Have you heard about this horrific anti-abortion bill out of Missouri?

Missouri house bill 2810 would make abortion at 10 weeks a Class A felony. That means 10-30 years in prison. It also criminalizes abortion for ectopic pregnancies. This is a pregnancy where the fertilized egg implants outside the uterus. It is nonviable and there’s no medical science or technology to change that. Ectopic pregnancies are so dangerous for women that they are the cause of 10% of all pregnancy-related deaths and the leading cause of death in the first trimester. So the Missouri GOP is giving women a choice to either die or spend 30 years in prison. Draconian.

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Graylight · 51-55, F

And one Missouri lawmaker wants to (idiotically and impossibly) make it a felony to seek an abortion out of state.

This country's top jobs are built on a tradition of vetting higher education (preferably master's degrees and higher), background checks, ethical standards comparisons, demonstrated accomplishments, even psychological background. But when it comes to politicians, any useful idiot will do. Experience? Not required. Education? Not required? Understanding of basic US and Constitutional law? No required. Experience in legislation, analytics, diplomacy, project management? Nope, not needed.

If you open a pool to the lowest hanging fruit, that fruit will find a way to float.

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Bushranger · 70-79, M

@Graylight It's not only fruit and cream that floats.

Graylight · 51-55, F

@Randi1125 Very true. And just this morning? Idaho's new termination limit for abortions will be 6 weeks, which every woman knows is essentially banning abortion. Except they didn't, and why not? A provision holds that males in a woman's life who chooses abortion may sue abortion providers.

The Idaho bill, similarly titled a “heartbeat bill,” allows family members of what the legislation calls “a preborn child” to sue the abortion provider, and establishes a reward of at least $20,000, plus legal fees. It allows lawsuits against providers for up to four years after an abortion.

The Texas law, considered the strictest in the nation, allows no exceptions for women who are victims of rape or incest. The Idaho bill provides an exception but requires women to file a police report and show it to the provider before they can get an abortion. Neither state would prosecute women who have an abortion. NYT

Why write the law this way instead of simply banning abortion? Two reasons, I believe. 1) Punitive malice toward anyone who doesn't support their position and acts as such and 2) the option for financial gain to men in a situation that has nothing to do with them.

In 2014, 468 restrictions intended to limit, control or otherwise regulate women's reproductive rights. How many legislating men's bodies in that same time? Zero.

The part of small government is restricting and legislating on everything from education to TV to health to voting. That's not a government for and by the people. That's a government that uses its own citizens as food.