Iowa GOP thinks parents should have the right to control adult daughters bodies [View all]
Time to shove a goddamn C note in the swear jar.
An anti-abortion bill being offered by Republicans in Iowa would effectively ban all abortions and give parents rights over the bodies of unmarried adult daughters.
A state House panel on Wednesday voted to send SF 471 the so-called personhood bill to the full committee. The bill states that life begins at conception, giving fetuses the same rights as people.
Anticipating that the personhood provision of the bill will likely be struck down by courts, the GOP bill also provides criminal punishment for anyone who performs an abortion more than 20 weeks after conception. The bill makes exceptions if the life of the mother is at risk. However, it does not make exceptions for rape or incest.
This irritates me. What the fuck is next, Iowa? Making unmarried adult daughters seek permission from their nearest male relatives to drive or seek employment outside the home?