Not one to be left in the cold, Alaska has jumped on the mandatory ultrasound bandwagon too.
But maybe it’s because these laws are becoming so routine conservative lawmakers feel the only way they can get headlines, and therefore campaign contributions, is to make each new proposal more outrageous than the last. That would explain State Rep. Alan Dick’s (R) suggestion that women should have to get permission from whomever impregnated them before terminating a pregnancy.
Dick would advocate for criminalizing women who had an abortion without such permission. “If I thought that the man’s signature was required in order for a woman to have an abortion, I’d have a little more peace about it.”
As Robin Marty reports, Ohio already tried such a move in 2009. That “paternal consent” bill would have required women obtain permission from the biological father before having an abortion, and, in cases of more than one partner, the woman must provide a full list of men with whom she had sex. Any woman who lied about the identity of a potential father or doctors who aborted without permission from the father would be prosecuted.
How long till we see a movement toward paternal consent in D.C. I wonder?
Abbreviated Care2 article as posted here.
Help, Help! There’s an Elephant in My Uterus! Longer article via The Mudflats that details the rest of Alaska's sorry entry into the contraception/abortion wars.
ETA: He has now issued a lame ass 'apology' and 'clarification'. Utter shite.
He also has a Facebook page which you currently can leave a comment on without liking. Thanks to
intrikate88 in comments.
I wanted to bold the whole friggin' article. Women have gone from filthy whores to idiot children who can't think for themselves to 'livestock'. E-fucking-nough.
But maybe it’s because these laws are becoming so routine conservative lawmakers feel the only way they can get headlines, and therefore campaign contributions, is to make each new proposal more outrageous than the last. That would explain State Rep. Alan Dick’s (R) suggestion that women should have to get permission from whomever impregnated them before terminating a pregnancy.
Dick would advocate for criminalizing women who had an abortion without such permission. “If I thought that the man’s signature was required in order for a woman to have an abortion, I’d have a little more peace about it.”
As Robin Marty reports, Ohio already tried such a move in 2009. That “paternal consent” bill would have required women obtain permission from the biological father before having an abortion, and, in cases of more than one partner, the woman must provide a full list of men with whom she had sex. Any woman who lied about the identity of a potential father or doctors who aborted without permission from the father would be prosecuted.
How long till we see a movement toward paternal consent in D.C. I wonder?
Abbreviated Care2 article as posted here.
Help, Help! There’s an Elephant in My Uterus! Longer article via The Mudflats that details the rest of Alaska's sorry entry into the contraception/abortion wars.
ETA: He has now issued a lame ass 'apology' and 'clarification'. Utter shite.
He also has a Facebook page which you currently can leave a comment on without liking. Thanks to
intrikate88 in comments.I wanted to bold the whole friggin' article. Women have gone from filthy whores to idiot children who can't think for themselves to 'livestock'. E-fucking-nough.
I'm sorry, no. Can't.
*Doesn't drink. Rereads Homestuck*
.....
...Right?
ETA: Which I have now done, just above the someecard. I don't know, it made me feel a little better. That and the fact that his page has only 16 likes. I could make a page for my giant book collection and get more fans than that in less than 24 hours, lol.
Edited at 2012-03-23 05:41 am (UTC)
this is making me rage.
seriously, I hate when people defend this shit by saying "oh it's just my personal belief." That's nice, but your "personal belief" involves interfering with other persons. So. Fuck off.
It's only fair.
edited for html fail e__e
Edited at 2012-03-23 05:46 am (UTC)
=D!!!
No really.
Also:
Tell me to my fucking face that I need a goddamn man's SIGNATURE AND APPROVAL to do something with MY BODY. Go ahead. Make my motherfucking DAY, asswipe.
I say we claim parthenogenesis.
ETA: If he can't get his momma or grandmomma, his sister will do in a pinch. I can't allow a man to be doing things without a woman vouching for him first.
Edited at 2012-03-23 06:50 am (UTC)
get out of my god damn reproductive business
And it’s about an attitude that women need controlling, need counseling, need guidance, need to be told what to do, need permission, need approval. It’s about the belief that women aren’t capable and thoughtful and reasonable, and able to decide what is best for ourselves.
Ding ding ding!!!
IT AIN'T ABOUT YOU, BRO. It ain't about YOUR "peace" about the process. The only one whose peace matters is the woman having the abortion.
Women can make their own choices I don't know why this is like brand new information every single day.
Fine. HE covers all my medical bills during pregnancy, plus those associated and resulting from it. He also has to compensate me for any loss of income I might (or rather WILL) face. If he can't because he lacks the means, I can go and abort.
If my life is in danger at any point, I can abort. He may decide about the life of "the unborn", but no randum fuck of mine gets to decide weather *I* live or not.
If there "is no father" because I was raped, I CAN ABORT THE SHIT OUT OF IT.
And after it has been born? HE keeps the child.
And he HAS to keep and support it, since adoption is NOT an option for someone who INSISTED on the child being born.
I go my very merry way and he never hears from me again, BECAUSE I NEVER WANTED A FUCKING CHILD. duh. NOR does he have the right to ask for any money, BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT A FUCKING CHILD.
Then, let us watch the sale for contraceptions and the support for the "right of the woman to abort unwanted pregnancies" skyrocket.
Edited at 2012-03-23 09:59 am (UTC)