New state law forces doctors to tell women considering abortions that the procedure incurs a greater risk for breast cancer. In related news, lying is now an okay thing to do.
Indiana’s government has its eye on your vagina, and it will tell you anything to get what it wants.
On last night’s episode of “Rachel Maddow,” the MSNBC host aired her grievances with the Indiana legislature and House Bill 1210, which “will make Indiana one of the most pro-life states in the nation.” This feat is accomplished through lying.
In addition to shortening the window for legal abortions following conception, Bill 1210 also requires doctors to tell their patients that abortion increases the risk of breast cancer in women. As Maddow points out in the following clip, that’s patently false.
(Note: In the clip, Maddow also tells the one about the Florida Democrat who got in trouble for saying “uterus” in front of the legislature, presumably because such things are icky.)
Links between the procedure and cancer have been studied for over 50 years. A state government telling its residents that abortion causes breast cancer is exactly the opposite of what the federal government, the American Cancer Society, and countless medical experts say: There is no evidence of any association. The only organizations touting a connection host websites like AbortionBreastCancer.com, which looks like the Xanga I had in middle school and features such illuminating explainers as “Estrogen — ‘The Smoking Gun.’” Please, go on.
The part of Indiana’s legislation that makes me most proud to be an American is its complete and purposeful ignorance of scientific fact. According to the Indianapolis Star, Democratic State Senator Vi Simpson had proposed an amendment that would require information given to women to be “medically and scientifically accurate.” That amendment was struck down.
Did I need to tell you this was a Republican-controlled legislature? If you hadn’t figure it out by now, that last paragraph should have left no doubt.
So now Indiana doctors will be required by law to lie to their patients instead. Fetuses (or “pain-capable children,” as the state’s anti-abortion lobby apparently refers to them) have a right to life, but pregnant women don’t have a right to reality.
Maddow hit the nail on the head with this one, also bringing to light the vast array of pro-life legislation currently on the docket in other states. It paints a sobering picture of the future of reproductive rights at a time when every other feature of the social safety net seems endangered in capitol buildings across the country. What a time to be alive.
April 06, 2011 at 5:09 pm, Jitterbug said:
Reproductive rights? You have a choice between having sex and not having sex. That IS YOUR RIGHT…..what happens afterward is GOD’S PLAN. Life is not disposable.
April 22, 2011 at 9:03 pm, Charleston said:
You’re an idiot. God has nothing to do with rights other than the right to freely express your religion. It is a woman’s right to have an abortion. Is there no separation of church and state in this country? Shame on you.
Not to mention, is it a woman’s choice to be raped? Please, go get an education.
April 06, 2011 at 9:03 pm, john charles webb jr said:
The term “Pro-Life”
is euphemistic bullsh*t :
If men had the babies then abortion would be a sacrament :
The fetus does not become ‘a citizen’ until it is ‘viable’ and, as such , is able to live outside (unassisted) of the womb :
The Capitali$tS …. want you to have mucho kiddies
so use deception and involuntary servitude
to intrude into the bodies of women :
Neanderthal :
April 06, 2011 at 9:15 pm, john charles webb jr said:
the true cause of breast cancer ….
is NOT BEING ABLE TO LEGALLY (in most locations in the U.S.)
bare your breasts on the beach and celebrate one’s freedom :
we are the most ‘diseased’ where the Sun does not shine .
April 07, 2011 at 11:45 am, Crit_74 said:
“capitol buildings” is redundant.
October 14, 2011 at 1:58 am, Cdragul said:
Rachel.please do not continueto call the anti choice,enforced pregnanacy people pro life.They are pro birth.We must not use their language.
October 22, 2011 at 2:16 pm, David Lee said:
Rachel:
Your informative show is a delight for me to find after years of underfunded Republican twaddle. There can be no more important content than the attack on women’s health brought on by conservative voices, primarily Republican. They are what I call the moral moronity. What goes around comes around in the case of underfunded But please don’t believe that only women are impacted by the ignorance. Males are hit with the demand that they support kids, especially when they may be among several suspects.
Oh, and your Health 101 class on human reproduction the other night was both outstanding, and very needed.
David Lee
2819 E. Dublin -Granville Rd. Apt. 303
Columbus. OH 43213
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July 11, 2012 at 1:23 am, Karen Boyette said:
these rapid anti-abortionists want victims of rape and/or incest to be forced to give birth. Truth be known, many of them are against birth control too. And against women's rights as well. But, heaven forbid, once an unwanted or fatally diseased baby is born, these anti-abortionists (who seem to all support war, the death penalty, the "right" for all to "bear arms" – including any and all guns which are NOT used for hunting animals which are not endangered and can be eaten. I am not against hunting for food at all) do not give a damn at all. Those unwanted children do not matter one iota to those who claim to be "pro-life". Am I surprised! NYET!
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