UNLIMITED Arizona Hilarity thread

[Freeky]

How are you enjoying your pregnancy?

I lost the baby.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

How are you enjoying your pregnancy?

I lost the baby.

If I were in Arizona, I'd be having a miscarriage right now! I've had approximately 312 "Arizona miscarriages" since my first one at age 13.

Not to mention that day after tomorrow I'm having a pre-emptive abortion that will abort all of my potential fetuses every month forever.

If I were in Arizona I would probably have to be jailed for deliberately pre-emptively aborting my fetus by not getting pregnant. It's a good thing we have responsible lawmakers looking out for teh babbys!

[tyrannosaurus vex]

How are you enjoying your pregnancy?

I lost the baby.

If I were in Arizona, I'd be having a miscarriage right now! I've had approximately 312 "Arizona miscarriages" since my first one at age 13.

Not to mention that day after tomorrow I'm having a pre-emptive abortion that will abort all of my potential fetuses every month forever.

If I were in Arizona I would probably have to be jailed for deliberately pre-emptively aborting my fetus by not getting pregnant. It's a good thing we have responsible lawmakers looking out for teh babbys!

I know you hate me but my wife thinks that "Arizona Miscarriage" is the best and most hilarious possible term for her period, and I'd like to thank you for bringing a smile to her face during this trying time.

[Freeky]

How are you enjoying your pregnancy?

I lost the baby.

If I were in Arizona, I'd be having a miscarriage right now! I've had approximately 312 "Arizona miscarriages" since my first one at age 13.

Not to mention that day after tomorrow I'm having a pre-emptive abortion that will abort all of my potential fetuses every month forever.

If I were in Arizona I would probably have to be jailed for deliberately pre-emptively aborting my fetus by not getting pregnant. It's a good thing we have responsible lawmakers looking out for teh babbys!

Yes indeed! Thank goodness for our wise lawmakers who know what is best for us! And shame ob you, you harlot, for preemptively aborting all of your future fetuses. You're a murderer, that's what you are!

[The Good Reverend Roger]

http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/pregnancy-begins-2-weeks-before-conception-now-the-law-in-arizona/politics/2012/04/13/37993

  Similarly to v3x, I can't feel the horror anymore.  But there's no mirth in there, either.

Of course you can't feel horror.  This is now part of the mainstream cultural belief set.  It is no longer something you COULDN'T expect.

Yeah, I guess so. 

I kind of feel like crying, but it's mostly out of resignation over not being a legal person.

Shhh, little lady... don't say things like that, you'll alienate the menfolk!

for womens in Arizona.
I'm so so so so so glad I never moved there.   Freeky was there much in the way of protest and activism leading up to this?

No. Even my lukewarm attempts at posting all the articles I found to Facebook didnt raise any kind of reaction. I think nobody cares anymore, except people it isn't happening to.

ESPECIALLY the people it's to whom it is happening.

This bill, for example, was written by a woman.

[Juana]

I don't quite understand that. I suppose she thinks none of this can ever touch her or hers.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I don't quite understand that. I suppose she thinks none of this can ever touch her or hers.

She's pandering, of course.  Being a woman writing that legislation gives her extra credibility among teabillies, in the same manner that Phyllis Schafly had extra credibility with the Reagan crowd for spending her life on the lecture circuit, explaining why women belong in the home.

The other thing you have to remember, Garbo, is that these people - the AZ teabillies - are actually evil...With a small "e", which is somehow worse.  For them, life is about telling people what they can and cannot do, with draconian punishments for whomever doesn't agree.  There's a disconnect there, where they believe they are merely showin' the hippies what fer, and not considering - in many cases not CARING - that they're basically turning Arizona into Afghanistan Lite.

What kind of person spends their whole life desperately trying to control everyone elses' behavior?  Evil, crazy people, that's who.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Another note:  We prefer to think of it as "innovation". Our republicans and teabillies are constantly working to find new and better ways to fuck over the female segment of the population.

And they'd better, because there are Pushtun tribes out there that are shitting on women faster and cheaper than they are, and if they want to stay competitive in that market, they have to become more efficient.

[tyrannosaurus vex]

So far I've convinced 3 of my female friends that they should inundate state welfare offices with demands for pregnancy benefits every 2 weeks.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

So far I've convinced 3 of my female friends that they should inundate state welfare offices with demands for pregnancy benefits every 2 weeks.

Problem:  Bureaucrats will simply pitch those, as it is the safest thing to do.

Instead, your friends should write the author of this bill and ask her why she's working while she's pregnant.

[Pope Pixie Pickle]

http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/pregnancy-begins-2-weeks-before-conception-now-the-law-in-arizona/politics/2012/04/13/37993

  Similarly to v3x, I can't feel the horror anymore.  But there's no mirth in there, either.

Of course you can't feel horror.  This is now part of the mainstream cultural belief set.  It is no longer something you COULDN'T expect.

Yeah, I guess so. 

I kind of feel like crying, but it's mostly out of resignation over not being a legal person.

Shhh, little lady... don't say things like that, you'll alienate the menfolk!

for womens in Arizona.
I'm so so so so so glad I never moved there.   Freeky was there much in the way of protest and activism leading up to this?

No. Even my lukewarm attempts at posting all the articles I found to Facebook didnt raise any kind of reaction. I think nobody cares anymore, except people it isn't happening to.

This makes me sad. Reproductive rights are a keystone to women's financial independence, especially in the US where there is less to no safety net compared with Europe. Do you have people who act as escorts at abortion clinics in AZ? Those and student organisations would be a good place to start finding like minds in order to organise. In Michigan when the Democrat lady got shut up for saying vagina they had international media coverage, and Eve Ensler, the writer of the Vagina Monologues, doing a performance of said play ON THE STATE LEGISLATORS STEPS!

Are there any feminist/pro choice groups active in your area? I find it hard to believe that there are No Feminists In Arizona... or am I wishful thinking? Do any of the Uni's and colleges have Women's Studies courses? Facebook is a good tool for activisty types to co-ordinate, but it only seldom gets the uninitiated into activism...

What kind of circumstances would it take for this to be struck down by a court higher than the state level? Would it be covered under Title IX? (do I have the particular document/amendment name right?).

If they want to go the way of Roe Vs Wade being overturned, it'll just mean more dead women, and babies. Because that's all illegal abortion does, is kill women.

[Freeky]

Blah. I just got home from class, and I don't have any answers to your questions even if I weren't bone tired from this legal clusterfuck. Quote this post so I remember to get back to this in the morning.

[Don Coyote]

So, this shiny thing on my ring finger is weird.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

So, this shiny thing on my ring finger is weird.

Aw.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

But it's SHINEY!

Freeky, I had some guy on facebook today sticking up for Paul Ryan saying "rape is just a method of conception" and life is sacred, blah blah blah. I told him I wasn't even going to do the fetus argument this time since the obvious precaution in a rape case would be a morning after pill, and I posted a picture of a zygote. I said if it came down between "killing" a zygote and forcing my daughter to carry a rape baby to term, the zygote's outta here. He said he wasn't going to argue with that, but I know he didn't change his mind. They just refuse to, no matter what. It's some kind of mental illness, I think.