Yesterday, prior to passing SENATE BILL NO. 1387, Idaho's entry into the state-required-rape-of-women-medically-unnecessary-ultrasound-before-abortion-Misogynists-of-America membership drive, the sponsor of the bill, Sen. Chuck Winder (R) argued against provisions allowing for victims of rape or incest implying that that women may not understand whether they have been raped and may be saying they've been raped as an excuse to get an abortion.
Just when I think I've heard the most dumb a** thing from these men, someone else opens his mouth.
More after the squiggle.
Believe it or not we are still traveling backwards and are stuck in a time warp. I keep checking my calendar, because I really thought we had been progressing forward. Well...some have; many have not.
According to the New York Times, Idaho already has a law that "allows" a woman the opportunity to view an ultrasound prior to receiving her abortion. Now, in addition to the forced ultrasound:
The measure would also require the Department of Health and Welfare to make available a list of places in Idaho, typically anti-abortion health care centers, where those considering an abortion could get a free ultrasound. Those women would have to submit to a second ultrasound should they opt for an abortion, according to the measure
and be subjected to all of the tactics employed there to talk them out of having the procedure done.
In responding to opposition to the bill and concern there was no exception for rape victims, incest victims, or women with medical emergencies, we're blessed with:
“Rape and incest was used as a reason to oppose this," Winder said on the Senate floor. "I would hope that when a woman goes in to a physician with a rape issue, that physician will indeed ask her about perhaps her marriage, was this pregnancy caused by normal relations in a marriage or was it truly caused by a rape. I assume that's part of the counseling that goes on.”
Really? Seriously? Does he honestly believe a woman, who has gone through the gut-wrenching, emotional, spiritual turmoil to come to the decision to have an abortion would also want to "fake", "lie", or "pretend" that she had also been violently, physically, sexually, mentally, and emotionally violated by some misogynist poor excuse for humanity so she could could subject herself not only to the guilt, pain, and shame many will heap upon her (in 2012?) for the abortion, but also for the "perceived rape or incest?".
Does he not know how difficult it is even in 2012 for a woman to come forward about being raped BECAUSE idiots like him think they are making it up?
And he thinks we're too stupid to know the difference between a loving, sexual act and a violent, physical assault? I can't believe there are still idiots who believe that. I guess date rape, and marital rape, and incest don't exist either.
What a dumb a**. OMG, I can't stand it. This War on Women with all these men (and some women) passing all of these ultrasound laws and anti-contraception laws and all these attitudes from the 12th century are driving me nuts.
We had better make damn sure we get Obama re-elected and Elizabeth Warren elected and dozens of others at the state levels to flush these idiots out.