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Kentucky GOP #fundie rawstory.com

For the fitst time in 95 years, Republicans took total control over the Kentucky state government this week and immediately moved to strip rights from women and workers.

According to the Courier-Journal, a 20-week abortion ban is one of the first 11 bills being considered by the GOP-controlled legislature.

Republican Senate President Robert Stivers told reporters on Tuesday that women relinquished their reproductive “choice” by getting pregnant in the first place.

Stivers said that a woman had a “choice early on to make a decision to conceive or not conceive.”

“But once conception starts, there becomes another life involved. And the legislature has its ability to control how that life may proceed or how it would be terminated,” he stated.

Republican House Speaker Jeff Hoover said that there was “overwhelming sentiment” in favor of the 20-week abortion ban. He predicted that it would be passed by the legislature by the end of the week.

“Legislation about bans like this pose a serious threat because they ignore women’s health needs in individual circumstances,” ACLU of Kentucky spokesperson Amber Duke told the Courier-Journal. “We believe that women deserve dignity and should have the right to make personal and private medical decisions without interference from politicians.”

Republicans were also expected to pass right-to-work legislation this week that would ban union membership as a requirement for employment.

“They are pursuing a policy to penalize unions,” Kentucky AFL-CIO President Bill Londrigan warned. “It’s a low road to economic development that will actually end up costing all Kentucky workers in the form of lower wages.”

22 comments

old comment by Anon-e-moose

Are you going to stop women from travelling to other states: to 'visit relatives', or go on a 'holoday'?

All you'll be doing is turning Kentucky into North Korea.

Enjoy your paradox - and lost votes - GOP.

@Shepard Solus

They 'drain the swamp'.

Replacing it with a cesspit.

@#2005105
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Ahh I remember Todd Akin. Didn't he lose after that gaffe?

'Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it'.

That saying exists for a reason, Repubicans.

I say let them make complete arses of themselves, legislation-wise.

The electorate will legitimately rape the GOP.

Hopefully Donald Fart - by not acting against them - will be a lame duck, and a single-termer like Ford or Bush I. By him not doing so, it'll prove that the Repubicans have grabbed him by the pussy.

And the electorate will learn their mistake. [/Brexit]

old comment by Swede

I chose many times to conceive, about 18 years ago. Still didn't happen. Perhaps I ought to take a seminar with that Stivers, or the guy* who thought that the female body could keep rapist's sperm out, to learn how my body works... I mean, I've only been a woman for 47 years, what do I know? They're apparently experts on the female body.

With tape-worms, there is also another life involved, as with a bad cold and Malaria.

A man also have a choice early on, to impregnate or not impregnate. As it's mostly men who are against abortions, perhaps those men ought to be tied to the non-aborted offspring.

We have a 20 week limit in Sweden too, or rather 18 week, I think. Until then, the choice is completely the woman's. After that, you have to get permission from the Social Board which is given when the woman's or the fetus' health and/or the woman's life is at risk. "Limit" sounds better than "ban", I'd say.

Right-to-work seems more like a ban on companies to fire employees, and a requirement for them to hire anyone who seeks employment. Sounds GREAT!

I'm in two minds here. A union membership as requirement for employment sounds a bit harsh; it should be voluntary. But, if unions memberships are seen as threats by employers, a requirement might be needed. We don't have any requirement in Sweden, as far as I know, but almost everyone (including people in middle-management) are members of a union anyway.

* Ah, Todd Akin was his name-o.

old comment by SpukiKitty

Have fun hemorrhaging citizens, Kentucky.

Also; This is what happens when normal people don't vote!

Hillary lost because a lot of people didn't bother to vote.

THE REASONS....
* There was the "Hillary Is A Shoo-in" Crowd. They stayed home because they assumed Hillary was going to win by a landslide....and countless others were thinking the same thing. It's a similar mental process as "The Bystander Effect".
* There were people who felt that both Hillary and Trump were unappealing and they stayed home.

This voter apathy has got to stop. This waiting for "The Perfect Candidate" has got to stop. The GOP has gerrymandered stuff like crazy. You need a LOT of voters to get Progressive people in office!

Well; We have likely four years of putting up with Trumpy-pants. He may not even finish his first term.

People need to vote....even if it means voting for "The Lesser of Two Evils"....and knowledge of alternate forms of voting need to be common and known. People need to know about Absentee Voting/Voting via Mail.

I don't trust those machines....A paper-trail is where it's at.

AND PROGRESSIVES NEED TO RUN FOR LOCAL OFFICE EVERYWHERE!

Well; There's going to be a lot of gals taking a weekend trip to the closest state that has less abortion-restriction.

*******

You know what? Perhaps the U.S. needs to let a chunk secede....It would work as follows....
* Select a big chunk of the Reddest of Red States.
* These will be allowed to secede and become....let's call this hypothetical new nation, The Christian States of America or The C.S.A.
* Now; Not all Red States will be the C.S.A....just the Reddest....Most of The South along with Kansas, Oklahoma, Northern Florida and big chunks of Texas and Arizona.
* However; The interests of the more Progressive/Feminist/Pro-LGBTA/P.O.C./Non-Christian citizens of the C.S.A. (like myself) must be kept in mind. Therefore every state in the C.S.A. with have "Sanctuary Counties" that are under the jurisdiction of the U.S.A. and are technically part of the latter. These would be the most Progressive of the counties. Likewise, the U.S.A. should have little C.S.A. counties in each state. Not everyone can make the "big move" and these folks need to be considered. It's easier to move to another county than another state or country.
* When things are waaaay too adversarial....sometimes the "Two-State" solution is, unfortunately, the best way to go.

old comment by SpukiKitty

Agreed, Alencon;

Concerning countries and states that are backwards, I can't really feel bad for them if the majority are on the same page with the government. If the majority of Kentucky-folks want a backwards Jesus-land, then I really can't mourn them. To them, this is "progress", it's what the vast majority wants and is happy with. Same with The Chinese, Russians and Turks. Some people are just weirded-out by "too much freedom" and they like everything simplified and defined for them. I can't feel bad for a Regressive country if almost everyone there is okay with it. It's what they want and they aren't fighting it or starting any resistance movements.

There's a lot of folks in Iran and Saudi Arabia who are fighting the system. Iranian citizens actually like America and Americans. There's pockets of resistance everywhere. Obviously those folks want things freer. I feel sympathetic to them.

However; I can't really "feel" for the Chinese, Russians, Turks, etc. if almost everybody is fine or "meh" about the way things are, there. I feel for the minorities, there. I feel for the Press who get shoved in the slammer.

As for North Korea. There's only a few who know better and things are SO DRACONIAN that folks who DO disagree with the Kim-DuJour are TERRIFIED. Resistance is very low-key and usually consists of people enjoying black market media.

I just feel for the tiny minority of decent people who are egalitarian/secular/feminist/pro-choice/pro-LGBTA/P.O.C./etc. They need a way to be able to move out.