Think Abortion Should Be Illegal? Please take this survey.

I have never been pregnant. I have many friends who have had abortions and none of them regret it. I believe that the choice to terminate a pregnancy belongs to no one but the pregnant person.

I've explained before why, if your opposition to abortion is based on the idea that fetus should have the same rights as a person who has crossed the bright line of birth, you must be in favor of some sort of criminal penalty for the pregnant person seeking the abortion. If you are not, then you are dishonest with yourself somewhere; it's up to you to figure out where.

Some shoeshit politician in Idaho finally got honest and alluded to advocating the death penalty for people who have abortions (though he quickly walked it back). I hate his politics, but I admire his consistency. So I'd like to know what others who would like to make abortion illegal think ought to happen in various circumstances.

If you would like to make abortion illegal, please take the following five-minute survey below. I'll write a future post about the results. Thanks for your participation. Please share.

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A Tale of Two UTIs: Universal Health Care in a Nutshell

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There was a time when I tended to contract urinary tract infections on a regular basis. Two particular times, I was visiting a long-distance boyfriend (two separate boyfriends, that is, not at the same time) who, after I assured him that a UTI was not an STI, had to help me address the issue according to the medical norms of the country in which he lived at the time.

One situation took place in Australia. The boyfriend took me to a doctor down the road, where I waited about twenty or thirty minutes before seeing a doctor who ordered a lab to confirm my UTI, and then prescribed appropriate medication. That medication didn't work, so I had to go back to the doctor and get a different prescription. Ultimately my UTI was treated, with about two total hours, including both visits, spent getting diagnosis and medication. My total cost for both visits and both prescriptions was less than $100 (if I'd been an Australian citizen, it would have been free).

In Chicago, on the other hand...