General Discussion

Metalmom

(52 posts) Thu May 9, 2019, 05:13 PM May 2019

Someone Tell This Ohio Legislator You Can't Move Ectopic Pregnancies Into the Uterus [View all]

[link:https://rewire.news/ablc/2019/05/09/someone-tell-this-ohio-legislator-you-cant-move-ectopic-pregnancies-into-the-uterus/|

Fresh off the heels of passing one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the country, lawmakers in Ohio seem eager to continue chipping away at abortion access.

Enter Ohio Rep. John Becker, aka This Fucking Guy: a Republican who has sponsored a bill that literally defies science. In defending his bill, Rep. Becker has claimed that contraceptives cause abortion (they don’t) and that ectopic pregnancies—in which the embryo implants somewhere other than the uterus, usually the fallopian tube—can be fixed by simply sticking the errant embryo back in the pregnant person’s uterus.

That is not something that can be done. The medical technology does not exist.

This is some VERY scary stuff. In this new round they want to make most birth control illegal. If it blocks a fertilized egg from implanting in the uterus, they call it an abortion. I'm past my reproductive years, but I fear for the generations of women behind me.
I know this sounds crazy and over the top, but at this point in our country I can see Handmaid's Tale from here. And it terrifies me.

59 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Someone Tell This Ohio Legislator You Can't Move Ectopic Pregnancies Into the Uterus [View all] Metalmom May 2019 OP

My tweet to the idiot... cynatnite May 2019 #1

Often times the implantation of the egg in the Fallopian Tubes occurs before the woman even knows politicaljunkie41910 May 2019 #19

Yep. Stupid people like this really piss me off. n/t cynatnite May 2019 #21

This is what happens when there are NO medical experts in the conversation. Haggis for Breakfast May 2019 #35

I am terrified, too. Ohiogal May 2019 #2

Isn't that practicing medicine without a license? angstlessk May 2019 #8

Being an idiot isn't illegal... cynatnite May 2019 #14

Leadership, again. I don't know if Trump approves of this, but that's not the point... TreasonousBastard May 2019 #3

trump approval Peace06 May 2019 #9

Another Handmaidens Peace06 May 2019 #4

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?comview_post&forum1002&pid12083293 irisblue May 2019 #5

Hope more DR's speak up Metalmom May 2019 #11

What the fuck is going on here? Flaleftist May 2019 #6

Ohio just passed a heart beat law Metalmom May 2019 #13

Is this not blatantly against Roe vs. Wade? Flaleftist May 2019 #17

It's probably intended to make it all the way up to SCOTUS to reverse Roe v. Wade FiveGoodMen May 2019 #20

Ding Ding Ding Maggiemayhem May 2019 #46

People like him don't care about science, ethics, compassion, or reality Hekate May 2019 #7

This guy is from near Cinncy irisblue May 2019 #10

He's a good example of why I left Cincy 25 years ago. maxsolomon May 2019 #18

He has been pushing a very similiar idea since mid 2000s irisblue May 2019 #12

I am sorry, but you obviously have never read the Todd Akin book on "legitimate rape" and female still_one May 2019 #15

Whenever I read of abortion rights being restricted I recall a classmate Arkansas Granny May 2019 #16

A neighborhood girl used a knitting needle to open her cervix so she could self induce irisblue May 2019 #22

Restrictions will only reduce safe abortions. It won't abolish them. Arkansas Granny May 2019 #30

Your right irisblue May 2019 #32

"I don't know. I'm not smart enough to know what causes abortions and what doesn't. The bill's just riversedge May 2019 #23

Think I'll donate to PP in his name. blueinredohio May 2019 #24

In defending his bill, Rep. [John] Becker has claimed that contraceptives cause abortion (they don't riversedge May 2019 #25

after reading his mail--becker is reminded of the need for good folks to carry guns... riversedge May 2019 #31

What a toon...Jon, look here. No liberal is gonna up and shoot you for being an idiot, Volaris May 2019 #38

He looks like banjo boy from Deliverance. n/t Mr.Bill May 2019 #36

Yes! That's it! renate May 2019 #59

Thinking an ectopic pregnancy can simply be moved to the uterus PoindexterOglethorpe May 2019 #26

It's as bad as Metalmom May 2019 #27

The boy is a genius no doubt Botany May 2019 #28

If they did expel Massachusetts from the Union Cold War Spook May 2019 #55

We have so many issues to address here in Ohio Ohiogal May 2019 #29

I heard ectopic pregnancies can be fixed by shoving John Becker's testicles up his nose. CaptainTruth May 2019 #33

"Part of that treatment would be removing that embryo from the fallopian tube and reinserting it in riversedge May 2019 #34

We have some dumbass samplegirl May 2019 #37

Too bad Ohio doesn't have a monopoly on stupid people Cirque du So-What May 2019 #45

Not only can ectopic pregnancies not be reversed BobTheSubgenius May 2019 #39

as the mass grows--it can rupture the F. tube-leading to bleeding and infection or worse. The riversedge May 2019 #54

Another dangerous idiot in a field of dangerous idiots. BobTheSubgenius May 2019 #58

Well, in his head, it is probably a really tiny baby Bettie May 2019 #40

I have lost all patience with anti-choice nutbags. They are a danger to us all. SunSeeker May 2019 #41

Even if it could be done, is the govt going to pay for the operation? Honeycombe8 May 2019 #42

"Experimental surgery." nt Ilsa May 2019 #48

Bingo ck4829 May 2019 #51

As far as I'm concerned all abortion laws are unconstitutional. Mr. Evil May 2019 #43

It's now possible to transplant a human uterus. hunter May 2019 #44

FACOG, the AMA, and other scientists specializing Ilsa May 2019 #47

It's going to take the women of Ohio to vote these repukes out of office kimbutgar May 2019 #49

problem is Metalmom May 2019 #53

K&R ck4829 May 2019 #50

This is sooooo sickening. logosoco May 2019 #52

An ectopic pregnancy doesn't have to end up in a fallopian tube. I know this! Maraya1969 May 2019 #56

Before I went unconscious, I knew I couldn't be pregnant. Mersky May 2019 #57