Want an abortion? Get a note from a dude.

[ccharles000]

File this under paternalism-gone-amok: An Ohio bill would force women to get men's permission before obtaining an abortion. Sound familiar? That's because Rep. John Adams from Ohio tried this same thing a couple of years ago.

Rep. John Adams, a Republican from Sidney, wants to change that and the legislation he introduced today, House Bill 252, would require the biological father's consent before an abortion can be done.

The bill would apply to any abortion and would require written consent before it can be done.

Like a note from your parents for school, except you're an adult now (minus the rights and bodily autonomy). But here comes the kicker - and this part of the bill was around last time as well:

Adams told the newspaper that, in cases when the mother does not know the identity of the father, the abortion would be prohibited.

You know, because if you're a slutty whorebag, you should be punished with a pregnancy you don't want. No, seriously. Adams said, "There is merit to chastity, and to young men and women waiting until marriage."

And what about rape or incest? There are exceptions, but if this bill is the exact same one from 2007 - women would have to present a police report "proving" they had been raped before being able to procure an abortion.

So yeah, this bill is basically an all around fuck you to women.

http://www.feministing.com/archives/016804.html

[Mythsaje]

1. What--he still hasn't been tarred and feathered

and run out of town on a rail?

What a jackass.

[MadMaddie]

2. WOW! What is it with these men?

Typical Repugs!

[panader0]

3. "Consent" from the biological father?

How about a legal commitment to support the mother through pregnancy and the child until adulthood?
Nah, just don't give him any say at all.

[FirstLight]

4. Tell me this hasn't passed...

Misogynistic bastards... why do they think abortion is still something they can fuck with?
SCOTUS ruled on this how many decades ago...? and they insist on taking back further than that - to the fucking Dark Ages...

shall we just put every woman who wants an abortion or gets birth control on trial for being a witch too...? sheesh!

grrrr
:mad:

[Warpy]

5. Iran has that law

and a woman who's knocked up against her will and doesn't feel like risking her life for a kid she doesn't want can get an abortion with the permission of either her husband or her father.

I wonder who's going to break the news to the patriarch Adams about how much he has in common with that regime.

[ZombieHorde]

6. K&R

[ccharles000]

7. kick

[ccharles000]

8. kick

[KurtNYC]

9. ...from a dude

[Liberal_in_LA]

10. The fool's email: : [e-mail]

: [e-mail]

[ThomCat]

11. Wow totally evil.

x(

It is amazing that anything so obviously hostile to women can be presented for consideration, and yet the man presenting it is still taken seriously. Why isn't he ridiculed and laughed out of office as a really crazy old bastard?

We live in a really sick world if people actually think that bill has any merit. :(

[intaglio]

12. Kick and + n/t