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Again, have you -physically seen- one in person? Not seen a shopped picture produced by a pro-life propaganda site, or seen a drawing with the human-like-cheeks emphasized. Have you seen a one-to-two-gram, not vaguely human 8 week -embyro-. It is not even a fetus yet. Graphic, but this should...

Er, I've worked with male victims of domestic violence and human trafficking as part of my job, in one of only a handful of shelters and DV services in the US that serve male victims. I'm among one of perhaps, pushing it, a thousand people in the US who has provided direct services (other than...

Its a good thing that even two forms of birth control can fail, right? Again, you're going back to "women should only have sex certain ways or in certain conditions or else they got what was coming to them!" - and that's so much more wrong than just being "pro life" in itself. Like women are...

Well, there's various types of condoms for latex-allergic and lube-allergic folks. But people need to recognize that ALL forms of birth control, including condoms, can fail if you use them perfectly every single time. For that matter, even two forms of birth control can fail if you use them...

Have you seen an eight-week embryo? I have. It doesn't look anything like a human. Have you studied the embryonic human brain? I have. I don't think basic neural tube closure can amount to calling a creature the most profound and holy thing we can call them: human.

You do know that carrying a pregnancy to term and delivering is much more likely to result in loss of fertility, right? For that matter, carrying a pregnancy to term and delivering is much more likely to cause maternal death than a legal abortion is. So... where's your leg to stand on...

Yes... women have fun having sex. Sex, if you're wondering, is a natural urge that most of the planet feels. The whole "women should TAKE RESPONSIBILITY if they SPREAD THEIR LEGS" spiel that pro-lifers or so called "pro choice, BUT"-ers spew is horrible in so many ways. It demonizes women...

This. It isn't about protecting women, it is about furthering their agenda.

The cost of the ultrasound is in the cost of your abortion. The cost of the abortion is typically heavily subsidized by donor funds, either through discounts PP/any other clinic can offer from donated money, or through a local abortion fund. Unfortunately, pro-lifers are also pushing laws...

If you "truly definitely" do not want to become pregnant, you should use condoms anyways. 1 in 100 women who correctly use the pill will become pregnant within a year of use, anyways. Or you could use a less failure-prone method. Women who use an IUD, like mirena, only have about a 1 in 1000...

Pro-lifers like to lie and claim women "don't have access" to their ultrasound pics. In reality, a clinic WILL perform an ultrasound to confirm that the pregnancy is present, is not tubal, and to stage it before prescribing any method of abortion, and women ALREADY have access to their...

Is there a reason you want to change? You can always ask another doctor for a second opinion. People rarely need to be on one specific type of BC.

Er, no. As long as you immediately begin the new BC, you're still protected. If I take 21 days of BC type A, and then take a 7 day break, and then start taking BC type B and take it for at least 21 days, I'm consistently protected.

Testing your BG levels at home because you "might" become diabetic is silly. Talk to your doctor about getting your c-peptide tested (high c-peptide can be an indicator of type 2 diabetes while the body is still able to produce the megadoses of insulin needed to keep your BG levels normal), and...

That's just... a really weird way of thinking. It sounds like you've been exposed to some really unhealthy attitudes about sex.

I use the nuvaring. Because the dose is vaginal instead of oral, it is extremely low dose and in my experience considerably less likely to cause BC side effects. I stack it so that I don't get withdrawal bleeds (the fake "periods" you have on BC) and haven't had a problem with that in the year...

The thing is, terminal illnesses have an end in sight: it isn't often a nice one, but there IS an end point six months or six years down the line. And, unless you've looked a life-threatening illness in the eye you are in absolutely no place to judge if "suicide is an answer" for people living...

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Circumcision results in loss of genital tissue 100% of the time. The person may not be bothered by this harm because society has told them that it is normal, but that does not negate the fact that 100% of circumcised boys have lost tissue they were born with and meant to have. Also, don't...

I absolutely believe that the government has no business whatsoever telling adults what to do with their own bodies. If they want to chop off a leg and install a pair of horns on their skull, by all means. I also absolutely believe the government has every right to tell parents what they can...