Friday Morning Downer
It's all sunshine, puppy dogs and unicorns around here today, so I thought I'd bring it down a few notches (to the basement) and note that the number one cause of death of pregnant women in the US is homicide.

Gleaned from Nancy Goldstein's blog, where she has a conversation with Bill "Rape Isn't Cause for Abortion" Napoli:

Bill asked me if it wasn't time for a civilized nation like ours to end abortion. I countered that the US is almost entirely alone among so-called "first world" nations in its anti-choice fervor: that even France, a Catholic country, makes it easier for a woman to obtain a safe, legal abortion on demand. And then I reminded him that murder by a spouse or boyfriend is the #1 cause of death among pregnant women and asked him why he didn't express his concern for the lives of women and children by convening a task force on domestic violence.

Nancy got the idea to call Bill from this strip, by Stephanie MacMillan:


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