Well, now compassionate conservatives everywhere can get their jollies because in Virginia they now want to stick some sort of medical dildo into ladies who want an abortion:
And the ultrasound legislation would constitute an unprecedented government mandate to insert vaginal ultrasonic probes into women as part of a state-ordered effort to dissuade them from terminating pregnancies, legislative opponents noted.
You see, they want to know how old the zygote is and force the wanton strumpet to hear its heartbeat (if it has one) and the only way to do it is with the sonic dildo of slut shaming. Oh, they also referred to abortions as “matters of lifestyle convenience.”
--Tengrain (who is hoppin' mad)
(WaPo)
so how about a prostrate probe for Viagra prescriptions?
Posted by: punaise | February 15, 2012 at 02:32 PM
How does this not conflict with rape by a foreign object? I'm going to assume that if you don't want this procedure, "No" means "No"? Or will these asswipes find a way around this somehow by codifying rape as "Not Rape" if done by the government?
Posted by: jane_al | February 15, 2012 at 02:46 PM
legislated rape.
Posted by: pansypoo | February 15, 2012 at 03:10 PM
Jesus fucking CHRIST, I am so angry right now I'm speechless!
Posted by: watertiger | February 15, 2012 at 03:19 PM
All right now wait a minute. i completely disagree with this for a lot of reasons.
1. WTF!? Do the same for men and we'll talk about it (i'm male) - right, it would NEVER pass!!!
2. Beyond the rape issue (it isn't a question), what happens if their little sonic probe actually CAUSES damage.
3. My answer to all this abortion nonsense is this
Register everyone who is anti-abortion to the point of lividity. Okay? Now, if you're that FUCKING CONCERNED about the life of this foetus, YOU GET THEM! We'll start handing 'em out to your group to divvy up anyway you like - take as many as you can support, go ahead, help yourself. Next batch is coming tomorrow. Yep, and the day after that, and it ain't gonna stop. You're responsible for 'em, 'cause ye don't want the kids using condoms and ya don't want abortions so, THEY'RE YOURS. ALL OF 'EM, from now on!
But!!! The other side of this issue, and the part "they're" actually concerned with is this:
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120212/OPINION03/202120303/Michigan-breeding-poverty
(from the article)
"Last year, 43 percent of the babies born in Michigan were to single mothers. And even though Medicaid pays for birth control, half of the babies born here were to mothers on welfare. Eighteen percent were born to teenagers who already had at least one child. And nearly 1-in-5 new babies had mothers with no high school diploma.
In Michigan, poverty is as much a cultural problem as it is an economic one.
I spoke with an educator who is dealing with a single mother, mid-30s, with 12 children and a 13th on the way. The kids have an assortment of fathers with one thing in common — none married their mother. This woman's womb is a poverty factory.
It wouldn't matter if Michigan's economy were bursting with jobs, the woman and her children would still be poor.
Who's supporting these kids? If you're a taxpayer, you are. The roughly 45,000 children a year born onto the welfare rolls is a major reason Medicaid will consume 25 percent of next year's budget.
Those kids are more likely to grow up to be a strain on Corrections spending or welfare recipients themselves. And they'll drain money from the schools and universities that could help break this cycle.
In the 1990s, Michigan considered penalizing women who had more babies while on welfare, but pro-life groups killed the idea out of fear it would lead to more abortions."
See?
Posted by: Tom | February 15, 2012 at 04:19 PM
We need a law that requires office holders to leave their motherfucking messed up cult/religious bullshit at home. One mention of combining religious any thing with the workings of gubmint and your ass is out the door so fast your momma's head will spin. We need to get serious about the division of church and state before these theofascist shit bags go too far.
Posted by: Capt. Bat Guano | February 15, 2012 at 04:55 PM
Old catholic joke gains new relevance this year.
IF MEN COULD GET PREGNANT, ABORTION WOULD BE A SACRAMENT.
Somehow I doubt Sanctimonius Santorum would have had 7 children if he'd been the one pushing out those bowling balls.
Posted by: Oh Susannah | February 15, 2012 at 10:12 PM