Feel Free to Secede, South Dakota. Seriously.

Sunday, March 27, 2011
You know, as much as I complain about having to spend time in Kansas, I have to say that at this point, I'd far rather spend time there than in South Dakota.

First it was that offensive law in 2008 which required loaded language to be used when "counseling" women about their decision when they decide to seek an abortion.

Then it was their legislature's call for "balance" in the teaching of global warming in their public schools.

Then it was that incredibly backwards legislation that would make killing abortion doctors "justifiable homicide" which thankfully didn't pass.

And now these freeze-dried whackadoos have passed a law that requires not only a three day waiting period for women seeking abortion, but also legitimizes so-called "pregnancy-help centers" by forcing women who are considering abortion to go there for "counseling."

Now I'm all for counseling. Real counseling, that is. Counseling with certified mental health professionals who don't have an axe to grind, and who have not demonstrably shown themselves to spread misinformation in order to move their own political agenda forward. If abortion clinics were pulling the same kind of crap you can bet they'd be shut down in a minute - and they should be. But because these lying sacks of shit are supposedly "pro-life*," they can not only get away with it but get a mandate for their bad behavior from the state.

So basically the right-wing nutjobs attempt to defund Planned Parenthood, one of the primary providers of women's health care for the poor in the country. And then South Dakota follows up by not only imposing an undue burden on women who are trying to obtain a perfectly legal medical procedure, but also authorizing obfuscation and misinformation. But that has nothing to do with the fact that the liars just HAPPEN to share their viewpoint, oh no, wink, wink. 

How can any woman think these backwards motherfuckers have any concern whatsoever for women? With all the anti-feminist crap they pull, it's a wonder they haven't attempted to repeal the Nineteenth Amendment.

I wonder if South Dakota would be interested in seceding? The rest of us could get so lucky. Dudes are fucking embarrassing.


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*"Pro-life" my ass. These are the same retards who think murdering an abortion doctor is just A-OKAY.

7 comments:

Warner (aka ntsc) said...

The thing is the people of S. Dakota killed an anti abortion law by referendum in 2006 and an anti abortion referendum in 2008.

Janiece said...

Maybe they should work harder at selecting non-douchey representatives, then.

Steve Buchheit said...

I see your seeing the true agenda of the RtL people. It's not about "Savin' the Babies" but about rolling back the progress that feminists have made. If more people realized that, their support numbers would drop drastically.

JstPam said...

I group the R-to-L's and Peta whack-a-doos in the same catagory....neither group really helps the ones that they say they do.

Random Michelle K said...

FWIW, there are organizations that provide counseling and support for women that are pro-life but are not douchey.

They support the woman not just through pregnancy, but after, in either helping the woman find an adoption agency or helping the woman care for the baby with clothes, supplies, and other forms of monetary, practical, and emotional support.

For some pro-lifers, it's just as if not more important what happens after someone is born as before.

Just doing my part to remind you that not all pro-lifers are hypocrites. :D

Janiece said...

Michelle, you're correct, and I didn't mean to imply that anti-abortion = douche. But these so-called "pregnancy-help center" do = douche.

tom said...

It's like they are North or South Carolina !!!
Can they take texas and Wasilla?