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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsVirginia Republicans Say: Have a Miscarriage, Go To Prison
http://bluntandcranky.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/republicans-say-have-a-miscarriage-go-to-prison/Snip: "Class 1 offenses can get you up to a year in prison. A year in prison for someone who did nothing wrong. For a woman who loses a baby. For a heartbroken woman. Yes, thats what todays Republicans think."
Demo_Chris
(6,234 posts)uppityperson
(115,674 posts)MindPilot
(12,693 posts)riqster
(13,986 posts)MindPilot
(12,693 posts)Paraphrasing the famous Grover Norquist quote to demonstrate that they are actually making government bigger and more intrusive while claiming they are doing the exact opposite.
FWIW, Am I the only one who finds that "drown it in a bathtub" metaphor very disturbing especially in that context?
davidn3600
(6,342 posts)These people really show their low IQ if they think prison time is the answer to all of society's problems.
What a bunch of idiots.
kentauros
(29,414 posts)I.e., the private prison industry. They truly could not care less if prison helps or hurts those going into it. All they care about is how much money they can make off of incarcerating more and more Americans.
Blue Owl
(49,937 posts)n/t
mysuzuki2
(3,521 posts)jerks off he should be charged with mass murder. Makes about as much sense.
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)KatyaR
(3,445 posts)hell, not even that--a possession for them to bend to their will.
Stand up and be heard ladies, and gentlemen! It's time to vote these fuggers out of office!
Dwayne Hicks
(637 posts)Should such a law be passed I would think it would be quickly struck down. I'd love to see the first time they tried to arrest a woman. The national outrage would crush the republican party....Hmm maybe they should do it!
riqster
(13,986 posts)This one would have messed around with due process and upped the penalties,
sheshe2
(83,356 posts)From your link!
Cruel and callous is the theme of the GOP.
Brigid
(17,621 posts)riqster
(13,986 posts)... can have significant differences.
Also, if no one challenges the Constitutionality of a law, it can often fly under the radar and remain in force.
raccoon
(31,092 posts)OnionPatch
(6,169 posts)People scoffed at me and rejected the idea that a miscarriage might be investigated as murder some day. They insisted the anti-choicers would never get that extreme but it seemed quite logical to me that this is where it's all leading.
And here it is, just as I predicted.