John Boehner, Republican House Majority leader. Leading the war on women, in his God's name.
This is perhaps the most shocking piece of news I've seen today, or even in recent memory. In the US today the House of Representatives passed H.R. 358 - a bill that allows health industry staff to allow a woman to die rather than perform a life-saving termination. The House Republicans call it the 'Protect Life Bill' without ever pausing to appreciate the black irony of what they're doing.
Elsewhere in the US, this has been referred to as the 'Let Women Die' Bill. You can read about it here.
After the jump, I let out some unholy cathartic rage about this bill. Yes, it is about religion. Yes, the people who supported this bill call themselves Christian. Yes, it was supported by American religious organisations. Don't pretend or infer that this bill wasn't a missile fired from the heart of the God camp right into the rights of women to live and control their reproduction. It is not for any other purpose than the furtherance of ideology.
Update: Alternet ran this piece discussing the sheer hypocrisy of the US Council of Bishops who lobbied heavily for hr 358. And more on the GOP policy of woman-hating here.
