GOP senator: I can lecture women on pregnancy because abortion is a ‘men’s issue’

[DonViejo]

Republican Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma argued on Monday that he had the right to lecture women about whether or not they should get abortions because he had impregnated his wife and “had something to do with the birth.”

During a debate on the Senate floor about whether or not to defund Planned Parenthood, Lankford argued that the “culture has been wrong” to allow abortion.

Lankford said that it was “entirely reasonable” to take Planned Parenthood’s funding and “commit it to organizations who do full women’s health.”

Sen. Barbara Boxer, however, said that she was bothered by men like Lankford lecturing women about reproductive health.

“I just don’t like lectures by men about what it’s like,” Boxer told Lankford. “I’m pro-choice and I just have to say, using pregnancy as a political football doesn’t sit well with the people I represent and the people of this country.”

“We have to respect one another,” she continued. “I respect your view entirely. I’m asking you to respect mine. Keep Uncle Sam out of my private life and my children’s and my grandkids’ and your’s. Families will make these decisions with their God, with their doctor.”

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[kwolf68]

1. Like Boxer's response

good job

[procon]

2. When he putting up a bill for forced vasectomies to prevent abortions?

Seems like a just and fair solution since it's a ‘men’s issue’.

[erronis]

29. Oh, I like it (having had a voluntary one at 23)

Two children already - not enough income to do much more damage.

Last time I mentioned this, I got thrown into the juror's pool, but I think it is still merited:

Men that abuse children, rape other people, or promote that type of behavior,
should have forced vasectomies (or castration.)

We are a brutish society. We are perfectly willing to let the boys-in-blue kill innocent people.

If a woman, married or not, is forced to have sex by a man and the proof is strong, that man should lose his ability to father children. Even better, he should lose the desire to inflict his domination on others.

[LuvNewcastle]

42. Castrate the fuckers!

[nruthie]

3. Respect should work both ways.

But Republicans respect no-one who thinks differently than they do. Period. End of discussion.
When that freak gives birth then he might be entitled to an opinion regarding abortion and reproductive rights.

[hughee99]

4. Did BOXER say this?

"Families will make these decisions with their God, with their doctor."?

Because that sounds eerily like what this idiot Lankford said

“This is not just a women’s issue, this is a men’s issue as well. Because this is a family issue. And the family is extremely important to all of us.”

[red dog 1]

27. I agree

Boxer could just as well have said: "Families will make these decisions with their doctor."

[Wellstone ruled]

5. What a dumb piece of

feces. My question is,is Stupid a mandatory Subject which is receiving Federal School Tax Dollars to be taught? What a waste.

[SheilaT]

6. The woman and her doctor.

Maybe inside a marriage or a long-term relationship the man can have some say, but in the end it's up to the woman.

When my boys were teens, I often told then that it may not be fair, but it's right that if they get a woman pregnant, in the end it's her decision and her decision only whether or not to have the baby. Even if they're very unhappy about that decision. They won't be pregnant, they won't go through anything connect to a pregnancy, and too bad.

I prefer to point out to the anti-choice crowd that if they don't believe in abortion then they shouldn't have one.

[Hestia]

21. When men bring up abortion, I tell them they can't have one so there is no discussion n/t

[niyad]

37. exactly!

[smirkymonkey]

48. Cut off your dick.

now you have a right to comment.

[Laffy Kat]

34. Same here with my boys.

The girls/women have the say. Their jobs, as the lover or potential father, is to support their partner's choice. Period.

[Lars39]

7. No TURP for him!

And I've gotten to the point where I'm not joking.

[red dog 1]

23. He needs a TURB

Transurethral Resection of the Brain.

[CTyankee]

8. So now you effers are saying the government should have the right to choose your

doctor?

Listen, buddy, you don't like abortion, don't have one! Leave women alone...

[tanyev]

13. Yeah, what happened to not wanting government to come between you and your doctor?

[CTyankee]

14. egzackly!

buncha bullshit is what that is.

Warren destroyed that GOP talking point by saying they did EVERYTHING to prevent the creation of community health centers when it was Obamacare's thing.

One in 5 women in this country has been to PP. That's one helluva lot of people. Nothing like pissing off millions of women in this country...sheesh...

[avebury]

9. Based upon Lankford's attitude,

as soon as a single woman find out that she is pregnant she should file in court for full child support and medical insurance that would be allocated to a child that has been born. Imagine how that would fly when a married man gets another woman pregnant.

Lankford is a total idiot, and unfortunately one of my senators.

[Angry Dragon]

10. republicans do not like women and want to control them

why do you think they want to go back to the good old days when women could not vote and men ruled them

[SnakeEyes]

32. I just don't understand...

why women are republicans and why they support defunding PP

[Angry Dragon]

44. I think it is because they do not use their brains

[awoke_in_2003]

46. Because Jesus. nt

[hifiguy]

11. Hey, Lankford you brobdigngian dumbass, jebus-wheezing shitstain,

[Vinca]

12. Until he grows a uterus he can STFU.

[MatthewStLouis]

17. Exactly!

[red dog 1]

22. + 1

[awoke_in_2003]

47. Even if that happens

he only has say over his uterus.

[SammyWinstonJack]

15. Why is this ahole tying PP with abortions when PP doesn't pay for abortion care?

[malaise]

16. Follow the money - they are hack ReTHUG organizations

that want the money

[SnakeEyes]

33. I'm confused.

What do you mean by PP doesn't pay for abortion care?

[Thespian2]

18. The Lankford mind-set

does not acknowledge that abortions have always occurred among humans...other animals kill off their young...some birds purposefully kick their eggs out of the nest...people who think like him need to be educated in historical biology...and not by a right-wing, bigoted nitwit...

Special note to Lankford...sperm donors do not have to be present when a woman becomes pregnant...we men donate sperm...not much of a role in producing offspring...

[ananda]

19. I guess Lankford can be questioned by green pond slime ..

.. since his brain has been infested with it.

[packman]

20. Hey, there you go--

I just knew it was a "men's issue". They being all full of hormones , feelings, pain, bloating and such. The poor darlings just can't make logical decisions in their state. Now, I'm going to hide out in the garage.

[DefenseLawyer]

24. Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock are playing golf this weekend

Perhaps Senator Lankford can join them. They'd have plenty to talk about.

[N.Y. to Paris]

25. Yes, of course.....

These issues should always be discussed between a man and his doctor......
Please Proceed Senator!!!!
My God, I so hope the people of this country hand these "people" their
collective asses in this next election.....it's a plea......!

[AllFieldsRequired]

26. Men like this are angry women wont have sex with them, and they are angry that

poor women dare to have sex and get pregnant.

Men like this really dont like women, at all.

AT ALL

[niyad]

38. no, men like this hate women, pure and simple.

[smirkymonkey]

50. yep, that is it exactly. Too bad they weren't aborted

before they were forced upon society.

[red dog 1]

28. K&R...Thanks for posting, DonViejo

I just wish Senator Boxer had left "God" out of her remarks to that bird-brain Lankford.

[niyad]

39. yes, that bothered me as much as when candidate obama said a woman should make that

decision "prayerfully", in talking to rick warren.

[Liberal_in_LA]

30. .

[Feeling the Bern]

31. These assholes don't even hide it any more. Racist, sexist, xenophobic, ignorant, elitist

It's like they ordered a bunch of douchebag creme, lathered their bodies up and "fuck you, this is us and you will deal with it."

And people vote for these assholes.

[niyad]

35. hey, jimmy boy, you ignorant, woman-hating twit, PP DOES do "full women's health"

what in the **** do you think the other NINETY-SEVEN PERCENT of their services are?????

[niyad]

36. jimmy boy, unless and until you men carry that z/e/f for nine months, STFU.

Website http://www.lankford.senate.gov
Contact 316 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
[phone]
Party Republican


faithful, conservative leader:

. . . .

Encouraging personal faith, committed families, practical education and the critical need for everyone to invest in the next generation has always been important to Senator Lankford. Before James’ time in Congress, he served as the Director of the Falls Creek Youth Camp and Director of Student Ministry at the Baptist Convention of Oklahoma from 1995 to 2009. Falls Creek is the largest youth camp in the United States, with more than 51,000 students and adults attending each summer.

. . .

http://www.lankford.senate.gov/content/about-james

[Jeb Bartlet]

40. By "had somethng to do with the birth"

he means he stood by while she did everything.

Lankford's comment about PP is simply stupid. There is no other organization that does as much as PP for women's health. It's pathetic that people like Lankford get elected to office only because they aren't smart enough to do a real job.

[mythology]

41. But as a manly manfolk I'm in charge of the important stuff

like reminding her to breathe and cutting the umbilical cord. Clearly manly arduous work that is way harder than the birthing process. I mean the woman gets to just lay there on a bed and relax after getting doped up.

For the impaired, please insert your own sarcasm icon here.

But more seriously, do these people not actually think about what they are saying before they say it? How does that sentence get formed in his mind without some sort of common sense kicking in to stop him from saying it out loud by reminding him, wait, I just stand there or sit in the waiting room while she is (as my mom described childbirth to me) shoving a wet saint bernard through a cat door.

[blackspade]

43. Lankford is a misogynistic prick...

with no business being near the levers of power.

[Syzygy321]

45. I get so furious

with males who whine "But what about MY rights? It's my baby too!"

Lemme break it down for anyone who doesn't get it:

Men, you have rights. You have the right to decide if and when you want to donate your sperm to a woman. That's a huge decision. Make it wisely! Because once you have given her the sperm, she's in charge of it and anything that grows from it.

Pregnancy is her risk, her burden if it happens, her expense, her medical consequences. So she decides, not you. If you don't like that idea, don't give her any of your sperm. See? Easy!

(Now, if she managed to steal your sperm, maybe by taking you up in a spaceship and using an alien probe on you against your will, I dunno, maybe you have a case. But iassuming your donation was voluntary, quit whining. She's in charge as soon as your three seconds of glory are done.

Now I've heard some of you fine Christian men cry that a "baby" of yours was aborted by some ungodly hussy who cared nothing about your fatherly devotion to the "child." Here's how you could have prevented that:

-- only have sex with your wife
-- marry a woman who is pro-life.
-- do not have sex with her unless she says she is ready to have a child with you.

(Because, ya know, if you run around having sex with random women, you can't really expect to control their decisions and health and future. Nor are you acting particularly Christian.)

See how easy that is? Now, go away. You irritate the fuck outa me.

[Arkana]

49. Wow. Usually they try and dance around it.

I almost respect Lankford for coming out and owning the "douchebag who hates women" label so blatantly.

Almost.