Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Criminally Negligent

As much as I insist that being pro-choice is actually a very republican idea in that it maintains one's freedom to pursue happiness without the invasion or unjust limitation of government, I can see the faults of our GOP very clearly.

Even more clearly - I can see how their current extremist measures can take us in the future.

Miscarriage as man-slaughter.

Seriously, what is to stop them? Who is to say some over-eager person will not go for criminal negligence because "this woman exercised too much and therefore killed her baby! The intent to exercise demonstrates her clear lack of concern for the well-being of the child!"

I know it is absurd to think this is possible, but that's how little faith I have in my party right now. I do not trust them to not try and do something as ridiculous as this. The content of bills repeatedly being introduced into our legislatures says to me that there is a definite undertone of wanting to punish women for their freedom of sexuality and life.

Thinking further on it, I'm sure this has already happened.  In some capacity, somewhere - I would not be surprised.