I hate it when people say to me -- 'oh don't get so outraged, it's not personal' -- I get that a lot. I've never really known what to say. Until I was flipping channels some time ago and came across the movie "You've Got Mail" with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. I didn't have any interest in seeing it but something caught my attention. Hanks' character is talking to Ryan's character and mentions Pride and Prejudice, one of the greatest novels ever written.

But then I heard something even nearer and dearer to my heart (now for context it helps to know that Joe's megapolis-size bookstore has put Kathleen's tiny children's bookstore (started by her now deceased mother) out of business);

JOE: It wasn't personal --

KATHLEEN: -- It was business.
What is that supposed to mean?
I am so sick of that.
All it means is it's not personal to you,
but it's personal to me, it's personal to a lot of people.
(she shrugs helplessly) What's wrong with personal anyway?

That's been added to my life mantra since -- what's wrong with personal anyway. She ends it by saying "I mean, whatever else anything is, it ought to begin by being personal." That about sums up my position on the "right to choose" issue and it appears I have plenty of company in that regard. My sisters and friends were in DC marching for life -- wish I had been able to join them.