Why would anyone care whether a woman has an abortion or not?

[MADem]

78. I do--look at angioplasty. There's a lot of argument about that as a procedure.

There's a lot of argument about doing it on people who don't need it, and there are different ways of doing it, and the discussions are quite vigorous about when/where and who needs it. And a lot of people can avoid it entirely with PREVENTIVE care--regular checkups, healthy diet, medications when called for, etc.

And prostate operations--those used to be the "go to" default...remove the prostate the minute the PSA gets squirrelly. Now, that has changed to a "watchful waiting" strategy by many MDs. Even when they think action is mandated, they will sometimes use the radioactive seeds (like Kerry got) rather than take out the knife. Less invasive. Less intrusive. Less RISK.

And it wasn't that long ago in the big scheme of things that filling a tooth was unheard of--it was just yanked out, not saved, no fillings, no root canals...the whole science of dentistry has evolved enormously, and prophylactic care is a HUGE part of it all.

There's nothing "dishonest" about saying that if a person can avoid having an intrusive medical procedure, that they might want to do that. And people ARE saying that--about angioplasty, about prostate removals, and even about dental care.

And if they can avoid an intrusive procedure with preventive care, well, good for them.