Wait what? This from a Woman!

[sheshe2]

“In the emergency room they have what’s called rape kits where a woman can get cleaned out” -Texas Rep. Jody Laubenberg (R) on exceptions for rape and incest

What? No. No.

Rape kits are used to collect physical evidence of an assault, not to give you a pseudo-abortion.
http://bobcesca.thedailybanter.com/

Texas Rep. Jody Laubenberg (R) sponsored several anti-abortion measures currently making their way to the Governor’s desk. Taken together, they would shut down the vast majority of the state’s women’s health clinics and criminalize abortions after 20 weeks. But in reasoning out why she did not support an exemption for rape victims in the 20-week ban, Laubenberg betrayed a woeful lack of information on the procedures a victim of rape undergoes — namely, the “rape kit,” which is used to collect data on the assailant and in no way relates to pregnancy

SNIP:

“In the emergency room they have what’s called rape kits where a woman can get cleaned out,” she said, comparing the procedure to an abortion. “The woman had five months to make that decision, at this point we are looking at a baby that is very far along in its development.”

SNIP:

Rape kits are used to collect DNA evidence from the bodies of rape victims; after a victim enters a hospital, staff collect bodily fluid, residue under the victim’s nails, and any blood or hair samples that could be relevant for an investigation. Rape kits are in no way equivalent to an abortion.

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/06/24/2201171/texas-legislator-claims-rape-kits-are-a-form-of-abortion/

[KittyWampus]

1. I literally cringed.

[sheshe2]

7. I did too KittyWampas.

[Warpy]

9. I yelled "WHAT THE FUCK????" and scared the cat

There is no excuse for that kind of ignorance. None.

[Dash87]

2. Wtf? Oh god.

[hobbit709]

3. Nutjob Koch whore. She's the president of TX ALEC.

[Ken Burch]

6. Please tell me there's SOME chance that this will be too much stupid even for her district.

It would be sickening to think even Texas 'Pugs could possibly be down with this shit.

[hobbit709]

8. She's been elected 6 times.

The state lege makes Louie Gohmert look like a rocket scientist.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. Well, she couldn't be pregnant anyway according to Dr. Todd Akin.

Rape and abortion are subjects he rarely brings up. (He was defending his no-exceptions opposition to abortion when he got in trouble for saying that women’s bodies could automatically prevent pregnancy in cases of “legitimate rape.”)

[Hekate]

5. Obviously has never watched Law and Order: SVU

I just felt a small wave of nausea at this female's gross level of ignorance, and her legislative power to make things worse.

I know it's bad karma for me to even think like this, but sometimes I wish she and her legislative ilk could have such experiences up close and personal.

[sheshe2]

10. I know what you mean, Hekate.

It disgusts me when it comes out of the GOP menz mouths.

From a woman....it just puts me in a state of shock. No humanity, no soul there, just empty!

[LisaLynne]

12. I was going to say that all it takes is watching a freaking cop show.

Dumb asses.

[hobbit709]

11. These are her cohorts.

did you ever see an unhappier group?

[Hekate]

13. That's an exceptionally grim-looking bunch

They're a "hanging jury" if ever there was one.

[hobbit709]

14. They make pictures of Carrie Nation look like she's smiling.

[sheshe2]

18. Dear Lord!

And that's not photo shopped! Yikes!

Thanks hobbit.

[NV Whino]

24. Who had sour grapes for breakfast?

[Kath1]

25. What dour, sour, and judgmental expressions.

Just looking at that picture makes me want to send another donation to Planned Parenthood. Yikes. What a scary looking group!

[SummerSnow]

31. The Texas Vagina League

[Mushroom]

35. Unhappy & Unhealthy

Looks like all that hell worshipping has taken its toll.

[ismnotwasm]

15. Disgusting

I agree with this comment

Why can't all the politicians making medical decisions for women be arrested for practising medicine without a license?

[sheshe2]

20. Now that's a perfect idea!

[cali]

16. women have been in the forefront of the fight for more restrictions on abortion recently,

in many states.

It's depressing and disgusting.

[sheshe2]

29. As they were when VAWA was being fought again and again.

The sad thing is, so few sit up and take notice. Even here at a democratic site, the issue does not seem to garner much support!

You are right that depresses the hell out of me.

[tanyev]

17. Everything's bigger in Texas, including our morons.

[okaawhatever]

33. LOL. I'm in Tennessee (Marsha Blackburn and Steve Fitcher) what we lack in breadth

we make up for in depth.

[Hissyspit]

19. Wow...

Goddamned idiot.

[RainDog]

21. Another ignorant religious asshole

Reality doesn't matter if you have religious extremism to "guide you" to shit on rape victims.

[me b zola]

22. Every minority group has members like this

In the adoption community they are seen as "the good children".

[Cha]

23. Mahalo for exposing the idiocy, she..

It's important to know what's going on in gopropaganda land.

[Major Nikon]

26. Texas State Rep. Jodie Laubenberg Breaks Glass Stupid Ceiling

Have you had just about enough of ignorant GOP men saying incredibly stupid, clueless things about rape and abortion? Well so has Texas state Rep. Jodie Laubenberg (R-Shut It Down), who obviously decided it was time for GOP women to get in on the act. During debate over a bill that would close most of the state’s clinics that perform abortions, Laubenberg argued against an exemption for victims of rape and incest, dumbsplaining that such an exception isn’t needed, because

“in the emergency room they have what’s called rape kits where a woman can get cleaned out,” she said, incorrectly comparing the procedure to collect physical evidence after a sexual assault to an abortion. “The woman had five months to make that decision, at this point we are looking at a baby that is very far along in its development.”


In addition to automatically winning a nomination for Wonkette’s coveted Legislative Shitmuffin of the Year Award, Rep. Laubenberg also deserves a prize for the strangest description of an abortion to ever come from a “pro-life” person, and the worst euphemism for abortion since that line in “Hills Like White Elephants” about “letting the air in.”

But we hope GOP men have learned their lesson. THAT is how you do stupid. None of this silly Nazi-derived mumbo-jumbo about “legitimate rape” or the morning-after pill or anything like that. If you really want to do batshit insane, just follow the lead of Jodie Lauberberg and throw mere reality out the window altogether, because in Texas politics, you don’t need to be grounded in “facts,” you just have to be “pro-life.”

http://wonkette.com/520665/texas-state-rep-jodie-laubenberg-breaks-glass-stupid-ceiling-declares-rape-kit-abortion

[sheshe2]

30. Insane is it not Major Nikon.

Have you had just about enough of ignorant GOP men saying incredibly stupid, clueless things about rape and abortion? Well so has Texas state Rep. Jodie Laubenberg (R-Shut It Down), who obviously decided it was time for GOP women to get in on the act.

[Just Saying]

27. She had no business making choices for anyone

Maybe not even herself.

Rape Kits are in invasive and must be awful for women already going through a traumatic experience.

I know here in Ohio they have special nurses to do the kits. Women who are raped are also offered morning after pills and STD meds.

[spanone]

28. liars. the truth won't promote their agenda.

they have to lie or admit they're zealots

[Warren DeMontague]

32. Another grand marshal in the moron parade that is today's GOP.

These quotes are, of course, horrifying... however I can't help but be a little amused that after the massive ass-whoopin' of Akin and some of those other imbeciles, in many cases directly due to these specific sorts of asinine statements, for some odd reason the GOP still can't seem to keep their religious right fuckleburgers from saying this shit.

I guess to these folks it's like double fudge chocolate ice cream.... laced with crack.

[okaawhatever]

34. It does help explain Texas' aversion to teaching science.