like this because they think women should be at home raising babies in their 20s instead of out in the workplace worrying about advancing their careers

I'm not sure warning the general public that its fertility may decline is the way to go about this, actually. Because, those who don't care about religious doctrine might take the advice and go have kids (some of them potentially out of wedlock!) and raise them to not be religious. How does this help the religious people's goals? I mean, more work for them, right? With more not-religious people to have to worry about.

But IIRC there are some religious conservatives who tell women stuff like this because they think women should be at home raising babies in their 20s instead of out in the workplace worrying about advancing their careers - because if they get too involved in the career track they may not get to have babies later.

Are they those Muffin women?

Not to mention if they can't afford 'em.

OK, I think I was wrong - at least about the organization that put up the ad

Protect Your Fertility website, which is produced by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.

But a kid's popularity or lack thereof does correlate with the other kids' desire to hit him/her in the head with the ball.

That's why they call it "dodge" ball. To my way of thinking, there are plenty of ways to make unpopular kids miserable. Dodge ball, at least, has the virtue of letting the unpopular kids throw back. I admit I am biased, because dodge ball was probably my favorite game in grammar school (we even played it at recess), even though I was one of the unpopular kids. The reason I brought up kickball is that throwing the balls to get people out is pretty much the same thing action as dodge ball, except the runner is less likely to see the ball coming.

I have a couple of really burning questions.

1) If a 13 year old is too young and immature enough to decide if she wants to abort the pregnancy, does this mean she's mature enough to raise the child?

2) What if she changes her mind at 8 months and decides she's going to raise the baby? Does she get to get up for the 4 a.m. feeding and then go off to the 8th grade????

3) If not, that means she has to give birth and then someone's going to take her baby away, right? Isn't that essentially turning her into a human incubator?

Hmm, there seems to be some sort of protest outside of the administration building -- lots of "no justice, no peace" Anyone know what the SEIU is?

eta: hmm, it seems to be the Service Employees union. There are drums and chanting.