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Almost one in five Americans lives without health care, how is this pro-life?
Even with insurance, contraception isn’t always covered.
“Conscience clauses” allow doctors and nurses to withhold both services and information from patients that are contrary to their beliefs such as contraception.
Why don’t republican’s care about people’s rights AFTER they’re born?

*** Update - I was informed that my 55 was actually a 53, so here is the revised 55 ***

Almost one in five Americans lives without health care, how is this pro-life?
Even with health insurance, contraception isn’t always covered.
“Conscience clauses” allow health providers to withhold both services and information from patients contrary to their own beliefs such as contraception and STD prevention.
Why don’t republican’s care about people’s rights AFTER they’re born?

Almost 1 in 5 Americans Going Without Health Care
12.03.07, 12:00 AM ET

“People tend to equate access to care with insurance,” said report author Amy Bernstein, chief of the analytic studies branch at the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. “But access to care is more than insurance.”

“People assume that if you have health insurance of any kind that you’re okay, but that’s not the case,” she added.

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services: News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, August 21, 2008

“This proposed regulation is about the legal right of a health care professional to practice according to their conscience,” HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt said. “Doctors and other health care providers should not be forced to choose between good professional standing and violating their conscience. Freedom of expression and action should not be surrendered upon the issuance of a health care degree.”

North Dakota Abortion Center Says it Will Do Record Number of Abortions
by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
October 2, 2008

Tammi Kromenaker, Rid River’s director, tells the Associated Press that the center is on pace for its highest number of annual abortions and is doing about 25 abortions a week.

She contends the number of abortions is on the rise because college students have seen funding for birth control and contraception cut.

Carly Fiorina’s fuzzy McCain-speak
By Cathleen Decker
July 10, 2008

“Let me give you a real, live example, which I’ve been hearing a lot about from women. There are many health insurance plans that will cover Viagra but won’t cover birth control medication. Those women would like a choice,” she said.

But as the abortion rights group NARAL Pro-Choice America was happy to point out, McCain twice voted against measures that would have required insurance companies to cover birth control – in 2003 and 2005.

Birth Control Foe To Head Family Planning
Bush Pick For Contraceptive Program Called Birth Control Part Of “Culture Of Death”
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, 2007

Orr has been criticized for public statements which have indicated an anti-contraceptive view in areas of education, public policy and health insurance.

In 2000, while working as a policy director at the Family Research Council, she objected to a Washington, D.C., city council bill requiring health insurers to pay for contraceptives. By not including a “conscience clause” allowing employers to withhold contraceptive coverage, Orr said the council would force employers “to make a choice between serving God and serving the D.C. government.

Flash Fiction Friday is hosted by g-man. You may also visit Flash Fiction Friday 55’s, a blog dedicated to hosting 55 Flash Fiction Friday posts.

Recently Sophia has taken a great interest in what we’re eating. As in, she begs. In my opinion, it’s a huge improvement from feeding her ears and hands as she shakes her head and waves off anything in a spoon. If she were one of our dogs, we would nix this begging for food phenomenon right away. But she’s people, so we share with the little beggar. I guess begging has shades of grey.

Thursday last week, she stared eating tiny bits of whatever we are having for dinner. I guess she needed the calories because our sleeping problems have magically disappeared without the need of sleepless nights of screaming while she unlearns the bad habit. She now goes to bed at seven, wakes up once around ten thirty or eleven and then sleeps through until morning. Oh, and she is most definitely a meat eater. She loves chicken and steak.

Palin confronts oil companies by raising taxes, though favors opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to them. She initiated a lawsuit against listing Polar bears as a threatened species fearing it would affect a proposed natural gas pipeline, and allowed Chevron to increase toxic waste poured into Cook Inlet despite dwindling numbers of beluga whales.

Flash Fiction Friday is hosted by g-man. You may also visit Flash Fiction Friday 55’s, a blog dedicated to hosting 55 Flash Fiction Friday posts.

In high school, one teacher saw through what others thought to be a normal teen demeanor. The scars shown through in my behavior but his assumptions about the cause were wrong as before. I never confided in him. Though I don’t know that the outcome would be any different, I wish I had that confidence.

Flash Fiction Friday is hosted by g-man. You may also visit Flash Fiction Friday 55’s, a blog dedicated to hosting 55 Flash Fiction Friday posts.

Relax, it’s just peanut butter. There were a total of seven entries for the Diaper of the Year contest. I posted four of the emails in my plea for more votes post, and here are the other three:

Hallie
July speaks to me. Don’t ask why but I just kept coming back to it. I think it really “shines” amongst the rest!!

Speaks to you eh? And uuumm what does it say?

Blake and Lauren
We are voting for December’s diaper of the month for two reasons: it’s our birthday month and we LOVE your T-shirt Sophia!

Sophia thanks her younger twin cousins

Angel
I knew I would choose this one as soon as you announced the contest, but I procrastinated. I vote for May’s diaper simply because it has sponsorship. Happy almost one-year Sophia (and her milk cart)!

You procrastinate? Really? Not YOU!
No, you don’t get a break from the real me just cause you’re pregnant!

Ok, for those that can’t count there are a total of seven votes (no, a twin vote doesn’t count as two sorry). One vote for each of the following: February, April, May, and December.

With three votes the champion of the 2007 diaper posts was *drum roll* July!

The reasons varied from:

• Sophia trying to help me with the clean one (from Sarah)
• Pure “classic poop” “gloop” factor (from smarmoofus)
• And because it “talks” and “shines” (from Hallie) - It’s quite a talented shit!

Let’s hear it for JULY!

And now for the winner of the contest. (All entrants were equally eligible to win even if the diaper post they picked was not the winning one.) Again with the drum roll…

Congratulations Susan Anderson! You won the prize. Oh, and I’m going to give you a choice. You can either go with the original prize of a 300-gram bar cube of Savon de Marseille or choose the surprise prize. No, I’m not going to tell you what it is or it wouldn’t be a surprise. I will tell you that it is not a dirty diaper nor a lifetime supply of dirty diapers. It isn’t even a peanut butter diaper nor a clean diaper. It actually has nothing to do with diapers at all.

For those that didn’t win there are still five full days to take advantage of the 30% discount offered to Mom’s Journal readers by the Savon de Marseille manufacturer. Just use the promo code MOMSJOURNAL at checkout.

I’m not sure if it’s because I’m forcing the votes to be emailed in or that the prize isn’t very enticing, but I only have four votes so far. I know that it isn’t because people think it’s so gross that they avoid looking at the Baby Squeezins posts since I get more hits on the 25th of each month than on any other day. Seriously, my hits more than double on that day each month. So really, stop pretending you’re too refined to pick a diaper post and vote. I know you’re out there.

The current entries:

Susan
Thanks for the retrospective! Well, which do I vote for? The one that brought tears to your eyes or the Barney the Purple Dinosaur poop? It was tough, but in honor of you and Kurt I’ll pick February. Nine years of shit deserves some recognition P.S., really, asking me to add 8 + 18 is too much. 1 + 1 is
more my speed

hahaha - you crack me up! I’m not sure if I feel honored that you picked the anniversary poop or mortified that this is really all we get for nine years! Oh and I changed the math question just for you. It’s not 1 + 1, but it’s a little closer. Ok ok, I know it’s too late to benefit you.

Sarah
I vote for July because she was just trying to help put that nice clean diaper on for you!

hehe - yeah she’s helpful like Gavin is thoughtful.

Sarah
I would have to vote for April. The color is almost an exact match to the color I painted our living room this spring.

hahaha - OHMYGOD, really? If you need any touch up paint, ever… I’m just sayin’. I’m here to help. *smirk*

smarmoofus
After narrowing it down to the two very similar specimens of April and July, I finally tossed a diaper and chose July for the sheer “gloop” factor of it running down her rear. It just has that classic poop look. Y’know?

I donno, when I think classic poop it’s usually more solid, but that’s just me. In my book, “Gloop” typically means someone is ill. If you’re going for true poopy visual yuck factor, “Gloop” is it!

Even though I don’t have many votes I’m so glad I made this a totally open vote because the reasons just crack me up. Thank you to those that have played so far.

To enter the contest, go to my original contest post for the rules and list of diaper posts to choose from.  Contest ends on the 24th at 7pm Pacific time.

I was pulled out of class in third grade with no idea what happened. Kids chided me about going to the Principal’s office. Two people whom I didn’t know asked me questions about my family. The allegations made me furious. As an adult, I finally know the reason. I hate this person to this day.

Flash Fiction Friday is hosted by g-man. You may also visit Flash Fiction Friday 55’s, a blog dedicated to hosting 55 Flash Fiction Friday posts.