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Okay, forget everything I have ever complained about or told you to do, politically. Forget if you don’t read political posts. Stop. WATCH/READ THIS RIGHT NOW.

For those of you who for some reason cannot or do not want to watch the video, allow me to summarize. Right now there is a law that has passed the Virginia legislature that would mandate a trans-vaginal ultrasound for anyone seeking an abortion. No exceptions.

Now that in and of itself does not sound so scary, right? Wrong. A trans-vaginal ultrasound is not a normal type of ultrasound. It is an ultrasound that is taken by sticking a probe into a woman’s vagina. And it is completely and totally medically unnecessary. The Republican legislators who have passed this bill admit to it being completely medically unnecessary. It exists for the sole purpose of discouraging women from getting abortions.

I honestly could care less what your personal views on abortion are, but here’s something we have to get straight right now: no matter how you feel about abortion or why, this is government-mandated rape. Think I’m exaggerating? Let’s look at how rape is defined by the federal government of the United States of America:

“The penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim.”

(source)

Let’s re-iterate here: there are no exceptions. It doesn’t matter if you are getting an abortion one week or eight months into your pregnancy. You will be forcibly probed. It doesn’t matter if you are aborting for personal reasons or because it’s a medical necessity for either your safety or the safety of your child. You will be forcibly probed. It doesn’t matter if you are fourteen or forty. You will be forcibly probed. It does not matter if your child is the product of incest or even the product of rape. You will be forcibly probed.

Now, I don’t live or vote in Virginia. Technically, there is nothing I can do about this. But currently this bill is on the way to the governor’s desk, and the only hope there is of it not becoming law is if Virginia citizens contact the Governor and tell him about their opposition to him signing this into law. (Contact information is here. Please note that calling generally carries more weight than e-mailing does.)

Please re-blog this story. E-mail it to everyone you know. Tell them to e-mail it to everyone they know. Eventually, some of these people we all know should be from Virginia, and if you are from Virginia, you need to let your voice be heard now. Regardless of if you think life begins at conception, there is no justification, ever, for the government mandating the rape of women.

As sombody who has had one of these for a valid medical reason, I find this APPALLING. Speaking only from personal experience, it was invasive and uncomfortable on more than just a physical level. This is government sanctioned rape, and anyone who tells you otherwise is lying.

Fuckin signal boost for this epic fuckery of horrifying levels. Un-freakin-believable.

PLEASE take the time to watch this entire segment

I’m fucking nauseous in tears guys this is… just… fucking vile. Any goddamn way they can manage they will violate and humiliate us.

Tell me feminists are obsolete again. Tell me everything is fine as is again. Watch then and fucking tell me again that nothing needs to be fixed. I dare you.

This is completely fucking vile and I am not going to stand by and do nothing about this. I’m telling everyone I know. I ask you, please watch this. Realize that there is absolutely no part of this that is okay.

What the fuck is WRONG with you, Virginia!? Anyone and everyone involved with this should be ASHAMED of themselves. This is RAPE. They should all have a camera shoved up their penises and see how they goddamn well like it. Goddamn it, what is wrong with this country right now?! Are we fucking China? Iran? We’re certainly heading down that road.

i think i’m throwing up.

See, the thing that pisses me off the most is that women here are being treated like children. The government is assuming that women cannot think for themselves. They are clearly misinformed. So when they decide to get an abortion, they are punished.

However, they are not punished with a simple slap on the wrist. They are raped. And for the woman who is getting an abortion because she was raped in the first place?

I don’t even want to finish that thought. I am so disgusted right now.