Antenna TV showed the 2-part episode of Maude (Finley) choosing to have an abortion.

[no_hypocrisy]

I don't know what got to me the most: Maude's incredulousness that she had a choice whether to carry a baby to term or have a LEGAL abortion withtout the risk of injury or stigma -- or Maude's incredulousness that she could be a mother at age 47, like she only had five good years left on her.

The latter seemed provocative to me in light of the New York Magazine Cover this week:



The former reminded me how we've been inured to the idea that abortion is legal but on a practical basis, the availability of it is dwindling. Pretty soon you'll have to travel three or four states away, endure a waiting period, listen to the heartbeat of the fetus, look at sonogram, sing a lullabye to the same fetus before you can have a procedure.

[Feldspar]

1. Yes, the hoops through women must jump

in order to bring/not bring her fetus to fruition are becoming ever higher and ringed with flames just like the hoops that dogs are forced through in side-shows.

Young or old, fat or thin, rich or poor, race for race women are always *doing it wrong* while men and boys are regularly patted on the back for their microscopic contribution to the "miracle".

Example: doctors deliver babies not women.