Is Using An IUD The Same As Abortion?

As I was driving the other day, I was listening to a Sisriux FM channel, and they were covering a hearing from the Louisiana House of reps, where a legislator was arguing that an IUD is akin to murdering a child, and wanted it added to the list of things a woman would be accused of (murder), if she chose an IUD.

His argument was that an IUD works by preventing a fertilized egg from sticking to the uterus wall, therefore it's killing a baby, because a sperm fertilized an egg and the IUD aborts it.

I thought I was in the Twilight Zone. A Democrat legislator was trying to argue that this makes no sense....

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Pinkstarburst · F

There was a senator several years ago who stated a woman can only get pregnant if she orgasms, hence, if she gets pregnant and “claims” rape she is lying because she enjoyed it.

Or, there’s the one who said treating an ectopic pregnancy is abortion and should not be treated.

Women, and men who love their women, should fear for their future reproductive rights and safety.

Northwest · M

@Pinkstarburst

There was a senator several years ago who stated a woman can only get pregnant if she orgasms, hence, if she gets pregnant and “claims” rape she is lying because she enjoyed it.

That would be the late Todd "If it's legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut the whole thing down" Akin, a Republican from Missouri. He Missouri's 2nd congressional district from 2001 to 2013. He declared, when he was campaigning for the US Senate, that rape/pregnancy is legitimate if a woman wants it. He died last year, but prescribed to medieval medical beliefs.

Or, there’s the one who said treating an ectopic pregnancy is abortion and should not be treated.

That would be Missouri state representative Brian Seitz introduced HB 2810 back in March.

Women, and men who love their women, should fear for their future reproductive rights and safety.

Yes they should.

Pinkstarburst · F

@Northwest Thank you for the leg work. I always remember their statements but can never remember their names.

Northwest · M

@Pinkstarburst I remember the coverage from the time he made that statement, during the run-up to the 2012 elections.

It's easy to dismiss it as individual lunacy, but these types of statements are typically the tip if the iceberg. I fear the part that's going to rip the Titanic apart.