• Childfreedom

    Suffer, The Little Children

    March 12, 2004 - By 

    BBC NEWS | Americas | Mother charged in Caesarean row Um. “Did not want her cosmetic appearance disfigured” does not go with the photo, somehow. It’ll probably turn out to be a misunderstanding based on some wacko “only in Utah” twist. According to the Salt Lake Trib, the surviving twin, a girl, has already been adopted. If she didn’t want the babies in the first place, why go through with a full-term pregnancy? Oh, never mind, she may have had moral objections to one well-known remedy for “oopses”. (irony mode on). I just don’t get it. On a side note…

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    ::eyeroll maki::

    February 25, 2004 - By 

    Why is it that women who are not childfree talk nonstop about pregnancy, babies, how many (theoretical) children they’ll have according to Chinese astrological birth year websites and what the gender of their (theoretical and impending) will be? They’re booking pencil tests right now for the two team members that are currently expecting (and they’ll believe the results, too. Credulous much?) It must be a hormone that I completely lack, thanks be to God.

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    I Did It For The Childrun

    January 9, 2004 - By 

    CNN.com – Woman drops lawsuit to stop lottery payout – Jan. 9, 2004 “I wanted to win. The numbers were so overwhelming,” lottery challenger Elecia Battle said. “I did buy a ticket, and I lost it. I wanted to win so bad for my kids, my family.” The 40-year-old had asked a Cuyahoga County judge in Cleveland to stop Ohio lottery officials from paying Rebecca Jemison, the declared winner of the $162 million jackpot from the December 30 Mega Millions multistate drawing. Contrite and tearful at a news briefing, Battle said she had the suit dismissed Thursday. “I do want…

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    Another exercise in avoiding the negative construction

    December 21, 2003 - By 

    I am childfree. My husband is childfree. A lot of parents seem to be confused about what it is to be childfree, since they are not and they can’t conceive (heh) of anyone who would want to be like that. So I”ll try to explain how I see it. I don’t care for most kids, with some exceptions. At certain moments of great irritation, I can’t stand kids. And babies? YUCK at all times. From both ends. Please don’t take this personally, parents – you have the right to have kids and to be happy you did. And I have…