Pro-Choice or Pro-Saline?

Tensions ran high on the nation's Capitol today as women gave their input before a forthcoming legislative ruling. "We have a right to decide what is right for our own bodies," said Virginia Silverman of Orange County, California. "Women along with their surgeons should be allowed to choose..." said Arlene Nicole Cummings. But she wasn't talking about abortion--she was just borrowing the language. The choice Ms. Cummings advocates is the choice to put silicone gel implants into her breasts, rather than the current saline variety. The more lifelike silicone implants have been illegal for 13 years, but today's hearing comes as the FDA considers making them legal once again, despite a history of significant complications with the implants and evidence that suggests their malfunction can lead to serious illness. The women-and-their-bodies-and-their-doctors line of argument used by the silicone proponents wasn't just overly dramatic; it was cheap and bizarre. I think it's safe to assume that pro-choice advocates were not thrilled to have the pro-silicone lobby piggy back on their cause. But hey--they are women, and they do have bodies... GIVE THEM THEIR RIGHTS!!!

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of greater cup sizes...