"Not that I've ever thought of this..."
This is awful. The South Dakota abortion ban folks are now playing fantasy/rape word games to explain why their bill does make an exception for rape and incest (not that it really needs explaining, but they are lying).
Via Digby, we find how they can reach such a conclusion:
FRED DE SAM LAZARO: Napoli says most abortions are performed for what he calls "convenience." He insists that exceptions can be made for rape or incest under the provision that protects the mother's life. I asked him for a scenario in which an exception may be invoked.
BILL NAPOLI: A real-life description to me would be a rape victim, brutally raped, savaged. The girl was a virgin. She was religious. She planned on saving her virginity until she was married. She was brutalized and raped, sodomized as bad as you can possibly make it, and is impregnated. I mean, that girl could be so messed up, physically and psychologically, that carrying that child could very well threaten her life.
You can read Digby to get the appropriate level of contempt for this neandrathal women hater. I'll leave that to the professionals. But that whole statement smacks of Rick Santorum and his man on beast or beast on man or whatever thing he went on and on and on about. That's not a scenario that just pops out of the brain and rolls off the tougue. Somebody gave that a lot of thought. Maybe at night. Alone. You can use your imagination for the rest. Hopefully you're not a sick bastard like Bill Napoli.
And, as an aside, who gets to decide if she was appropriately religious? Was she truly committed to saving her virginity until marriage? Has she reached a sufficient level of "messed up" to warrant a "life saving" abortion? I'm guessing in his world, Bill Napoli gets to decide. Good luck with all of that.
Via Digby, we find how they can reach such a conclusion:
FRED DE SAM LAZARO: Napoli says most abortions are performed for what he calls "convenience." He insists that exceptions can be made for rape or incest under the provision that protects the mother's life. I asked him for a scenario in which an exception may be invoked.
BILL NAPOLI: A real-life description to me would be a rape victim, brutally raped, savaged. The girl was a virgin. She was religious. She planned on saving her virginity until she was married. She was brutalized and raped, sodomized as bad as you can possibly make it, and is impregnated. I mean, that girl could be so messed up, physically and psychologically, that carrying that child could very well threaten her life.
You can read Digby to get the appropriate level of contempt for this neandrathal women hater. I'll leave that to the professionals. But that whole statement smacks of Rick Santorum and his man on beast or beast on man or whatever thing he went on and on and on about. That's not a scenario that just pops out of the brain and rolls off the tougue. Somebody gave that a lot of thought. Maybe at night. Alone. You can use your imagination for the rest. Hopefully you're not a sick bastard like Bill Napoli.
And, as an aside, who gets to decide if she was appropriately religious? Was she truly committed to saving her virginity until marriage? Has she reached a sufficient level of "messed up" to warrant a "life saving" abortion? I'm guessing in his world, Bill Napoli gets to decide. Good luck with all of that.
posted by John at 9:05 AM
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