Tampons banned, guns allowed at Texas senate vote

[Black Orchid]

Tampons and sanitary pads have been confiscated at the Texas Capitol gallery, where senators are due to vote on controversial new abortion legislation.

State Troopers told members of the public that the items were to be confiscated to prevent them being used as projectiles. Ironically, attendees were told licenced firearms would be permitted within the Capitol.

According to Burnt Orange Report, state Senator Kirk Watson eventually convinced the DPS to stop confiscating the items.

From the sublime to the ridiculous.

Hundreds of Texans have protested against the new abortion bill, which the Huffington Post reports would prohibit abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy and force 37 out of 42 abortion clinics in Texas to close and undergo millions of dollars in upgrades.

If you don't know you are pregnant by 20 weeks and/or take that long to decide you don't want to me a mummy you shouldn't be allowed an abortion anyway.


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[boxy]

So, it's more ridiculous to allow an abortion at 20 weeks, than to think that a tampon and sanitary pad is a more offensive weapon than a handgun, eh?

Hmmmm... only in America.

[Chard]

So, it's more ridiculous to allow an abortion at 20 weeks, than to think that a tampon and sanitary pad is a more offensive weapon than a handgun, eh?

Nothing to do with thinking a tampon is an offensive weapon. They were trying to prevent disruption in the senate cambers from activists chucking shit at the senators.

Hmmmm... only in America.

Why do you automatically ignore the obvious and reasonable in favor of the obtuse and irrational?

[annielaurie]

If you don't know you are pregnant by 20 weeks and/or take that long to decide you don't want to me a mummy you shouldn't be allowed an abortion anyway.

Those clinics, and others like them in other states, offer more services than just abortions. Read this,

(excerpt)

Simply put, this bill would take away access to the most fundamental form of health care women need.

It would close down almost 90% of the women's clinics in this state. This comes after more than 50 women's health clinics providing cancer screening and family planning services were closed because the Republicans withdrew state-financed support from them. We now have 42.

Under this draconian proposal, a state as expansive as Texas would have only five clinics remaining to serve thousands and thousands of women.

Real Texans don't want any woman to die of cancer because she can't get decent health care or medical advice. Real Texans don't want any woman to lose control of her life because she can't get birth control.

During the filibuster, women around the state related thousands of personal stories to me:

One young woman said contraceptives gave her a chance to choose motherhood when she was ready.

Women were helped by a clinic with the difficult and highly personal decision to end a pregnancy. Another woman said a clinic had helped comfort her when a much-wanted baby was dying inside her.

http://us.cnn.com/2013/07/12/opinion/da ... hpt=us_mid

[AiA in Atlanta]

^^^^that's right, these are women's health clinics.

[Neferti]

The US President could not care less about female problems. He's a male. He doesn't need anything to stop the bleeding. He has daughters, so maybe he will learn, eventually.

[AiA in Atlanta]

The conservative politicians that write these laws truly believe such things as "that male fetuses masturbate at 20 weeks," "rape kits used by law enforcement to collect evidence can prevent pregnancy" and "fetuses feel pain at 20 weeks (contrary to scientific evidence).

[Chard]

The US President could not care less about female problems. He's a male. He doesn't need anything to stop the bleeding. He has daughters, so maybe he will learn, eventually.

What the fuck does Obama have to do with a state senate bill in Texas? You do understand that the President of the US doesn't have any authority to override state legislation, right?

[Black Orchid]

"fetuses feel pain at 20 weeks (contrary to scientific evidence).

You really believe something cannot feel pain just because it isn't fully developed?

[Neferti]

What the fuck does Obama have to do with a state senate bill in Texas? You do understand that the President of the US doesn't have any authority to override state legislation, right?

No, and I don't fucking care!