House Speaker uses cookies to make a point over Girl Scout remarks

[lynn82md.livejournal.com]

After controversial remarks by one Republican lawmaker attacking Girl Scouts as a radical group that supports abortion, House Speaker Brian Bosma made his feelings clear Tuesday, one Thin Mint cookie at a time.

Bosma, R-Indianapolis, pointedly offered Girl Scout cookies throughout the day and munched them as he presided over the House.

It was a snack prompted by state Rep. Bob Morris, a Fort Wayne Republican who recently sent an email to fellow GOP lawmakers explaining why he had been the lone lawmaker opposing a resolution honoring the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts.

In his email, Morris said he had done "a small amount of web-based research" and had concluded the Girl Scouts was linked to Planned Parenthood -- something both the Girl Scouts and Planned Parenthood deny.

( My personal opinion )

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[lynn82md.livejournal.com]

A group of female Democratic legislators in the Georgia House of Representatives has proposed a bill that would ban men from seeking vasectomies.

"Thousands of children are deprived of birth in this state every year because of the lack of state regulation over vasectomies," said bill author Yasmin Neal in a statement. "It is patently unfair that men can avoid unwanted fatherhood by presuming that their judgment over such matters is more valid than the judgment of the General Assembly, while women's ability to decide is constantly up for debate throughout the United States."

The proposed legislation is a response to HB 954, a bill sponsored by Republican Doug McKillips that seeks to ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Current legislation prohibits abortions after the second trimester, or approximately 24 weeks. The measure, which has been moving quickly through the House, is intended to prevent late-term abortions on fetuses that proponents say can already feel pain at 20 weeks.

My favorite part:
"I think it's disappointing that they would make light of something as important as protecting life," he said. "It's just not a joking matter, and it's a time for serious issues and serious discussion."
I don't think these women find it a joking matter for people like you to try to take away their reproductive freedom, especially if they are having a pregnancy that's threatening their life at that stage. However, what they are trying to do with these things is make you men think that since you feel like it's okay to try to take away a woman's abliity to control her reproductive rights that it's okay for women to try to do the same thing and see how men feel (at least, those that think women should be pregnant all the fucking time).