"I Think 'Rape & Incest' is a Buzzword"
From The Clean Cut Kid via Atrios:
One advantage of having the extremists in the legislature pass the abortion ban this past session is that we are now getting to see their true colors. We now know what they really think.
First we had Bill Napoli and his simple rape and sodomized religious virgin exception. Now we have Rep. Joel Dykstra (R-Lincoln County) explaining what he thinks about the lack of a rape and incest exception. This appeared in the Two Rivers Times, which unfortunately does not have an online version to which I can link:
“I think ‘rape and incest’ is a buzzword,” said Rep. Joel Dykstra about not including those conditions in the abortion bill. “It’s a bit of a throwaway line and not everybody who says that really understands what that means. How are you going to define that?”
If you want to do anything to get rid of these wackos, a good first step would be to contribute to the Common Sense South Dakota PAC, which is supporting pro-choice Democratic candidates for the legislature.
I'm a rape & sexual assault survivor. If Rep Dykstra really, really wants me to a definition of what "rape and incest" means, I will gladly give him a painfully graphic description.
God, what a heartless fucking bastard.
I know I have 2 or 3 people reading this who live in South Dakota - do you know where I could find an online version of this quote to link to, perhaps from a local paper's online edition?
One advantage of having the extremists in the legislature pass the abortion ban this past session is that we are now getting to see their true colors. We now know what they really think.
First we had Bill Napoli and his simple rape and sodomized religious virgin exception. Now we have Rep. Joel Dykstra (R-Lincoln County) explaining what he thinks about the lack of a rape and incest exception. This appeared in the Two Rivers Times, which unfortunately does not have an online version to which I can link:
“I think ‘rape and incest’ is a buzzword,” said Rep. Joel Dykstra about not including those conditions in the abortion bill. “It’s a bit of a throwaway line and not everybody who says that really understands what that means. How are you going to define that?”
If you want to do anything to get rid of these wackos, a good first step would be to contribute to the Common Sense South Dakota PAC, which is supporting pro-choice Democratic candidates for the legislature.
I'm a rape & sexual assault survivor. If Rep Dykstra really, really wants me to a definition of what "rape and incest" means, I will gladly give him a painfully graphic description.
God, what a heartless fucking bastard.
I know I have 2 or 3 people reading this who live in South Dakota - do you know where I could find an online version of this quote to link to, perhaps from a local paper's online edition?