Anyone who thinks Roe v. Wade isn't in danger of being overturned simply isn't paying attention. As I have said before, I would have some respect for the anti-choice movement if they also supported access to contraception, increased sex education, paid maternity leave, and increased funding for low-income families. Instead, they vociferously oppose all of these things which would likely decrease abortion - their stated goal. As a result, I believe they just want to punish women for having sex.
"Family planning centers will now basically not be able to get any funding at all for contraception services, even if they don't provide abortion. Merely making abortion referrals, which is something that all medically respectable clinics do, is enough to make your clinic last priority for funding. And it's not just contraception providers that are hurt by acknowledging that abortion exists. If a rape crisis center counsels a woman who asks about abortion, they will also be defunded."
Here are the anti-abortion provisions in the BUDGET bill the Governor just signed.
* Rape crisis centers will operate under a state-imposed gag order -- rape-crisis counselors will face new restrictions when telling impregnated rape victims that they can legally terminate their pregnancy.
* The budget effectively defunds Planned Parenthood clinics in the state.
* There's a provision to require women seeking legal abortions to undergo a state-mandated, medically-unnecessary ultrasound -- even if women don't want one, and if their doctor doesn't recommend one. Ohio Republicans proudly declared they want to put themselves between patients and their physicians, prescribing specific procedures for no medical reason.
* Women will also be required to pay for state-mandated, medically-unnecessary ultrasounds they do not want and their doctors do not think they need.
* Physicians will be legally required to deliver a Republican-written speech to women seeking legal abortions. Whether the doctor believes what's in the script, or even wants to say those words to his or her patient, has been deemed irrelevant.
* Clinics that provide abortion services will be required to have transfer agreements with local hospitals, and then bans public hospitals from establishing those agreements, all in the hopes of shutting the clinics down.
* And Republican policymakers in the state decided to redefine the words "pregnancy" and "fetus" in state law -- the budget decides that a woman is pregnant even before a fertilized egg is implanted in the uterine lining. The effect of this policy may prevent a woman from using an IUD in the state of Ohio.
TRANSVAGINAL ULTRASOUNDS FOR ALL! Long live small government everywhere except in women's vaginas, which are property of the state. I need to go re-read Handmaiden's Tale.
Post by TemperanceBrennan on Jul 1, 2013 15:16:15 GMT -5
This makes me incredibly sad and super pissed. I read about this last week. I am just tired of all the attacks on women's rights. Now I am trying to figure out which organization I want to volunteer for.
* There's a provision to require women seeking legal abortions to undergo a state-mandated, medically-unnecessary ultrasound -- even if women don't want one, and if their doctor doesn't recommend one. Ohio Republicans proudly declared they want to put themselves between patients and their physicians, prescribing specific procedures for no medical reason.
This reminds me of that video, was it on funnyordie? with women saying "I want government way WAY up in my vagina."
I am Google-ing like a crazy person, but I can't find the pre-pregnant thing any where. I see Rachel Maddow mention it on her blog, but I can't find the language anywhere. Help me out?
Perfect. Now when anyone from Ohio asks if we think she's pregnant, we don't even have to tell her to POAS. BFP for everyone, pretty much literally.
So I guess I should stop being obsessive during the 2WW. 13 cycles and I've been pregnant all along! WTMF.
I FUCKING HATE THIS GUY. I have hated him since he ran for governor; I spoke out against him. He has pulled some seriously shady BS since he's been elected. And yes. He wants to be a 2016 candidate.
Post by margotmacomber on Jul 1, 2013 15:34:17 GMT -5
So I guess this is where I tell you all I'm pregnant, right? Fucking Ohio man. I need to figure out something productive I can do here besides yell obscenities. Thank goodness DH is snipped? Although I have always said if his super sperm somehow got through I was having an abortion.
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Post by Monica Geller on Jul 1, 2013 15:40:02 GMT -5
This is not the first time he's written "law" into the budget bill. His whole education package was passed last summer in the budget; b/c he couldn't get it passed on its own. It seems he's done it again this time with abortion laws.
I expect if he continually gets away with it, others will try to as well.