Legislatures in Virginia & Oklahoma move to outlaw birth control

[madbrian]

Bills bestowing 'personhood' at the moment of conception are making their way through the state legislatures in Virginia and Oklahoma, and there are no roadblocks in their way. These bills will result in many forms of hormonal birth control becoming illegal, and will elevate abortion to a capital offense for both the doctor and patient.

Yay small government!

[Jordan Catalano]

And Let's Not Forget About Virginia's "Required Vaginal Penetration" Bill

[violet72]

This just pisses me off to no end. How can someone tell me what I can or can't do to my own body. I am sick of mainly older men having the right to make up stupid laws about women's bodies. It would be like me puttng out a law that men over the age of 50 MUST get a vesectimony...ugh and that whole Required Vaginal Penetration why don't we just legalize rape while we are at it

[JerseyGirl2]

Why on earth are we taking so many steps backwards?

[madbrian]

There's some historic quote about a society getting the government it deserves. Many people vote 'D' or 'R' without giving any thought to the person they're voting for, or the implications of an election. In 2010 the GOP swept into power in state houses across the country, and this is the fallout. They ran on a platform of job creation, but if you did any research into their position on social issues, nothing here should be a surprise.

[Kad]

It's disgusting how regressive so many modern Republicans are. From Santorum being against women fighting on the front lines because it'll cause their male counterparts to want to protect them and thus distract, to their stance on any gay issue, to this. This way of thinking is ludicrous and should have dissipated decades ago.

[Gothampc]

"This just pisses me off to no end. How can someone tell me what I can or can't do to my own body. I am sick of mainly older men having the right to make up stupid laws about women's bodies."

Please educate yourself. The Obamacare health laws give a huge amount of power to the Dept of HHS which is run by Kathleen Sebelius. What you are seeing now is a dog and pony show to make Congress look like they have a stake in the game. In the end, anything they can't do through Congress will be taken care of by Sebelius.

[FindingNamo]

It's Romneycare. Why aren't you pissed at Obama for plagiarizing it?

[violet72]

Last time I checked HHS didn't run state legislatures...and most of the legislators voting to outlaw birth control in Virginia and OK are men

[Reginald Tresilian]

Violet sounds pretty educated to me.

[thetinymagic2]

UH-oh. GOTH is back. Where's WINSTON? LOL, (I'm out on this one). Good luck kiddies!!

[Gothampc]

"Last time I checked HHS didn't run state legislatures"

That's what the fight is about. The federal law in Obamacare is overriding state legislatures. That's why the Supreme Court is looking at it, because it's a huge power grab by the federal government.

[madbrian]

Is there anyone...ANYONE...on the right who can speak intelligently on these issues?

[FindingNamo]

It's Romneycare.

[Gothampc]

"Is there anyone...ANYONE...on the right who can speak intelligently on these issues?"

The right is speaking intelligently on these issues. Where's the intelligence on the left?

[JoeKv99]

The Supreme Court has ruled quite definitively on abortion with Roe v. Wade. These gambits are to stir up the right wing base and drive more donations and will, of course, be struck down by the supreme court.

[FindingNamo]

Contraception and all the attendant far right extremist circuses including the demonizing of Planned Parenthood will be the ultimate over-reach and undoing of the hardline coalition.

[Mister Matt]

The right is speaking intelligently on these issues.

Loudly? Yes. Passionately? Yes. Intelligently? No. Or if they are, they are hiding it well.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Anti-Planned Parenthood Video Is the Most Hilariously Lewd Thing You’ll Ever See

[madbrian]

"Contraception and all the attendant far right extremist circuses including the demonizing of Planned Parenthood will be the ultimate over-reach and undoing of the hardline coalition."

Perhaps, but not unless good people become more active and informed at the polls. In the meantime, these legislatures are running rampant. In addition to moving to restrict women's access to healthcare, they've been busy making it more difficult for the young and the poor to vote, and stripping away union rights.

[JoeKv99]

Funny you should mention Union rights....That sure hasn't turned out the way they said it would:
Wisconsin is the only state in the country to have lost jobs for the past six months