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demmiblue

(36,865 posts)
Fri Feb 15, 2013, 10:41 PM Feb 2013

Lady-Brains Can’t Make Their Own Medical Decisons

Source: care2.com


Someone finally said it. We all knew it’s what they were thinking, but someone finally said it out loud. Anti-choicers don’t believe women are smart enough to make their own medical decisions. At least they’re being honest, I guess.

Who is the brave lad? Rep. Joel Johnson of Michigan. You know, the one who is trying to make ultrasounds mandatory before all abortions, even though said ultrasounds are not medically necessary. Yeah, that guy. He’s come out and said why he thinks this type of thing is so very important:

We have consumer protection laws for people who are getting loans, or buying life insurance. It requires that things get explained to them and in my opinion this is another situation where people aren’t making a decision they won’t be happy with down the road.

Johnson goes on to say that the ultrasound should be done before the woman takes any medication to make sure she is “mentally capable” of making this medical decision.


Read more: http://www.care2.com/causes/lady-brains-cant-make-their-own-medical-decisons.html#ixzz2L1exMQd9
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Lady-Brains Can’t Make Their Own Medical Decisons (Original Post) demmiblue Feb 2013 OP
Well, let's give the boy points for honesty. nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #1
It's the old beliefs undergroundpanther Feb 2013 #4
I know. nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #5
I often say to Women I just meet: "Are-you-able-to-make-a-medical-de-ci-sion ???" BlueJazz Feb 2013 #2
so they did not get the message last nov--they are now not even pretending any more. this niyad Feb 2013 #3
Thank you, niyad. Kath1 Feb 2013 #8
Dear Joel Johnson SmileyRose Feb 2013 #6
Next they will require mandatory psych exams prior to abortions, and kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #7
government small enough to fit in a vagina Skittles Feb 2013 #9
Yep. Grover Norquist wanted to shrink government Sheldon Cooper Feb 2013 #14
I'm stealing that, Skittles! *grabs and runs before you can kick my ass* bettyellen Feb 2013 #15
have at it bettyellen! Skittles Feb 2013 #17
WTF? smirkymonkey Feb 2013 #10
So in what other situations should rape be conducted? Zoeisright Feb 2013 #11
I'm just curious but Skittles Feb 2013 #18
did anybody else notice how poorly worded this sentence is, or is it just me? niyad Feb 2013 #12
Yeah, I noticed. LisaLynne Feb 2013 #13
Yup. Two "nots" = opposite meaning. Demoiselle Feb 2013 #16
Yup. Sarah Palin-itis, otherwise known as "word salad" and clearly endemic amongst Rethugs riderinthestorm Feb 2013 #19
 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
1. Well, let's give the boy points for honesty.
Fri Feb 15, 2013, 10:45 PM
Feb 2013

Imagine the screams if we ladies said men can't make any reproductive decisions since they can only think with one head, the small one.

I used the language on purpose, because that is exactly what this man is talking about this. Ladies can't think due to vaginas.

retrograde to say lightly.

undergroundpanther

(11,925 posts)
4. It's the old beliefs
Fri Feb 15, 2013, 11:51 PM
Feb 2013

That bullshit about eve's curse, woman are inferiors,because of 'original sin' so they must submit to men because gawd had men write it in the bibble, mixed with a bit of bullshit about women being 'hysterical' as in a woman's uterus wanders around inside her body making her crazy.
Patriarchal men like this creep need to learn their place,and it's equal to women,even though his beliefs make him such an asshole.

 

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)
2. I often say to Women I just meet: "Are-you-able-to-make-a-medical-de-ci-sion ???"
Fri Feb 15, 2013, 11:00 PM
Feb 2013

They answer: Get-the-fuck-away-from-me-you-jerk.

niyad

(113,336 posts)
3. so they did not get the message last nov--they are now not even pretending any more. this
Fri Feb 15, 2013, 11:33 PM
Feb 2013

is nothing but pure hatred and contempt for women--the very thin veneer has finally come off, and their snarling hatred is out in the open for everyone to see (like the iowa reps who want to make every woman who has an abortion guilty of murder)

here is the idiot's contact info:


CONTACT INFO
LANSING OFFICE
We are located in the:
Anderson House Office Bldg.
124 N. Capitol
S-1286 House Office Building
Lansing, MI 48933

Located on the corner of Ottawa and Capitol Avenue, across the street from the State Capitol.

MAILING ADDRESS
S-1286 House Office Building
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909

Phone: (517) 373-8962
Toll Free: (855) 563-5597 [855 JOELJ97]

Email: JoelJohnson@house.mi.gov

Kath1

(4,309 posts)
8. Thank you, niyad.
Sat Feb 16, 2013, 01:26 AM
Feb 2013

If they didn't get the message last November, they never will. Largest gender gap in history. And it grows wider by the day.

 

kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)
7. Next they will require mandatory psych exams prior to abortions, and
Sat Feb 16, 2013, 12:22 AM
Feb 2013

they will have to be conducted over a 1 week period, inpatient at special mental facilities just for women who want to murder their babies.

Sheldon Cooper

(3,724 posts)
14. Yep. Grover Norquist wanted to shrink government
Sat Feb 16, 2013, 01:33 PM
Feb 2013

small enough to drown it in the bathtub. The rest of his buddies want to shrink it small enough to fit into your vagina.

Zoeisright

(8,339 posts)
11. So in what other situations should rape be conducted?
Sat Feb 16, 2013, 01:54 AM
Feb 2013

Well, I think that men who want enhancement drugs should have a anal ultrasound, or perhaps something shoved up their penis to make sure they are "mentally capable" of making that medical decision.

After all, Dickhead Johnson, what's good for the goose ...

Skittles

(153,169 posts)
18. I'm just curious but
Sat Feb 16, 2013, 05:58 PM
Feb 2013

what does the medical establishment think of having to perform a procedure they don't recommend and the patient does not want? That's GOP "small government" for ya.

niyad

(113,336 posts)
12. did anybody else notice how poorly worded this sentence is, or is it just me?
Sat Feb 16, 2013, 12:37 PM
Feb 2013

It requires that things get explained to them and in my opinion this is another situation where people aren’t making a decision they won’t be happy with down the road.

LisaLynne

(14,554 posts)
13. Yeah, I noticed.
Sat Feb 16, 2013, 12:40 PM
Feb 2013

It's a double negative and means they ARE making a decision they WILL be happy with down the road. Asshat.

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