Running subtitle: Bob Onder: the new Matt Blunt?

Women, take note: resident white dude Bob Onder, State Representative of Missouri (R-Lake St. Louis) hates you and your lady bits. His endorsements from Missouri Right to Life and Concerned Women for America are well-earned, what with sponsorship of misogynist legislation like HB 1831.

Via Planned Parenthood,

HB1831 would:

* Violate the first amendment right of free speech and create the crime of “coercing an abortion” if, for example:
o The husband files, attempts to file, or threatens to file for divorce
o A husband, partner or family member withdraws, attempts to withdraw or threatens to withdraw financial support from or on behalf of the woman
o A husband, partner or family member changes, attempts to change, or threatens to change the woman’s existing housing or residence

* Allow the charge of coercion to stand even if the woman did not actually seek the abortion, or was not in fact pregnant in the first place!

* Make physicians – or anyone assisting them – criminals for helping women obtain an abortion “with knowledge” that the woman has been “coerced” under this new, overly broad definition of ‘coercion’ even if the woman has freely consented and believes this is the best decision for herself based upon her circumstances.

* Require new and burdensome requirements in the ‘informed consent’ process—not necessary for health or safety reasons.

* Require posting of signs in clinics that carry false promises of state-backed assistance in carrying a child to term and caring for that dependent child once born.

* Require providers to offer and provide a risky experimental anesthesia to certain women.

Cara at The Curvature picked this bill apart (along with similar KS legislation), so I’ll just send you there for an analysis.

And, if you are unlucky enough to live in Missouri (like moi), you can take action here.

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