Lacking the conviction to wage war on unemployment, Republicans have escalated their war on women with the passage of a House bill that permits hospitals that receive federal funding to turn away women who seek an abortion even if the procedure is necessary to save their lives. Repeat: Even if the procedure is necessary to save their lives.
And now Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina (R-Fetus Fetish) has filed an anti-choice amendment to an agriculture-transportation bill that would bar discussion of abortion over the Internet and through videoconferencing, even if a woman’s health is at risk and if this kind of communication with her doctor is her best option to receive care.
Under this amendment, women would need a separate, segregated Internet just for talking about abortion care with their doctors.
It’s hard to top these clearly unconstitutional efforts for sheer meanspiritedness but the misogynistic Republicans surely will find a way. And isn’t the GOP for less intrusive government?
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