Bostonist: Mitt's March to the White House Continues

alan

Fri, 10 Mar 2006 16:50:44 -0500

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Chris

Wed, 27 Jul 2005 14:00:07 -0500

Ha. You said "no effect on anyone else" AND "no potential to harm others." Ms. Robert's is gonna be pissed and, more importantly, so is her husband.

Josh

Wed, 27 Jul 2005 11:22:28 -0500

Obviously, I agree that Romney's position is dumb, but saying that "all these men" shouldn't legislate on matters that only affect women is a little off the mark, I think. (I'm sure you wouldn't happily accept abortion restrictions if they were drafted and approved only by women - nor should you.) The important issue, when it comes to abortion and other privacy-related questions, is the ability of the government to control personal decisions that have no effect on anyone else - the theory being that a person shouldn't be restricted in taking actions with no potential to harm others. If the anti-abortion movement were championed exclusively by female legislators, it would still be an unconstitutional contraint on personal liberty. Of course, the fact that the majority of legislators and leaders has always been men surely affects the tenor and substance of this debate. But why attack a policy based on who supports it when you can rely on independently strong rationales for your position?

honey bunny

Wed, 27 Jul 2005 09:44:36 -0500

this is quite disturbing to me. it angers me to no end that all these men are making laws that end up hurting women in the long run. no man has any idea what we go through when it comes to our sexuality, and none of them know "what's best" for me and my vagina. this crap needs to stop. buti fear that it never will.

Josh

Tue, 26 Jul 2005 22:45:47 -0500

The legislative session usually runs, if I'm not mistaken, till July 31, but that's Sunday, so really the legislature has until Friday. I'd imagine, since both houses of the legislature are in agreement on the form of the law, it shouldn't be too hard for them to get it done this week, especially since that means a rebuke for Romney.

kait jarboe

Tue, 26 Jul 2005 22:23:26 -0500

and how. mit is a dork. and his exceptions to his "prolife" viewpoint are in cases of "incest, rape, or life of the mother" sort of things. what is she cant afford a child? what if she's underage? what if what if what if. sex is such a sensitive subject, and its not like theres two categories of good, christian, marriage bound sex and filthy, devious incest and rape. sometimes a very loving, very stable couple accidentally gets pregnant. i could keep ranting. still, i get very frustrated about a bunch of men in control of a nation of women. im not making this a feminazi issue, but i seriously find it weird that they have that kind of power. eerg... [/rant]

Elisabeth

Tue, 26 Jul 2005 22:05:28 -0500

"plan B" is technically an overdose of birth control pills, I believe, in a certain combination. As someone who has taken it a couple of times, and generally in cases where I was being paranoid, access should be improved, particularly for those who don't have health care. (again, guilty.) It's really frustrating to read hypocritical quotes from Mitt because it's like, Dude? You don't have a vagina. It's not as if it's an option that women seek out. It's very unpleasant! You will likely barf! I'm glad you posted something because I'm relatively incoherent in regards to that. Will the bill still go through or now is it stuck in legislature until 2008?