Texas Legislator Claims Rape Kits Are A Form Of Abortion
Source: ThinkProgress
In the midst of all the chaos on Sunday night as the Texas legislature pushed through a series of stringent restrictions on abortion and womens health, it was easy to miss what might have been the most inaccurate and dangerous claim of the evening: One state representative tried to argue on the State House floor that rape kits are a form of abortion.
Texas Rep. Jody Laubenberg (R) sponsored several anti-abortion measures currently making their way to the Governors desk. Taken together, they would shut down the vast majority of the states womens health clinics and criminalize abortions after 20 weeks. But in reasoning out why she did not support an exemption for rape victims in the 20-week ban, Laubenberg betrayed a woeful lack of information on the procedures a victim of rape undergoes namely, the rape kit, which is used to collect data on the assailant and in no way relates to pregnancy:
When Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, called for an exemption for women who were victims of rape and incest, Rep. Jody Laubenberg, R-Parker, explained why she felt it was unnecessary.
In the emergency room they have whats called rape kits where a woman can get cleaned out, she said, comparing the procedure to an abortion. The woman had five months to make that decision, at this point we are looking at a baby that is very far along in its development.
The remark about rape kits, which is not accurate, sparked widespread ridicule on social media sites. Laubenberg, who has difficulty debating bills, then simply rejected all proposed changes to her bill without speaking until the end of the debate.
Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/06/24/2201171/texas-legislator-claims-rape-kits-are-a-form-of-abortion/
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts).
uppityperson
(115,681 posts)Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)Lithos
(26,404 posts)Even clarified her stance when questioned...
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Thus the Texas bill's sponsor, Republican Representative Jodie Laubenberg, found herself making this argument last night about why she opposed adding an exception for women who have been raped (apologies for the quality of the video, which is after the jump):
n hospital emergency rooms, we have funded whats called rape kits that will help the woman, basically clean her out. And then hopefully that will alleviate that.
She was then interrupted by Democratic Representative Dawnna Dukes, who wanted to hear that part again, please:
Representative Laubenberg, you said these ladies would be able to acquire an abortion at one of the emergency rooms?
And so Laubenberg said it again, only more so:
In the emergency room they have what's called rape kits that the woman, shell get cleaned out, basically like a D&C, and emergency contraception, where they can also do the morning-after pill.
http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/06/24/19117053-in-texas-rape-kits-debate-the-sound-of-abortion-politics?lite
Laubenberg is one of the least curious representatives in Texas from a very hard right district. (East of Plano - Murphy/Wylie)
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Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)D&N is a rare way to perform a first trimester abortion.
If this is truly what she meant, her idiocy knows no bounds.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)I think it's implied rather than inferred.
66 dmhlt
(1,941 posts)Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)66 dmhlt
(1,941 posts)Have no idea what a D&C procedure is.
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)We covered this. Thanks for playing.
66 dmhlt
(1,941 posts)[1] I didn't say "willfully ignorant" (See these things here --> " ... " There called quotation marks, and they mean the person actually said it.)
[2] While were on quotation marks, try this one:
Laubenberg said that currently, in "the emergency rooms they have whats called rape kits, that the woman can get cleaned out, basically like a D and C" -- dilation and curettage surgery
http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2013/jun/24/jodie-laubenberg/jodie-laubenberg-says-texas-rape-kit-dilation-and-/
And you can take your smartass "Thanks for playing" comment and shove it where the sun don't shine.
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)You were needlessly insulting, you got it returned in kind. No apology for that.
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wordpix
(18,652 posts)hobbit709
(41,694 posts)From JuanitaJean's mention of this and comments
http://juanitajean.com/2013/06/24/you-know-kinda-like-a-car-wash-for-your-lady-parts/
This woman represents a very conservative district in Collin County.
Her website also states that she is the Texas Chair for the American Legislative Exchange Council
. also known as ALEC. And, just a guess
. ALEC wrote the legislation for her
.. which is why she couldnt in any intelligent way answer any questions on it, and why no amendments were allowed. Needless to say, the Koch Brothers probably bankroll her campaigns. She has be re-elected six times, and its sure not because shes all that bright. Shes one more Koch head we need to vote out of office.
Melissa G
(10,170 posts)She is really a case in point for showcasing the need for a better educational system in Texas. Not. Very. Bright.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Texas has gone wild.
Warpy
(111,417 posts)even if she's been bible schooled at home and told nothing about her own body. She should have been curious enough to read, the information is out there.
I hope the good people of Texas send this Republican halfwit back wherever she belongs. She sure as hell doesn't belong in office.
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)A group of folks get's together and says "We think this person is smart enough to represent us all"
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)I can respect people who have very different opinions than me, but the rape kit/abortion thing isn't an opinion.
VWolf
(3,944 posts)Nah, she's just a tool.
ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)she would still be way off.
Why Syzygy
(18,928 posts)and if you give a cheek swab for a DNA sample, you've just had oral sex!
sakabatou
(42,198 posts)blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)iandhr
(6,852 posts)Ash_F
(5,861 posts)What difference 51% will bring. Our 2 party system at work.
MichiganVote
(21,086 posts)midnight
(26,624 posts)BadGimp
(4,022 posts)eom
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)vanlassie
(5,694 posts)SunSeeker
(51,784 posts)I see a lot of them here in Orange County, CA. These are evil people. I'd like to think it was simple stupidity, but it takes an evil, cold heart to say this shit with a smile on your face.
vanlassie
(5,694 posts)Response to Galraedia (Original post)
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tclambert
(11,087 posts)Sure, it's entertaining, but . . .
Jerry442
(1,265 posts)...then they convert her to a Jihadist, teach her how to make IEDs, hand her an ATM card that can tap unlimited funds from the Treasury for life, give her materials for the teaching of evolution and atheism (not quite sure how that squares with the jihadist thing), and turn her into a man-hating lesbian who will give birth to a dozen illegitimate young Edward Snowdens.
caseymoz
(5,763 posts)And a few are some of the worst apparatchiks. (No pun intended.) They are totally mis-educated, misinformed and are airtight ignorant.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)With a swab for a stirrer.
LeftishBrit
(41,212 posts)and this is from a female politician? Unbelievable!