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Kansas Abortion Bill: Lawmakers Pass Sweeping Measure

wilwheaton:

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rachelinbrooklyn:

The bill contains provisions to prohibit tax deductions for abortion insurance coverage and abortion services; to provide for a sales tax on abortion; to establish a personhood stance for when life begins; to limit late-term abortions; to prohibit state employees from performing abortions during the workday; and to mandate that doctors tell women that abortion cause breast cancer along with other state-approved health issues.

The bill also allows doctors to withhold medical information from a woman if it might lead her to have an abortion. It prevents medical professionals from facing a medical malpractice suit in the event that withholding the information adversely affects the health of the mother or child. A wrongful death suit could be filed in the event of the mother’s death. (via Huff Post)

What the ACTUAL fuck?

Think about this for a second: the state of Kansas — a legislature that is not made up of medical professionals — just passed a law — a law! — forcing medical professionals to lie to their patients, even if that lie will lead to serious injury or death.

Doctors help people. Doctors go to school for years to learn how to best care for their patients. Doctors swear an oath to do just that… and these politicians have decided to pass a law forcing doctors to do exactly the opposite.

This is criminal. Every single one of those lawmakers should be immediately removed from office, and when the first woman or child dies because of this law, they should all be tried for murder.

What. The. Fuck. Is. Wrong. With. These. People.

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Stfu Hypocrites: I need feminism

whoneedsfeminism:

I need feminism because I feel the need to purposely step outside the ideal character traits of a woman and let all my male friends know that I do indeed like rock music, hockey, comics, and action films.

I need feminism because when I told my father I don’t want to have…

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motherjones:

“I’m just as serious as the men policymakers across the nation who introduced bills to regulate a woman’s reproductive health. For far too long elected officials, especially women, we have abdicated our responsibility to show men much love in the reproductive health arena as they have shown us over the years. We must do something about this. My bill, Senate Bill 307 is all about the love and making sure we look out for men’s sexual health.”

—Ohio State Senator Nina Turner killing it on MSNBC.

(via kierstenkrum)