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"Keep her legs closed!": Republicans are mad one of them said the quiet part out loud (www.salon.com)

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[-] Prewash_Required@sh.itjust.works 132 points 1 year ago

The TLDR of the article near the end:

"Once a woman has sex, there's really no limit to the pain that Republicans believe is her just deserts. Bleeding out from an untreated miscarriage, losing a job, delivering a baby to watch it die on the table, struggling to feed young children, being stuck in an abusive relationship: They understand perfectly well that these are among the likely outcomes of forced childbirth for women. But of course, making women suffer is, and always has been, the point. Ed Durr's only mistake was saying so out loud."

[-] argo_yamato@lemm.ee 105 points 1 year ago

I am always amazed any women are Republicans. Except maybe the moms for liberty crowd (aka klanned karenhood).

[-] SoylentBlake@lemm.ee 37 points 1 year ago

That is as perfect a description of Mom's for Liberty as could be imagined.

Peak

[-] someguy3@lemmy.ca 90 points 1 year ago

Meet New Jersey state Sen. Edward Durr, a truck driver-turned-politician who has a habit of saying the quiet parts out loud.

"A woman does have a choice! Keep her legs closed," Durr wrote in a 2020 Facebook post, in which he also called a pro-choice woman an "idiot." He also "liked" a post that called for "spaying women like dogs."

[-] ZeroCool@feddit.ch 64 points 1 year ago

Yeah that was wild to read. I can't imagine hating anything as much as the average conservative hates women. I feel bad for any woman unfortunate enough to grow up with a father like that. It can't be easy.

[-] admiralteal@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I can imagine it.

I hate the average conservative at least as much as the average conservative hates women, minorities, non-Christians, and poor people.

Because the intolerant cannot be tolerated.

[-] TechyDad@lemmy.world 79 points 1 year ago

They pretend to support hypothetical exceptions to abortion bans, which for the most part do not apply in actual reality.

I'm glad they pointed this out. Many Republican abortion bans will say they don't apply if the women's life is at risk, but they word it so vaguely, raise the penalties so high, and put the doctor's freedom in the hands of a jury to determine if the woman was "dying enough." The result is that women aren't given life saving abortions until they are actively dying.

Even if the fetus has such severe abnormalities that there's zero chance of a "baby" at the end of the pregnancy, the woman will be told that she needs to risk her life and carry it to term because "pro life."

[-] cogman@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

Yup, or if you look at rape exemptions it's the same. The victim is required to identify their rapist with harsh penalties for a false identification.

Particularly terrible when you think of the position this puts a child in with their family members. Further, those laws often require victims to submit to a rape screening, something that's hard to pull off given how underreported rape is.

And of course if there's any question the legal system will prevent an abortion forcing a birth. You can't wind back time and cases taking a year or more to resolve are extremely common.

[-] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago

They need to keep Boebert’s legs closed and her shirt on

[-] Narrrz@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

no, the trouble is she is now keeping her legs closed.

she was fine until she got it into her head to be a politician.

[-] imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Good good, his name is Durr the writers are clearly still on strike

[-] b3an@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Durr, dduuuhhh Durr.. Durr 🥴 We should make him synonymous with idiocy.

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