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who came up with the mandatory vaginal exam requirement? Only sick and monstrous people who hate women would think this shit up. They should all be sued for sexual assault.
liberal N proud
(60,344 posts)madaboutharry
(40,220 posts)Rachel Maddow reporting on it now, shes really angry.
Anti-choice zealots made an unnecessary vaginal exam a requirement before getting the appointment for an abortion.
leftieNanner
(15,149 posts)She is doing a special report on the new regulations put in place by the state health director that require that a woman must have a medically unnecessary vaginal exam when she goes to the clinic to sign the consent forms for an abortion. The doctors are very upset. One actually called it sexual assault.
Aristus
(66,462 posts)By 'we', I mean medical providers. I don't live in Missouri, so I don't have to do that shit.
I'm content to fly over Missouri for the rest of my life. If they don't like being callled 'flyover country', then they can get their shit together and join the 21st fucking Century...
leftieNanner
(15,149 posts)Nt
blogslut
(38,016 posts)I think that's it
leftieNanner
(15,149 posts)I think
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,789 posts)Any daughter of these mysoginistic pigs will now be the properties of their fathers and mothers.
Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)already emotionally vulnerable women.
Its vile and disgusting and I hope anyone with anything to do with supporting this suffers serious political damage.
Demovictory9
(32,475 posts)Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)hlthe2b
(102,359 posts)without a license and substituting their judgment for the patient's physician-- was an absolute gutless move. It was a total dereliction, given their purpose is to advocate on behalf of the profession. Had their own lobbying efforts started to push back decades ago, we might well not be here with some of this crap.
*and other specialty and related organizations representing physicians and other health care workers in addition to state boards of medicine.
CaptainTruth
(6,601 posts)With a rusty shovel?
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Well done!
Wounded Bear
(58,706 posts)Miigwech
(3,741 posts)(573) 751-6001, Debbie Mebruer, Executive Assistant
The oversight for the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services comes from the director, who is responsible for the management of the department and the administration of its programs and services.
The divisions of Administration, Community and Public Health, Regulation and Licensure, and Senior and Disability Services; State Public Health Laboratory, Offices of Public Information, General Counsel, Governmental Policy and Legislation report to the director.
A State Board of Health and State Board of Senior Services advise the director regarding the priorities, policies and programs of the department and review rules promulgated by the department. The boards each consist of seven members appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Missouri Senate.
912 Wildwood
PO Box 570
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0570
Telephone: (573) 751-6400
Email: info@health.mo.gov
https://health.mo.gov/about/director.php
certainot
(9,090 posts)some of those are probably the loudest in the state and they all support these shit for brains
protests at the uni of missou to get them to look for apolitical alternatives to broadcast sports on will freak out the local GOP
media will notice
whatever the uni does, advertisers will head for the hills
some of those stations will have to change programming from RW anti choice bullshit to anything else
all the rw radio stations in the state will lose advertisers
state and national GOP will freak out
media will notice
others of the 88 universties supporting 260 limbaugh stations will be shamed into following
and all those local blowhards on those stations are weighing in on this in support of republican misogynists and they can be recorded by internet and with AI assisted transcription like at sonix.ai fast for $5/hr and all their advertisers and their contact info can be listed with little listening required with the process described at republiconradio.org
those stations have played a huge part in electing these shit-for-brains and a small number of people anywhere can destroy that propaganda operation
and so on
Nuggets
(525 posts)watching people suffer. I think it makes them feel superior.
Iggo
(47,565 posts)That's why they have to keep doing it.
katmondoo
(6,457 posts)and get their thrills
Iggo
(47,565 posts)bdamomma
(63,922 posts)Republicans in state government. That says it all. They want to punish women, what's next taking away the vote from women???
mercuryblues
(14,537 posts)fundamental right a person has, the right to control their own body, the rest of their rights are easy.
Look at the republican's comments about rape over the years. Remember when they tried to redefine rape? They know if they can keep power, they will succeed. They will legislate rape out of existence. They are already trying to make all forms of birth control illegal. They also have given Dr's permission to lie to women about their pregnancies if they believe the woman might opt for an abortion as a result.
How do laws like this affect medically necessary abortions to save a mother's life? I can tell you it is torture. I had a pregnancy go horribly wrong at about 14/16 weeks. The Dr recommended an abortion to prevent not only my life being at risk, but to ensure that I could get pregnant again and carry to term if I chose to. After a consultation with her, My husband and I agreed.
My state has the 24 hr waiting period and the internal ultrasound law. Because my life was not in immediate jeopardy, I had to follow the law. So there I was, with the worst news I could get, in tears going to a clinic that provided internal ultrasounds. I had to agree to a medically unnecessary procedure. Mandatory rape. Trying to hold back tears. It hurt so bad I almost flew off the table and screamed in pain. I was now crying in pain.
The cherry on top for the misogynist assholes who made the law...I got to go home and wait 24 hours. Trying to mourn our loss while agonizing if those 24 hours of waiting would bring doom on my life. If my body would reject the fetus and sepsis set in. Thankfully not, exactly 24 hours later I was undergoing the procedure.
I have a special kind of hate for the people who pass laws like this. I don't want them to rot in Hell, I want them to rot on Earth.
Hekate
(90,793 posts)Celerity
(43,499 posts)their withered willies are jelly of the probes
Gregory Peccary
(490 posts)This story needs to go mainstream. Fucking asshole republicans implemented this requirement very quietly with no fanfare. Hopefully when people learn what's going on there will be a revolt, which would be appropriate as this situation is totally revolting.
Perseus
(4,341 posts)TryLogic
(1,723 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,088 posts)Bunch of warped, sick assholes.
Skittles
(153,193 posts)where is the AMA on this bullshit?
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,494 posts)a big pile of money to blow for a subversive cause.
Also sucks in a lot of sicko anti-abortion voters and they know it......
barbtries
(28,811 posts)it's who they are. they hate women.
KT2000
(20,587 posts)in the state of Missouri. This cannot stand. I feel sick.
The doctors need backup - where is the AMA?
stopbush
(24,396 posts)leftyladyfrommo
(18,870 posts)I don't get these men. I really don't. But what I really don't get is that there are women that marry these assholes and put up with their shit.
stopbush
(24,396 posts)anti-LGBQT agenda but Christianity?
leftyladyfrommo
(18,870 posts)It happens in every culture. In every religion. India is horrible. The muslims are horrible. Look at how the Saudis treat women,? It was the men who came up with the religion in the first place.
Right wing religious fanatics are bad but that isn't true of the progressive protestant churches.
xmas74
(29,676 posts)But is just being noticed because of the other restrictions.
It's one of the reasons why so many have driven to Illinois in the past year or so.
JI7
(89,264 posts)i think if he ran in 2016 or after he might have won.