*sigh*

[thewayne]

"I would hope that when a woman goes in to a physician with a rape issue, that physician will indeed ask her about perhaps her marriage, was this pregnancy caused by normal relations in a marriage or was it truly caused by a rape."
— State Senator Chuck Winder, sponsor of Idaho's mandatory ultrasound bill

I'm really curious how many seats in Congress are going to change genders come the next election.

Comments

[vdansk]

Well, if the 2/3 of single women who are either 1) not registered to vote, or 2) are registered, but don't vote manage to change that for this election...there may indeed be changes.

I hope that this is the last gasp of entitled wealthy aging white males struggling to maintain their position. Rather than the set up for a dystopian science fiction novel.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

I received a donation request from MoveOn.org that had the following text:

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[silveradept]

Because there's no such thing as marital rape here in the United States, of course. And it's not like women who are planning on going through with an abortion haven't tough things through, so they have to be given every chance to CHOOSE LIFE!

...safe, legal, and rare. Why not go to work on really helping the world out so that there aren't unwanted pregnancies?