This week, Utah lawmakers voted down an exception to the proposed parental consent and notification law that would have allowed victims of incest to obtain abortions without telling their parents. It was a narrow exception - only applicable in cases where a girl’s father is also the father of the unborn baby.
An article in the Salt Lake Tribune says: “Conservative senators said the legislation is a test of their morals.” I’ll say. And they failed miserably.
“Abortion isn’t about women’s rights. The rights they had were when they made the decision to have sex,” [Republican Senator Chris] Buttars said. “This is the consequences. The consequence is they should have to talk to their parents.”
“[T]he decision to have sex“!?! Um, the decision of a girl to have sex with her father? Are you fucking kidding me? Sadly, no. For sick fucks like this, the issue isn’t about women’s rights, it’s about their extremist belief that zygotes have souls or some shit. Even worse, in this instance we’re not even talking about women, we’re talking about girls. Children. Children who have been raped and impregnated by their fathers. I don’t know how often that happens in Utah, but even if it happens only once a decade the law is beyond morally repugnant.
“I’m not sure we should run away from the morals we have,” he said.
Actually, if these are your morals, I’m quite sure that’s exactly what you should do. Also, pray for your own soul, because if there is a hell, you’re surely going there.
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