number of the day: 6

That's the number of states that have passed recent legislation banning abortion past 20 weeks - and more states are set to follow. Great. Getting into a discussion about this arbitrary date would be ridiculous, and a waste of my time, but I am just going to gently point out that a FETUS ISN'T EVEN VIABLE AT 20 WEEKS. Not to mention wondering what we as a society are doing when we put the autonomy of a non-vialbe 20week fetus over the autonomy of the pregnant woman. But I digress.

After Ohio's women-killing bill, there is a glimmer of ... something, in Missouri's bill, passed Thursday. Because, see, unlike the Ohio bill, in Missouri, if the life of the woman is in danger, or if being pregnant will cause substantial injury to her major bodily functions, then an abortion is okay.

It's still women-killing, extremist, and, make no mistake, Gov Nixon is a coward for not signing his name to the bill and instead letting it pass without his signature.

But at least Missouri puts some of the rights and health of women above Ohio. Not that Missouri is much better at all. But in this crazy war on women, I have to find something to latch to. Because see, sooner or later we're going to realise, as a society, that you cannot recognise the autonomy of one women who is 20weeks pregnant, and not the other who is also 20 weeks pregnant. This could backfire, and we could have more Ohio bills which scream 'hey, let's kill women', but I'm hopeful that's not the case. Mostly because hope is all I have left.

SB 72

SB 72 was passed in Ohio yesterday. Gov Kasich is expected to sign it into law.

This bill ... I can't get over this bill. When I first heard about it, I got hung up on the section that said a woman can't have an abortion even if she'll kill herself if she doesn't.

don't believe me? Here's the text.

2) No abortion shall be considered necessary under division (B)(1)(b) of this section on the basis of a claim or diagnosis that the pregnant woman will engage in conduct that would result in the pregnant woman's death or a substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman or based on any reason related to the woman's mental health.

This is law! This isn't genital mutilation, or genocide, or women unable to leave their homes, but this is forcing women into situations that will only end in devastation. This? This is the ultimate extremism. It isn't loud and out there, and the devastation it causes will be hauntingly quiet, tucked into the shadows, cowed in shame. This bill will kill women, there just won't be bells and whistles to go with it.

SB 72 passed and I just don't even know what to say.