New Mexico state Rep.
Cathrynn Brown (R) introduced a bill that was aimed at jailing rape victims
who abort their pregnancies for "tampering with evidence." The bill had then been watered down to just
include language that exempts rape victims from prosecution, on thank guys for
not trying to prosecute rape victims, but still leaves language that could lead
to abortion providers or those who help pay for the abortion to be investigated
for the same thing. I would laugh if this kind of thing was not so frightening.
Amanda Marcotte over at Slate points out that Rep.
Brown serves in a Democratic-controlled state, so the bill has little
chance of passing. She also once introduced
a bill that would have created a registry for drug offenders; one modeled after
the sex offender registry. As a former
addict, I know firsthand that makes zero sense.
Police already have peoples arrest records, they do not need to blast
this information all over the place.
Addiction is a disease, one that oftentimes comes from years of abuse or
mental illnesses. Building a registry
that anyone could see would make recovering from this disease that much
harder.
This is just another example of why Republicans will be hard
pressed to win the women vote anytime soon.
I am pro-life, and I think this bill is absolutely ridiculous. I personally would not want to have a child
of mine aborted.
It saddens me that some
women want to do this. As a man, I
understand I won’t understand why a women feels the need to do this; except in
cases of rape. I believe it is sad that
the baby will receive a death penalty and the offender may get away. However, that does not mean I have all the
answers; it should be up to the women do choose what they will do with their
bodies. As a man, it’s only my job to
protect my children and to profess that I do not like abortions. I am afraid that if we ban abortions, women
will be forced to get them underground, and we know how well that worked out.
Either way, Republicans cannot seem to leave rape alone.
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