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I would hope that people would take the time to investigate a topic that was relevant and so important but one of the problems with ignorance is that sometimes you are so ignorant you don't know you have a blind spot. If you've not paid attention beyond hearing that abortion is now banned the thought, "I wonder if there is a rape exception?" may just not occur. A bit like how so many people don't know how tax brackets work, assume they do, and never bother to look into the topic.

As far as the doctors. I looked into things a bit more and apparently Mississippi's last abortion clinic closed down in July of 2022, which isn't surprising given the legal situation, so the direction to Chicago by the doctor may not have been motivated by advice to avoid persecution but rather it being the nearest qualified facility. So I think we were both erroneously assuming there were in-state options that weren't being used.

P.S. I suspect Chicago wasn't literally the closest but probably the closest without restrictions such as requiring a separate counseling and procedure visit that creates a greater barrier than a longer drive.

Why didn’t the mom research the law and see the rape exception?

Miss. Code § 41-41-45 requires a formal charge of rape by law enforcement for the exception to be applicable. If you read on to the Time article linked at the end of the Daily Beast article the mother claims to have been unaware of the rape to begin with. Even if charges could, as a matter of procedure, be filed against a John Doe to satisfy the requirement you still have to convince law enforcement to file those charges. Just informing a doctor that the pregnancy was the result of rape is insufficient to satisfy the exception.

Now you might be thinking, "Well, Mom didn't know but the kid knew what happened to her." I point to this from the Time article:

Regina hadn’t yet explained to her daughter how a baby is made, because she didn’t think Ashley was old enough to understand. “They need to be kids,” Regina says. She doesn’t think Ashley even realized that what happened to her could lead to a pregnancy.

It is unsurprising that she might lack the understanding and foresight required to be her own advocate on this issue.

I'm quite enjoying all three. Though I think the Rutas del Inca is my favorite of the bunch. Thanks for the suggestion. I'll have to keep them in mind.

Nice. I hope you've enjoyed it. I'd hate to think my enthusiasm would lead anyone astray. I'll probably try some of their darker roast options at some point.

I'm looking forward to when it is time to buy some more coffee so I can try some of their other offerings. I absolutely love that they offer sample size (4 oz) bags.

Being walking distance would be nice. I'm driving distance but the flat rate shipping is worth the price just to avoid the North split in my mind.

I shared my thoughts on the decaf.

So I tried the Honduras Marcala Honey. I'm still dialing it in so this is not the coffee at the best it can be.

I'm getting blackstrap molasses, light caramel, baking spices, and a light sweet fruitiness that is reminiscent of how a sourdough start can smell fruity. While a bit incongruent with it being the middle of summer it has a nice holiday feel going on. It has a lighter body than I'm used to but I'm used to 'medium' grocery store roasts so that isn't surprising. I think I need to coarsen up my grind a bit for my French press thought as it was a touch on the bitter side but figuring out sweet spots is part of the fun of things. At the end of the day I'm enjoying it.

I'll probably crack open the decaf this afternoon. I'm not particularly caffeine sensitive but I get up early for work so I'm careful about how late in the day I consume caffeine. I'm hoping a nice decaf will open up some options for a later in the day coffee.

I think that is what I'm going to be doing. The jump from preground to freshly ground will probably be noticeable enough and trying to push the envelop, even if seasoning does actually assist in this, seems a bit of a waste (in both coffee and effort) at this point. I tend to be guilty of this in a lot of new hobbies, I hoover up a bunch of info and I'm wondering how to do wheelies on a bike 5 seconds after removing the training wheels.

Dialing in is going to purge some coffee anyway, just to get to the roughly right texture. I wouldn’t feel any great need to purge much more through unless the manufacturer recommended it.

No, no mention of seasoning in the manual. The point about dialing in is a good one and one I never even considered.

If you’re worried about machining oils left on the burrs or something, you can always just open the machine up and take a look.

Another good point. They look clean and don't have any sort of machine oil odor.

It's called Cofi. There are other ones out there, some allow recipe sharing or store more detailed information in the recipe template, but I like the streamlined interface of Cofi.