Remember "legitimate rape"?
We
can recall that recently, Representative Todd Akin made statements
along the line that all abortion should be illegal, even in cases of
rape, because if it were a real rape, the female body would reject the
pregnancy, so abortion wouldn't be necessary. As if we can talk
ourselves OUT of it, too. This would mean that we could actually get
pregnant by ourselves, correct?
No. Even the likes of Rush Limbaugh is saying those comments were stupid. Rush Limbaugh, of all people, the same guy who called a college student a slut for wanting contraceptive help during her college years. This is the same Rush, who thinks that giving rights to gay marriage is a war on "traditional" marriage. The same Mr. Limbaugh, that says he's against the women's movement, because demonstrating for equal pay for equal work is leading us astray. I could go on, but you get my point.
Anyway, my local legislators weighed in. I'd like to give a special kudos to Representative Cory Mason, who basically stated that once you start putting limits on who can or can't get an abortion, then we get lame comments like from Akin, who makes uneducated statements about a topic he should have stopped talking about. I agree with not restricting to the point where you're saying that this person has a right, but that person does not. I'd also like to give another kudos to Representative Robin Vos, for his stance that in cases of rape, incest or the life of the mother should be an exception to the 'no abortion rule'.
While technically, yes, I do support Rep. Vos's stance, because abortion for the sake of convenience does crawl under my skin. But, I have to agree with Rep. Mason about the fact that once you've made one restriction, all others may follow due to the fact that you get a bunch of morons who don't know the difference between a biological fact, and wishing something away like an ostrich.
So why would I support the open abortion rights stance, when I disagree with some of the reasons? Well, let's see, sure, some women can say that they've been raped, but, what about the rapists? ALL of them will say they've never committed that crime. They think they're entitled somehow, or because she may have been too drunk to say no, they took it upon themselves to take it anyway, even though the victim is too drunk to consent, also. Thing is, we don't blame the home owner, if the burglar breaks in and robs them blind. We don't blame the dead person for being shot to death, nor do we tell the family about what they did wrong as to why their loved one got stabbed or beat within an inch of their lives either. So why do we blame rape victims? It's an added stigma to an already stigmatized crime.
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No. Even the likes of Rush Limbaugh is saying those comments were stupid. Rush Limbaugh, of all people, the same guy who called a college student a slut for wanting contraceptive help during her college years. This is the same Rush, who thinks that giving rights to gay marriage is a war on "traditional" marriage. The same Mr. Limbaugh, that says he's against the women's movement, because demonstrating for equal pay for equal work is leading us astray. I could go on, but you get my point.
Anyway, my local legislators weighed in. I'd like to give a special kudos to Representative Cory Mason, who basically stated that once you start putting limits on who can or can't get an abortion, then we get lame comments like from Akin, who makes uneducated statements about a topic he should have stopped talking about. I agree with not restricting to the point where you're saying that this person has a right, but that person does not. I'd also like to give another kudos to Representative Robin Vos, for his stance that in cases of rape, incest or the life of the mother should be an exception to the 'no abortion rule'.
While technically, yes, I do support Rep. Vos's stance, because abortion for the sake of convenience does crawl under my skin. But, I have to agree with Rep. Mason about the fact that once you've made one restriction, all others may follow due to the fact that you get a bunch of morons who don't know the difference between a biological fact, and wishing something away like an ostrich.
So why would I support the open abortion rights stance, when I disagree with some of the reasons? Well, let's see, sure, some women can say that they've been raped, but, what about the rapists? ALL of them will say they've never committed that crime. They think they're entitled somehow, or because she may have been too drunk to say no, they took it upon themselves to take it anyway, even though the victim is too drunk to consent, also. Thing is, we don't blame the home owner, if the burglar breaks in and robs them blind. We don't blame the dead person for being shot to death, nor do we tell the family about what they did wrong as to why their loved one got stabbed or beat within an inch of their lives either. So why do we blame rape victims? It's an added stigma to an already stigmatized crime.
For those who are interested in attending and/or supporting a gathering for abuse survivors, please go here, to read more about it. Right click, and ask it to open in a new tab, or copy/paste into your browser.
http://likamarie.livejournal.com/910.html
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