I don’t know what else to say. I will just quote extensively from this news report from KSN News 3 on May 25, 2011.
Sometime in May Representatives in Topeka, Kansas “were debating a bill that would ban insurance companies from offering abortion coverage in regular health plans. The bill, that was signed into law Wednesday, means women will have to buy a separate health policy to cover abortions.”
During the debate, Barbara Bollier, a Kansas lawmaker “pointed out that abortions would not be covered, under the new Kansas law, for cases of rape and incest.”
Kansas Pete DeGraaf responded by saying, “We need to plan ahead, don’t we, in life?”
Bollier then asked, “And so, women need to plan ahead for issues that they have no control over with pregnancy?”
Are you ready for DeGraaf’s response to this question?
“I have a spare tire in my car,” said DeGraaf. “I also have life insurance. I have a lot of things that I plan ahead for.”
“I have a spare tire in my car.”
Well, when we exist in a society that thinks it relevant to comment/speculate on how much makeup an 11-year-old who was gang-raped by a group of grown men was wearing, is it any surprise at all that the burden should always fall on the shoulders of the victimized party? Basically, if you have the gall to walk around with functional lady-parts, you have to be prepared to face the consequences, whatever they might be. (Though all of the general misandry is not terribly helpful either. Saying that men should not be allowed to legislate if said legislation pertains to women is not really the relevant problem at hand, here — there are plenty of women who are — mind-bogglingly, as far as I’m concerned — anti-choice, also. *cough cough, Sarah Palin, cough cough*. It is not simply a clean-cut gender issue, here, but a personal autonomy issue — we should not confuse or conflate the two, because that helps nobody, in the end.)
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fucker! once elly and shawn are done with him, let me finish him off by driving back and forth over his face with my spare tire. if anything happens to my car in the process, i’m sure state farm will take care of it.
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Men should not a single right to make laws regarding an issue that they themselves would never ever have or happen to them. Men cannot be pregnant; Men have no business doing anything other than sharing their dumbass opinions but never ever have a right to make laws about women. Why do we women allow men to have that power?
TechnoBabe recently posted…Do Not Trust This Company
I believe this is the best quote from that absurd debate. Don’t mind me, I’m planning on getting raped soon. I might as well throw in an incestuous relationship and molestation, just in case. We must be prepared!!
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I live in the only province in Canada where the cost of an abortion in a private clinic is not covered by Medicare (those done in hospitals are) …http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archive/ldn/2010/oct/10100407
Hugs,
Wendy
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fucker! once elly and shawn are done with him, let me finish him off by driving back and forth over his face with my spare tire. if anything happens to my car in the process, i’m sure state farm will take care of it.
pattypunker recently posted…so shallow
I srly love you all. That is all. Now back to fighting the corporate war…
Horrifying. Idiotic. Discriminatory. Absolute assholery.
You should pop by Amber’s and read this. Another example of state-specific insanity: http://www.makingthemomentscount.com/2011/05/25/i-might-as-well-turn-myself-in/
BigLittleWolf recently posted…Lounge Act
This is appalling and disgusting. And I will have to borrow this and link up with you.
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Well sir…..I have a tire iron. Lets meet in a dark alley,shall we?
I have jumper cables. Game on.
Elly Lou recently posted…Scotty McCreery May or May Not Eat Pickles
How has this information stayed secret for so long?
dufmanno recently posted…WAR!
Oh my fucking god.
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When we finally set sail for Dufmanno Island we can tie him to his spare tire and bind him to the mast. Then when we throw the arrival party (which is going to be spectacular, by the way-I have sparklers!) we can do a tribal dance and throw him into the lava pit to appease the Gods.
dufmanno recently posted…WAR!
We must bind him to the mast by teeny tiny penis though…
Because. Just because.
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I wonder how this guy’s wife and daughters feel about his statement.
Andrea @ Shameless Agitator recently posted…Reflection
There are no words for just how much I want to rape this guy with said spare tire.
AngryPanda recently posted…Fewer words
Words fail to properly express what needs to be said.
Jack@TheJackB recently posted…Accountability and Forgiveness
Unbelievable on so many levels.
Life with Kaishon recently posted…It was a week of-
Wow. I really don’t know what else to say either. I’m just sad that I live alongside such ignorant people in a country that I thought was more developed than it really is. Sad. Very, very sad.
Ameena recently posted…i lecture too much
Dammit, reading this just got me all grumpy again.
The Sweetest recently posted…I Was a Senior Hottie!
Wow-just wow. That’s appalling.
I read this story yesterday and was flabbergasted by this ignorant and insensitive comment.
Sharyn recently posted…Actually Im Feeling Much Better
Well, you tagged it perfectly: are you fucking kidding me?
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I’ll leave a full comment after work, but right now I want to know where to go to donate five dollars so that he’ll get a spare tire model.