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muck_a_luckThe Daily Beast comments on the GOP abortion bill that would seek to define rape as "forcible" only.
A petition to sign, if you are so inclined.
ETA: It is very hard not to thing really bad thoughts about the sponsoring legislators. I keep shutting them down.
However, I DO believe this just shows that the mind-set of people who are anti-abortion is not really a desire to protect the fetus. I mean, I'm sure it is, but the primary driving force is to protect the fetus from the irresponsible/bad/slut mother who had sex instead of remaining abstinate.
These people obviously don't believe a woman can be raped without force. Their gut tells them that "coericion" is just window dressing. "Date rape" doesn't really happen. If she managed to get roofied, well, she shouldn't have been out drinking with strange men. A 15 year old girl who was impregnated by a 25 year old man should have known better, or should have been better supervised by her parents. In any case, a woman who lets herself have sex against her will (or a child who is seduced by a man who should have known better) clearly doesn't deserve to be protected from a pregnancy she didn't in any way choose. She should have been more careful. The pregnancy is proof that she is guilty. The pregnancy must be carried through as part of her responsibility for having sex.
I realize these people are looking for ways to limit abortion, and they will argue that they're only goal is to maximally protect the fetus. But choosing to do it this way is just illustrative. If they didn't have this mindset, they would leave the rape exception alone.
And STILL repressing thoughts that should not be thought. I will not stoop to that level. It isn't good for me and it can't change anything.
A petition to sign, if you are so inclined.
ETA: It is very hard not to thing really bad thoughts about the sponsoring legislators. I keep shutting them down.
However, I DO believe this just shows that the mind-set of people who are anti-abortion is not really a desire to protect the fetus. I mean, I'm sure it is, but the primary driving force is to protect the fetus from the irresponsible/bad/slut mother who had sex instead of remaining abstinate.
These people obviously don't believe a woman can be raped without force. Their gut tells them that "coericion" is just window dressing. "Date rape" doesn't really happen. If she managed to get roofied, well, she shouldn't have been out drinking with strange men. A 15 year old girl who was impregnated by a 25 year old man should have known better, or should have been better supervised by her parents. In any case, a woman who lets herself have sex against her will (or a child who is seduced by a man who should have known better) clearly doesn't deserve to be protected from a pregnancy she didn't in any way choose. She should have been more careful. The pregnancy is proof that she is guilty. The pregnancy must be carried through as part of her responsibility for having sex.
I realize these people are looking for ways to limit abortion, and they will argue that they're only goal is to maximally protect the fetus. But choosing to do it this way is just illustrative. If they didn't have this mindset, they would leave the rape exception alone.
And STILL repressing thoughts that should not be thought. I will not stoop to that level. It isn't good for me and it can't change anything.
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Date: 2011-02-02 02:50 am (UTC)But it is so, so damn tempting. AAAAARRRGH!!!