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Tue Feb 14, 2017, 06:32 AM Feb 2017

Well the bastards are really showing their true colors now

Oklahoma Anti-Abortion Lawmaker Says Women Are Merely ‘Hosts’
By Lisa Ryan

Sperm storage device Justin Humphrey. Photo: Oklahoma State Legislature


On Tuesday, the Oklahoma state legislature will hold a hearing on a bill that would require a woman seeking an abortion to first get written permission from her male sexual partner. In an interview, the Republican lawmaker who authored the bill explained that a woman’s body, well, simply isn’t her own. Instead, a woman’s body is merely a “host.”

The Intercept has a detailed report about the bill, known as HB 1441, as well as another bill that would block women from aborting fetuses with genetic anomalies, called HB 1559. In a surprising move (as Oklahoma has passed 20 strict abortion regulations since 2011), the latter failed to pass last Wednesday while the former was tabled without comment. However, by Thursday, both measures were put back on House Public Health Committee’s agenda, with a vote slated for February 14.

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http://nymag.com/thecut/2017/02/oklahoma-anti-abortion-lawmaker-says-women-are-hosts.html

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Well the bastards are really showing their true colors now (Original Post) n2doc Feb 2017 OP
The bovine stare of the stupid. callous taoboy Feb 2017 #1
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