Oh no…pregnancy would be a sacred duty, only to be carried out by men…face it guys: the power of co-creating and sustaining another life in one’s body is just too alluring, ain’t it?..
…if you can get past the can-occur-any-time-of-day nausea, the hormonal fits and starts, the swollen ankles {when one’s still slim enough to see one’s ankles}, and the weight gain, that is.
Oh wait, “Rabbit Test” from 1978, directed by Joan Rivers and starring Billy Crystal…
My hope is that funeral directors in Texas band together and take the remains they’re expected to dispose of and do so without charge, discreetly and very quietly. If they want proof, make it up.
If funeral directors aren’t willing to foot the bill for these “funerals” then ideally the legislators should. If they don’t understand the ethical and emotional consequences of what they’re proposing maybe they’ll understand the financial aspect.
Of course I know how unlikely that is–there’s a greater chance I’ll rectally generate primates.
Could we get some fake news posts about how under Muslim law burials for embryos are required and that these lawmakers are secretly being pressured by Obama to begin implementing Sharia law in his last days?
17% sounds very low. I think it’s closer to 30% (and rising since the average as age of women having children keeps going up). Either way, this would only emphasize your real point - that this law would make a really noticeable percentage of funerals be the result of miscarriages.
Bill Hicks did a segment towards the end of Rant in E Minor, explaining in great detail that your children are not special, and going into… hilarious (and definitely NSFW) detail explaining why that I suspect a lot of people in Texas need to hear. Although they’d probably just (or rather would have) remind(ed) Bill he’s going to hell.
I would say “and nothing of value was lost” but I know someone who’s stuck chooses to live in Mississippi and I’d hate to see them go. Besides, let them float around in the Gulf and they’d probably take over Mexico.
I have friends and relatives in TX, some by choice, some because they would have trouble moving. I’m pretty sure they are outnumbered by the batshit-crazy Texans (on the spectrum of ‘walk away slowly, don’t make eye contact’ to ‘happy they are my friend/relative’) but are trying to make a difference, or at least not draw unwanted attention, and am not willing to write them off just yet.
These laws are about control. Controlling women, controlling non-procreative sex and maintaining the chain of patriarchy down to the family unit, all to maintain status-quo power, control and income. Promoters of these laws are lying to and using the public for their own benefit.
