: About Me

A 40-something mother of one, Viv Corridor resides in the southeastern United States with her husband, young son and one very old cat. A Helium contributor since June 2007, her articles consistently rank in the top 10.

My passion is ...

words.

I know too much about ...

cats and interfaith relationships.

My parents always told me ...

I could do or be anything I want.

My childhood ambition ...

was to be a writer.

My favorite memory ...

the expression on my son's face when the OB/GYN plopped him on my stomach. He looked as if he wanted to say "What the hell just happened to me?"

Why I write ...

because I must.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

reading anything by Dean Koontz; watching Lost, Heroes and Boston Legal; listening to anything old.

My first job ...

was shelving books in a college library.

My best moment ...

the birth of my son, closely followed by his first step and the day my husband (finally) asked me to marry him.

My inspiration ...

comes from my parents instilling in me the knowledge that everything we do or say in life impacts others.

Politics, News & Issues > Family Law Should abortion for underage children require parental consent?

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Yes, parents should be notified when an underaged girl seeks an abortion. In fact, as that rarest of social types - a self-professed liberal who is also against abortion - I'll go one step further and say an adult woman, too, should also be required to at least advise the father that she's seeking an abortion. (Although in the case of an adult woman, the law ensures she doesn't need the father's consent to have an abortion). Why do I say this? Because pregnancy, while directly affecting the life and health of just two people - the mother and her fetus - also indirectly impacts many others ...

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