Welcome in....unless you have a uterus (English)

Lately there has been  alot to about women’s  rights in the United States of America. Or rather, the deprivation of those rights by Republican politicians.

The US may have a Democratic President, in a lot of States the Governor is a Republican and the Republicans have a majority in the State Assembly and/or  State Senate.

The ultra-conservative and religious part of he Republican party is fighting fiercely against abortion and leave no opportunity unused to make it impossible for abortion clinics to do their work.

For example, a law was passed in the state of Wisconsin and signed by Governor Scot Walker, who was also eager to put a ban on teacher’s unions into law, which requires women that want an abortion to undergo a mandatory ultrasound. And with “ultrasound”you might think about a device on which you put some gel and which then slides over your belly to show the inside of your belly on a monitor. I thought so too, but it’s a little different, actually, it’s a lot different.

The law requires women to undergo a procedure in which a 10 inch metal wand is inserted into the vagina without any medical reason and wether she likes it or not.

This procedure comes very close to what the FBI defines as rape.

And then the Republicans still wonder why so few women voted for them…..

Moreover, the law in Wisconsin, but also similar laws in Ohio, North Carolina, Mississippi and elsewhere mean that almost no abortion clinic, usually run by the organization named Planned Parenthood, remains.

And how far this goes: in the Texas  Senate, during the discussion about the law, women were not aloud to take tampons or pads with on the public gallery. They might throw them towards Republican Senators….. Believe it or not, but State Troopers searched the bags. Then again, it still Texas, so guns weren’t a problem at all.

Incidentally, this policy, by non-republicans often refereed to as The War on Women, inspires creative individuals and so you can see the following sign while driving into the State of North Carolina.