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Topic: Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor
regrets not having borne or adopted
children in memoir, ´My Beloved World´ |
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor
regrets not having borne or adopted
children in memoir, ´My Beloved World´
Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By:LittleHoodedMonk, 12/11/2012 8:01:09 AM
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| Washington - Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor says in her upcoming memoir that her lifelong battle against diabetes and the fear that she might die early played a big part in her decision not to have children. The 58-year-old Sotomayor says in an unusually personal book for a Supreme Court justice that she feels an occasional tug of regret at not having borne or adopted children. (Snip) Sotomayor also defends affirmative action — under which she was admitted to Princeton University and Yale Law School — as needed to get disadvantaged students to the starting line of a race to success.
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Comments:
While I have never been a parent, in the "best of times or worst," children need to be brought into the world as to complete our covenant of marriage with God.
This tries to humanize Sotomayor, but as a peep of 0bama and pro-abortion, she´s not on my list to want to know. However, as a minority, I agree with affirmative action [as it helped me] ONLY if the person is well qualified for the job. No amount of hand-wringing and good-will will guarantee that employers wouldn´t hire a person beyond some "prejudice" they might have.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Historybuff, 12/11/2012 8:05:57 AM (No. 9059056)
Breaking News:
I Can´t Have it All!!!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
TunnelRat, 12/11/2012 8:20:30 AM (No. 9059074)
Not such a wise latina, after all...
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
The Architect, 12/11/2012 8:25:14 AM (No. 9059081)
Thank God she didn´t have children. The U.S. already has a plethora of uber liberals.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Pearson365, 12/11/2012 8:38:02 AM (No. 9059108)
This narrow minded, quite radical woman knows how to make money, and is surely ready to bare all on The View if it moves the merchandise.
If she truly regrets not having children versus a poignant story to boost royalties, why doesn´t she give up her bench job and work with children? There are plenty of Catholic hospitals needing legal assistance on malpractice cases. In fact, these same Catholic hospitals are in court right now trying to stop, ObamaCare, the massive law that Sonia was near orgasmic in ruling constitutional. She is another liberal user.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Rumblehog, 12/11/2012 9:36:53 AM (No. 9059231)
This is Satan´s world.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
texaspast, 12/11/2012 9:41:04 AM (No. 9059250)
To paraphrase Diane on Cheers (season one, episode two): On behalf of all the unadopted children of the world, may I just say WHEW!
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Bevan, 12/11/2012 9:51:04 AM (No. 9059277)
Just let Kagan donate the sperm.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
grampagasman, 12/11/2012 9:55:45 AM (No. 9059288)
Bevan, I just had to clean my screen!
Thanks for starting my day off with a laugh.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
noproblems, 12/11/2012 10:17:12 AM (No. 9059343)
how sexist can she be. who would have thunk that participating in the miracle of life would be more important that having additional free time
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
fayebeck, 12/11/2012 10:21:46 AM (No. 9059356)
I have just added another irritant to my list. Women who are pro abortion saying their biggest regrets is "not having children".
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Scottyboy, 12/11/2012 10:23:25 AM (No. 9059358)
She needs to forget about kisd and adopt the U.S. Constitution.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
LadyVet, 12/11/2012 10:36:02 AM (No. 9059398)
Attaboy, #12.
I´m with #11, it´s getting on my nerves as well. Funny how you don´t hear women with children saying that their biggest regret in live was not aborting their children.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Chuzzles, 12/11/2012 10:43:51 AM (No. 9059419)
Agreed #13, and as to this book, what a trash wallow of excuses. And I don´t mean trash wallow in the Liz & Dick good way.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
JAN, 12/11/2012 10:46:45 AM (No. 9059428)
Well, lucky her. She didn´t have to be punished with a baby.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
PatAZ, 12/11/2012 10:55:08 AM (No. 9059449)
I suppose she realized it was a tear jerker story that would earn her $1.2M advance. And God children can always go home with Mama and Daddy after the party. No problem.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
bighambone, 12/11/2012 10:56:06 AM (No. 9059455)
From what she says that she observed while growing up and while she was an adult in New York City, and if she really is a wise Latina, she would now be a compassionate conservative rather then a seemingly bleeding heart liberal.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
stablemoney, 12/11/2012 11:27:43 AM (No. 9059550)
I don´t want any more Sotomayors.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
mickturn, 12/11/2012 11:38:29 AM (No. 9059581)
I don´t buy this at all...she is more likely not the ´marrying kind´ or she is so selfish she didn´t want a baby to interfere with her good life...either way this is a pathetic excuse!
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
capt scurvey, 12/11/2012 12:32:26 PM (No. 9059731)
I´m guessing birth control has seldom, if ever, been a concern for her.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
udanja99, 12/11/2012 1:12:02 PM (No. 9059828)
Whew, indeed. The last thing we need is more kids being raised by lesbian single moms.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
TXknitter, 12/11/2012 2:05:25 PM (No. 9059953)
Great posts #11 and 12.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
msjena, 12/11/2012 2:25:33 PM (No. 9060003)
Believe it or not, she was married, but is now divorced. Here is how I see it: women who really want to have children, have them. I suspect that Sonia was ambivalent about it and now that it is too late to make the decision, she is expressing regret. I think people need to live with their choices. Too often people think they made a wrong choice when in fact it was the choice they really wanted to make at the time.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
PageTurner, 12/11/2012 2:30:04 PM (No. 9060007)
No, Sonia. You did those kids a public service by not exposing them to yourself and your lousy politics.
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