Glaring Anecdotal Evidence that the GOP is Making a Mistake with the Contraception Issue

[renie408]

I just got off of Facebook where I was chatting with a few mothers I know. They all have teenage girls or boys. I posted the comment that was cited here from Santorum about contraception being wrong. All of the women I was talking to are good, church going women. And all of them are appalled that the GOP is pursuing this issue. Appalled and dismayed. They were saying things like, "I have to deal with 'Sixteen and Pregnant' and now I have the government trying to say I shouldn't get _________ the pill." Another woman who is the YOUTH LEADER at her church said that she buys condoms practically by the case for any of the kids that she knows who ask for them. And she was particularly vocal about how screwed up Santorum is.

This isn't a scientific poll, but I live in upstate South Carolina. And if the parents here are pissed about this, you know the parents EVERYWHERE are.

(I had to point out to the one woman that Santorum wasn't 'the government' yet. Her reply? "Well hopefully he never will be."??!?!?!)

[RainDog]

1. I was listening to some jazz tonight

and friends of mine who were there (both men and women) were talking about the nutty Santorum guy's comment about "aspirin between the knees"

MEN were talking about how Andrea Mitchell was just... speechless when that came out of that man's mouth.

Women have mentioned this to other women in the news media - one woman said she wanted to slap that man's mouth shut when he said that. That's how I felt, too. If I had been there, I would have had a hard time not just smacking the shit out of him for being such a misogynist.

I mean, this isn't just about unmarried women. This is also about MARRIED WOMEN who do not want to have more than a couple of children. Quite a few people I know think that ZPG is MORAL and do not want to have more than two children out of a sense of social responsibility.

Who the fuck are these assholes to tell any female when, and under what terms they can have sex?!?!?!?!?

[TalkingDog]

2. Yeah, I don't think folks who haven't visited SC realize how HOLY COW your post is.

I mean this is a state where you see Rush Limbaugh billboards on the interstate. A state that wants to secede from the Union after the religious faithful all come to live there.

... I completely get it.

[RainDog]

3. haven't been there for a while

but if this is a "holy cow" as in slaughtering republicans' sacred cow culture war overreach - then all I can say is - YES!

[renie408]

4. My daughter told me today that she has FIVE, count'em, FIVE friends...

who have become pregnant in the last six months. My daughter is sixteen. This is a place where the school doesn't have mandatory sex ed and all the talk is geared towards the abstinence only approach and the public high school would pass for a Christian school anywhere else. They have a Prayer Wall. No, really.

I think this issue just might do it for some people. 'Cause raising the taxes on the top 2% won't cost any of my neighbors anything, but their sixteen year old daughter getting pregnant is going to be expensive.

[TheMastersNemesis]

5. Just Remember It Is The Eleventh Hour For Women

Just remember the GOP and the churches are doubling down. I believe they are determined to force a complete ban on birth control. Women will go to jail and be punished as far as GOP politicians are concerned. In their view you have NO CHOICE but to surrender. The blitzkrieg of anti woman legislation and initiatives is more than a coincidence. It is a deliberate war to make women subservient nationally. The GOP is the American Taliban.

And they are on a tear to stop anyone who does not support them from voting. I believe the November surprise will be to game and steal the vote like I now believe they did in 2010. This war is not over and it will only get worse. Santorum is a diversion and will not get the nomination.

We have 13 states facing personhood amendments with Oklahoma ready to pass it in the legislature. Once that is done family planning will be over and even illegal. The only thing left will be enforce celibacy. They will criminalize all sex outside of marriage with anti cohabitation laws, anti fornication laws, anti adultery laws. They will grant the religious right its wish of covenant marriage. There was legislation even proposed in California for mandatory counseling before divorce.

In Maine the GOP has proposed weakening or ending anti abuse laws, child labor laws. They constantly talk about ending welfare, food stamps, Medicare, Medicaide, and other pro women's programs.

So what do you all think the GOP is up to? They are not playing bean bag. When they say that they poor should not vote, will it be women next.

Women need to start smacking down these little cowards and so should men of consience. THE GOP HAS DECLARED TOTAL WAR ON WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN. It is only fair to declare war on them. This situation is NO LONGER a debate.

These GOP politicians don't take women seriously and are probably laughing at the womens' movement. If you wait until the election to smack them down most of their agenda will already be passed and in place.