When confronted by Republican pseudo-Christians harassing me to be “pro-life”, I tell them I am and ask them how long they have opposed the death penalty. After a bit of blustering they say they are for the death penalty, so I tell them they must be pro-death. The hypocrisy of their positions on the two issues amazes me, but if you think that’s bad, you won’t believe this one!
If you thought last year’s proposed bill in Utah to criminalize miscarriages was bad, just look at what they’re trying to do in Georgia.
Via Mother Jones:
There’s a new bill on the block that may have reached the apex (I hope) of woman-hating craziness. Georgia State Rep. Bobby Franklin—who last year proposed making rape and domestic violence "victims" into "accusers"—has introduced a 10-page bill that would criminalize miscarriages and make abortion in Georgia completely illegal. Both miscarriages and abortions would be potentially punishable by death: any "prenatal murder" in the words of the bill, including "human involvement" in a miscarriage, would be a felony and carry a penalty of life in prison or death. Basically, it’s everything an "pro-life" activist could want aside from making all women who’ve had abortions wear big red "A"s on their chests.
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Under Rep. Franklin’s bill, HB 1, women who miscarry could become felons if they cannot prove that there was "no human involvement whatsoever in the causation" of their miscarriage.
Got that? Prove you didn’t murder your baby, or we might have to kill you. That’s the "pro-life" way.
The bill is unlikely to pass, and even if it passes, it will undoubtedly be overturned. Aside from the standard forced-birther absurdities—defining a fetus as a person from the moment of conception; defining abortion as "prenatal murder"; some gratuitous (not to mention ironic) statements about the sanctity of life—it also states that the Supreme Court "had no jurisdiction to hear or decide the case of Roe v. Wade," and because Georgia was not a party to that lawsuit, it "carries no legal effect in Georgia."
Courts don’t tend to look too favorably on states that claim the law of the land doesn’t apply to their land… [emphasis added]
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I’m not worried about this becoming law. If it made it to SCOTUS, I can’t even see the fascist five upholding it, although it would probably get Yeas from Scalia and his silent clone. I bring this up not to frighten you, but the point out the depth of depravity and hypocrisy into which the Republican party has fallen.
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Look, I’m not trying to defend the hypocrisy here, but I do understand their position as I grapple with it personally. Those sentenced to die have been judged guilty by man, while fetuses aborted in the womb are innocents and deserving of protection.
You could easily reverse the argument here and ask pro-choice supporters if they are anti-death penalty. You could then muse on the apparent contradiction of killing fetuses (I;m not looking to insert inflammatory language, it’s early here and I haven’t had my second cup).
It all comes down to when you believe life begins – at conception, or at birth.
There’s always enough hypocrisy for everyone to have a taste!
Welcome Red. 🙂
Personally I think abortion is a terrible solution. However, I think there are times when a woman has no good solutions from which to choose. Most of all, I think that what I think is not important here. What is important is what the women faced with the decision think, because it is their choice to make, not mine and certainly not Republican hate mongers’.
Well put, TomCat!
Thanks Jack!
Even the thought of forcing police to put up yellow crime scene tape labeled “Illegal Uterine Bleeding” is not only absurd, but chilling that Teapublicans actually think it’s a good idea.
For the record, I’m pro-choice AND anti-death penalty. And not to be too cavalier, but it always amuses me on discussing when life begins that someone will invariably interject the humorous Jewish mother’s opinion that: “You’re not really a person until you graduate from either medical school or law school.”
That’s funny!
Very well stated. I feel for a woman who has to make the choice to have an abortion. Keeping them legal means at least she will be safe during the procedure.
An excellent point.
I’ve never seen such brazen attacks on reproductive rights, from this despicable Georgia bill, to the House’s threat to eliminate Title X funding, to bills in South Dakota, Iowa, and Nebraska that want to make protecting a fetus “justifiable homocide.” It’s a chilling political climate out there when lawmakers think these bills are valid.
The Republicans have to attack on the culture war front to distract from their corporate fiscal views.
I’m pro late-term abortion… for the entire Republican party.
The best time would have been right after Lincoln. 😉
well—- I believe every abortion is a tragedy–that is a given ; the thing that seems to be overlooked tho– it is more than any thing an issue of separation of Church/State– a religious issue – I suggest- a bold attempt to inflict religious viewpoint on everyone- by law;; a second question would be ‘ What makes this a viable decision– what factors play into a decision to end a pregnancy ?
I would suggest the biggest factor is the woman seeing no way to support a child , that is economic issues play a huge role;;
Abortion is an emotional decision , a medical decision–it is indeed a chilling political climate when lawmakers think they have a valid bill .
Phyllis, I imagine there may be a different combination of reasons every time running the gamut from cavalier to life saving emergency. That’s why one-size-fits-all rules don’t work.
Why do so many of the pro-lifers who oppose abortion refuse to condemn war? In my book, killing is killing regardless. As for this nut case in Georgia, I lived there for many years and no one ever accused Georgians of being very bright.
That’s because Supply-side Jesus (the Republican one, not the real one) loves war. It’s a wonderful way to transfer wealth from the poor to the rich.