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The Supreme Courts decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in June unleashed a wave of anger at the GOP and lawmakers whove been pushing to ban abortion for years.
It also unleashed some of the most unhinged takes on pregnancy, abortion, and how uteruses function that weve seen in quite some time.
Despite the fact that conservatives fought for decades for the decision they finally achieved in the Dobbs case, many Republican officials have struggled mightily to rationalize their abortion stances to constituents, some of whom are experiencing an America without Roe v. Wade for the first time.
During that time, state lawmakers have opined that women can control just exactly when men ejaculate and that child rape victims have options that arent abortion, while gubernatorial candidates and actual members of Congress explicitly compare abortion with genocide.
During a late-August hearing, South Carolina House legislators debated a complete ban on abortion. While lawmakers ultimately included exceptions for rape and incest in their proposed abortion ban, Republican Rep. Doug Gilliam complained about characterizing a child rape victim as being forced to carry her rapists baby, and suggested that such victims have options, such as Plan B.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7v3z9/republican-abortion-comments
Read the whole article. These people are crazier than outhouse rats. You thought Todd Aiken was nuts???????
DBoon
(22,366 posts)I suspect this lawmaker's spouse has a different opinion on the matter
crickets
(25,980 posts)Eh, I think not. /still chuckling
Mad_Machine76
(24,412 posts)Especially if the rapist is their parent/guardian?! Also, Republicans are sure to be figuring out ways to go after Plan B and even birth control eventually
Jilly_in_VA
(9,971 posts)WHAT?????????
Mad_Machine76
(24,412 posts)And how does one book a hypothetical ambulance to drive you somewhere to get Plan B?!
Either these people really are too stupid to breathe or they're just trolling us.
Jilly_in_VA
(9,971 posts)It was in the article. Some GOPrep actually SAID THAT.
IcyPeas
(21,871 posts)they have no understanding of the trauma of rape, especially when it happens to a child. they diminish it like it was no big deal. this infuriates me.
A.CHILD.GETTING.RAPED.IS.HORRIFYING.
GREG ABBOTT TALKS LIKE IT'S JUST A BOO-BOO THAT NEEDS A BAND-AID?
For chrissake. Picture the scenario: just skip on over to your nearest CVS drug store and ask the nice pharmacist for a plan B pill. Then go home and play with your dollies.
And now if *anybody* gets raped, they may not even have access to PReP and could wind up with HIV and be stuck with THAT for the rest of their lives.
These people are ghouls!
EnergizedLib
(1,895 posts) While lawmakers ultimately included exceptions for rape and incest in their proposed abortion ban, Republican Rep. Doug Gilliam complained about characterizing a child rape victim as being forced to carry her rapists baby, and suggested that such victims have options, such as Plan B.
I know age of consent laws vary by state, but I dont think kids can consent to sex, and I dont think anybody plans or consents to rape.
Its stupidity, and this stupidity is making laws.
Jilly_in_VA
(9,971 posts)to wish that one of THEM gets raped? Not their wives or daughters, but one of THEM. One of these pompous, pious, idiocy-spouting MEN. Let them find out whether they can "control" things and just how it feels!