TagsTagsPennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett has some helpful advice for women disturbed by the idea of a Republican-mandated ultrasound slut-shaming session: just lay back and "close your eyes." YouTube Video
Republican Party, Women's Rights, Misogyny, Ultrasound, Bad Craziness, Pennsylvania
The Republican Party is promoting (or has already gotten signed into law) their Neanderthal "mandatory invasive ultrasound" laws in Virginia, Alabama, N. Carolina, Illinois, Texas, Arizona, Florida, Kansas, and Pennsylvania. And as of today, we can add Idaho to the list: Pre-Abortion Ultrasound Bill Introduced in Idaho. The Idaho bill was ...
Slut-Shaming, Abortion, Ultrasound, State Rape, Bad Craziness, Atavism, Cavemen, Women's Rights, Misogyny, Idaho, Republican Party
The GOP's uterus inspection device Here we go again. Now the Republican Party's slut-shaming craze has spread to Alabama, with yet another uterus inspection bill requiring women seeking abortions to undergo trans-vaginal ultrasounds. And notice that State Sen. Clay Scofield openly admits there's no medical reason whatsoever; the only reason for this insane ...
Slut-Shaming, Abortion, Ultrasound, State Rape, Bad Craziness, Atavism, Cavemen, Women's Rights, Misogyny, Alabama, Republican Party
Here's Virginia Republican State Delegate David Albo, describing how his support for the GOP's slut-shaming uterus inspection bill cost him a night of sweet, sweet right-wing lovin' with his wife. And he had her all warmed up, too; turned on the Redskins channel and everything. Notice how he's unable to say ...
Virginia, Republican Party, Atavism, Social Conservatives, Ultrasound, Right Wing, Blue Nose, Vagina
The GOP's uterus inspection device Here we go again. Now the Republican Party's slut-shaming craze has spread to Illinois, with yet another uterus inspection bill: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois women who want to get abortions might be required to either view an ultrasound before the procedure or decline to do so ...
Cavemen, Atavism, Bad Craziness, State Rape, Ultrasound, Abortion, Slut-Shaming, Illinois, Women's Rights, Misogyny
How embarrassing for the entire right wing blogosphere. They worked so very hard to spin the Virginia uterus inspection bill, even denying that trans-vaginal ultrasounds were mandated at all. A few examples from the wingnut echo chamber: Ed Schultz Falsely States Transvaginal Ultrasounds Are Mandated in VA Law - Big Journalism Weasel Zippers ...
Virginia, Bob McDonnell, Ultrasound, Women's Rights, Abortion, Misogyny, Slut-Shaming, Right Wing, Wingnutosphere, Fail
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell has issued this press release, backing down on the trans-vaginal ultrasound issue, and calling for amendments to Virginia's proposed "informed consent" law stating that invasive procedures are not mandated. Over the past days I have discussed the specific language of the proposed legislation with other governors, ...
Virginia, Bob McDonnell, Ultrasound, Women's Rights, Abortion, Misogyny, Slut-Shaming
One thing the right is amazingly good at: circling their wagons around an issue and parroting talking points in absolute lockstep. Whenever a controversial issue pops up, the right wing blogs and media can be counted on to almost immediately start building their wall of noise. Today, they're all in unison ...
Virginia, Planned Parenthood, Ultrasound, Women's Rights, State Rape, Misogyny, Abortion, Religious Right
For the second day in a row, the Virginia House of Delegates has put off voting on the Republican Party's uterus inspection bill: Va. Vote on Abortion Ultrasound Bill Pushed Back a Day. A House of Delegates vote on a bill that would require women to undergo an ultrasound test ...
Republican Party, Ultrasound, Women's Rights, Misogyny, Cavemen, Virginia, Gay Rights
The GOP's uterus inspection device Virginia isn't the only state in which Republicans are trying to pass vicious slut-shaming mandatory ultrasound laws, of course; the GOP is also pushing this misogynistic legislation in Louisiana, North Carolina, Texas, and now Pennsylvania. A bill that would require women to have an ultrasound at ...
Republican Party, Ultrasound, Women's Rights, Misogyny, Pennsylvania, Cavemen
CNN contributor and Andrew Breitbart editor Dana Loesch continues her ridiculous attempts to spin the right wing ultrasound initiative in Virginia, with a post in which she reveals the true agenda behind the bill: Progressives Struggle to Understand Cause and Effect. The article consists mostly of the usual wingnut whining about ...
Dana Loesch, Virginia, Ultrasound, Abortion, Far Right, Religious Right, Misogyny, Women's Rights
The Virginia House was scheduled to vote today on the unbelievably insane Republican bill that would make it compulsory for women seeking abortions to first be penetrated by a vaginal ultrasound probe, but after this demonstration developed they decided to postpone the vote: Silent Protest Outside, Virginia House Puts Off ...
Virginia, Ultrasound, Misogyny, Women's Rights, Republican Party, Bad Craziness
The GOP's uterus inspection device Here's CNN contributor and Andrew Breitbart editor Dana Loesch, saying that a mandatory trans-vaginal ultrasound procedure (vis a vis the new legislation in Virginia) is no more intrusive than regular intercourse. That's the big thing that progressives are trying to say, that it's rape and so ...
Dana Loesch, Birth Control, Abortion, Virginia, Ultrasound, Misogyny, Women's Rights
The GOP's uterus inspection device Republicans in Virginia's House of Delegates really have their hearts set on new legislation that will force all women seeking abortions to first undergo penetration by a transvaginal ultrasound transducer. They're so enthralled with this harlot-shaming tool that today they voted down an amendment that would have ...
Republican Party, Virginia, Sonogram, Women's Rights, Ultrasound, Harlot Shaming, Misogyny, Bad Craziness
Big LGF kudos to Democratic Virginia State Senator Janet Howell, who attached a rectal exam amendment to the misogynistic Republican "ultrasound" bill in that state. To protest a bill that would require women to undergo an ultrasound before having an abortion, Virginia State Sen. Janet Howell (D-Fairfax) on Monday attached ...
The religious right is making a desperate all-out effort to roll back women's reproductive rights, and a bizarre fetus-worshipping circus took place today in Congress as the fundamentalist loons put on an emotional ultrasound show for the right wingers about to vote on the falsely named "Protect Life Act:" A ...
Abortion, Congress, Ultrasound, Fetus Inspection Device, Women's Rights, Inhuman, Far Right, Religious Right, Bad Craziness