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MadrasT

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28. Wait, what?

Fri Jun 8, 2012, 09:23 AM

Jun 2012

Now with these gag laws being passed, a doctor cannot even tell a woman that something is wrong with a pregnancy. Tubal pregnancy? Nope, that might cause her to abort, even if that fetus has ZERO chance of being born.

How can anyone make a law that forbids a doctor from having that conversation with a patient? This is in Michigan?

Handmaid's Tale, indeed.

This makes me physically ill.

I have to say, I was living in a fairly constant state of fear under BushCo... but these new abortion laws popping up in different states are really, really making me wonder what the hell is going on behind the scenes.

How is all this anti-woman legislation getting passed? What the heck kind of country is this now?

I am really frightened for all women living in the US now.

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My blue state of Michigan has passed the most radical [View all] sufrommich Jun 2012 OP

And Muskegon Heights PS Dictator just made all schools charter catbyte Jun 2012 #1

It really is truly frightening to watch. I don't sufrommich Jun 2012 #4

I think it's because everyone's exhausted. knitter4democracy Jun 2012 #36

thanks knitter. i dont socialize. not around people. so i never have a gauge seabeyond Jun 2012 #39

Don't consider your weekends wasted. livvy Jun 2012 #62

I guess Rep. Shirley won't be bothered by Chorophyll Jun 2012 #2

Bothered by it?? sufrommich Jun 2012 #5

Sometimes I don't know whether it's that... Chorophyll Jun 2012 #20

Even worse that before Roe HockeyMom Jun 2012 #3

It is worse,HockeyMom. sufrommich Jun 2012 #7

+1. people pretend they dont get it. willfully turning a blind eye. how all this disrespect seabeyond Jun 2012 #23

It is definitely worse. redqueen Jun 2012 #10

Wait, what? MadrasT Jun 2012 #28

i do recall reading this. i thought az. at 36, down syndrome for baby escalates. my doctor seabeyond Jun 2012 #31

This: CrispyQ Jun 2012 #48

"Mommy, why are you killing me?" HockeyMom Jun 2012 #46

wow hockey mom, that is awesome powerful. gave me chills. seabeyond Jun 2012 #47

Excellent response. CrispyQ Jun 2012 #49

They will never eliminate abortions in Michigan - or anywhere. . . ProfessionalLeftist Jun 2012 #6

I think they would encourage dead women. It sufrommich Jun 2012 #8

+1 redqueen Jun 2012 #12

Definitely. ProfessionalLeftist Jun 2012 #16

The lunatics have won. How did they do that? nt snappyturtle Jun 2012 #9

Complete media control Doctor_J Jun 2012 #45

The oligarchs on the Right have joined forces with the Bible Thumpers in order to gain secondwind Jun 2012 #11

Yes, Michigan is fucked. jpbollma Jun 2012 #14

I plan to move my daughters out of this backward country ASAP. redqueen Jun 2012 #13

How old are your daughters, Redqueen? sufrommich Jun 2012 #15

One preteen, one teen. redqueen Jun 2012 #18

Most excellent idea Doctor_J Jun 2012 #58

Mike Shirkey oughta take a kick in the balls or two for this shit. AverageJoe90 Jun 2012 #17

They have taken their fight to contraceptives now too HockeyMom Jun 2012 #19

Sometimes vasectomies do fail GreenStormCloud Jun 2012 #22

Husband's was done in 1984 HockeyMom Jun 2012 #30

Fight fire with fire JaneFordA Jun 2012 #21

that is already an issue and talked about. 98% provided by PP is what you say and not abortion. seabeyond Jun 2012 #25

AFAIK, many of the PP's around here MadrasT Jun 2012 #40

correct. the closest in our area is 2 hours or 4 hours away. nt seabeyond Jun 2012 #42

I wonder if after a couple of decades of DIY abortions and the resulting sinkingfeeling Jun 2012 #24

and there is the answer, along with titling supreme court the other way. our girls are going to seabeyond Jun 2012 #26

Never. CrispyQ Jun 2012 #50

They're just a stone's throw away from American Taliban tblue Jun 2012 #27

we have thoroughly dehumanized girls/women in our society. this is the result of the ability of seabeyond Jun 2012 #29

^^^^^^^ THIS ^^^^^^^^ redqueen Jun 2012 #35

Meanwhile, women seem to actually objectify *themselves* more than ever before... MadrasT Jun 2012 #41

that it has... "Whole country has gone batshit crazy." seabeyond Jun 2012 #44

I was very young & naive when I first saw "The Godfather." CrispyQ Jun 2012 #51

are you kidding with the hypocrisy of this issue? lol. as parents we protect our young children. seabeyond Jun 2012 #52

+1. I can't watch today's violent movies, sufrommich Jun 2012 #53

husband and i were discussing tattoo girl. how i saw it as mainstreaming rape porn for entertainment seabeyond Jun 2012 #54

I read the book in high school too. If the movie sufrommich Jun 2012 #55

ahhh. thanks. nt seabeyond Jun 2012 #56

I couldn't watch it. --nt CrispyQ Jun 2012 #59

Yes, seabeyond... You are absolutely right hlthe2b Jun 2012 #63

i think this war on birth control is maybe less about hating women more about that report that says leftyohiolib Jun 2012 #32

i was gonna say nah... religion. but, thinking, the religion is for the reason you state. seabeyond Jun 2012 #33

I dunno. redqueen Jun 2012 #37

What ever is most nazi-like is the repugs' default position. Mc Mike Jun 2012 #64

I think you may have a point here. Hatchling Jun 2012 #60

I'd say I'm shocked, but I'm not. knitter4democracy Jun 2012 #34

time to start menstrual extraction training Scout Jun 2012 #38

It's all about the Christians imposing their based-in-make-believe beliefs on the rest of us. stopbush Jun 2012 #43

Sickening MerryBlooms Jun 2012 #57

Lawmakers of Michigan: Thank you for passing a perfect law jmowreader Jun 2012 #61