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• 3-day wait for abortion becomes law in S.D.

  Tue Mar 22, 2011
  • I am not comparing the level of emotional attachment at, say 16 weeks or so (when you might get an abortion), to the level of attachment at birth. I am pointing out that POST-PARTUM hormones have not come into play when a pregnant woman makes the decision to place her child for adoption.

• 3-day wait for abortion becomes law in S.D.

  Tue Mar 22, 2011
  • Whoa... RN in Philly... I just compared this to adoption, and you thought my post was irrelevant... yet here you are comparing it to adoption. Am I missing something?

• 3-day wait for abortion becomes law in S.D.

  Tue Mar 22, 2011
  • My point is that the same waiting period causes an uproar for abortion but not for adoption. I'm asking why people get all upset when we make a mother wait for an abortion but not for adoption.

• 3-day wait for abortion becomes law in S.D.

  Tue Mar 22, 2011
  • Many states have a waiting period, after a child is born, before the mother can legally place the child for adoption. In Texas, it's 2 days.

• Child molester undergoes castration for parole

  Fri Mar 4, 2011
  • Yendor33: You sound like you have a lot of practice pretending to know what you're talking about.

• Virginity's making a comeback, report says

  Thu Mar 3, 2011
  • Mark, they have selfish "mothers"? Don't you mean "parents"?

• Oh, baby! Pregnancy pains that don't go away

  Fri Feb 18, 2011
  • Beanathome: You embarrass yourself by telling me I don't know how to read a medical study, when clearly you don't know how to read either a study or a comment on a message board.

• Oh, baby! Pregnancy pains that don't go away

  Fri Feb 18, 2011
  • Here is an example of one of the studies I am referring to. This one found a death rate of: .35 at home with midwife; .57 in hospital with midwife; and .64 in hospital with physician. It won't let me post a link, so just copy-paste and replace the 2 (dot)s with actual dots.

• Oh, baby! Pregnancy pains that don't go away

  Fri Feb 18, 2011
  • What I see here are a lot of the misconceptions that are common about modern home birth. Lauriesarno, you state that there is no monitoring during a home birth and talk about being oxygen deprived. This goes to show that you are operating on assumption instead of asking questions.

• Mom sells kids' toys on eBay as punishment

  Fri Feb 18, 2011
  • Htdjpf: please check your facts.