A far-right Republican state senator explaining his opposition to a bill that would grant an abortion exception for rape or incest told his fellow lawmakers, a “1-year-old could get an abortion under this.”Senator Bill Eigel, a pro-Trump Republican who is also running to become Missouri's next gover...

A far-right Republican state senator explaining his opposition to a bill that would grant an abortion exception for rape or incest told his fellow lawmakers, a “1-year-old could get an abortion under this.”Senator Bill Eigel, a pro-Trump Republican who is also running to become Missouri’s next governor

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Infant pregnancy is one of our country’s greatest issues and this guy doesn’t even want to do anything about it!

      • HopeOfTheGunblade@kbin.social
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        8 months ago

        He loves the poorly educated.

        Also, I’d guess that stupid people are more likely to actually uncritically worship him, while smart people are more likely to put up a facade of doing so to get something from him, a mask which eventually slips or conflicts with them getting what they really want, at which point they get thrown under the bus.

  • Adalast@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Hmmm… Show me a pregnant 1 year old and I will show you a little girl in desperate need of an abortion and a new home with people who actually will love her as one should a 1 year old.

    Seriously, how fucking stupid do you need to be to actually utter something like this. I don’t care if it is supposed rhetorical hyperbole, it just oozes with /r/NotHowGirlsWork energy.

  • InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    a bill that would grant an abortion exception for rape or incest

    … 1 year olds kids.
    Nevermind the fact that 1y.o. aren’t fertile, normal people go their entire lives without ever thinking about impregnating 1 year olds.
    And yea, if you somehow magically got a 1 y.o. pregnant, I sure as fuck hope they’d be able abort.

    • paysrenttobirds@sh.itjust.works
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      8 months ago

      I’ll never understand why they are more opposed to abortions for minors, who definitely didn’t consent to sex and are more likely to be harmed by the pregnancy in so many ways.

        • paysrenttobirds@sh.itjust.works
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          8 months ago

          So I do believe there is a significant and even growing misogynist/ child-bride/patriarchal-women-as-breeders-every-man-deserves-at-least-one element among Republican policy makers. But, I think the majority of Republican voters aren’t looking at the specific intent of these bills and simply think it will never happen to their daughter because fill in the blank superiority complex, and that’s what really pisses me off. Evidence of a well-fortified barrier to empathy.

    • frickineh@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      I literally started screaming in my head (though, to be fair, most of my internal dialogue is just screams these days) , “WELL IF SOMEONE SOMEHOW GETS A ONE YEAR OLD PREGNANT, OBVIOUSLY THEY SHOULD HAVE AN ABORTION!” And then this guy’s mom should have a really, really late post-term abortion. What the fuck is wrong with with conservatives?

      • kescusay@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        8 months ago

        What the fuck is wrong with conservatives?

        We have large swaths of the American electorate who are just plain broken people. They’ve spent their entire lives being unjustifiably afraid of everything, from jack-booted liberal thugs busting down their doors to steal their bibles, to gay marriage somehow interfering with straight marriage.

        Seriously, look at any list of political issues someone can believe something about, on any topic, and you can determine the modern Republican position on any of them by asking yourself two questions:

        • Is there a position on this issue that’s driven by stupid, irrational fear?
        • Would incredibly basic, rudimentary education clear that fear away?

        If the answer is “yes” to both, then chances are, you’ve identified the Republican position on that issue.

  • BradleyUffner@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    If somehow a one year old got pregnant I would totally expect her to be able to get an abortion. This just seems like common sense, no?

  • ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    “I don’t support the institutions of rape or of incest. But your amendment doesn’t address those,” Eigel said.

    The “institutions” of rape and incest??? These are institutions to him, that he simply “doesn’t support” (as though “supporting” – or anything less than vehemently opposing – is equally valid)?

    (Institution: a custom or tradition that has existed for a long time and is accepted as an important part of a particular society)

    Of course they are NOT institutions in any civilized society, which has sailed right over this amoral dimwit’s head.

    If ever a motherfucker were a walking argument for retroactive abortion, this is the guy. Even when he’s trying to act sincere, his indifferent language tells you he has no problem with the realities behind child sexual abuse, rape, or even abortion at all. Jesus fucking christ.

    • kandoh@reddthat.com
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      8 months ago

      Sexual access to your own daughter is really the corner stone of the Abrahamic religions. Just look at how far the Amish are willing to go to maintain that tradition.

  • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Tell me you don’t understand the basic anatomy and physiology you are regulating without telling me…

  • roguetrick@kbin.social
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    8 months ago

    The crazy thing is there are very serious health risks for girls who underwent puberty early in carrying a fetus to term. I nominate implanting a
    Zygote in this guy’s brain, as that should have plenty of unused nutrients.

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 months ago

      I vote we implant electrodes in his balls. with an open bluetooth connection so anyone who wants to can shock his ass.

      Only down side is he’d probably like it.

  • partial_accumen@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    “1-year-old could get an abortion under this.”

    “Odd take, but okay Senator, how old do you think a raped child or a child victim of incest should have to be before they are allowed to get an abortion? What age should a child victim have to look forward to, under your version of this legislation, that they know they could abort their rapists baby?”

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 months ago

      how old do you think a raped child or a child victim of incest should have to be before they are allowed to get an abortion?

      just to add: these are the same thing. A minor whose the victim of incest was also raped.

  • Dale@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    The left has lost their minds! One year olds should carry their pregnancies to term, think about the children!!