Boosting the signal: bill redefining rape?
I'm sharing this. Please feel free to do the same.
"A far-reaching anti-choice bill, introduced by Republican Chris Smith and supported by 173 members of the House, includes a provision that could redefine rape in the realm of federal funding for reproductive health care.
Right now, federal dollars can't be used for abortion except in cases of rape, incest, or when the woman's life is in danger. But the Smith bill would narrow that use to "cases of 'forcible' rape but not statutory or coerced rape."
As far too many women know, bruises and broken bones do not define rape - a lack of consent does. Please sign the petition today."
Not only that, but this bill will open up a whole new realm of defining new categories for rape and putting different values on the experience... I am horrified just thinking about the far-reaching consequences of something like this.
The link is:
http://pol.moveon.org:80/smithbill/?r_by=-18447874-LZIdRCx&rc=mailto.alt_b.fb.share.smithbill.0.2
"A far-reaching anti-choice bill, introduced by Republican Chris Smith and supported by 173 members of the House, includes a provision that could redefine rape in the realm of federal funding for reproductive health care.
Right now, federal dollars can't be used for abortion except in cases of rape, incest, or when the woman's life is in danger. But the Smith bill would narrow that use to "cases of 'forcible' rape but not statutory or coerced rape."
As far too many women know, bruises and broken bones do not define rape - a lack of consent does. Please sign the petition today."
Not only that, but this bill will open up a whole new realm of defining new categories for rape and putting different values on the experience... I am horrified just thinking about the far-reaching consequences of something like this.
The link is:
http://pol.moveon.org:80/smithbill/?r_by=-18447874-LZIdRCx&rc=mailto.alt_b.fb.share.smithbill.0.2