Republicans believe in keeping government out of our lives, well, except when it regulates what religion we must subscribe to and regulating labor’s ability to bargaining collectively. So what part of the Republican Party’s obsession with regulating women’s reproductive rights and activities in the bedroom coincides with the idea that government should stay out of our lives?
Republicans at the state level alone proposed and/or passed 694 provisions to regulate women’s reproductive rights just in the first three months of 2013. According to a report by The Guttmacher Institute, ”During the first three months of the year, legislators have introduced 694 provisions on these issues, and 93 have been approved by at least one legislative body.”
According to the report by The Guttmacher Institute:
- 14 States introduced laws seeking to ban abortion before viability.
- 10 States introduced laws to ban all or nearly all abortions
- 8 States have passed “personhood” laws.
- 8 States have introduced laws to limit “the morning after” pill
Ken Cucinelli, whose attempt to regulate sex acts , was crushed by the courts earlier this week is probably gushing over today’s decision by the Virginia Board of Health’s decision to invoke trap laws designed to close abortion clinics in the state. Simply put, “trap laws” establish state standards for abortion clinics that are impossible to meet, providing legal cover for the state to close these clinics down and they are all the rage with Republicans who just love the constitution except when it applies to women (or African-Americans, Hispanics, same sex couples, labor, and everyone else who escaped the GOP’s “big tent” long ago.
Virginia is following states like North Dakota, Mississippi and Alabama in that great crusade to liberate women from the freedom to have autonomy over their own bodies.
Under Virginia’s version, the regulations require clinics that provide abortions to meet the same standards required of outpatient hospital facilities. Provisions like widening halls and doorways are medically unnecessary, but expensive and leave clinics with two options: comply or close down.
As an added incentive, Cuccinelli threatened to make board members pay for any litigation that resulted from the law if they opted for grandfathering it.
With the amount of attention that Republican controlled states are paying to finding ways to get around Roe v. Wade, one would almost think that regulating our reproductive rights and sex lives creates jobs. After all, don’t Republicans oppose Obamacare because, facts be damned, it kills jobs?
Aren’t you so glad that jobs are the Republican Party’s #1 priority and that the war on women doesn’t exist?
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Alexander Koppen
Apr. 13th, 2013 at 8:14 am
Republicans crazy, if they’d like to control women? Make them women so they can judge for the best, and let those children they want to be on earth, each by each be paid by Republicans personally for the rest of their Republican life.
eg. You might call that Republican’s-Rape-Care.
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Reynardine
Apr. 13th, 2013 at 8:47 am
Some of them actually *are* Republicunts.
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KitKat
Apr. 13th, 2013 at 11:07 am
Republicans should stay out of the lives of women when it comes to what they choose to do with their own bodies. It’s a personal choice that Republicans are trying to take away from women. Why? Is it any of their business? At the end of the day what anyone is doing with their own body is their business and theirs alone. Seriously, if Roe v. Wade is overturned (which I honestly don’t see EVER happening) all these politicians are doing is forcing women into back alley butcher shops again. Would you choose that for yourself or your daughter? Don’t be ridiculous. That is NEVER going to happen people. Women’s rights have come to far to turn back now. We don’t ask you to change your religions, so why do you ask us to accept your views on women’s rights? Get lost and go back to your offices and do some REAL work!
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Mr LEE
Apr. 13th, 2013 at 11:50 am
Why are they so demanding on controlling women lives?
Do they not know it will only help DEMs?
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djchefron(Moderator)
Apr. 13th, 2013 at 12:33 pm
You have to accept this one simple fact.The republican party of your fathers generation is dead.In its place is a white male christian supremacy ideology,hence their new name The American Taliban.Look around.The evidence is right in your face and its time for the media, democrats and independents to start telling them “Their shit do stink”
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Charlie F
Apr. 13th, 2013 at 3:24 pm
It’s all about religion on both a local, state and federal level. Just look what Repubs are doing at local levels with school boards.
This was all set in motion 40 years ago. I wrote about it 3 1/2 years ago. http://thepoliticalcarnival.blogspot.com/2009/10/by-gottalaff-my-very-caring-impassioned.html
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Shiva
Apr. 13th, 2013 at 11:57 am
This must he the re-branding Rinse Prebus was thinking of.
Americans must fight this with their votes.
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Just A Dumb Fireman
Apr. 13th, 2013 at 12:41 pm
You mean Rancid Priapus?
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knight4444
Apr. 13th, 2013 at 12:17 pm
When I try to stomach the republican convention all I see are faces that look basically alike!! I’m not being racist, so don’t go there! I’m being honest, the republican party is 90% caucasian!! and 37% are over 65 yrs old. So many of these republican women are too old to have children and of course they’ve already had their several abortions when they were young!! So being typical republicans/ typical hypocrites, now these republicans gals don’t want any young woman to have the option of abortion, like they did!! GOP= LORDS OF HYPOCRISY
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knight4444
Apr. 13th, 2013 at 12:26 pm
When I try to stomach the GOP convention all I see are basically the same faces! and don’t start that , you’re being a bigot nonsense” 90% of the republican party is caucasian and over 37% are over 65 yrs old. according to GALLIP POLLS. So of course these republican women aren’t getting pregnant again, and since they’ve already had their several abortions when they were young! now they don’t want any young woman to have the option they had! typical republicans being typical hypocrites!! GOP = LORDS OF HYPOCRISY
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knight4444
Apr. 13th, 2013 at 1:25 pm
ooopppss! “GALLUP” poll, my point still stands!! any woman that cheerleads for the GOP needs professional help!! low self esteem is a trip! until these women stop believing their ONLY place is in the kitchen and playing nanny to some overgrown 45 yr old plus momma’s boy, these women will constantly vote to keep themselves slaves!!
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PSzymeczek
Apr. 13th, 2013 at 2:46 pm
A key thing to remember about George Gallup, Jr., is that his ancestors were Amish/Mennonite. He and I share an Amish ancestor.
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Sherlock
Apr. 13th, 2013 at 12:51 pm
Republicans have sex with other people only if if doesn’t feel good – usually they just play with themselves.
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Engrady Pind
Apr. 13th, 2013 at 1:06 pm
The next logical step for the Republican Party is to criminalize pregnancy outside of the bonds of marriage. These are the same pro-birthers who demand a constitutional amendment(s)making the USA a Christian, English-speaking country.
Why are the women in these states sitting still for such nonsense? Get to the ballot box, ladies and vote these idiots out of office. Why would you want to be represented any place by such fools? Seniority at state and federal levels is meaningless when the rights of half of society are being trampled under the feet of petty political dictators.
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JLynne
Apr. 13th, 2013 at 1:59 pm
“There is a special place in hell for women who do not help other women.”
Madeleine Albright
First U.S. Woman Secretary of State
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PSzymeczek
Apr. 13th, 2013 at 2:44 pm
Republicans are no longer interested in Government small enough to drown in the bathtub. Now they want Government small enough to fit in your underwear.
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Peter B.
Apr. 14th, 2013 at 1:26 am
Why no mention of Kermit Gosnell? Is that because that shows the darker side of abortion?
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Paws
Apr. 14th, 2013 at 7:32 am
Shall we condemn all doctors for the actions of one? What he is accused of doing is despicable; but his actions should not reflect badly on all doctors.
After all, when a heart surgeon makes a mistake, do we condemn all heart surgeons and try to outlaw all heart surgery?
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Peter B.
Apr. 14th, 2013 at 9:27 am
Of course not. But considering that it is a huge tragedy, you would think that the media, and especially a site like this, would mention it. This site goes haywire when Marco Rubio takes a sip of water, but goes silent when a man murders hundreds of children.
And might I say, that is infanticide, something Obama supported as a senator. So it must be ok right? I mean if Obama supported it, it must be right!
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djchefron(Moderator)
Apr. 14th, 2013 at 9:46 am
You know you come here and throw around terms like murder because your beliefs are based on some desert dwelling ignorant people who couldnt define what a comet is. Oh look baby jeabus that flashy thingy in the sky god has spoken.Reproductive rights is a right.A constitutional right.We are a secular country govern by a secular document We dont give a rats ass what some pravda slipper wearing papist have to say.We dont give a rats ass what some kmart wearing grifter from the south have to say and Frankly I dont give a rats ass about your male dominating world view has to say.The women has a right to choose her reproductive choices no ifs ands or buts.If you dont want to get an abortion dont get one.If you dont want to cover your shrivel dick up with a condom because the church is against all forms of birth control then go bareback.But please check your holier than thou attitude where it belongs.AT YOUR PLACE OF WORSHIP. Not in my life
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Peter B.
Apr. 14th, 2013 at 12:14 pm
Ok first off, I didn’t mention anything about reproductive rights. I simply mentioned how this site refuses to speak of a huge murder case. You people have no way of defending this man’s actions, or Obama’s support of infanticide, by using reproductive rights arguments. Once the baby is out of the womb, even a liberal such as yourself has to see that as a human being. So at that point, it isn’t her reproductive rights.
And on the matter of reproductive rights, I do believe you have reproductive rights. I just don’t believe that means you can murder your child.
Sorry.
Get real silly child.
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djchefron(Moderator)
Apr. 14th, 2013 at 1:12 pm
Has he been convicted in a court of law?Or could it be he is guilty just because? He is charged with giving a lethal dose of anesthesia YOU brought up murder and infanticide so your Taliban agenda is clear.Did he break the law?We dont know thats what a trial is for.And the left has covered the story look at the date http://www.thenation.com/article/158089/dr-kermit-gosnells-horror-show#
Why hasnt your media the right covered it? Maybe its because its those people? I dont know but I stand by what was your agenda for bringing it up. DEAL WITH IT
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Peter B.
Apr. 14th, 2013 at 1:27 pm
Every time I read one of your posts, I lose a few more brain cells.
First, one article doesn’t count for “being covered”. Hell Rubio was covered for days after taking a sip of water. Let’s be serious.
And second, he is accused of performing hundreds of illegal late-term abortions and killing live viable infants. You liberals always say to use Google, but apparently you can’t use it yourself, so I got the link for you. ;)
http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/gosnell.asp
Why doesn’t this site go ahead and further support women’s rights by running an article on this man and trying to get him convicted as he should be for killing innocent children, killing multiple women, and performing abortions on women illegally.
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djchefron(Moderator)
Apr. 14th, 2013 at 2:40 pm
To your narrow mind any abortion is murder.Take your fake outrage somewhere else.This has been going on since 2011 and you come here now?You dont give a rats ass about those poor women and you know it.If this such an outrage where was your propaganda Reich wing media?You have abortions, a cover up by the liberal media hell this shit was gift wrap for you people.And now you bring it up to deflect what the Reich is doing to women’s rights? You have no credibility what so EVERRRR
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Peter B.
Apr. 14th, 2013 at 3:25 pm
It’s cute how you try to say I have no credibility when you can’t address the main points of my argument, and then you go on to speak like you do.
You don’t deserve my time of day. Good day to you.
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djchefron(Moderator)
Apr. 14th, 2013 at 3:33 pm
Thank you
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Paws
Apr. 14th, 2013 at 7:16 pm
Talk about “murder” – you’re just beating the poor straw man to death, aren’t you?
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Mary
Apr. 14th, 2013 at 11:30 am
Sadly the pathetic geopigs spend quite a lot of time obsessing about gay sex and controlling women’s vagina’s.Their distorted view seems to be force a women to have children and that will make them “good women” home waiting on their abusive husbands.
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