Jody Allard

We came together and fought like hell for equality, and eventually we made a difference.

I don't believe that you're incapable of treating me and my friends with compassion. Maybe you just need a little help.

Planned Parenthood did nothing wrong, according to a report released to

". . . a couple of people posted the nastiest sex ad they could come up with to Craigslist and published all of the responses, including pictures, email addresses, etc. Unfortunately, my ex husband was dumb enough to use a fake email address but still send this "woman" multiple pictures of himself that included both his face and his dick. It was very obvious to everyone concerned that my husband was soliciting nasty sex online."

Is racism the only reason that nine people died in Charleston last week, or is there something more going on here?

No one is currently in a position to mandate a one-size-fits-all vaccine policy.

It's Election Day AND National Sandwich Day today and, somehow, I feel like these important two events must be related.

Let me repeat that, just in case you missed it. Bernie Sanders said that a mother "should stay home" with her baby. When I first heard that sentence, I looked at my teenagers, and began yelling, "Mothers?! Should?!" My oldest son, who is 17 now, shrugged and replied, "Well, they should stay home with their babies, right? I mean, isn't that a good thing?"

". . . it is illegal to sell fetal tissue, but it is perfectly legal to receive compensation for the time and expense involved in collecting, preparing, storing, and transporting tissue for research purposes. This is well-established in the rules and regulations surrounding organ and tissue donation. Similar regulations also make it illegal to sell children, but legal to compensate parents for medical care and expenses incurred during an adoption."

My only regret is that I wasted nearly 40 years trying to bend my chronically ill body to an imaginary idea of perfection.