GOP Would Allow Rapists To Sue Their Victims To Stop Them From Aborting Their Offspring

[TheMastersNemesis]

Now that is really hutzpah.

How can the GOP support so many assinine positions and get elected to anything. I cannot believe we have so many stupid voters. Apparently this idea has come up with the introduction of a national "personhood" law by Ryan.

[cthulu2016]

1. Rapist, hell... her fricking HUSBAND shouldn't be able to prevent an abortion

One can debate what is the right thing to choose to do, in terms of a spouse, but as a matter of law... as a matter of state compulsion, if a woman wants an abortion then the altrnative is to compell her to carry a baby to term against her will.

I can't buy that in any circumstance.

I stand with whatever the heck Diane Keaton's character was named in the Godfather movies.

[Kalidurga]

2. Wouldn't that require the rapist to admit to rape?

Or would he say she got all bruised and stuff from consensual sex? Or the drug accidentally got in her drink? Or would the rapist say that an absence of a no means yes (in cases where the woman was asleep or drunk on her own), or whatever freakin excuse the rapist can come up with. I have heard some doozies.

And how would this work anyway if a woman's husband or boyfriend can't sue to stop an abortion?

[brooklynite]

12. I understand that if it's a "legitimate" rape, her body has a way of shutting down the pregnancy...

...all the knowledgable Republican Congressmen think so.

[Angry Dragon]

3. the GOP is the party of Satan

[spanone]

4. think about it. almost half the voters voted for romney...

the country has collectively erased this guy and he damned near became potus.

i used to have faith in 'the people'... now they scare the shit out of me.

[niyad]

5. a link would be helpful so we can see exactly what idiocy they are proclaiming today

[Sadiedog]

7. I agree, a link would be helpful. nt

[Archae]

9. Here you go...

In an unsurprising turn of events, Ryan has signed on as cosponsor to the Sanctity of Human Life Act again. The original bill — which declares that life begins with fertilization, and would give states the right to ban all abortion, even in the cases involving incest, rape, or the life of the mother — thankfully died in Congress in 2011.

But now it's baaaaack, which is scary because not only is the above terrifying, there's all sorts of other creepy shit hidden in this monster. Like, if a woman who was raped in a state that banned abortions went to a state that didn't ban abortions and had an abortion? Her rapist could theoretically sue to stop the abortion from happening, and probably win. And it doesn't stop there with the reproductive weirdness, if passed, it'll probably make many forms of IVF illegal.

http://jezebel.com/5975076/paul-ryan-once-again-sponsors-the-bill-that-would-make-it-possible-for-womens-rapists-to-sue-them

[niyad]

10. apparently there is no end to their hatred of women. thanks for the link.

[KakistocracyHater]

6. bodily sovereignity should be the law for women it is for men

sickening, to even hear of this

[lancer78]

8. GOP candidate sign-up

This is what I think a GOP candidate sign-up is actually like.

[etherealtruth]

11. Pure and unadulterated misogyny

[99Forever]

13. You asked:

(perhaps rhetorically?)

"How can the GOP support so many assinine positions and get elected to anything."

Perhaps because there are a fair number of asinine American voters and thru a number of dirty tricks they manage to get over-represented in government?

[Sadiedog]

14. I am at a loss for words.... DISGUSTING MONSTERS!!!