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theconceptlibrarian:

A Republican state legislator [Bobby Franklin, the guy in the photo] in Georgia has introduced a measure that would make abortion the legal equivalent of murder and force the criminal investigation of women who suffer miscarriages. The bill, HB 1, from House Republican Bobby Franklin, would classify the removal of a fetus under any circumstance other than during a live birth or to remove a dead fetus as “prenatal murder.” Doctors and hospitals would be forced to report miscarriages to authorities, who would then have to investigate if the miscarriage occurs without medical attention.

So, under this law, a woman who miscarries is tasked with proving that there was no human involvement in it. If she can’t prove this, then she’s arrested for murder. Georgia is a death penalty state.

Why is this happening?

Apparently, the Republicans think with the bad economy and all it would be a perfect time to wage a war on women. Apparently. Because that’s what’s important right now.  Access to cancer screening on your reproductive bits? Nah, women don’t need it. They can get cancer. Oh, you had a miscarriage? JAIL or DEATH to you. Abortion provider? Guess what! I can justifiably kill you! Well, in Nebraska. Or South Dakota. 

Oh, and this Franklin clown? He’s the one that introduced another lovely bill in GA. This one would change the criminal in the state to refer to rape victims as “accusers.” Yeah. He’s classy. Every other (non-gendered) crime? They still get the dignity of being victims. Of being taken for their word that the crime happened. Of being believed.

Did we enter some mysterious time warp to backwardsville? It’s still 2011 right? Right?