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GOP US House Nominee: It’s Harder To Get Pregnant From Rape Because “It’s Not Happening Organically”
This shows why sexual education is so desperately needed in all US schools at all levels. Even College and homeschooled kids need to be tested in basic biology and anatomy. Hugs
“Maybe because there’s so much going on in the body. I don’t know. I haven’t, you know, seen any studies. But if I’m processing what you’re saying, it wouldn’t surprise me. Because it’s not something that’s happening organically. You’re forcing it. The individual, the male, is doing it as quickly. And so I can see why there is truth to that. It’s unfortunate.” – Virginia Republican US House nominee Yesli Vega, when asked if she’s also heard that it’s “harder for a women to get pregnant from rape.”
Vega, the chair of Latinos For Youngkin, is running to unseat two-term incumbent Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger.
Translation: if you get pregnant you weren’t raped
DmR Philly Mike 🐸 • 2 hours ago
How people can grow up being sooooo ignorant about the basics of human physiology is totally beyond me!
This is not MD/PhD advanced studies, it was covered in HS biology! Everybody should have taken that.
Houndentenor DmR • 2 hours ago
It’s cute that you think most Americans were taught anything resembling medical/science-based sex ed in public schools.That’s especially true in the states that will have abortion bans.
The_Wretched Todd20036 • 3 hours ago
That is the core of the misogynist argument here. They also accept that it wasn’t rape if you don’t fight back hard ‘enough’ or if you drank, wore a skirt, were in the wrong place, went on a date, were just too sexy, were just too available, etc.
another_steve Todd20036 • 3 hours ago
No, Todd. This is the translation:
“Jesus Christ, Lord and Savior, died for our sins. If you accept him into your life, you will not be raped, ever. You will not get unintentionally pregnant. The Angels of Heaven will speak through your mate’s semen and bless you forever and ever, amen.”
OT but hilarious from Mary Trump.
Philly Mike 🐸 Rebecca Gardner • 4 hours ago
Why do gay men understand reproduction more than this woman?
Darreth Philly Mike 🐸 • 3 hours ago
Prolly for the same reason why atheists can quote the Bible more effectively than 95% of anyone who calls themselves a Christian.
Houndentenor Philly Mike 🐸 • 2 hours ago
Because we learned to get real information about sex and STDs and such instead of believing shit taught to us in right wing churches. I was actually taught that women had one more set of ribs than men because god took a set of ribs from Adam to make Eve. I am not making that up. I was taught that they could tell if a skeleton was male or female that way. There was a very embarrassing moment in HS biology when my teacher corrected me (fortunately this was not in front of the entire class). That was the day I learned to find out science from science books and nowhere else.
Adam Schmidt Philly Mike 🐸 • an hour ago
Because we had to unlearn all the bullshit we got taught as kids and figure out what’s real.
If there’s one thing we could do for the “straight world”, it’s to help them unlearn all that bullshit about gender roles. I swear, I hear my husband talk about how he and I divvy up household chores with the women he works with and every damn time at least one of them will pipe up with “my husband would never do the laundry” or something idiotic like that. Possession of a vagina is not a requirement to do laundry, folks. Or cook, or pick up the kids, or do grocery shopping. Nor is having a dick a requirement for mowing the yard or doing auto maintenance.
For those that don’t know, this crazy nut job is a fucking cop
NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist National Poll: The Overturning of Roe v. Wade, June 2022
Majority Opposes Overturning Roe v. Wade… More than Six in Ten Say Decision Will Push Them to the Polls in November
In a majority decision, the United States Supreme Court on Friday overturned Roe v. Wade which, for nearly fifty years, guaranteed access to abortion in the United States. However, majorities of Americans oppose the Court’s ruling and have concerns that the decision will have broader constitutional implications. Following the decision, President Joe Biden asserted that Roe will be on the ballot in November. 61% of Americans agree, saying the Court’s decision will make them more likely to vote in this year’s midterm elections, and, by a double-digit margin (15 points), they think the decision will motivate them to vote for a congressional candidate who will support federal legislation that will restore the protections of Roe v. Wade.
Overturning of Roe v. WadeThe U.S. Supreme Court has overturned the 1973 decision in Roe versus Wade which guaranteed the right to abortion. Do you support or oppose the Supreme Court´s decision to overturn Roe versus Wade?Source: NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll National Adults. Interviews conducted June 24th through June 25th, 2022, n=941 MOE +/- 4.9 percentage points. Totals may not add to 100% due to rounding.
With 55% of Americans saying they mostly support abortion rights, 56% of Americans oppose the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. This includes 45% who say they strongly oppose the decision. Democrats (88%) are more than four times as likely as Republicans (20%) to oppose the decision. 53% of independents agree.
56% of Americans are concerned that the Supreme Court’s decision could also jeopardize the rights to contraception, same-sex marriage, or same-sex relationships. This includes a plurality of Americans (42%) who report they are very concerned that the Court will use the decision to reconsider other previous rulings. 89% of Democrats and 55% of independents are either concerned or very concerned about the impact of the decision. A notable 18% of Republicans agree. Women (63%) are more likely than men (49%) to worry about the ripple effects of overturning Roe v. Wade.
A majority of Americans (57%) think the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade was politically motivated and not motivated by the law of the land (36%). The debate over abortion rights will most likely play out on the campaign trail. 62% of registered voters say the Supreme Court’s decision will make them more likely to vote in this year’s midterm elections. Democrats (78%) are more motivated by the decision than Republicans (54%) and independents (53%).
51% of voters nationally say the Supreme Court’s decision will make them more likely to vote for a congressional candidate who would back a law that would restore the protections of Roe. 36% would definitely vote against a candidate with that intent, and 13% are unsure. Among independents, a plurality (47%) would vote for a candidate who would restore the protections of Roe. 38% of independents think they will definitely vote against such a candidate.
Democrats (48%) currently have the advantage over the Republicans (41%) among registered voters in the congressional generic ballot question. Their advantage has slightly widened from five points (47% for the Democratic candidate and 42% for the Republican candidate) in May after the leaked draft of the Roe v. Wade decision.
“With the midterm elections less than five months away, the decision by SCOTUS has sent shockwaves through the electorate,” says Lee M. Miringoff, Director of the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion. “Men are +12 points and women are +18 points more likely to support congressional candidates who pledge to codify the protections of Roe v. Wade. Digging deeper, 63% of women, including 74% of suburban women, are also concerned that the Court’s decision is a harbinger of things to come.”Americans’ Express Low Confidence in Supreme Court
The image of the Supreme Court has further diminished. 39% of Americans say they have either a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in the Supreme Court, comparable to an already dismal 40% in May. Americans’ perceptions of the Supreme Court have plummeted since 2019 when 60% of Americans had confidence in SCOTUS.
Should the U.S. Supreme Court Be Expanded?
Despite the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, a majority of Americans (54%) do not want the Court expanded to include more justices.
President Joe Biden’s Job Approval Rating
President Joe Biden’s job approval rating is 40%, inched up slightly from 38% earlier this month. By more than three to one, Americans are more likely to strongly disapprove (41%) of the job Biden is doing in office than to strongly approve (13%) of his job performance.
Abortion in the United States
About two in three Americans (66%) — including 70% of Democrats, 55% of Republicans, and 74% of independents — say they have a personal connection to someone who has had an abortion. 33% say they do not.
Furious Texas Paul REACTS to Horrific Roe v. Wade Decision
Life Is Precious . . . Unless It’s Not
FINALLY: “Pro-life” Republican confronted with red states’ dismal health outcomes ON AIR
Florida To Become Next Hot Spot In Abortion Battle
The Washington Post reports:
In Florida, where residents in a half-dozen relatively liberal urban counties are continually locked in political duels with the conservatives who dominate much of the rest of the state, the debate over abortion rights is just getting started. IHow accessible abortion will remain in Florida could hinge on how DeSantis plays his competing political ambitions and the winds of the November election.
Some Florida antiabortion activists say they expect DeSantis, who is widely mentioned as a possible Republican presidential candidate in 2024, to push for additional restrictions or an outright ban on the procedure — a nod to his core base here and primary voters nationwide. But he could still face a competitive reelection for governor this fall in a state where he also needs to appeal to more moderate voices. DeSantis describes himself as an abortion opponent, but he rarely talks about the issue publicly.
Florida Politics reports:
Calling Friday’s Supreme Court ruling ending 50 years of law under Roe v. Wade an attack on women and freedom, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist said Friday that abortion rights are on the line in the gubernatorial election.
The leading Democratic candidate in the 2022 contest restated his vow to support abortion rights and said that will be a pivotal issue in the 2022 election against Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.
“Without these protections, Governors like Ron DeSantis will try to outlaw abortion completely,” Crist said of Friday’s Supreme Court decision handed down in the landmark abortion case.
Last night Bill Maher and Homocon Andrew Sullivan were both praising DeSantis. I felt the urge to vomit.
bearLvrFL What, me worry? • 21 hours ago • edited
The obnoxious things that get the most emphasis from Maher and generates the most energy from the audience (woke-ism is bad, AOC is bad) outweigh anything helpful (let’s take a good, hard, honest look at how that intensely blue district in Texas flipped, and let’s figure out how we can get Latin/Hispanic communities back). And the unhelpful shit is right out of Republican talking points…which exposes Maher’s conceit that Maher is a neutral guy “just looking at both sides.”
Bullshit.
And, I suppose, to be fair, the obnoxious stuff gets easier laugh than the heavy stuff. It’s *hard* to get laughs out of serious political stuff. I guess, in that regard, Maher exposes the limits to Maher’s talents. Maher is no John Stewart, George Carlin, Trevor Noah. Maher’s “wisdom” is phony.
marsmsu bearLvrFL • 16 hours ago
He’s taken a lot of Coulter’s schtick and tried to play it on his liberal/libertarian base. At this point, he’s lost the left he once was a part of.
echomanDTLA Elagabalus • 21 hours ago
Why did you watch? You know he’s going to pull this same old shit. It’s all he’s got left. Sad Rich White Man Syndrome. Fuck him.
Dark Qiviut Elagabalus • a day ago
Maher continues to out himself as what he always was: a conservative scumbag.
Max-1 🔫+cult(R)=☠️ Dark Qiviut • 21 hours ago
Actually a scumbag Libertarian… But that’s a split hair from the same follicle.
Max-1 🔫+cult(R)=☠️ Elagabalus • 21 hours ago
The game at play works not just with cookies…
Try the economy of Rights, also.
GOP Rep Who Once Praised Hitler Thanks Trump For Roe Ruling: A “History Victory For White Life” [VIDEO]
The Insider reports:
Rep. Mary Miller during a Saturday rally praised former President Donald Trump for his three conservative Supreme Court appointments and remarked that he paved the way for “the historic victory for white life” after the high court overturned Roe v. Wade.
While speaking to the pro-Trump audience, the Illinois Republican lauded the former president, who is backing her in the 15th congressional district GOP primary over fellow Rep. Rodney Davis. “Thank you so much, President Trump. I am so honored to have your endorsement,” Miller said.
She continued: “President Trump, on behalf of all the MAGA patriots in America, I want to thank you for the historic victory for white life in the Supreme Court yesterday.”
The Chicago Tribune reports:
Just days after taking office in January 2021, Miller was facing calls for her resignation after she cited Adolf Hitler in a speech to a conservative women’s group in referring to the political indoctrination of youths.
“Each generation has the responsibility to teach and train the next generation. You know, if we win a few elections, we’re still going to be losing unless we win the hearts and minds of our children. This is the battle. Hitler was right on one thing. He said, whoever has the youth has the future,” she said.
Miller eventually apologized and said she regretted using the reference to the mastermind of the Nazi Holocaust while she also blamed others for “intentionally trying to twist my words.”
Elagabalus • 4 hours ago • edited
The lasting legacy of Trumpism is the permission Trump gave his followers to say all the quiet parts out loud and never ever experience shame in doing so.
SilentMike Elagabalus • 4 hours ago
Say, campaign on and legislate the previously “quiet parts”.
S_E_P • 4 hours ago • edited
And there you have it folks. They’re so afraid of whites becoming a racial minority they want to force white women to pump out babies.
That in turn they will groom to be good nazis. These people are sick as fuck in the head.
Yves R. Mektin S_E_P • 4 hours ago • edited
But in order for that scheme to work, they will necessarily also have to bring back the anti-miscegenation laws, because lots of white women nowadays are having mixed-race babies with non-white partners. So it looks like Loving v. Virginia might be next on the chopping block after all. Oops, sorry, Clarence and Ginni.
They either remain fixed in the belief that civil rights is a zero sum game, that if someone else were to become a majority in future then it must be a case that as the new minority they must be oppressed.
Or, recognising just what white people have done over the past few hundred years, the racists of today imagine a reckoning is coming.
Theyre racists and believe in white domination. They want to remain on top of the heap. Period.
zero sum is their standard M.O. And I do believe they are fearful of being treated as they have treated others – hence the double-down
Freudian slip or not, she and most Republicans today clearly believe only white people are entitled to full rights as ubermenschen.
No, it wasn’t a Freudian slip. Was there any reaction from those in attendance? Or did they just shrug off the White Supremacy jargon?
Rich white women will find a way to have abortions. Overturning Roe disproportionately affects women of color. She is so consumed by raw bigotry that she doesn’t realize the Supreme Court’s decision will probably result in more children of color, not more white babies. She is a hateful racist, fool and typical Trump supporter.
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