Oklahoma lawmakers want men to approve all abortions

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

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[Ebowed]

Imagine if this law required pregnant women who didn't want an abortion to "consult" the father who disagrees.

Let's face it - this isn't about giving men equal consideration in the parenting equation.  If it were, Oklahoma would be requiring workplaces to offer paid paternity leave and remedy the disparity between hours worked among men and women so that fathers were able to spend more time actually parenting their children.

But this isn't really about that.  Oklahoma doesn't even have paid maternity leave.

[Higgs]

This is not at all the way to go about fighting abortion.

[Chunk Yogurt for President!]

This is not at all the way to go about fighting abortion.

Yeah, the GOP does a terrible job of fighting for the right-to-life.

[(Still) muted by Kalwejt until March 31]

This is not at all the way to go about fighting abortion.

-Why not? It sounds like the natural corollary of mandatory child support payments.

[Chunk Yogurt for President!]

This is not at all the way to go about fighting abortion.

-Why not? It sounds like the natural corollary of mandatory child support payments.

Because it plays right into the hands of the people claiming that opposing to abortion is sexist.

[(Still) muted by Kalwejt until March 31]

This is not at all the way to go about fighting abortion.

-Why not? It sounds like the natural corollary of mandatory child support payments.

Because it plays right into the hands of the people claiming that opposing to abortion is sexist.

-How?

[Bismarck]

This is a good thing in theory, the father contributes just as much genetically to a child as the mother, but is unworkable in practice.

[Chunk Yogurt for President!]

This is not at all the way to go about fighting abortion.

-Why not? It sounds like the natural corollary of mandatory child support payments.

Because it plays right into the hands of the people claiming that opposing to abortion is sexist.

-How?

Because it requires women to ask men's permission.

[Indy Texas]

If pro-life Republicans actually cared about the born as much as they claim to care about the unborn, I might actually have some respect for them.

[Beet]

How about this: I will become pro-life the day Republicans pass the Equal Rights Amendment. It will never happen.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

This is a good thing in theory, the father contributes just as much genetically to a child as the mother, but is unworkable in practice.

This. A woman can just lie and not tell the guy she's pregnant and have the abortion

Not if she literally needs a permission slip.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

This is why we need to get rid of Roe vs. Wade, so we can severely restrict abortion in a direct manner, rather than through all this backdoor stuff.

[Chunk Yogurt for President!]

How about this: I will become pro-life the day Republicans pass the Equal Rights Amendment. It will never happen.

So you believe that abortion is murder?  If so, there is no excuse for wanting to keep it legal.

[Beet]

How about this: I will become pro-life the day Republicans pass the Equal Rights Amendment. It will never happen.

So you believe that abortion is murder?  If so, there is no excuse for wanting to keep it legal.

Lol, no.

[Gass3268]

This is why we need to get rid of Roe vs. Wade, so we can severely restrict abortion in a direct manner, rather than through all this backdoor stuff.

Luckily almost 70% of Americans disagree.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Yet America voted for Trump, who made it very clear that Roe would be gone under him. I trust abortion polls about as far as I can throw them.

[Virginiá]

Yet America voted for Trump, who made it very clear that Roe would be gone under him. I trust abortion polls about as far as I can throw them.

Trump didn't even get a plurality, and even then, that would imply that wanting to ban abortion would be a deal breaker for all of them?

Ignoring polls because they contradict your views and desires for policy is probably not the smartest thing to do.

[World politics is up Schmitt creek]

Yet America voted for Trump,

No it didn't.

[RI]

This is why we need to get rid of Roe vs. Wade, so we can severely restrict abortion in a direct manner, rather than through all this backdoor stuff.

Luckily almost 70% of Americans disagree.

Most people think overturning Roe v. Wade = banning abortion. People are stupid.

[7,052,770]

Yet America voted for Trump, who made it very clear that Roe would be gone under him. I trust abortion polls about as far as I can throw them.

...

I mean, there's no way that you didn't know that Hillary won the popular vote by 3,000,000 votes, and there's no way it just slipped your mind.

[7,052,770]

This is why we need to get rid of Roe vs. Wade, so we can severely restrict abortion in a direct manner, rather than through all this backdoor stuff.

Luckily almost 70% of Americans disagree.

Most people think overturning Roe v. Wade = banning abortion. People are stupid.

It might. It wouldn't necessarily, but it would be up to the justices. Hypothetically, they could find that fetuses are persons and abortion is banned under anti-murder statues. Lots of Republicans would like to see that.

Obviously, turning it back to the states is more likely, but it's not obvious for "people are stupid" snark.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Yet America voted for Trump, who made it very clear that Roe would be gone under him. I trust abortion polls about as far as I can throw them.

...

I mean, there's no way that you didn't know that Hillary won the popular vote by 3,000,000 votes, and there's no way it just slipped your mind.

The nationwide popular vote means about as much to me as a speck of dust on the ground. Both are useless.

[7,052,770]

Yet America voted for Trump, who made it very clear that Roe would be gone under him. I trust abortion polls about as far as I can throw them.

...

I mean, there's no way that you didn't know that Hillary won the popular vote by 3,000,000 votes, and there's no way it just slipped your mind.

The nationwide popular vote means about as much to me as a speck of dust on the ground. Both are useless.

That's fine, but you know that "America voted for Trump" is an objectively false statement. Why would anyone ever try to be wrong on purpose?

[Chunk Yogurt for President!]

How about this: I will become pro-life the day Republicans pass the Equal Rights Amendment. It will never happen.

So you believe that abortion is murder?  If so, there is no excuse for wanting to keep it legal.

Lol, no.

Then you would never be pro-life, even if Republicans did pass the ERA.