Personhood

[asterroc]

As if there weren't enough silly people going about thinking that their babies fetuses were full-fledged humans, there's now count-down tickers you can put on your blog that count how "old" it is and in what stage of development. You'd think that a ticker with milemarkers such as "my spine is growing," "my lungs are mature," and "my brain is growing fast," would not convince people of the humanity of feti, but ...

Our hand-drawn pregnancy tickers are ideal for modern parents to share the progress of their pregnancy.

Comments

[sammka.livejournal.com]

I don't see how taking an interest in the course of your pregnancy is really equatable with thinking that abortion should be illegal... if I were pregnant I'd sure be interested in which stage of development my child-to-be was in.

[marquiswildbill.livejournal.com]

I think that the baby tickers are cute. I had a countdown one when Tatiana was cooking, I would have loved a developmental one too.
I talked to Tatiana like she was a person while she was inutero. Granted before we knew her sex she was daddy's little mass of cells.
I do have a major problem with laws that allow for a defendant to be charged with two counts of a crime comitted against a pregnant woman though. Harsher sentences, yes. I mean assaulting a pregnant woman is just plain fucked up. Hell if you're unarmed you may become the victim pretty quickly.
By the way, redundant BC can fail. An ex of mine got pregnant using the pill perfectly (we both had alarms set to tell her when to take her pill and I would always call her to remind her just in case), and using condoms as backup.
Based on the published efficacy statistics and how long we were together, I am one of the 600 or so most fertile men on earth. My sister had a friend in college who got pregnant under similar circumstances TWICE. If we ever were in a room together she would get pregnant.