Peg - I didn't mean to imply you view wasn't based on experience. I was making a general point, but I can see that I wrote it badly and annoyed you in the process. Sorry - didn't mean to devalue your experience. It's easy to see why these issues provoke tension and hostility, when even when someone comes in with an open mind and wanting to look at both sides they can accidentally inflame the issue by clumsiness.

Maybe its a UK/US difference? All I can say is that all the SPUC meetings I have been to were predominantly female. Maybe that's why we tend not to have pickets outside clinics, or violence associated with the issue in this country.....(just a bit of trolling for a man to be outraged that I would say such a thing....heheheh).

Bagpuss