Do not let the GOP Re-define Rape...

[paradisekendra]

Do not let Republican men redefine what rape is to a woman. Please read and sign the petition.

http://pol.moveon.org/smithbill/?r_by=25994-5258882-nvUM_Wx&rc=mailto.alt.alt6

Comments

[lord_gorthaur]

Let me see if I've understood that petition correctly

[paradisekendra]

Okay, if I understand you correctly, then yes. The republicans are only defining rape to mean if you have physical harm, AKA tearing or bruising on your vaginal or some other opening.

So if you were drugged, scared, blackmailed, coerced, you are just plain out of luck. Which makes me very angry. No man should define what rape is to a woman, or take away any medical care based on his definition. He will never know what a pregnancy resulting from a rape feels like, nor should he get to take away medical coverage for it, ever.

[lord_gorthaur]

Sorry, I tend to get incoherent when I'm angry. And the basic premise of what I read made me outraged, to say the least.

But it does make me curious: did any female member of Congress or the House of Representatives support the bill?

[sherrilina]

This whole bill is just despicable, ugh...>:(