abortion! ABORTION!

Such a dirty dirty word. Now I feel like it is akin to playing the 'penis' game. People say the word in soft murmers. People talk more freely about prostitution which isn't legal. Remember abortion is in fact legal in the United States. I got upset last week because I was reading too many depressing articles about abortion.

I guess I had gotten started by re-reading the article about the little girl in South America, whose family was excommunicated when they helped her get an abortion. The Catholic church had really tried to sweep this one under the rug. It is gross human behavior.

Then I read about how FOX refused to air the Family Guy episode where Lois contemplates getting an abortion.

After that I got a little more serious and read up a bit more about the Health Care Plan hold up about abortion. (I will not go into my thoughts about the 'death panels', that is not even worthy of debate) I wish old white men would stop worrying about my internal organs. I had read a Ginsberg quote the week before that said “There will never be a woman of means without choice anymore. That just seems to be so obvious," she explains. "So we have a policy that affects only poor women, and it can never be otherwise, and I don't know why this hasn't been said more often.” She is too right.

Followed up by terrible decision to read The Last Abortion Doctor, a great piece by Esquire magazine. I started crying. I had gotten myself so worked up. I hate all the anger out there.

I am honestly about people having the choice.