Right Wing Idiot of the Day

The North Dakota State Representative Dan Ruby.

Never heard of him? Well, you need to hear all about him.

This numbnut has actually written a bill that would essentially give full "personhood" to any fertilized egg. This misguided fool, in his zeal to outlaw  abortion, has actually crafted a law that will have more negative unintended consequences than anything proposed in many years, if it's taken seriously at all by his fellow representatives in North Dakota. Check out the beginning of this piece of crap:

A BILL for an Act to provide for equality and rights to all human beings at every stage of biological development; to create and enact two new sections to chapter 12.1-17, relating to the crimes of dismemberment and torture; to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 12.1-20-03, section 12.1-20-11, subsection 2 of section 12.1-20-17, and section 12.1-27.2-04.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to penalties for crimes against born alive children; to
provide legislative intent; and to provide a penalty.

Do you get that, folks? First off, check out the "every stage of biological development" phrase. Talk about draconian. That gives full human rights to every single fertilized egg. Think that's funny and sad? Well, it's not. What it means is simple; an overzealous cop or prosecutor can throw a woman in jail for taking a "morning after" pill. It could technically make the birth control pill illegal., since most birth control pills essentially cause a miscarriage. It could actually create a situation in which a woman is tried for manslaughter for a miscarriage, especially if she didn't realize she was pregnant, and didn't take her prenatal vitamins. And how would you like to be involved in a fender bender with a  woman at some point, and have some woman make a claim in court that she was two weeks pregnant, and produces a blastocyst to prove you guilty of wrongful death?

Not only that, but what does that do to stem cell research? Hell; who's responsible if an attempt at in vitro fertilization doesn't take? 

What the hell is wrong with these people? 

Well, consider the source.

First of all, he's a man. That should automatically disqualify him from writing reproduction legislation. Second of all, he's a proud member of the Roman Catholic Church, and has – are you ready? – TEN kids. And look at him; he LOOKS like a prig who would try to tell women to stay pregnant against their will, even though he probably doesn't understand how babies are made, anyway.

I know it looks like I'm making light of this, but I'm not. This is a very dangerous precedent that could take hold in a country where half the goddamn judges are right wing hacks. We have to fight this sort of thing, and fight it hard!

And by the way, this bill has already passed the North Dakota House 51-41, and is now being considered in the Senate. Time for action on this should have been weeks ago.

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