WOMB POLICE?

Women are often the targets of one's unconscious projections (no matter whether you are male or female), and within the social and political realms there's absolutely no exception. In fact, therein lies the greatest assaults and abuse stemming from the unconscious issues of dominantly white males that abuse their power and their journey as humans. The rights and bodies of women even in the 21st century are still being controlled and tampered with.

Franklin I am feeling a growing anger inside of me! So many women have had spontaneous abortions or pregnancy complications within their own private world. Many others are being raped right now and impregnated as I write this blog and abortion is their only choice. Other women around the world are taking the abortive process into their own hands. But no matter what, the choice is hers. The body is hers, the womb is.... you got it.... hers! So why do lawmakers try to get beyond the panties of women every year in their chambers of hell? This happens every year and this year is no exception. Imagine a woman lying in the hospital because she just had complications and an abortion was needed or she is being treated for an abortion gone wrong, or for an other reason related to an abortion, in comes a bunch of police and investigators in her face, interrogating and badgering her.

In Georgia: lawmaker's bill calls for state 'womb police' to investigate all miscarriages, House Representative Bobby Franklin, to be exact. Below is an article by Paula Spaulding which includes excerpts from the proposed bill. What are we women actively doing about this ongoing issue of male-centered sexual definition, rules and standards? What are men who are sensible saying and doing as well? Any ideas or suggestions?

With the current inaugural Womb Wellness Activism in session, we hope to encourage women and men alike to become more involved in the social, political, environmental elements of womb wellness and activism in an effort to build capacity, community and spokemanship around education, awareness and the overall elevation of womb consciousness in our community and among our global family. I know this shitty law will not be passed. But every time the divine feminine spirit of women are tampered with, it sets us back light years and feeds into our already dilemma of ongoing disempowerment and total disrespect!!

Your comments are welcomed! In fact, they are needed! Speak up from the voice of your womb!!

By:
Paula Spaulding:

AAARRRRGGGGHHH! This assault on the bodies of women and their autonomy at the most basic level is thankfully out of the box completely now. We don't have to wonder what the womb controllers of the fringe want to do - anything related to sex (expressions of it), sexuality (anything other than P-I-V, man-woman), fertility (popping out a quiverfull per God's instruction) and the ability to make choices about the care of her body are clearly not the domain of American women.

In Georgia, House Republican Bobby Franklin (R-Marietta-43, bobby.franklin@house.ga.gov; here's his official state Facebook page) has a bright idea - protect the earliest form of "life", even the results of a miscarriage, to ensure the woman isn't up to nefarious deeds. From HB 1,

SECTION 2.14.

Said title is further amended by revising subsection (a) of Code Section 31-10-18, relating to registration of spontaneous fetal deaths, as follows: "(a) A report of spontaneous fetal death for each spontaneous fetal death which occurs in this state shall be filed with the local registrar of the county in which the delivery occurred within 72 hours after such delivery in accordance with this Code section unless the place of fetal death is unknown, in which case a fetal death certificate shall be filed in the county in which the dead fetus was found within 72 hours after such occurrence. All induced terminations of pregnancy shall be reported in the manner prescribed in Code Section 31-10-19. Preparation and filing of reports of spontaneous fetal death shall be as follows:

(1) When a dead fetus is delivered in an institution, the person in charge of the institution or that person's designated representative shall prepare and file the report;

(2) When a dead fetus is delivered outside an institution, the physician in attendance at or immediately after delivery shall prepare and file the report;

(3) When a spontaneous fetal death required to be reported by this Code section occurs without medical attendance at or immediately after the delivery or when inquiry is required by Article 2 of Chapter 16 of Title 45, the 'Georgia Death Investigation Act,' the proper investigating official shall investigate the cause of fetal death and shall prepare and file the report within 30 days; and

(4) When a spontaneous fetal death occurs in a moving conveyance and the fetus is first removed from the conveyance in this state or when a dead fetus is found in this state and the place of fetal death is unknown, the fetal death shall be reported in this state. The place where the fetus was first removed from the conveyance or the dead fetus was found shall be considered the place of fetal death.

The DailyKos diary on this topic laid out some of the situations that challenges Franklin's stupidity, because here are situations where you can't save the life of both fetus and mother:

* What if the woman learns that she has cancer and must terminate the pregnancy in order to get treatment? No exception for that in this bill.

* What about a case where the woman is hemorrhaging, the bleeding can't be stopped and the doctor must save her and abort the fetus? No exception for that.

* What if she has a partial miscarriage, and is bleeding heavily. Must she wait until her body naturally ejects the dead fetus, even though carrying a dead fetus can lead to septic shock? Doesn't sound like there's an exception for that.

* What if it's an ectopic pregnancy? You cannot save the fetus and the mother in such a case.

* What if the woman is told she's carrying an anecephalic fetus with only a brain stem which will be non-viable outside the womb? Must she carry that fetus full-term?

Of course Franklin doesn't think about these matters; he and his cronies are hell-bent on controlling the woman carrying the "zygote, embryo, homunculus, and similar terms" as referred to in the bill. The boldness of GOP lawmakers to dive into these social issues right away shows the distress they have with changes in society, and their desire to reshape it by any means necessary, violating the civil rights of over half of the population.

Besides that -- where is Franklin going to come up with the money to fund this new Georgia Womb Police Division?