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This is wrong, too

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If some actor demanded his fiancée changed her appearance for his sake, we’d say something, right? That’s what I thought. So why aren’t we hearing widespread condemnations in this case?

Sienna Miller has ordered fiance Rhys Ifans to get into shape.

The 26-year-old Alfie actress, who has previously dated Hollywood hunks Jude Law and James Bond star Daniel Craig has bought Welsh Rhys, 39, a Power Plate and started him on an exercise regime, in the hope of beefing him up before their wedding this northern summer, reports Showbizspy.com

A source said: “Poor old Rhys must find it hard to measure up to her exes.

“He’s always been quite skinny.

“Sienna loves him but she just wants him to tone up a bit so he looks great for their big day.”

Riiiiight.

Pro-choice support of Bill C-484?

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The Quebec Federation of Medical Specialists, an 8,000-member federation presided over by Gaétan Barrette, has “denounced Bill C-484” as a sneaky scheme to criminalize abortion.

Barrette described Bill C-484… as “clearly a manoeuvre to go in the direction of recriminalizing abortion… [He] expressed concern that were the bill to become law, anti-abortion groups would quickly take advantage of it to take a case to the Supreme Court to make abortion illegal again.

When one man stands up and speaks in the name of 8,000 physicians, he better at least understand the bill. It seems instead that he’s read the Joyce Arthur tutorial on the issue.

Barrette conceded that some medical specialists are against abortion, but it’s the federation that has taken a position – not individual doctors.

Yes, some physicians do oppose abortion. It should also be noted that some people, who are not strictly pro-life (and likely some of them physicians), do support the bill.

Either that, or 66% of Canadians are actually pro-life, according to the Angus Reid Poll. What a pleasant fiction.

Planned Parenthood south of the border…

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Planned Parenthood appears to be getting a run for their money. Again. Which is fine, as it has been established this “charity” has plenty. Recent accusations highlight racism, and of course, there is the ongoing problem of abortions for minors where the possibility of actually just concealing rape is high.

Again, to repeat my point: Abortion clinics (read: our sanitizated houses for the business of killing) are depressing and abortion has depressing outcomes. We ought at least to be very aware of that, and subsequently very wary of those who present terminology like “abortion care.”

And on the flip side, again, to repeat: Pro-lifers ought to be very aware of caring for the messy lives of those who seek abortion. A woman never arrives at the abortion clinic after a series of perfect and well thought out decisions.

What’s the matter with kids today?

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Apparently, it’s parents. Raising children might be easier if parents didn’t insist on doing everything for their kids, all the time. Psychologist Karyn Gordon writes about parenting in a new book and says this about kids today:

They’re showing up late, or they want raises quickly and they want things to happen fast and it’s just so different than the boomer culture, and the boomer generation. Many of these young workers are afraid to make their own decisions and need a lot of feedback and “hand-holding” from managers, Gordon said…

I never had that problem. I have instead in my life been chronically fearful of being fired–even from completely unpaid internships. Perhaps Dr. Gordon will address my problems next. She could consider it, anyway. There’s enough there for a volume or two.  

Ladies, do you know what your bodies can do?

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I have the great privilege of living a life of leisure these days, recuperating from a minor surgery on a generous dose of Tylenol 3. As if looking and talking like a boxer who had one fight too many wasn’t annoying enough, we’ve added uselessness to nuisance by moving the TV in my bedroom where I can indulge in endless re-runs of A Baby Story on TLC . I have a love-hate relationship with A Baby Story. It portrays a very one-dimensional image of labour and delivery: Woman goes into labour, woman gets epidural, woman naps while man paces around the room, woman gets pitocin, woman turns beet red as she pushes with her face instead of her lower body (which she can no longer feel), MD thinks “baby never gonna get out” and orders life-saving c-section. The End.

Today however, I found myself watching an unusual episode of natural labour on TLC. And by “natural” I don’t mean the kind where the mother isn’t wearing any make-up. I mean the drug-free, noisy, sweaty but oh-how-elating kind of labour. I don’t know if it was the codeine or the sleep deprivation but I found myself huffing and puffing and cheering the mother on. When the baby was finally born, I started to cry. It was so intense and powerful; I could not believe I had also done it. Me? That strong? Five times??? No way!

What would happen if we started seeing childbearing and childbirth as empowering rather than debilitating? If a woman’s ability to bear and deliver children was seen as a capital instead of a liability? If childbirth was seen as an integral part of women’s dignity rather than an obstacle to the realization of their full potential?

I wonder.

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Tanya adds: You know, I have to agree that the most powerful moment of my life was the hour’s worth of pushes it took to deliver my daughter. Despite the epidural (I opted to look up to women who delivered naturally rather than be one of them), a woman often becomes acutely aware of her reproductive power at the climax of the labour process. Women really are amazing, as cliché as that may sound.

Celibacy U

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Here’s a little ad being circulated around Ryerson University. What a surprise–it’s being torn apart in the comments section. It seems it isn’t politically correct to refer to your personal values as “more honorable.”

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But let’s be honest. If saving yourself for your ideal mate is the motive behind the celibacy, is that not more honorable than, say, a one-night stand?

Oh, right! We use the remote to change the channel, order food that’s ready in about a minute, and use high-speed internet. What makes me think waiting for sex in our instant-gratification society will be a very popular idea?

And yet, I’m decidedly optimistic.

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Andrea doesn’t want to be mean yet she wonders: Whether some of these people are celibate by default, not honourable choice. Nothing against Star Trek, but…

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Brigitte doesn’t mind being mean: Holy Corny Cheesy Cringe-Inducing Terrible Clip, Batman! Is this for real? I’m all for sexual restraint (sorry, I don’t think celibacy is necessarily for everybody, but between that and indiscriminate hooking-up, I’m sure there’s a healthy middle), and I am not always as pessimistic as I sound, but golly, this video is so awful it would have pushed me far away from celibacy…

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Andrea again: Apparently, the clip, having been torn apart in their comments section, will now be torn apart in ours. Perhaps we should take it down. I don’t want to be responsible for someone running out into a torrid and inappropriate affair because of bad celibacy advertising–no booze required. I once heard someone say it’s fine to be celibate: You should, however, refrain from advertising publicly. Proof positive.

Two types of abortion supporters

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Obama and Clinton on abortion, here.

I believe that the potential for life begins at conception,” said Mrs Clinton. But for me, it is not only about the potential life, but the other lives involved…

And Obama:

Mr Obama said he did not know whether life begins with conception.

“This is something that I have not, I think, come to a firm resolution on… I don’t presume to know the answer to that question,” he said.

One position is utilitarian, the other, ill-informed and evasive. But this would be the dividing line in the pro-abortion camp these days, I think. Those who know when life begins and don’t care, and those who maintain life does not begin at conception but rather at some other magical moment, arbitrarily chosen.

Is nudity a form of exploitation?

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Certainly, yes, according to this guy: [gentle warning: link shows nude picture in question]

A doctor running hospitals in Cambodia has refused a donation raised by selling a nude photograph of France’s first lady because Cambodians disapproved of exploiting female flesh for money.

The 1993 picture of Italian ex-model Carla Bruni, now married to President Nicolas Sarkozy, raised $US91,000 ($98,300) at a New York auction last week.

“My decision [to turn down the donation] was taken out of respect for our patients and their mothers,” Swiss paediatrician Beat Richner said in an interview with the weekly Le Matin Dimanche.

“Accepting money obtained from exploitation of the female body would be perceived as an insult.”

In Cambodia “use of nudity is not understood in the way it is in the West,” he added.

Dr Richner said he did not wish his institution, the Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospital Association, “to be involved in the media exploitation of Madame Bruni.”

“The idea behind this gift was to get publicity for the auction and the photographer,” Dr Richner was also quoted as saying.

“It was a way of using us.”

 

Apparently, it would now be easier to create a cloned child

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Please keep in mind that I understand very little about these things. But what I do get, I don’t particularly like.

A new form of cloning has been developed that is easier to carry out than the technique used to create Dolly the sheep, raising fears that it may one day be used on human embryos to produce “designer” babies.

Scientists who used the procedure to create baby mice from the skin cells of adult animals have found it to be far more efficient than the Dolly technique, with fewer side effects, which makes it more acceptable for human use.

The mice were made by inserting skin cells of an adult animal into early embryos produced by in-vitro fertilisation (IVF). Some of the resulting offspring were partial clones but some were full clones – just like Dolly.

Question: What exactly are “partial clones”?

 

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