Dudes, I think she's been Photoshopped all to hell, which is why this picture isn't sitting well with us, either. Read more
Okay, I am an asshole, but I would thing that the granddaughter of such gorgeous people would be much prettier. Read more
I'm so confused by this whole "leaving the bathmat on the floor" thing? Where does it go if it doesn't go on the floor? Why does it need to be moved? Read more
@inchworm: Oh, god, I know. It's so fucking awful. One case we discussed was where the baby had a severe birth defect as well as a heart defect and was going to die. Her parents didn't have insurance, but since the defect was so rare and there were doctors interested in operating on it, they decided to do it. The… Read more
@Trashtastic: Girl, I am IN THE MOOD to give out an ass-beatin. Just say the word. Read more
Gr. Arg. Cleaned out my cache twice and comments are still fucked up. Read more
@TruculentandUnreliable: And by "severely disabled," I mean a baby that's not going to survive. Read more
@inchworm: Exactly. And I have to say that I think there's an attitude of "well, let's just try and see if it works" in regard to premature infant survival instead of the thought that "Hm, maybe we should just let this one go?" I took a med ethics class last spring and especially horrified by a couple of cases we… Read more
@major disaster: Also, to what extent is this pain felt? I totally buy that a fetus is going to have pretty much the same response to pain as a newborn in the later stages of pregnancy, but a response to trauma by an undeveloped nervous system is different than the way that you and I feel pain. Read more