I meant pro-choice obviously, but pro-abortion works as well. Not everyone considers a fetus a life, in fact the main argument of pro-choicers is that a fetus is not a life. I don't get what this stupid question has to do with anything.
Dude, a woman can't swallow a camera and have it come our her twat. And Please keep your abortion in the abortion of an abortion thread.
That was the entire point of the question that was asked. Please re-read the text. The doctor was arguing for consultations for the abortion drug being done over the phone and talked about how they do colonoscopies without being there. The Republican asked the question to point out that a woman can't just swallow a camera and get an exam of her fetus that wa
Poll: 57% Of GOPers Support Making Christianity The National Religion http://talkingpointsmemo.com/polltracker/poll-57-percent-republicans-christianity-national-religion
Simple - because the state has budget problems. When you cut taxes for a few and then are "forced" to cut services for everyone else because of the unsurprising lack of future tax revenue, you are making decisions and knowingly benefit the wealthy at the expense of the poor. It's as much class warfare as is raising taxes on just a few.
It's definitely apple to oranges. The question is not necessary b/c a camera is NOT needed to prescribe medication for abortion. The proponent for the bill stated their intention - making medication abortion more difficult so that women have more time to change their minds. It has nothing to do with medical practice. This is a classic case of Republican using laws and government to interfere with what women want and stepping in between DR and the patient.
So I'm trying to have my morning coffee and read the paper, first thing I see on front page is "Dan Patrick urges voters to be Christ's Army, fight same sex marriage". Not what I needed at 7 am.
The whole point of the question is that it's apple to oranges. That may very well be the case. I'm not defending the law.
Seriously, the distinction between speaking rhetorically in favor of a dumb argument or speaking literally in favor of an outrageously stupid one is pretty meaningless. I know it sounds crazy, but Rep Vito Barbieri, Far right nutjob rep from Idaho, is probalby not the go-to resource on women's heath issues, regardless of what he says, other than in the warped universe of today's Republican party.
Republicans Propose Declaring Idaho A 'Christian State' http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/24/idaho-christian-state_n_6747826.html?wtf "We're a Christian community in a Christian state and the Republican Party is a Christian Party," said Jeff Tyler, a member of the committee and backer of the draft resolution.
Dan Patrick is such a lunatic. My significant other knows him pretty well and has the same opinion I do. Patrick isn't alone in his bigotry, however. Another nugget from the Austin American-Statesman: Dan Patrick: Protect marriage, oppose abortion Posted: 7:19 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015 Speaking to a Capitol gathering of religious and social conservatives Tuesday, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick urged the crowd to become an army of supporters helping him and other Christian politicians oppose abortion, protect marriage and defend the Constitution. “I have your back because I know you have mine,” Patrick told the Texas Faith and Family Day forum, called to counter what other speakers described as liberal attacks on marriage laws and religious freedom. It’s a battle, but we will be victorious, because with God, who can be against us? We know how it all ends,” he said. Patrick’s speech was followed by the cutting of two symbolic wedding cakes to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of a Texas constitutional amendment that limited marriage to opposite-sex couples. State Rep. Cecil Bell, R-Magnolia, was called forward to slice into one of the cakes in recognition of his House Bill 623, which would withhold the pay of county clerks and government employees who issue a marriage license to a same-sex couple. “My family’s been in Texas since 1852,” Bell said after the forum. “What has always been normal for us, we’re suddenly being told it’s not normal, that those things that are our traditional values, somehow they are wrong.” Bell said his bill is an effort to stymie federal judges and others who seek to impose their will on Texans. “It is a liberal agenda being advanced by a small body of people who are out of step with Texans, out of step with Americans and very much endangering state’s rights,” he said. State Sen. Donna Campbell, R-New Braunfels, urged the audience to support her proposed constitutional amendment to bar government from infringing on Texans’ “sincerely held religious beliefs.” Opponents have labeled Senate Joint Resolution 10 the “License to Discriminate Act” and say “sincerely held religious belief” is so vague that the amendment would lead to an explosion of lawsuits challenging everything from zoning laws that apply to churches to anti-discrimination ordinances. Campbell said opponents have it backward. “They’re discriminating against us for honoring our traditional values and for believing in God greater than the government,” she said. “Our family values and our faith make us who we are as a nation and as a people. As those family values are attacked repeatedly, our society becomes less stable.” http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/dan-patrick-protect-marriage-oppose-abortion/nkH9K/ My state is being run by a minority of bigoted extremists. That's what you get for staying home on election day, folks.
A non-binding resolution to be voted on by a county party committee that would then be submitted to a state Republican party if it passed at the county level (which sounds dubious itself). The nestled levels of insignificance make it astounding that the story even reached me.
Goes to the point that people who love America don't actually love the melting pot of ideas and people that actually is America; the people that love the Constitution don't love the safeguards against religious tyranny; and the people who love Jesus, practice anything but the religion of selflessness and tolerance. This thread is to expose nuttery in every nook and corner, and then laugh at it.
Yes, given that class warfare is a meaningless pejorative that is implied on any type of resource allocation. The use of "class warfare" is really more of a dog whistle. We know what it's supposed to mean and waht feeling it's supposed to provoke.
If offering services that primarily benefit the poor is considered class warfare, then why would this be any different? How would you define it?
Kansas Republicans want to criminalize teaching about sex, nude art, and ‘harmful’ books http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/...-to-criminalize-teaching-about-harmful-books/ The Republican-dominated Kansas Senate voiced its approval Tuesday of a bill that would make it easier to prosecute teachers and school administrators who present lesson materials deemed to be “harmful.” The measure was proposed after a middle school teacher in the Kansas City area displayed a sex education poster that listed specific sexual acts. The poster was taken down after parents complained, but Republican lawmakers filed a bill that would remove a provision in current law protecting high school and elementary schools from such prosecution....
