Vox:
A bill recently introduced in Texas would make it possible for women to get the death penalty for having abortions.
The bill would criminalize all abortions, with no exceptions for rape or incest, and would make it possible to charge a woman with homicide for having the procedure, according to the Washington Post. The state of Texas allows capital punishment for homicide.
Rep. Tony Tinderholt, a Republican state legislator who introduced the bill, says it wouldmake people “consider the repercussions” of having sex.
“My bill simply accomplishes one goal,” Tinderholt said in a statement to media on Wednesday. “It brings equal treatment for unborn human beings under the law.”
So I guess it's time to reprise a little thing I posted a while back.
Let's say you have a chance encounter with a woman of your acquaintance at the grocery store or whatever - you don't know her well, but you know her - and you notice this usually very fit, very svelte woman is looking a bit round. You ask how she is, and rolling her eyes and giving out a big sigh, she tells you she's pregnant - again - almost 5 months into this one, which is the 4th time around - 9 years after her last one - and she is obviously not all that thrilled, having gotten the first 3 kids well into school and just getting her career back on track and this throws a pretty big wrench in the works, etc etc.
You exchange pleasantries and go on your merry way.
A year or so later, you see her again. She's looking her usual great self, and you ask about the new baby. Without going into detail, she tells you "it just didn't work out". You notice she doesn't seem to be all that sad about it, and you find yourself wondering if she's done something illegal.
What is your civic duty at that point? Do you call the authorities and report what seems to you to be her suspicious behavior?
That stoopid thing in Texas isn't going anywhere - not this time - but they keep doing it because it brings in the Taliban cash, and riles up the rubes to get out the vote, and one of these days, they might make it stick.
But in the end, here's the thing, Skeezix:
Let's say you have a chance encounter with a woman of your acquaintance at the grocery store or whatever - you don't know her well, but you know her - and you notice this usually very fit, very svelte woman is looking a bit round. You ask how she is, and rolling her eyes and giving out a big sigh, she tells you she's pregnant - again - almost 5 months into this one, which is the 4th time around - 9 years after her last one - and she is obviously not all that thrilled, having gotten the first 3 kids well into school and just getting her career back on track and this throws a pretty big wrench in the works, etc etc.
You exchange pleasantries and go on your merry way.
A year or so later, you see her again. She's looking her usual great self, and you ask about the new baby. Without going into detail, she tells you "it just didn't work out". You notice she doesn't seem to be all that sad about it, and you find yourself wondering if she's done something illegal.
What is your civic duty at that point? Do you call the authorities and report what seems to you to be her suspicious behavior?
That stoopid thing in Texas isn't going anywhere - not this time - but they keep doing it because it brings in the Taliban cash, and riles up the rubes to get out the vote, and one of these days, they might make it stick.
But in the end, here's the thing, Skeezix:
- Tadpoles ain't frogs
- Caterpillars ain't butterflies
- Ain't nothin' goin' on in my daughter's uterus that's any of your fuckin' business
So fuck the fuck off, you fucking fuck.
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