The Republican obsession with the need to control all the Uteruses (Women's Rights thread)

[Gredival]

I'm referring a lot to the cultural experience of bearing the expectation that we be doctors or that we are failures to the family. Life is not only a gift that we are obligated to be grateful for, but a duty that we have to pay back... despite never agreeing to the duty.

This has shaped a lot of my world view about how kids are something that are completely based off the parents' want, and therefore the parents are the ones who have duties to the children.

[Roranora]

I actually think it's 100% correct to say no one consents to being born. We just have to deal with it. Life can suck sometimes and we didn't agree to the ride.

we barely remember
who or what came before
this precious moment
and our choosing to be here

[6souls]

https://okcfox.com/news/local/bill-b...ma-becomes-law

Child marriage in Oklahoma has been banned. In a measure that passed the OK House by one vote, it has now become law without needing the governor's signature. All of the nays were republican.

Spoiler: show

[Mertron]

i see four cowboy hats. i am assuming they are all business owners and have never set foot on a farm

[Cail]

i see four cowboy hats. i am assuming they are all business owners and have never set foot on a farm

less than i expected tbh

[Gredival]

All the Russian twitter bots defending it by saying all the no votes were on the grounds that "If my kids can be sent to war, they should also be able to marry."

Because the Russian handlers apparently don't realize you have to be 18 to be drafted in the US. Since Vlad is throwing 16 and 17 year olds into Ukraine probably.

[Milkster]

https://x.com/popbase/status/2071563...9Wps1Hl11Rk-Sw

[6souls]

https://x.com/atrupar/status/2072287571036590519
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2072288090882752574
https://x.com/JackPosobiec/status/2071976337670099410

[Zealot]

Time to toss every Republican out of the country.

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[6souls]

https://www.kuow.org/stories/transge...chool-students
https://bsky.app/profile/sethcotlar..../3mplnuo26es2x

Genital exams for girls sports is a ballot measure in Washington State

The initiative would ensure that “students compete in athletic activities consistent with the gender assigned at birth,” echoing restrictions in 27 other states and effectively blocking transgender girls from joining girls’ middle- and high-school teams.

Language in the initiative claims that kids are already required to undergo verification of their “biological sex” before they can play sports. But KUOW spoke with medical professionals and a school sports official who said otherwise. Paperwork used by medical professionals in sports physicals also shows that the initiative would be a departure from current state requirements for athletic participation.

According to the initiative, students would have several options to confirm their sex: a visual genital exam, a lab test to determine their genetic makeup, or an analysis of testosterone levels in the blood. The genital exam, which a medical professional can conduct without touching the child, would likely be the most accessible option for most kids.

Conservative hedge fund manager Brian Heywood and his political action committee Let’s Go Washington are backing the measure. Heywood said he’s concerned with fairness and safety in girls’ sports, insisting that transgender girls have physical advantages over cisgender girls.

[6souls]

https://x.com/atrupar/status/2072287571036590519
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2072288090882752574
https://x.com/JackPosobiec/status/2071976337670099410

https://x.com/atrupar/status/2072349145214431660

[Tyrath]

So it's a violation of future laws even if they are following now laws??

[Milkster]

https://x.com/factpostnews/status/20...9Wps1Hl11Rk-Sw