Ohio State Rep. John Adams (R-Sidney) is our Misogynist of the Week. The old time patriarch has introduced a bill which would mandate that women seeking abortions must have the written permission of a man before they think about going begging to the state for their constitutional rights.
But isn't the Republican control freak refreshingly honest when it comes to expressing his party's contempt for women?
The proposed Women Are Chattel law reads like the Male Supremacy glory days of the 19th century:
[N]o person shall perform or induce an abortion on a pregnant woman without the written informed consent of the father of the fetus. . .
A pregnant woman seeking to abort her pregnancy shall provide, in writing, the identity of the father of the fetus to the person who is to perform or induce the abortion. . .
No person shall cause a man to believe that the man is the father of a fetus for the purpose of obtaining the consent required by division (B)(1) or (2) of this section, if the person knows that the man is not the father of the fetus.
Next week, expect our Misogynist of the Week to introduce legislation mandating that women cannot drive cars without permission from husbands and fathers. But we think some of the women of Ohio might want to save themselves some time and trouble by just getting permission from the one man who counts the most by naming Rep. John Adams as the 'father of all fetuses.'
The Columbus Dispatch via Progress Ohio:
No Ohio woman should be able to get an abortion without the permission of her unborn fetus' would-be father, according to a new bill. Don't know who dad is? Well, no abortion then. Dad's a rapist? Well, that's different -- just bring a copy of the police report to show the doc.
Such is the upshot of legislation introduced in the Ohio House today by Rep. John Adams, a Sidney Republican. It is the second anti-abortion bill introduced this month.
Under Adams’ proposal, a woman seeking an abortion must provide the name of the unborn fetus’ father, who then must give written consent for the procedure. Not knowing the father is no excuse and women who try and lie or doctors who perform abortions without permission of the father could be charged with “abortion fraud," a fifth-degree felony punishable by up to a year in jail and $2,500 in fines.
The U.S. Supreme Court has found paternal consent requirements unconstitutional because they place an “undue burden” on the woman. But in the wake of a few recent appointments by President Bush, the court seems to have shifted in a more conservative direction, giving rise to speculation that a new majority may be willing to reverse its earlier decisions on such abortion restrictions.
State Rep. John Adams -- Telephone: (614) 466-1507; Fax : (614) 719-3978; Email Address: district78@ohr.state.oh.us
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