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Abortion Saved My Mother's Life. Savita Halappanavar Was Not So Lucky.

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My Mother could have been Savita Halappanavar, the expectant mother who needlessly died recently in an Irish hospital. Due to harsh and confusing abortion laws, the doctors refused to terminate her pregnancy, even though it was apparent that neither she nor her child would survive it. They watched as Ms. Halappanavar writhed in pain, unable to expel the dying fetus that was killing her, and unable to get the doctors to act. In 1971, my mother was 24 and had two young children. She was five months along with a third when she experienced complications and began severely hemorrhaging. She went to the hospital afraid she would miscarry. Many painful hours later, exhausted from blood loss, she lay frightened atop a heap of bloody sheets and towels, scared that she would die, terrified that she would never see her young children again. She was shocked when the doctors finally told her she would bleed to death if she did not terminate her pregnancy. They brought her abortion papers

Baltimore Book Festival

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 Had a great time yesterday at the Baltimore Book Festival.  Yes. I do know Tico the Steeler Dog. And no, I won't get you his autograph.   I tried to show 'em that I'm the boss. It didn't work. It never does.     

Book Reading at The King's English

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Had a great time reading The Valley of Fire at The King's English Bookshop in Salt Lake City.   1) No, I can't save you any money on your car insurance, but 2) yes, I do look like Brad Pitt.   Trump's hair is really this big! I swear! "To Trogdor the Burninator." Are you sure that's your name?

"The Valley of Fire had me rolling on the floor laughing!"

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Oh, man! This car doesn't even have a steering wheel. Great interview on the 19th with GodDiscussion.com on Blog Talk Radio about my "fantasy/new weird" novel The Valley of Fire (available on Create Space , Amazon or through your local bookstore). "One of the funniest books I've ever  read...it is scream!" GodDiscussion.com Click here for the interview . My segment begins at 17:05 and ends at 54:00. This is half as long as I'd like to speak and twice as long as anyone should let me. I managed to prove myself a blasphemer, heretic and Mormon apostate in one brief discussion. Not a bad trifecta! "This is a great book, I guarantee you're going to love it." GodDiscussion.com If you're a free thinker, I highly recommend the God Discussion show and website . If you're not a free thinker or just don't like the God Discussion people, then I hope you spend the rest of your life eating nothing but the leather s