In her article, Jenny Hollingsworth states that Georgia lawmaker is trying to pass a bill that states that if a woman has a miscarriage, she could potentially face jail time or the death penalty.
This blew my mind. Scientifically and logically, Bobby Franklin's argument that a woman is responsible for her miscarrying her own child does not make any sense. Miscarriages are a way of letting the body know that something is physically wrong and our bodies are not prepared or the baby itself is not healthy enough to continue growth. I firmly agree that he does sound like "the most ignorant person I have heard of in a long time." He is pretty much a sexist idiot, in my eyes. Knowing what a woman physically goes through emotionally and physically during a miscarriage is without a doubt something that can only be determined by she herself. Male physicians and scientists can only base their educated assumptions on statistics and precedents.
I am also, highly offended by this bill and couldn't agree with Jenny more. She states in her article that, "As if having a miscarriage is hard enough on a woman, lets add some ridiculous nonsense into the pot," and I think this could not be any more right on the money. Miscarriages are without a doubt traumatic, emotionally and physically, for any woman in her right mind.
Granted, there may be situations where a child has been placed in harmful situation and that has caused a miscarriage. The logical route to address these situations would be to further investigate, not automatically assume that a woman is being malevolent. The relationship between a mother and child is sacred, and typically drugs and alcohol are the only factors that would cause a woman to be jaded enough to harm their own child. Either that or just pure psychological impairment. Regardless, if there is any doubt that any of these may be possibilities, ideally a physician would be smart enough to address it and call Social Services or the police department.
His argument is no way supported by sufficient evidence and he himself, sounds psychologically impaired. I could go on and on about how greatly Jenny has expressed her article that he is a jackass but I'm going to go ahead and just say that she pretty much just hit it right on the money, with the "I wish Bobby Franklin had ovaries" title. Great commentary.
In her article (which she describes as whining, but I label as brilliance), Mallorie R. describes her problem with government assistance. While you can definitely sense her irritation, she cleverly composes her commentary on the "fashionably tasteless person that looks like they've spent more money on their outfit than their childrens, pay for groceries using government assistance and then use their own money to buy alcohol." I completely agree with her, but if I were to verbalize my point of view, there would be a great deal of racially stereotypical comments.
ReplyDeleteShe continues to describe her difficulty in filing for unemployment, which I feel is a situation which justified government assistance as a stepping stone in the transition back to a civilian. I have a family member receiving government assistance, and definitely would have an earful to tell her if she took blatant advantage of a system designed to better your well-being. I've seen people receiving the same assistance, who either have a pathetic job or none at all, and use this aid to fund their bad habits. Congrats! Get assistance in groceries, so you can spend money on booze and weed, while you live in income based housing, and raise kids who are likely to end up in the same situation as you. Way to have some purpose in life. (I couldn't stop myself, there's my short rant on the subject.)
Mallorie also provides some solutions to help determine if those receiving assistance are even attempting to better themselves, such as drug testing and oversight of those in this programs.
This article has flow. It explains her argument, provides her own experience, and proposes some solutions. Not much to critique, I think she did an excellent job.