Unborn child to ‘testify’ on Ohio abortion bill

jhameia:

kiriamaya:

thecurvature:

jonathan-cunningham:

informate:

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A fetus has been scheduled as a legislative witness in Ohio on a unique bill that proposes outlawing abortions after the first heartbeat can be medically detected.

Faith2Action, the anti-abortion group that has targeted Ohio to pilot the measure, called the in-utero witness the youngest to ever come before the House Health Committee at 9 weeks old.

Faith2Action president Janet Folger Porter said the intent is to show lawmakers who will be affected by the bill, which abortion rights groups oppose. Ohio Right to Life has not endorsed the measure.

An aide to committee Chairman Lynn Wachtmann said a pregnant woman will be brought before the committee and an ultrasound image of her uterus will be projected onto a screen. The heartbeat of the fetus will be visible in color.

- Dayton Daily News & Other Sources

This is so ridiculous I don’t even know how to address it.

Does anyone else remember the short-lived sitcom That’s My Bush? I don’t know how it holds up as a whole now, but I do remember that in one episode, Bush had an important meeting with an anti-abortion organization. The head of the organization turned out to actually be an aborted fetus, who was really, really pissed off about being aborted.

That’s what this reminded me of.

Yeah, I thought of that too.

Seriously, though… what is this supposed to prove? That fetuses at a certain stage of development have beating hearts? Is anyone denying this?

Apparently a beating heart = humanity and therefore trumps the right of the mother?

How they are going to make sure the fetus is telling the Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothing But The Truth? I wonder if you need to liquify the Bible and inject it into the amniotic sac? I wonder if the fetus knows it has to swear properly before we can accept its testimony? What if the fetus is atheist? Or gasp, Muslim?

I also wonder if they can get an interpreter for the fetus? Someone needs to translate from gurgle gurgle kick to the lingua franca of court. Does anyone even speak fetus? Do we have a Rosetta Stone course that I can download off the internet and teach myself fetus-speak?

I am terribly curious O Lawmakers of Ohio. Please to be enlightening this brownperson.

P.S. Are we going to be accepting testimony from sperm also? Stem cells? I must know.

∞Posted on March 2, 2011

Reblogged from: Merf. Thinking is Hard.

Source: informate

Notes: 413 notes

Tags: reproductive rights,

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  1. divinityphotography reblogged this from mybabyisaverage
  2. vinylsticker reblogged this from asshatexpress and added:
    what the what?
  3. brutallynude reblogged this from aniimosity and added:
    are… are… …I’m literally starting to think “death to all Republicans” is solid policy and it’s scaring the hell out of...
  4. readnfight reblogged this from kiriamaya and added:
    First thing that came to mind was the evil brain in a jar supervillain from the original Ninja Turtles cartoon. Maybe I...
  5. aestheticillicit reblogged this from whodreamedit and added:
    Excuse me while I go and vomit.
  6. hatofass reblogged this from misamdry
  7. todaylour reblogged this from informate and added:
    Seriously? However moving this may appear to...it still does not change
  8. thesoftberet reblogged this from thenoobyorker and added:
    what the actual fuck?
  9. enujoh reblogged this from bowfolk and added:
    …………………………
  10. taupetraitor reblogged this from metal-tan and added:
    Shit man, in fucking COLOR?
  11. recursiverecursion reblogged this from merosezah
  12. merosezah reblogged this from pantslessprogressive
  13. other-stuff reblogged this from jonathan-cunningham and added:
    I am ready to encourage my state to secede.
  14. whodreamedit reblogged this from femmenistfatale and added:
    WHAT?
  15. mizzchelle reblogged this from robot-heart-politics and added:
    I can’t wait to hear what the fetus has to say!
  16. sometimesifindstuffinteresting reblogged this from amanda-gayfried and added:
    A+
  17. rayyycharles reblogged this from nealio9 and added:
    wtf columbus.
  18. little-hiding-owl reblogged this from thesadnessofpencils and added:
    I was so sure this was from The Onion when I was reading it….. What the fuck?
  19. dignified-and-old reblogged this from amanda-gayfried
  20. beautefantasy reblogged this from thestillmorning and added:
    …and how is this supposed to work exactly?
  21. quixotess reblogged this from jhameia
  22. lord-kitschener reblogged this from jhenne-bean
  23. yuuana reblogged this from asshatexpress
  24. merrymack reblogged this from bowfolk
  25. schoolofstitchcraft reblogged this from craneyum and added:
    You mean THAT’S what a fetus is?! Oh, I had no idea!! Well that changes everything, I’ve gotta be pro-life now!
  26. youormeamplified reblogged this from damnitdisney
  27. damnitdisney reblogged this from kungfucarrie
  28. kungfucarrie reblogged this from robot-heart-politics and added:
    UMMMMM…you have to be a person to testify, yes? Fetus =/=person.
  29. plsno reblogged this from informate
  30. ivyxxx reblogged this from informate and added:
    this even possible? How can...testify? I… just what?
  31. nealio9 reblogged this from jonathan-cunningham and added:
    It’s okay guys; my neurons are testifying after the fetus about...they totally let me...
  32. coeurdesfeuilles reblogged this from likeawraith and added:
    ^ seriously. I…what. like, shit, I have problems with children under 10 (or even 13) testifying because of how insanely...
  33. jhameia reblogged this from kiriamaya and added:
    Apparently a beating heart = humanity and therefore trumps the right of the mother?
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