Young and Bored

inothernews:

timekiller-s:

spiralofbees:

This is terrible, terrible, terrible.

First of all, this grants embryos rights greater than those of fully independent people. No one else can use my organs and body against my will—you can’t force me to donate a kidney to you, no matter what. A zygote will now own your body.

Not only does this ban abortion (under ALL conditions), this would also potentially ban hormonal birth control and Plan B. Don’t want to get pregnant and be forced to continue it? No Pill for you! (Or IUD, etc.) It also bans embryonic stem cell research. It makes IVF potentially much more difficult and expensive.

Beyond these, it’s a bureaucratic nightmare. Approximately 1/2 to 2/3 of fertilized eggs are suspected to be miscarried, many of these before implantation or before pregnancy is even known. Do those get rights? Do we have to investigate every miscarriage as potential murder? Is not taking prenatal vitamins considered neglect? Do fetuses count as dependents? What happens if there are serious health complications in the pregnancy?

This is short-sighted and not representative of what the people want. (For God’s sake, MISSISSIPPI voted down a personhood bill!) This one looks likely to pass, though, and the other bill that’s being pushed through with it would require anyone trying to get an abortion to have an extra vaginal ultrasound prior to the procedure. Clearly, we ladies* can’t understand what we’re doing when we go to a clinic, so we need an extra thing shoved up our vaginas to our discomfort and at our expense.

This is insulting, overreaching, idiotic, and unconstitutional. This should not be allowed to become law, but it’s clearly a ploy to get Roe challenged in court again. It’s already passed the Virginia House of Representatives, and it’s likely to pass the Senate (and get signed into law). This can’t happen.

I hope Oklahoma isn’t next, but it is considering a similar bill (among a slew of culture-war related bills this session).

Ugh.