Pregnant, and No Civil Rights

[Triana]

The American Taliban march toward further sexually and reproductively enslaving women continues:

. . .
But it is not just those who support abortion rights who have reason to worry. Anti-abortion measures pose a risk to all pregnant women, including those who want to be pregnant.

Such laws are increasingly being used as the basis for arresting women who have no intention of ending a pregnancy and for preventing women from making their own decisions about how they will give birth.

How does this play out? Based on the belief that he had an obligation to give a fetus a chance for life, a judge in Washington, D.C., ordered a critically ill 27-year-old woman who was 26 weeks pregnant to undergo a cesarean section, which he understood might kill her. Neither the woman nor her baby survived.

In Iowa, a pregnant woman who fell down a flight of stairs was reported to the police after seeking help at a hospital. She was arrested for “attempted fetal homicide.”

THE REST

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/08/opinion/pregnant-and-no-civil-rights.html

[shenmue]

1. The hell?

[hedda_foil]

2. Terrifying. Utterly and horribly terrifying.

[Triana]

3. It's scary if they haven't thought this 'personhood' crap through....

...AND it's scary if they have.

Either way...Taliban. This is the influence of the Dominionists who are now in power thanks to non-voters, who evidently do not know or care what they've foisted on themselves or others. The ignorance is inexcusable.