Raped and Pregnant? Call AAA
According to Kansas state Rep Pete DeGraff, getting pregnant due to a rape is one of those things women need to “plan ahead for.”
“The fundamental issue here is not — although I wish it were — the ability to further limit legal access to abortion, but rather who pays,” Kinzer said.
Abortion rights supporters are skeptical, believing the bill’s backers want to cut off a way for women to cover the cost of terminating pregnancies.
And Rep. Barbara Bollier, a Mission Hills Republican who supports abortion rights, questioned whether women would buy abortion-only policies long before they have crisis or unwanted pregnancies or are rape victims.
During the House’s debate, Rep. Pete DeGraaf, a Mulvane Republican who supports the bill, told her: “We do need to plan ahead, don’t we, in life?”
Bollier asked him, “And so women need to plan ahead for issues that they have no control over with a pregnancy?”
DeGraaf drew groans of protest from some House members when he responded, “I have spare tire on my car.”
“I also have life insurance,” he added. “I have a lot of things that I plan ahead for.”
This takes blaming the victim to a new level. If you get pregnant it’s your own stupid fault because you don’t have rape insurance. That’s right, according to Republicans we should be teaching our daughters that the responsible thing to do is to plan ahead for getting raped.