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talkpoliticshttp://www.salon.com/2013/01/24/new_mexico_wants_to_criminalize_abortions_after_rape_as_tampering_with_evidence/
So, the same political party which was running a year ago on the basis of 'rape victims can't get pregnant because rape produces anti-impregnation magic' now has another idiot doing unpleasant things involving the politics of rape. *Now* the idiot in question wants to imprison a rape victim who had an abortion. I have no family-friendly phrases for what I think of someone who'd actually advocate this, but in lieu of a multi-paragraph string of English-language profanity strung together, I'm going to have to ask once again how the GOP expects a government powerful enough to control the uterus not to be powerful in any other sphere of life? Is the conservative ideal of small government a government small enough to fit in the uterus and the bedroom?
So, the same political party which was running a year ago on the basis of 'rape victims can't get pregnant because rape produces anti-impregnation magic' now has another idiot doing unpleasant things involving the politics of rape. *Now* the idiot in question wants to imprison a rape victim who had an abortion. I have no family-friendly phrases for what I think of someone who'd actually advocate this, but in lieu of a multi-paragraph string of English-language profanity strung together, I'm going to have to ask once again how the GOP expects a government powerful enough to control the uterus not to be powerful in any other sphere of life? Is the conservative ideal of small government a government small enough to fit in the uterus and the bedroom?
