Also, if a kid is going to be abused because she is pregnant, 99.9% of the time, isn't she already in an abusive situation?
I don't think you want to commit to this argument.
Gunn: The final score can't be rigged. I don't care how many players you grease, that last shot always comes up a question mark. But here's the thing. You never know when you're taking it. It could be when you're duking it out with the Legion of Doom, or just crossing the street deciding where to have brunch. So you just treat it like it was up to you—the world in balance—'cause you never know when it is.
'Underneath'
Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
bon bon - Jul 20, 2005 11:24:01 am PDT #1579 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Lyra Jane - Jul 20, 2005 11:26:27 am PDT #1580 of 10002
Up with the sun
healthcare providers are mandatory reporters of abuse of all kinds
Interesting. I think I'd heard a radio story about this research (very biased pro-life site on the other side of the link), and misremembered it. Is there a more spin-free site that discusses the findings?
Edit: This is a pro-choice response, and here's Salon's take.
Jesse - Jul 20, 2005 11:33:37 am PDT #1581 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Just becuase people are mandatory reporters doesn't necessarily mean they do it. And statutory rape by itself is the kind of law I can readily believe people would protest.
shrift - Jul 20, 2005 11:34:33 am PDT #1582 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
As long as your Midol was in your bag and you didn't, e.g., pop it into your mouth while looking straight in a teacher's eyes and saying "I dare you to punish me," you'd probably be fine.
Er. Since I'm not in high school or a minor anymore, I was mostly playing on the Hormonal Rage factor, which just may be funny to me because mentally I am often twelve.
Allyson - Jul 20, 2005 11:34:49 am PDT #1583 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Does a minor need parental consent to receive a prescription for birth control pills?
Does one need to show ID to buy condoms in any of the states?
Lyra Jane - Jul 20, 2005 11:37:09 am PDT #1584 of 10002
Up with the sun
I was mostly playing on the Hormonal Rage factor, which just may be funny to me because mentally I am often twelve.
No, I got that. Sorry if I seemed overly earnest.
Glamcookie - Jul 20, 2005 11:37:22 am PDT #1585 of 10002
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Lord, I hope the answer to your questions is NO in all of the states.
Jesse - Jul 20, 2005 11:38:48 am PDT #1586 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Their mission is to protect reproductive choice, but the Alan Guttmacher Insitute puts out really good solid data on a lot of this stuff, both in the US and around the world: [link]
Gudanov - Jul 20, 2005 11:41:11 am PDT #1587 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
ChiKat - Jul 20, 2005 11:42:30 am PDT #1588 of 10002
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Bwah!That's great, Gud!