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In reply to the discussion: Rep. Joe Walsh: Abortion never saves mom's life [View all]Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)91. We need paid menstrual leave.
I was unable to work for four days due to severe cramps , multiplied by 13 lunar months per year, so we're talking 52 days a year I could not work.
How can they live with a grown woman, presumably menstruating, getting pregnant, miscarrying or delivering a baby, and not know any of this stuff?
Next he's gonna say dermoid cysts and ovarian cysts need that personhood amendment.
I remember when Newt said women couldn't serve in the Army in trenches because after a month they would get "infections".
So Newt doesn't know the diff between normal menstruation and an abnormal infection.
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Agree, if women's contraceptives are not included in health insurance coverage then....
Swede Atlanta
Oct 2012
#23
The end of the GOP: 'It must be God's will that your willy can't rise to attention.'
freshwest
Oct 2012
#61
Makes a mishmash, ignorant statement, then says it's backed by SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY?
mikeytherat
Oct 2012
#6
No woman's life, body, or the cells within it are Walsh's to control. He can have an opinion...
ancianita
Oct 2012
#11
Two years ago, my former fiancé nearly died from an ectopic pregnancy with twins.
truthisfreedom
Oct 2012
#19
This is a good example of how anti-choice ideology hurts and traumatizes women.
Odin2005
Oct 2012
#85
My mother died in childbirth from eclampsia. It was a Catholic hospital in the 60's so I don't know
smirkymonkey
Oct 2012
#78
Walsh and Akin are idiots. They should be impeached by their respective states...
ReasonableToo
Oct 2012
#92