Back with new patches, which are $5 cheaper with D's insurance than with my last one, and they are thinner, smaller and even less obtrusive than I remembered.

HELL YEAH.

I looked at CNN -- link to OK info, please? I can't find anything.

Here, Erin: [link]

Oh, hell NO.

I am appalled, and disgusted. It's bad enough, but the part about forcing rape and incest victims to do so as well? That's another violation, and perhaps even more traumatic than the first victimization.

That, to me, is a human rights violation. That's torturous, lacks compassion, sense, mercy....GOD.

Fuck you, OK legislators. Fuck you with a giant stick infected with syphilis, and I'ma make you kiss it afterwards and call it George. You smug, self-righteous, shit-eating rat-bastards.

Erin, here's the New York Times article:

The Oklahoma Legislature voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to override vetoes of two highly restrictive abortion measures, one making it a law that women undergo an ultrasound and listen to a detailed description of the fetus before having an abortion.

Though other states have passed similar measures forcing women to have ultrasounds, Oklahoma’s law goes further, requiring a doctor or technician to set up the monitor where the woman can see it and describe the heart, limbs and organs of the fetus. No exceptions are made for rape and incest victims.

The second measure passed into law Tuesday protects doctors from malpractice suits if they decide not to inform the parents of a unborn baby that the fetus has birth defects. The intent of the bill is to prevent parents from later suing doctors who withhold information to try to influence them against having an abortion.

It's pretty fucking horrifying. And there's another one making its way through the OK legislature right now that would require women seeking abortions to fill out a long questionnaire about why they want to have an abortion AND THEN THE RESULTS WOULD BE POSTED ONLINE. (With identifying details removed, but still. Just unbelievable.)

eta: inevitable x-post

With names, Kate? OMG. OMG. Where's the mandated scarlet A? Where the pillory and scourging in the public square? Jesus wept, and Buddha groaned.

I'm going straight to OK's Planned Parenthood site, and donating money.

I thought the while ultrasound thing was messy, but whatever--the part that shocked me more was that the doctor can LIE to you about whether the baby has birth defects, and you can't sue!! It is NOT the doctors decision, except apparently in Oklahoma it is.

I find the second law, the one protecting doctors who decide to withhold information about the fetus, to be a much bigger problem. I mean, would they consider it at all appropriate for a doctor to do in other circumstances? To not inform a patient of the risks of surgery, or withhold information regarding the patient's diagnosis?

HMOG. Epic fucking fail OK. Epic fail.

IOmemeNews: Somehow, in the face of all the bullshit and stress and general douchieness that was brought into my life by my asshole uncle, I managed to get two A's and an A- (and a PASS) in my classes this semester!! Woohoo go me!!

You know I'm really pissed at people who are all HANDS OFF MY HEALTHCARE YOU SOCIALIST BASTARDS

also THE GOVERNMENT IS TOO BIG YOU FACIST BASTARDS

and then support legislation to limit women's access to abortions and other health care.

I wish they'd just be honest, I want government to stay out of my life, but I want the government to control the lives of those I don't agree with.

But that's probably too rational a statement for most of them.