Here's what's in the bill, why it is so dangerous, and the meaningful steps you can take to fight back, support women's health, and help block this bill from becoming law
This would obviously require every miscarriage to be investigated as a possible murder would it not? That should provide full employment for homicide detectives.
What about the men who sire these offspring & then walk away? Often when a pregnant woman is abandoned by the father, she feels termination is her only option - financially & emotionally. So don’t these men make the first decision towards the termination?
I wouldn’t know. Many birth moms hope to meet their children. My point is just that, to truly support women, our culture should begin to hold men accountable for their sexual behavior. Right now they get a complete pass and often abandon their unborn or born children with zero consequences - yet our same culture pressures girls & women into being sexually available 24/7.
There are also many adopted children who try to find their birth parents, making abortion more desirable than putting the infant up for adoption. The unfortunate abandoned mother probably doesn’t want the child she gave away to stir that up or bring her in contact with the child’s birth father.
Bodily autonomy means no one, not even the government, can force someone to use their body to sustain another person’s life.
The pro-choice argument is often accused of “controlling women” because it challenges the idea that the government can regulate a woman’s medical decisions. Pro-birth advocates must acknowledge the harm in granting the government the power to compel someone to use their body for another’s benefit. History shows this power leads to abuses like forced sterilizations, unethical medical experiments, and forced organ harvesting.
Granting such authority opens dangerous doors. Respecting bodily autonomy is critical to preventing these atrocities.
The “Christian” thing to do would be for everyone to remain chaste before they got married and not commit adultery, but that has a been a failure. I don’t know what the Christian thing would be if the parents learned their child to be was going to be born with serious mental and or physical problems, especially if it involved pain and suffering for the mother or the child. They didn’t have ultra sound and such in the Bible times. They didn’t really have pregnancy tests, either.
Animals. So pro-life they champion death. Animals.
Theocracy
This would obviously require every miscarriage to be investigated as a possible murder would it not? That should provide full employment for homicide detectives.
Yep, and thus attempted murder or involuntary manslaughter charges. This is the party of 'small govt' and 'pro life.'
Yike. About 25-30% of all pregnancies miscarry so those boys are going to be busy.
If you don’t have time now, make sure to save this mini-activism for later, and set a reminder for yourself to follow up!
These smiling gentlemen need to wake up to the healthy, self-respecting backlash that they never imagined
Holy, MAGA!!! HYPOCRISY!!
What the hell is the matter with the citizens of SC? Why are they voting in these blood thirsty madmen?
Wake up. The next person imprisoned and executed could very well be someone you love.
WTF
Wow—just wow! How hateful of them given it takes two to tango and one of the pair is male. So let’s execute the one with the womb.
Rapists should get the same treatment
What about the men who sire these offspring & then walk away? Often when a pregnant woman is abandoned by the father, she feels termination is her only option - financially & emotionally. So don’t these men make the first decision towards the termination?
I wouldn’t know. Many birth moms hope to meet their children. My point is just that, to truly support women, our culture should begin to hold men accountable for their sexual behavior. Right now they get a complete pass and often abandon their unborn or born children with zero consequences - yet our same culture pressures girls & women into being sexually available 24/7.
There are also many adopted children who try to find their birth parents, making abortion more desirable than putting the infant up for adoption. The unfortunate abandoned mother probably doesn’t want the child she gave away to stir that up or bring her in contact with the child’s birth father.
Bodily autonomy means no one, not even the government, can force someone to use their body to sustain another person’s life.
The pro-choice argument is often accused of “controlling women” because it challenges the idea that the government can regulate a woman’s medical decisions. Pro-birth advocates must acknowledge the harm in granting the government the power to compel someone to use their body for another’s benefit. History shows this power leads to abuses like forced sterilizations, unethical medical experiments, and forced organ harvesting.
Granting such authority opens dangerous doors. Respecting bodily autonomy is critical to preventing these atrocities.
Does it have a chance of passing? Why hasn’t this been headlines?
As if that’s the “Christian” thing to do?
The “Christian” thing to do would be for everyone to remain chaste before they got married and not commit adultery, but that has a been a failure. I don’t know what the Christian thing would be if the parents learned their child to be was going to be born with serious mental and or physical problems, especially if it involved pain and suffering for the mother or the child. They didn’t have ultra sound and such in the Bible times. They didn’t really have pregnancy tests, either.
Why do all white men of a certain age who support Trump and practice his brand of unveiled misogyny (or homophobia or both) look the same?
Not the bozo tha t got the woman pregnant. These people are just monsters.
Thank you for covering this. Jessica Valenti has been writing about it, but she was the only one I saw.