I’m wondering if it might be a good idea to propose a law that makes it illegal for a man to force his sperm on a woman who doesn’t want to get pregnant. We could call it reckless endangerment because of all the physical damage and potential death a woman faces due to pregnancy. Agreeing to sex does not equal agreement to pregnancy, just as eating brownies doesn’t equate to agreeing to eating marijuana in the brownies. It should be noted that women who have gone to prison for being drug addicted while pregnant convicted of "child endangerment" were probably impregnated by a man who KNEW that she was an addict, but gave her his sperm anyway. Wouldn't he also be guilty of child endangerment? And yet he is never prosecuted for such an offense. And what about men who engage in "stealthing"? Shouldn't that be a felony? Just a thought. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/stealthing-victims-describe-partners-removing-condoms-during-sex-without-consent-n752681
Stealthing is considered rape in the UK, if I'm not mistaken... I love your idea Julie, put the onus on the sperm shooters. I haven't read it yet, but there's a new book called Ejaculate Responsibly: a whole new way to think about abortion, by Gabrielle Blair, I'm sure it would have good arguments for your case :)
I have read it and it is very good. There has been considerable backlash, however, and people who are threatened by the mere suggestion that men share responsibility for contraception. I actually had a man who argued with me about her premise, accusing her of requiring vasectomies and castration. She did not such thing.
Yeah I'm sure they have a stock of abortion pills along with the myriad of other drugs they use to keep their victims compliant. Not sure how these people think that forcing them to have babies isn't beyond barbaric. If anyone can claim to be human traffickers, it's Christian adoption agencies and the anti-abortion centers that abet them.
Re: link to article about Whole Women's Health opening a new clinic in NM: Houston Chronicle is behind a paywall. Is this info anywhere else?
I’m wondering if it might be a good idea to propose a law that makes it illegal for a man to force his sperm on a woman who doesn’t want to get pregnant. We could call it reckless endangerment because of all the physical damage and potential death a woman faces due to pregnancy. Agreeing to sex does not equal agreement to pregnancy, just as eating brownies doesn’t equate to agreeing to eating marijuana in the brownies. It should be noted that women who have gone to prison for being drug addicted while pregnant convicted of "child endangerment" were probably impregnated by a man who KNEW that she was an addict, but gave her his sperm anyway. Wouldn't he also be guilty of child endangerment? And yet he is never prosecuted for such an offense. And what about men who engage in "stealthing"? Shouldn't that be a felony? Just a thought. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/stealthing-victims-describe-partners-removing-condoms-during-sex-without-consent-n752681
It should be, but, like laws against (other forms of) sexual assault, it would probably be rarely enforced.
True. What kind of man thinks "stealthing" is okay? They should be ashamed.
Stealthing is considered rape in the UK, if I'm not mistaken... I love your idea Julie, put the onus on the sperm shooters. I haven't read it yet, but there's a new book called Ejaculate Responsibly: a whole new way to think about abortion, by Gabrielle Blair, I'm sure it would have good arguments for your case :)
I have read it and it is very good. There has been considerable backlash, however, and people who are threatened by the mere suggestion that men share responsibility for contraception. I actually had a man who argued with me about her premise, accusing her of requiring vasectomies and castration. She did not such thing.
Of course Republicans can't see the irony in talking about enslaved women.
"Students for Life... said in a statement, “The corrupt partnership between human and sex traffickers with the abortion industry is well known.”"
Sooo... Are they saying sex trafficking victims should be forced to have their rapists' babies?! What in the living fuck is wrong with these people?
just a thought: i would image sex-trafficers have their own in-house abortion team.
where do these anti-abortion folk park their brains?
Yeah I'm sure they have a stock of abortion pills along with the myriad of other drugs they use to keep their victims compliant. Not sure how these people think that forcing them to have babies isn't beyond barbaric. If anyone can claim to be human traffickers, it's Christian adoption agencies and the anti-abortion centers that abet them.