Republicans Want To Politicize Your Uterus. Again.
July 17th, 2008Last gasp of horseshit:
Abortion Proposal Sets Condition on Aid - NYTimes.com
Thanks Marshall for the tweet about this.
I can’t wait for our new A Handmaid’s Tale inspisired future.
Let’s all build a more intrusive, judgmental and evil world together! In the name of Jesus!
Vote Obama in 2008. o
Tags: conservatives showing how lame they and their Jesus are, douchey, GOP, Jesus Out of My Vagina
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July 17th, 2008 at 10:06 am
Total bullshit.
Counting down the days until Bush is out.
Jesus Christ sucks a big one.
July 17th, 2008 at 10:46 am
Don’t you know that religious fundamentalism is bad only if it is Muslim?
July 17th, 2008 at 11:03 am
What the fuck?
You know what? Talk to me about abortion after we have resolved the issue of unwanted children, abused children, overcrowded prisons, welfare abuses, and have provided affordable birth control for every person in the country. Then we can talk about abortion, based on its merits, and the fact that it might actually be an issue then.
And it is pro-choice, not pro-abortion, people.
Individuals may have any opinion he or she likes, but unless that individual has had a uterus, his opinion is moot.
/rant
Thanks, Jon, for posting this. I missed this in my sweep this morning.
If McCain wins, I will be moving to Vancouver. You and your family would be welcome anytime (as long as you bring Leta).
July 17th, 2008 at 11:04 am
I really should stop being surprised by the jackassery of this current administration.
The real threat to women’s reproductive autonomy isn’t an out-and-out overturning of Roe v. Wade, but this sort of incremental chipping away of access.
Vote Obama, indeed!
P.S. Also, contribute what you can to Planned Parenthood; they help fund training for doctors who are (big surprise) getting less and less education in abortion procedures:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE1DD1239F93AA25755C0A965958260
(It’s an old article, but the statistics have only gotten worse in the intervening years…)
July 17th, 2008 at 11:59 am
The line in the article that REALLY kills me is: “The proposed definition of abortion is so broad that it would cover many types of birth control, including oral contraceptives and emergency contraception.”
Getting rid of access to The Pill = more people considering abortion. And that’s SUCH a good plan. Because, you know, what we need is more unplanned pregnancies.
Yikes. I will be completely devastated if we have to go through another 4 years of this crap.
July 17th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
*groan* As a Christian, this pisses me off. It’s as though thoughts pertaining to my uterus or my sexual preference are the only legitimate “moral issues”. What about poverty? (Jesus DID say “Whatever you’ve done to the least of these, you’ve done to me” and I don’t think he had tiny fetuses in mind) What about the environment (rewind to Genesis where God appoints man to care for creation)? What about living lives set apart from the “empire” and doing good to our neighbors? Aren’t those valid, if not crucially more important moral issues? And I love to remind my republican friends that they’ve had 8 years of leadership from a pro-life Republican president and nothing has changed re:abortion. In the same breath, I understand the sort of sentiment most people have regarding abortion, but would much rather them channel their feelings and passions into reducing the numbers of necessary abortions than simply eradicating it. After all, abortions will happen no matter the legality of the issue… they always have. *sigh* I hope more and more Christians can see through this horse-shit and dig deeper within their beliefs. I’m convinced more Christians would vote Democrat if Republicans weren’t hijacking and manipulating the emotions of many well meaning followers of Christ.
July 17th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
It’s nice to see the Republicans doing something based on facts and not religion. /s
In Texas, with their abstinence only sex ed. , they have the highest rate of sexual activity (53%) and lowest rate of condom use in the country. Of course Jenna Bush was a virgin on her wedding night because of her strong family values, like following in her Daddys foot steps and getting busted for drinking more than once. What a bunch of hypocrites.
“Won’t someone think of the children!’ *Helen Lovejoy’s voice*
July 17th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
McCain apparently doesn’t even know what birth control is, either that or indirectly talking about sex makes him uncomfortable…
http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/mccain_respect_contraception/?r=922&id=574-1286371-V9uFifx
Obama FTW!
July 17th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Jezebel.com was all over this yesterday… I spent a goodly amount of time getting angry about it.
http://jezebel.com/5025756/bush-administration-memo-tries-to-define-birth-control-as-abortion
July 17th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Don’t forget our health care organizations that pay for Viagra but not for birth control…McCain couldn’t dodge this question fast enough!!
July 17th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Excuse me, Meowski, Jesus does not suck a big one. Using Jesus as an excuse for your own personal agenda of control and hate does.
Go Obama.
July 17th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
In my personal experience with him he does and as an ex-evangelical I have a pretty good understanding of how religion works. The whole concept of Jesus has a personal agenda attached to it - just take an art history class. No matter how much they would have you believe that it is about your personal “relationship” with him, it is really about the personal agenda of those in power staying in control.
July 17th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
How and why did women EVER lose our power to control our bodies? To allow MEN to make laws and decisions about what should be ours and ours alone to control? How did it happen? I believe it started with religion and that has not ended yet by any means.
July 17th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
77% of anti-abortion leaders are men.
100% of them will never be pregnant.
Religion does not have a monopoly on morality.
It does, however, have a monopoly on real estate.
July 17th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
I’m confused. First they condemn homosexuals. Now they’re making it impossible for heterosexuals to engage in the national past time. When is it going to sink in that reproductive rights aren’t just women’s issues, they’re heterosexual issues? When women’s biological rights come under fire, all the men in their lives are going to be mightily pissed off about that, too.
So, what’s the strategy there?
July 18th, 2008 at 8:27 am
I’m all for women having rights, but from what I understand this is more about health providers’ rights - if they don’t feel comfortable giving birth control, abortions, or any other procedure they shouldn’t be forced to do it.
July 18th, 2008 at 8:53 am
Vote Obama ‘08 indeed!
I think it’s ridiculous that politicians think they have a right to stick their conservative noses in places they don’t belong - like, in women’s vaginas for example.
Gross.
I think it can best be summed up like this - ‘I’ve got nothing against Jesus, it’s his fan club I can’t stand.’
July 18th, 2008 at 9:24 am
Briefly, I have to defend my Jesus: It’s what people profess to do in his name that supposedly entitles them to these ridiculous crusades. They think if they slap a Jesus sticker on anything, that enables them to shove their agendas all up in my craw, just so they can keep everything else out of it. Just let me choose. Stop exploiting my Jesus, people.
@brebolivar - I have some really impacted wisdom teeth. At my last dentist appointment, the dentist told me he wasn’t comfortable with extracting the teeth, and he’d be able to recommend me to an orthodontist whom he trusted with the more difficult yanking. So, would healthcare providers have a comparable alternative regarding birth control? It seems like it could get even more complicated, trying to affix a collective pro-life conscience to healthcare on top of trying to dictate individuals’ sensibilities.
July 18th, 2008 at 9:46 am
After finding out about this yesterday, I filled out the form on NARAL.org to tell my senator that I think this is a henious proposal: https://secure.prochoiceamerica.org/site/Advocacy?JServSessionIdr009=bjoyykshg1.app46b&cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=3253
And last night? Sen. Sherrod Brown wrote back to me saying that he would do everything in his power to kill this legislation. There aren’t a lot of reasons to be proud to live in Ohio sometimes, but Sen. Brown is certainly one of them.
July 18th, 2008 at 10:19 am
As is the case with so many things, the vocal fringe become the identity of the group. I’m a solid Christian and I also support choice. Please don’t dump on Jesus because of the narrow-minded reps of the Right (really Wrong). Remember–Jesus wasn’t that way. He hung out with the regular Joes and those with lots of problems…and he disdained the self-thought righteous. I SO wish that the real love of Christ permeated the loudmouthed “‘Christian’ Right.” But it doesn’t. So please don’t blast the truth–blast the hypocrisy. But they are indeed two different things.
July 18th, 2008 at 10:33 am
Thanks, katliz, for the link. I immediately went there and sent a message to my congressman and then sent the link to all of my friends. When I told my husband about this legislation, he said, “I thought that issue had been settled.” Folks, this is an on-going battle and we must stay vigilant.
And I already have my Obama08 bumper sticker on my car.
July 18th, 2008 at 10:39 am
Isn’t it amazing how ridiculous this is? I believe this is a huge reason why I’m moving out of the country (for the 2nd time).
@SuzieQ- Thank you for reminding all of us about the point you made. It seems that whenever I bring that up, people act as if they’ve never heard it before.
Obama 08!
July 18th, 2008 at 10:39 am
I have so often been shocked by this administration that it may just tip my uterus back the other way.
July 18th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
@mayiwrite - as i was taught in medical school ethics class, it is our responsibility to recommend a physician to perform the procedure if we don’t feel comfortable with it, which according to many doctors happens quite often. it seems to me that this silly bill isn’t necessary when this is already happening among doctors with pro-life views…but perhaps i just don’t get it?
July 18th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
Not the only politicizing of the uterus going on these days I’m afraid…
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=5340949&page=1