To all of those "pro-life" legislators:

[madamesilverspurs]

As a result of your legislation not one man will lose any rights, too bad the same can't be said for women. No man will see his health suffer, unlike many women. No man will die as a result of this legislation, but some women most certainly will. That's a damned horrific price to pay for someone else's self-righteous sanctimony.

[niyad]

1. k and r + a gazillion

[11 Bravo]

2. Perfectly said! K&R

[Lindsay]

3. Perfect, indeed.

My thanks for saying it so well.

[MH1]

4. Women don't matter to them. A baby might be a boy, so it matters.

Sorry guys, that is my interpretation of the thinking of the people pushing reproductive slavery on women.

Why are women still treated as property in large parts of the world?

Why was the Equal Rights Amendment never ratified?

Why is it even a tiny bit controversial anywhere to suggest that women should have the same rights and freedoms as men? That women have similar brain structure, physical motivations, and aspirations as men?

How in the world can someone justify treating one human as property to another human?

Yes, I know, that slavery was once justified without any boundaries, just as a matter of power (not race or gender). But we have not risen above that until no person can be enslaved and all people have equal rights.

[AllyCat]

5. Wow. That is right on.

[KT2000]

6. Excellent point! n/t

[mountain grammy]

7. And, to be truthful, only poor women.

Women with money, no problem. Easy to make decisions for others when it has no affect on you.

[Coyotl]

8. #TamponGate brings new meaning to 'Red State'

https://twitter.com/search?q=%23tampongate&src=typd

Arabella Stokes ?@romancemama 4h
Dear Texas: Thank you so much for making us look sane. Sincerely, Florida. http://ow.ly/1Z90fK #tampongate

Ahmed Awadalla ?@3awadalla 8h
Meanwhile, it seems they're confiscating tampons in the US. I think we should send troops to liberate their women. #HB2 #TamponGate

Eric Wolfson ?@ericwolfson 8h
Guns don't kill people. Tampons kill people.



Heather Marsh ?@GeorgieBC 10h
Meanwhile the senators are arguing over who loves god best.



Kit O'Connell ?@KitOConnell 11h
Bamdolier of tampons. #Tampongate #txlege


hyperlocavore ?@hyperlocavore 11h
I am laying a ring of tampons around the house as we speak to keep the male zombies away. Need a plan b for the lady zombies. #tampongate

GottaLaff ?@GottaLaff 13h
'Night all. There were tons of great #TamponGate jokes but this is serious. GOP degrading #WarOnWomen will reap consequences.

GottaLaff ?@GottaLaff 13h
"@UnrulyMobTX: #TamponGate brings new meaning to 'Red State.'"

GottaLaff ?@GottaLaff 16h
Only a good guy with a tampon can stop a bad guy with a tampon http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/07/12/19441556-only-a-good-guy-with-a-tampon-can-stop-a-bad-guy-with-a-tampon … v @MaddowBlog



#GOPWaronAmerica #GOPWaronSanity #bethechange #letfreedomring #FeministArmy #loudandproud #IfMyVaginaWasAGun

[SCVDem]

9. Do voter registrations expire?

If not, every day needs to be an outreach to the disenfranchised to get registered.

Vote these bastards out and change the game!

[oldandhappy]

10. T-Pub males

approve of rape but not sanitation. Guess they get off on violence. Women of Texas, please please organize and get people registered to vote.

[Ilsa]

11. They think lack of availability will "discourage"

Poor women from getting pregnant. They don't understand that when you ar poor, sex is one of the cheapest and fun ways to spend your free time, until a pregnancy occurs, of course. The idiots in the Lege don't realize they are increasing the number of poor population, and eventually the number of Democratic voters in Texas.

[AndyA]

12. Note to Republicans: You can kiss the women's vote goodbye

Fat chance many women will be voting for more of this crap. Even staunch Republican women will not want options taken away from their daughters and granddaughters. And how many young women will be of voting age next year that will vote for the first time? No way most will vote GOP, this is a deal breaker for them. Younger Americans do not share Republican "values" and view them as ancient views from the past, which should be buried permanently.

The Republicans will have to steal elections if they're going to win, because their actions on local and national levels are repulsive to most.

[Boomerproud]

14. "The Republicans will have to steal elections if they're going to win"

I think voter ID, gerrymandering and the usual corruption has and will continue to work to that end.

[blkmusclmachine]

13. Love the fetus,

hate the person.

[vkkv]

15. A fetus is NOT a baby. Got that?

Hey Cons.
A fetus is NOT a baby. Got that?

Things you will NEVER hear:

Coming to our fetus shower?

What are you going to name the fetus?

"Hey there, fetus doll, let's go have a drink".

We're going shopping for a new fetus stroller.

Could you pick up some fetus powder while you're out?

Fetus elephants are the cutest!

He's just now losing his fetus teeth.

(singing) Fetus, Fetus, where did our love go? ooooOOOooo

(singing) OOoo Fetus I love your way.. wanna be with night and day..

(singing) Fetus come back, any kind of fool could see

(The Nuge "singing&quot Hey Fetus, tell me why you're hangin' 'round Ain't got time for kissin' I'm too busy messin' in this town.

(singing) I want my Fetus Back, Fetus Back, Fetus Back Ribs..

(singing) And kick them nasty thoughts, Fetus got back!

[madamesilverspurs]

16. 2014

[mwooldri]

17. And these so-called "pro-life" legislators seem to be also "anti-living".

Irrespective of whether the baby is wanted or not... once that baby is born, legislators (especially in NC) have done pretty much anything they can to ensure that about 90% of the babies born have a much harder life. Even worse is if that child is already born into poverty.

The list? No Medicare expansion. Earned Income Tax Credit cut. Increased Sales Taxes. Unemployment Insurance Benefits Cuts. Federal level - cut "Food Stamps".

If supporting the above is considered "pro-life" .... sorry but looks like anti-life to me. anti-choice. anti-freedom. anti-good-neighbour. anti-christian.

Pro life isn't just being from conception to just before birth. it's from conception to grave. Anyone who says they're pro life and guts and cuts programs that help people actually live (let alone thrive) are hypocrites.