Comments on: Whatever happened to less regulation, keep off my body, fearing doctor malpractice costs…

By: Jill Miller Zimon

Jill Miller Zimon — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 19:50:29 +0000

I always imagine you laughing or being otherwise expressive. A good thing. You know when I give a reason to be R, it will worth it.

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 19:29:24 +0000

#7: You know me. It’s been fun watching Guilfoos run circles around them though. Great fun!

PS – That’s not R rated material. You want some R rated material? LOL. Have A Nice Day

By: Jill Miller Zimon

Jill Miller Zimon — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 19:18:26 +0000

Terry – thanks for that info. I didn’t have a ton of luck locating what was going on in other states, just general references, as MSM is want to do, to “other states are…” I hate it when that happens. So S.C. was all I could find. The National Conference on State Legislature’s might have a good resource on the subject but I haven’t looked yet.

I consider this to be in the same boat as the laws that lawmakers say exist to protect people, and yet there’s no or little evidence that a harm is happening in the first place: that is to say, have we been hearing evidence of doctors who won’t show the ultrasound when asked? Wouldn’t that be the first place to start? And again, the hypocrisy of this stance compared to the hands-off stances in so many other areas – drives me nuts.

By: Jill Miller Zimon

Jill Miller Zimon — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 19:14:57 +0000

Eric – Aw – look what you’ve done to my blog, man! Now I’m going to plummet from a PG-13 rating to an R for goodness sakes! Ranks a rot!

By: Terry

Terry — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 19:13:32 +0000

A bill virtually identical to this is working its way through the system in Idaho. The difference between these and the South Carolina measure (and I believe a few other states as well) is that the SC bill would have REQUIRED viewing of the ultrasound. Only by that horrific standard can this be considered moderate.

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:44:33 +0000

I’m saddened to see one oar short of a rowboat and standing in a puddle of my own piss pirate even commenting on jill’s site. so there.

By: Jill Miller Zimon

Jill Miller Zimon — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:26:13 +0000

Thanks, Puddle. I saw that and left a comment over there last night.

What bothers me a great deal when we talk about pregnancy termination is how the PR/marketing/messaging on both sides – yes, both sides – works so hard on its lingo. You and I have already tangled on that a bit.

And it makes me wonder – can we ever have a neutral set of words to talk about what everyone wants: as few terminated pregnancies as possible? What is neutral, especially if you’re talking with people who support one side or the other for reasons rooted in the maintenance of certain concepts that are only represented by certain words?

I don’t mean to be cryptic, but over the years, say, the last four decades, people on all sides of the issue have really allowed this language thing to get in the way of helping the people who most need the help and instead, turning into a political distraction.

By: The Puddle Pirate

The Puddle Pirate — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:56:44 +0000

FYI, I'm digging through the fine print.

By: Jill Miller Zimon

Jill Miller Zimon — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:48:28 +0000

Brian, you know how I am about conversation. I sincerely would like you to explain that sadness. Tx.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:43:51 +0000

I am saddened to read this on your site.