Dammit, dammit, dammit. You know, I almost made it to the weekend without cursing the ground on which the republicans walk, and then I stumbled across this vile piece of misogynistic anti-woman legislation. Having backed off their neanderthalic attempts to redefine rape as only being 'forcible' so as to prevent federal funds being used for abortions, the Anti-Woman party now wants to write into law a provision that prevents doctors from saving the life of a pregnant woman, if by so doing, the fetus does not survive. So what this means for pregnant women is that if, due to complications, a doctor is facing a scenario where they can only save either the mother OR the fetus, they have to concentrate on saving the fetus first. Never mind the living, breathing woman giving birth, save the unborn fetus first. In other words a woman's life is not worth as much as that of the unborn fetus she is carrying. Excuse me? On what planet does that even remotely make sense?
I knew that the religious fervor was strong in this particular group of nutjobs, even if the stupid republican sheep that voted for them ignored it, but I need someone to explain to me how this sort of "christian" fundamentalist, anti-woman legislation is different from the same sort of bullshit the Taliban try and pull in Afghanistan and rural Pakistan, because I honestly can't find it. Besides, I thought that the Teahadist wing of the GOP was supposed to be in favour of less government intrusion, not more? Oh, and while we're at it, where are all those fucking jobs we were promised when they lied their way into power? I thought that getting the economy going again was the "top priority". Strange, it seems to me that their top priority is passing a radical religious right-wing anti-woman agenda instead.
I honestly don't know which is more scary, the fact that 100 representatives have signed up as co-sponsors to this despicable piece of theocratic stupidity, or that there are still women out there that will vote for them anyway.
Funny thing is that no-one has explained to the willfully blind republican voters that their Teahadist representatives only care about the fetus until it's born. After that, they can't wait to send it off to fight in pointless wars of choice, or execute them if they commit a crime. Of course if the fetus, once born, needs assitance in between times say with food or shelter or healthcare it is completely and totally fucked because the Teanuts will have dismantled the social safety net that was once in place.
Yay progress!!!
I need a drink....
Of course real Christianity is liberalism par excellence, if not sociliasm.
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