Joe,

Sandy's a nurse. We have to trust her judgement on this. She's just making sure that the ability to eliminate unwanted pregnancies remains as convenient as dealing with a case of severe constipation.

From what I've been able to gather, there may be cramping and discharge and, ultimately, everything ends up in the toilet. By the time it hits MMSD, the painkillers have long since kicked in and, in most cases, life goes back to its carefree status in almost no time at all. Here's a link with some testimonies from, apparently, those who've had first hand experience with it....

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110509135706AAOsUdK

Keith, it only works with people who can read and think. I realize you struggle with that, so just for you....

Yes, indeed, nearly all of the comments are positive. The abortion pill provides a convenient, relatively painless and guilt-free way of dealing with the unwanted effects of irresponsible behavior. That first comment truly deserves the "best" vote it got from others who checked out that particular forum.

If you're feeling particularly dense today and still don't get it Keith, I can be more direct.

As for mindless, nothing's more mindless than your lapdog-like support for this phony you assisted in her carpetbagging victory over true residents of the district she supposedly serves.

Since the situation that produces the decision, one way or the other, requires and could possibly, if brought to term instead of flushed down the toilet produce, men, it's not just a women's issue. When resulting from irresponsible behavior, the fault lies with both sexes. The life terminated could be either.

You'd at least have a leg to stand on if you'd own up to the fact that, often times, it's being used as a form of birth control after-the-fact. You only have to look at some of the statements by the women in the link I provided above to see that. Let's not pretend that every decision of this nature is a "gut wrenching" one from the standpoint of determining to end the life of what will become a child (not my term, rather that of the woman voted as having the "best" response in the link above).

These are not professionals trying to sanitize the act as some sort of key component of "women's health". They're people who have done it and who, report in a very matter of fact fashion, how it works. What's your problem with that?

Nothing. Act 217, however does, and it's separate from your other concerns. You're mixing your separate outrages into one basket.

Did I not say the irresponsible behavior that results in at least a portion of the pregnancies treated with the abortion pill lies in equal part with the man? Why are you so unwilling to acknowledge that a good portion of those seeking abortions are doing so for lack of using ANY birth control and that those people are not all teens? Why do we have to sugarcoat this as a "women's health" issue when, in fact, it's nothing more than moving us further along the line of making unwanted pregnancy nothing more than a medical condition (see my initial reference to severe constipation) to be treated in the easiest and most convenient manner possible?

Did you read ANY of the comments at the link I provided above? Did any of those seem in any way to be anything other than the comments of folks who found the pregnancy to be nothing more than an inconvenience that they were relieved to be rid of after using the pill. Does that not bother you in the least?

I actually don't have a problem with abortion, per say. I would like the unwanted pregnancy treated as if it's not merely an infection or a tumor or some other parasitic growth that couldn't have been avoided had one not intentionally copulated. There is an act that, in most cases, is voluntary that created the situation. It should involve forethought. It should involve adults. If not, I do have a problem with being told I'm the insensitive one when I suggest that it's not necessary that one who engages in casual sex needs to be provided with the easiest of ways out of their predicament on their own terms, particularly when that out comes from an organization funded, in part, by taxpayers.

Just because you wish to have it treated as if you're having a wart burned off your backside doesn't mean that's the proper way to treat it or that I have to respect your callous lack of the same for what is, in fact, a human life.

Abort away. As long as it's partially on my dime, I'm gonna continue to call bull on the euphemisms and refusal to acknowledge the degree to which it's just plain stupid irresponsibility that produces a good portion of them. I have no more interest in paying to support your mistakes than I do for paying for their disposal prior to their anticipated date of arrival. And that goes for the idiots who let their little head do the thinking for them as well.

Grow up already.

If you engage in unprotected sex or rely on birth control methods that aren't foolproof and, subsequently, get pregnant, the responsibility for doing so lies squarely with you. Although I am, by law, obligated to pay for assistant afforded to you by Planned Parenthood, should you elect to utilize their services, I am not obligated to validate your rationalizations for having engaged in risky behavior that produces a human life you now find, for whatever reason, inconvenient.

As for rape and incest victims, obviously they aren't in the same category as those who willingly engage in coitus. The regulations in Act 214 in and of themselves pose no particular threat to those folks. The belligerence on the part of PP in deciding they were going to withhold the associated services rather than attempt to comply with the ACT and, instead, involve themselves in a lawsuit, does.

Again, you seem completely unwilling to either accept for yourself or for those who would engage in activities that could result in pregnancy any responsibility for doing so. You'd rather lash out at those who don't empathize with irresponsible behavior that produces an inconvenient human life. Grown ups who accept the responsibilities associated with adult behaviors don't act in this fashion. Government sponsored agencies designed to compensate for this lack of responsible behavior are, in a way, responsible themselves for the enabling of these childlike attitudes long past the age of majority.

Fine, then use what you've got, deal with the consequences or don't have sex. Unless you choose to abstain, you're still electively engaging in behavior that can result in pregnancy. If so, I don't feel sorry for you. I don't care if you experience pain, emotional or otherwise, as a result of it. I don't feel that, as a taxpayer, I should be paying anything to bail anyone out of the situation, but since I have to in some cases I honestly don't care if you don't get EXACTLY what you want served to you EXACTLY how you want it from the menu of available abortion methods. If you don't like the options available, don't take the risk. Nobody's forcing you to.