contra-contra-contraception

I cannot imagine any development in human history, after the Fall, that has had a greater impact on human beings than the pill.
--Alfred Mohler, President, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Thanks to alert reader tarquin, I had the bejesus scared out of me yesterday with this article in yesterday's New York Times Magazine.

Okay, people. Even the idea of Tom Cruise's brainwashing me, changing my religion and my name, and forcing me to wear a prosthetic belly and pretend to give birth to his child doesn't scare me as much as these people.

Please, please, if you haven't done so already this year, donate your time or money to NARAL or Planned Parenthood or the National Abortion Federation or any other organization that is dedicated to protecting freedom of choice in this nation.

The Diarist tells me it is the job of a liberal publication like The New York Times to make me afraid of the right, and I say, "Mission accomplished." Oh. My. G-d. Read the article--there are not enough words in the universe.

And on a related note, Andrew Sullivan weighs in with the latest contraception use numbers.

(5/9/06 update) And, infanticide in the animal kingdom. But yikes--for the first time in my life, I am glad I am not a baby panda!