Missouri bill would require father's permission for a woman to get an abortion
Source: Kansas City Star
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.
A bill filed this month would require pregnant women to get permission from the father before having an abortion except in cases of incest and what the Missouri Republican who sponsored the legislation called "legitimate rape."
If passed, state Rep. Rick Brattin's bill would require women to obtain notarized written permission from the father to terminate a pregnancy. The mandate would be waived for rape and incest. An identical bill by the Harrisonville lawmaker died in committee last session.
"Just like any rape, you have to report it, and you have to prove it," Brattin told Mother Jones in a statement that drew criticism from state Democrats. "So you couldn't just go and say, 'Oh yeah, I was raped,' and get an abortion. It has to be a legitimate rape."
Brattin's comments led to comparisons to former Republican U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, who said in 2012 that women's bodies have ways of not becoming pregnant from what he called "legitimate rape."
Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/news/government-politics/article4576564.html
immoderate
(20,885 posts)... for an authoritarian, repressive, misogynistic society.
--imm
Orrex
(63,215 posts)If only...
Retrograde
(10,137 posts)I think we can waive the requirement for a notary,but all sexual encounters should be agreed to in writing. It's only fair
wheniwasincongress
(1,307 posts)is that is can be pulled, revoked - at any time. Right before sex, during sex. A signature would not be fair and is one of the most hairbrained ideas
benld74
(9,904 posts)tjl148
(185 posts)I've never heard of this before. What am I missing on this?
He's comparing sperm to a fetus. Something our side needs to stay away from if we are going to attempt to persuade and be taken seriously.
Wuddles440
(1,123 posts)that the American Taliban and their sharia laws are doing all they can to protect the freedoms of the citizens of this country.
cosmicone
(11,014 posts)AngryDem001
(684 posts)Blue Idaho
(5,049 posts)I guess James Brown was right...
It's a man's world...
niyad
(113,342 posts)and status on the sperm deliverer, as though the woman simply does not count (well, we already know this, don't we?)
what a woman-hating pos.
contact him:
573-751-3783
oh, and this is the little douchenozzle:
niyad
(113,342 posts)a clause that says that the sperm deliverer will take on FULL, COMPLETE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY for both the woman and the offspring until said offspring graduates from college, or age 22, whichever comes last.
WhiteTara
(29,718 posts)places...they should make sure that women can't get credit on their own either; or be able to sign contracts or go to school or ...fill in the blank.
47of74
(18,470 posts)I'd like to ask this little prick what would be next? Needing permission to drive, leave the house, getting a job, etc?
AngryDem001
(684 posts)Yep. Sounds like the perfect place for him.
Behind the Aegis
(53,959 posts)Welcome to the 15th century!
Quantess
(27,630 posts)To me, it looked like grown women have to ask their own Dads.
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)Requiring a man to have a written note from his mother saying he can have sex with a woman. The failure of which to produce said note would result in his immediate castration.
- What's good for the goose, etc.....
K&R