Tuesday, May 24, 2011

prepare for your rape ladies like men do for flat tires

Kansas just passed a law that insurance companies cannot pay for abortions in general policies, only through a single subject policy, an abortion policy.  You have to ask for and pay separately for an abortion policy, which so far as I know does not exist in the industry.

However, one pro-choice Republican, state Rep. Barbara Bollier, feared that Republicans were cutting off “a way for women to cover the cost of terminating pregnancies” — particularly when they’re unintended. During the House debate, she “questioned whether women would buy abortion-only policies long before they have crisis or unwanted pregnancies or are rape victims.” But state Rep. Pete DeGraaf (R) was ready with a shocking retort. DeGraaf said women should plan ahead for situations such as rape because, after all, “I have a spare tire on my car“:

During the House’s debate, Rep. Pete DeGraaf, a Mulvane Republican who supports the bill, told [Bollier]: “We do need to plan ahead, don’t we, in life?”
Bollier asked him, “And so women need to plan ahead for issues that they have no control over with a pregnancy?”
DeGraaf drew groans of protest from some House members when he responded, “I have spare tire on my car.”
“I also have life insurance,” he added. “I have a lot of things that I plan ahead for.”
DeGraaf’s belief that women should plan and prepare for their own rape is more than groan-worthy, it’s woefully out-of-touch. As Jezebel’s Margaret Hartmann notes, DeGraaf is basically telling sexual assault victims that “the state isn’t AAA” so a Kansas woman is responsible for the consequences of her attacker. And by comparing it to life insurance, DeGraaf goes further to insinuate that rape is as inevitable as death.

Email Pete, thank him for telling the nation that in Kansas the fun is over, get raped, make the best of it. Oh, keep it civil.

11 comments:

  1. So much of the abortion issue involves these incomplete arguments. Is this the "real" debate? Of course not. The "right" has the issue pulled so far to the right that even if they "lose" they haven't lost.

    "All right, all right. Abortion in the case of rape, OK. But no others!" Which is not QUITE what Roe v. Wade decided.

    We need someone (Obama?) to take a stand, here. Maybe Obama in his second term. "OK people, here's the deal. Roe v. Wade is established law, has been for 38 years. You don't have to 'like' abortions. As far as I know, no one does. But, prior to 'viability,' a fetus is not a 'baby,' and does not have legal rights as a person.

    "As far as tax dollars being used: nobody likes every government expenditure. Tell yourself that YOUR money is being spent on the programs you support."

    Think that'll ever happen?

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  2. email sent...
    informing the gentleman of what a moron he must be.
    plus some other "tabisisims"

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  3. email sent. Same as Tab, I informed him of what a moron he is...

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  5. Fringe:

    What DeGraff said makes perfect sense to the lunatic fringe.

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  6. NAC
    I wouldn't know what might happen in this place. I wouldn't put a bet down on any of it. Kansas is full of nuts. Just 45 days ago we had another state rep suggesting we shoot Mexicans from helicopters like feral hogs. These two examples are not that unusual. I go to lunch with businessmen who talk openly about the wish someone will shoot democrats, I hate this fucking place.

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  7. Illumination Guy,
    We did. (well not me actually, I was one of the 20 or 30% who vote democrat the last few elections)

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  8. TAB
    Your a wordsmyth, I'm sure you spun a colorful tale.

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  9. Postman,
    Thanks, I have trouble getting into your post site sometimes, I visit when I can.

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  10. Whit,
    Correct, he is unlikely to lose a supporter on this, infact the attacks will most likely fill his campaign chest.

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  11. They should castrate this guy, to prepare for the day that he might decide to rape someone. See how he likes them apples.

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