NOklahoma

I think I found a kindred spirit in the woman who wrote this poignant protest sign. Seriously, I sort of wish the writers and supporters of personhood bills (which try to define any fertilized egg as a person) and other such attempts at massive infringement on reproductive rights would just go ...rot. And stop thinking that what they're trying to do is okay while they were rotting. I also wish that Oklahoma would learn from Mississippi's previous failure and give up.

Say No, Oklahoma.

I am comforted by the fact that, if passed, eventually this law would be struck down as unconstitutional, as many similar laws before them have, but that is assuming that someone challenges it... and in the time when it would be a law, it would make for a lot of illegal acquisition of contraception and abortion.

I find it really interesting that one of the arguments against the Affordable Care Act is that it intrudes on citizens' financial lives both in a way that the federal government never has and in a way that they have debatable jurisdiction... but that when it comes to the government intruding on reproductive decisions, many of these ACA opponents suddenly see no issue with governmental intrusion.