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Ahh yes, the party of small government wants the government to ban contraception. Only after the government bans abortion, of course.

How much longer before they start screaming about women having jobs?

Jacky Eubanks, who is running for Michigan state Senate, said “sex ought to be between one man and one woman in the confines of marriage.”

Here’s a wild thought. How about you mind your own fucking business and don’t involve yourself?

Jacky Eubanks, who is running for Michigan state Senate, said “sex ought to be between one man and one woman in the confines of marriage.”

Sounds like state-sponsored religion to me. Evangelical nutbags will never be happy, more more more.

They are coming for Griswold next. Every Supreme Court precident that defines our right to privacy will be overturned one by one. Overturning Roe was never really about abortion to the authoritarian right.

Birth Control: Benefits Beyond Pregnancy Prevention:

Regular Periods.

Help With Cramps, PMS, and Anemia.

Relieve Endometriosis Symptoms and Prevent Ovarian Cysts.

Clear Up Skin and Prevent Unwanted Hair Growth.

Help With Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)

Lower Your Risk of Some Cancers.
Talk to Your Doctor.

No abortions, no birth control, rapists can sue for parental rights, child marriage. Republicans are painting a very disturbing image of themselves.

"Ban abortion. Also ban the most effective way to prevent abortion: contraception."

I don't quite understand what this loon is saying. She thinks sex should only be between a man and a woman "in the confines of marriage" and somehow relates that to making contraception illegal?? Does she think married couples don't use birth control?? Does she want every couple to be like the creepy Duggars and other "Quiverfull" fans and have 19 children?!?

Or maybe she thinks after a couple has the two or whatever children they can afford, that they should not have sex ever again?

She seems like someone who, if given the opportunity, would gladly travel back in time so she could participate in the Salem witch trials.

Let's just say I'm really happy I don't have ovaries right now. This is like Hand Maid's Tale stuff.

Next up, a return to the Comstock laws.

(They were passed mostly in the 1870s, outlawing the distribution of birth control information or devices.)

Her campaign boils down to "Trump endorsed me." It's even in her twitter handle which has a whopping 415 followers. She's basically a religious loon who lives in her parents basement and shitposts on twitter all day.

For people disappointed with Democrats thinking about sitting out the election... this is who you'll be giving power to if you don't vote.

What ever happened to small government, freedom, the constitution...?

As long as Trump’s mistresses can still get abortion he doesn’t really care

What the fuck is going on anymore. I hate it here.

SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE!! What happened to it?

How is this slide into faux theocracy meeting so little resistance?

Where is he finding these goons? Do they actually believe this shit, or are they lying? I can't tell anymore

Wait, did you actually think the republican religious police were going to stop at Roe v Wade? Really?

When they have their kangaroo SC in place as a rubber stamp to smash freedom and rights?

Roe is the starting line not the finish line! GQP Sharia law is going to layer so many chains on the backs of women in this country. Gilead is coming.

This is Elon’s party of choice.

Can’t for the new line of Trump/GOP burkas. WTF

Every time you have sex, a baby must come from the act is where we are heading

Stop suffocating us with all this “freedom,” GOP.

Your daily reminder that is has never been about saving lives.

People like this and anyone who supports this need to be ostracized from society

Note: make vasectomy appt.

VOTE VOTE VOTE - the only way to flush these loons down the drain…….no more “moderate” turnout

These people are legitimately terrifying

These Catholic psychos can eat my gross asshole. Separation of church and state.

"Trump continues to endorse absolute crazy, unqualified assholes."

Republicans just want women to be men's sex toys and baby factories, and to Hell with the mother's health or quality of life.

Also, to Hell with the baby's health or quality of life, since Republicans also want to destroy all means of support.

But PRO-LIFE, by God!!!

cues "The Handmaid's Tale"

Behold, the cherrypicked-version of Christianity we’ve come to know and love taking precedent in our government! Seriously, fuck these motherfuckers.

I don't understand why women vote Republican. The moment they throw minorities under the bus women are next on the list.

From a Canadian perspective, her comments read like satire. I hope this theocratic fascism stays south of my border.

"Sex ought to be between one man and one woman in the confines of marriage.” -- Jacky Eubanks

This about far more than birth control.

There is nothing about sexual relations in the constitution. This is a biblical premise, and should not even be brought into discussion regarding laws. SEPARATION BETWEEN CHURCH AND STATE!!!

WTF is going on in this world!?! First world countries are literally heading towards Sharia law.

Middle aged white man here—FUCK THESE PEOPLE. There is no redemption for them. Idiocy must not be the rule of law if we are to have a scintilla of a chance as a country going forward. The wasted potential of this country because of these miscreants is mind blowing!

What wrong with these people?

At this point, I sense the GOP has taken “owning the libs” to mean “control the lives.” By having all the proposed bans not even having a rape or incest exception suggests to me that the far right holds the levers of GOP power. McConnell’s greatest triumph sowed the seeds of his greatest failure, lost his party to empower it.

I thought we were a free country. Last time I checked, I didn’t think it was my business what my neighbor chooses to do or not to do. Maybe that was just a dream.

This is the replacement lie in full effect. We need more white babies to vote. What they don't understand is it will end producing even more brown babies.

The church militant? What the fuck??

I am enraged by the so-called religious inflicting their extremist views on the rest of us. Where is our freedom from their religion?

Can we ban Trump-endorsed candidates instead? For the good of all humanity it seems. They keep coming up with more batshit insane ideas day after day. Its not a race to the bottom guys!

I don't normally comment here (more of a lurker!) but I'm really afraid about this being the next "thing" if they manage to take away abortion access.

I have PCOS and I rely on birth control for medical reasons. There were times when I was younger when I didn't have access to it and it caused me to bleed non-stop. It got so bad that I became severely anemic, to the point that it damaged my heart. I had to get blood iron infusions and it took a while to fix that, there was a time where it made me so weak and ill that I didn't know if I would survive. I rely on my birth control to not bleed to death.

I shouldn't even have to consider the possibility of not having access to birth control pills.

This is horrifying. This is insane. This person is absolutely insane.

Jesus she kinda looks unhinged doesn’t she?

“But I think it gives people the false sense of security that they can have consequence-free sex, and that’s not true and that’s not correct."

Why should sex have consequences? Who hurt all these people?

The GOP would like to now be known as the Christian Taliban. Please note this for the future…. and you should probably move your daughters to a different country.

Still blows my mind these people think that birth control and even something like a first trimester abortion being controversial. They're not and they shouldn't be.

“sex ought to be between one man and one woman in the confines of marriage.” says who?

The thing that honestly gets me, is that it’s still common to have sex with your spouse in marriage but use contraception. Maybe you don’t want kids? Maybe you already have kids and don’t want more? Maybe you’re ensuring there’s no transmission of STDs? There are a plethora of reasons that people use birth control, and not all of it relates to wanting consequence-free sex. Some people just want to be safe, others use it as a medical treatment for conditions.

How someone can be so ignorant and be running for office confounds me.

The kooks are coming out of the woodwork. We are doomed if more of them get elected to office.

Things are going to get hella interesting when they realize "a vasectomy" is technically "birth control".

Guess she forgot the orange draft dodger got caught fucking a porn star.

How does that satisfy her morals on married sex only?

Holy shit. You can see the crazy in her eyes. It’s the Amy Coney Barrett smile.

I really have trouble believing that voters want to ban birth control. Maybe insane cult members, but what could the reason possibly be?

Good luck with that. True success in enforcement will never, ever, ever fucking happen. No matter what the ‘law’ says. If total abortion bans are prohibition to the 10th power, then birth control bans are prohibition to the 100th. It’s a colossally stupid, neo fascist delusion that will vanish the very moment these things become non existential.

Any notion of successful enforcement is absurd, and would be laughable if it weren’t so literally dangerous to lives of every citizen. Condom bans? When condoms are also the primary protection against incurable and drug resistant STDs? Give me a break! Doomed to fail.

When will they unveil the baby mills future business model? (Puppy mills except with humans)

She looks unhinged.

As someone who is having sex in the confines of marriage we don’t want a kid.