[Pharmboy]

Well, you taught me a word that I was unfamiliar with (metanoia) and it is a privilege to expand a bit on my metanoia.

In med school, I was a street demonstrating, committed lefty (late 60s). My first taste of Stalinism came, however, when I suggested to our activist med school group that visiting clinic patients (who had missed appointments) on the weekend was intrusive. They ignored me after that (and I was one of the leaders of the group).

Then, I had the abortion experience as described.

Then, I practiced upstate NY and as part of what I thought was community service, volunteered for Planned Parenthood (non-OB-Gyns like me just check for sexually transmitted diseases and wrote scripts for birth control pills).

Then, I went to my first (and last) PP awards dinner. I was shocked--these people acted like numbers of abortions reported was a source of PRIDE. It disgusted me, and I've been a right to lifer ever since. These people are SICK.

[Lady Eileen]

Thanks for the post...Prayers for the protection of the unborn children of this nation. BTW you sound like a great doctor.