Florida Republican sorry for repeatedly calling pregnant women 'host bodies'
Source: Raw Story/Miami Herald
TRAVIS GETTYS
01 MAR 2019 AT 12:55 ET
Florida Republican lawmaker apologized for repeatedly referring to pregnant women as host bodies during a television interview.
House Speaker José Oliva used the phrase host bodies multiple times during an interview Thursday with WFOR-TV, but he issued a statement the following day to apologize for using the term during a discussion on abortion, reported the Miami Herald.
I apologize for having caused offense, my aim was the contrary, Oliva said. This is and will continue to be our societies [sic] greatest challenge. I strongly believe both mother and child have rights and the extent and balance of those rights remain in question. I regret my wording has distracted from the issue. My apologies to all.
The Miami Lakes Republican said he was trying to use terminology found in medical ethics writings with the purpose of keeping the discussion dispassionate.
Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2019/03/florida-republican-sorry-repeatedly-calling-pregnant-women-host-bodies/?utm_source=push_notifications
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,028 posts)Ohiogal
(32,017 posts)Who took him aside and held a shotgun to his head to make him apologize? Ill bet it was a REAL SINCERE apology.....
area51
(11,914 posts)they see women as nothing more than "garages" to park in.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)And now we know why they're snatching and raping children at the border.
Squinch
(50,957 posts)Ofjose that the family is expecting a blessed event.
Blessed be the fruit. Under his eye.
lark
(23,134 posts)This is the real repug stance, women are property only and have no choice in whether we have their children or not.
IrishEyes
(3,275 posts)StatGirl
(518 posts)As technology moves along, a human body can exist outside of its host body earlier and earlier, and so then one has to think, until what time does the host body have veto power over this other life? The question is: What is the value of that life? And is it subordinate to the value of its host body?
So there are human bodies and host bodies!
IrishEyes
(3,275 posts)I guess to republicans, a woman is either a sex toy or a host body. I'm very proud to be a democrat.
dalton99a
(81,534 posts)volstork
(5,403 posts)bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)MineralMan
(146,320 posts)Perfect use of the editing capability of Wikipedia! It won't last, of course, but it exists.
oldsoftie
(12,569 posts)unblock
(52,273 posts)Calling it "medical ethics writings" is merely trying to hide the fact that the term "host bodies" displays a galling dismissal of any ethical consideration for a pregnant woman.
Treating her as a mere incubator is not "dispassionate", it's callous cruelty and betrays a fundamental contempt for other people.
louis-t
(23,295 posts)the 1400s.
unblock
(52,273 posts)Maxheader
(4,373 posts)Thats all it is with these gop weinys...graham, cruz, jordon...spewing b.s. and then usually comes the mea-culpa..
C Moon
(12,218 posts)RockRaven
(14,978 posts)When is he going to apologize for that?
Aristus
(66,421 posts)in discussions about medical ethics.
This hammerhead knows nothing about either medicine or ethics...
MineralMan
(146,320 posts)No doubt.
Aristus
(66,421 posts)Crap, all of it...
MineralMan
(146,320 posts)irisblue
(33,004 posts)appleannie1943
(1,303 posts)Faux pas
(14,686 posts)durablend
(7,462 posts)Javaman
(62,531 posts)if there ever was a case for lizard people...
ToxMarz
(2,169 posts)[img][/img]
BumRushDaShow
(129,199 posts)They have lost their fucking minds and are foaming at the mouth just to assert some sort of artificial superiority.
This is what HE is -
BostonBlue
(53 posts)the gop just needs to start over
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)MineralMan
(146,320 posts)CousinIT
(9,251 posts)The World over, HALF the human population are considered less than human. They are instead considered mere vessels; incubators; host bodies to incubate male seed; male service units. This entire attitude is what rape culture, and the patriarchy that is hellbent on denying women full agency of their own bodies and full reproductive health care is perched upon.
https://www.thenation.com/article/reproductive-rights-and-long-hand-slave-breeding/
Historic NY
(37,452 posts)he's a shit receptacle.
louis-t
(23,295 posts)Freethinker65
(10,028 posts)StatGirl
(518 posts)Always remember: 62 million Americans thought Trump was just swell.
StatGirl
(518 posts)I do wonder where he got this phrase from. This suggests that there's a whole community out there who use this terminology.
I bet his mother is real proud of him.
TygrBright
(20,763 posts)mbusby
(823 posts)...sperm receptacles.
bitterross
(4,066 posts)He meant the mother was nothing more than a host and the "certain amount of rights" he wants for the host are "none."
The Genealogist
(4,723 posts)Using the terminology makes it sound like women are some kind of creatures from the Alien movie franchise. And is is not sorry that he said it, only that he got called on his dehumanizing rhetoric. And I what kind of source did he use? The Pat Robertson Medical Ethics Seriies?
MineralMan
(146,320 posts)Of course, that might already be the case. I don't know.
UpInArms
(51,284 posts)What? You got woke?
Methinks you are a cretin and past parasite
keithbvadu2
(36,836 posts)"dispassionate"? - F-A-I-L-!
MineralMan
(146,320 posts)That's freaking amazing. An utter dolt gets elected to head a legislative body?
Florida Man Speaks Out - Steps on Own Dick
Vinca
(50,297 posts)onecaliberal
(32,875 posts)rurallib
(62,432 posts)but they will go lower, guaranteed.
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)That is a term we have used in our family to define a man who is useless, makes babies and then doesn't support them or take part in parenting.
Paladin
(28,267 posts)The right wing looks upon women as fetus incubators---"host bodies." This jerk's primary sin was speaking plainly and telling the truth; maybe it will cause others to wake up and see just what's at risk in this country.
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