Not dead, Facebook just ate my Life
I am back, finally. I really need to stop with the facebooking so much.
So, not much news with me, the boys are cute, into everything, drive me bonkers. Gotta register Duo for homeschool this year.
For news non-personal:
Mississippi is trying to pass an amendment to the state constitution that would define personhood as beginning at conception. Yeah, that's right, when egg meets sperm. This will effectively outlaw IUDs, and the pill, since they both work by not just PREVENTING ovulation, but also PREVENTING implantation of a fertilized egg, should one come along. Abortion for ANY reason would be illegal, NO EXCEPTIONS at all. Not for RAPE, not for INCEST, not for LIFE OF THE MOTHER. If a woman has a miscarriage, the police will have to investigate the cause, as it will be considered legally a "death". So she will have to prove that she did not cause the miscarriage or risk jail time.
This is going to have the effect, intended or not, of raising our already high infant/maternal mortality rate, as women will fear to seek prenatal care or help in the event of a miscarriage. There is already a case where a 15 year old Mississippi girl is being charged with depraved heart murder because she is addicted to cocaine and did drugs while pregnant. This is in spite of a lack of medical evidence supporting drug use as the cause of her miscarriage.
We can only hope that the MS supreme court judges aren't all totally brainwashed uber right wing Christian hypocrites and this gets struck down before it makes it onto the ballot in November. They are supposed to decide on it soon. If they let it pass, I will be out there and busy getting people informed of the ACTUAL consequences to Mississippi women if this should pass.
Apparently someone read The Handmaid's Tale and thinks it's a great blueprint for the future.
So, not much news with me, the boys are cute, into everything, drive me bonkers. Gotta register Duo for homeschool this year.
For news non-personal:
Mississippi is trying to pass an amendment to the state constitution that would define personhood as beginning at conception. Yeah, that's right, when egg meets sperm. This will effectively outlaw IUDs, and the pill, since they both work by not just PREVENTING ovulation, but also PREVENTING implantation of a fertilized egg, should one come along. Abortion for ANY reason would be illegal, NO EXCEPTIONS at all. Not for RAPE, not for INCEST, not for LIFE OF THE MOTHER. If a woman has a miscarriage, the police will have to investigate the cause, as it will be considered legally a "death". So she will have to prove that she did not cause the miscarriage or risk jail time.
This is going to have the effect, intended or not, of raising our already high infant/maternal mortality rate, as women will fear to seek prenatal care or help in the event of a miscarriage. There is already a case where a 15 year old Mississippi girl is being charged with depraved heart murder because she is addicted to cocaine and did drugs while pregnant. This is in spite of a lack of medical evidence supporting drug use as the cause of her miscarriage.
We can only hope that the MS supreme court judges aren't all totally brainwashed uber right wing Christian hypocrites and this gets struck down before it makes it onto the ballot in November. They are supposed to decide on it soon. If they let it pass, I will be out there and busy getting people informed of the ACTUAL consequences to Mississippi women if this should pass.
Apparently someone read The Handmaid's Tale and thinks it's a great blueprint for the future.