Just A Reminder…

My latest op-ed mentions Monty Python and Tweedledum & Tweedledee but also a deep dive into the media coverage of this story:

Ohio Rape Victim Saga Shows Pundits and Politicians Shouldn’t Launch Witch Hunts Before Figuring Out If Witchery is Even Afoot https://t.co/vriECIMvgF

— Sarah Rumpf 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@rumpfshaker) July 16, 2022

The number of teen births have been declining in recent years, but the U.S. Census Bureau reports that American girls under the age of 15 gave birth to nearly 1,800 children in 2020. CDC data shows 1,410 girls under the age of 15 had abortions in the U.S. in 2019. In Ohio alone, the state department of health reported 52 girls under the age of 15 had abortions in 2020. 

Teen mothers face a higher risk of many pregnancy complications, and the dangers increase with younger maternal age. 

Their little bodies might be able to menstruate but are ill-equipped to carry a child to term and safely give birth. The pelvic floor reaches its full adult width in the late teenage years, meaning some young mothers simply cannot push a baby through the birth canal, a brutal death for both mother and baby. The girls who do live through the ordeal can suffer catastrophic, crippling injuries. Even if a Caesarean section is planned, the underage mother’s cardiovascular system will be under immense strain throughout the pregnancy and the placenta will nourish the fetus by leaching calcium and other nutrients the girl desperately needs to survive, not to mention finish her growth and development.

Jim Bopp said this young girl who, I repeat, is considered incapable of making life changing decisions as a matter of law, (as Bopp knows because he is a lawyer and understands the legal term “minor”), should have made the choice to carry her rapist’s baby to term. Even though it was likely to kill her or destroy her life.

Pretty much based on the pre-medieval idea that the woman is just “soil” receiving the “seed” of the male, creating a duty to nurture it at all costs.

These people are literally not fit to live among civilized society.