Thanks for sidetracking the comments from what would have turned into another ugly ethical/morality/religious battle. Which unfortunately we have seen quite a lot recently on the site.

Now getting back to the story...

And of course this woman will definitely lay down the law when he kid goes something wrong. Heck, my Mom berates me with the, "I've carried you for 9 months you will respect my authority!" I can't imagine what this kids Mom will do,"I carried you for 9 months AND cut my belly open to give birth to you!"

And can we go back to the rubbing alcohol thing for a second? How would that help with what she was about to do? Wouldn't it make her more sick than help her with the pain? Did she decide she'd rather be blind while she was operating?

I won't get into an argument over the morality of abortion, but a couple of your statements made little sense.

1. You said - "No one aborts to avoid childbirth."

That's part of it, but mostly it's to avoid the hassle of being pregnant.

2. Your comment "It’s not the childbirth that’s 'inconvenient', it’s the lifetime of strife and resentment." is logically unsupportable. If that were the main reason, there would be lots of babies up for adoption and few aborted ones.

Pro Choice IS Pro Life in my opinion

Do you believe there isn't infanticide and abortion in other parts of the world? Abortion is a better option than leaving babies to die on the street because they can't feed them, or offer them love or shelter. It's not the childbirth that's "inconvenient", it's the lifetime of strife and resentment. No one just cavalierly aborts like it's no big thing. Punishing a woman for either abuse or irresponsibility by making her raise a child she can't cope with is illogical, and unfair to both woman and potential child. That kid grows up to be an adult, sometimes with severe issues because they weren't raised well. As far as I'm concerned, it's anti-choice folks who are a problem (ridiculous that an anti-choicer calls people "human garbage"). I haven't had an abortion, I wouldn't have one myself, but I will defend a girl/woman's right to have one safely, legally, forever. I don't know if you're religious or not, but if God is just, I don't have to worry about it, and neither do you.

This woman is incredibly strong and it's a wonder she didn't bleed to death. Cute kid, too. Wonder if they had anymore after him.

Almost...

NOTHING compared to the grief I would have been laying on his papa for the past seven years.

And he better not have been lookin' for any since then, either.

I think making the kid wear that haircut makes them even.