What a sad state of affairs. There is so much competition for the Ignorant Legislator of the Week Award, we had to call it a three-way tie. Source: google.com via Hello_Ladies on Pinterest The first award goes to Virginia House Deputy Majority Leader Todd Gilbert. During debates for a bill that will require a woman seeking an abortion to undergo a vaginal ultrasound, Gilbert said about abortions, “the vast majority of these cases are matters of lifestyle convenience.” He went on to say, “It is right and proper for a woman to be fully informed about what she is doing.” For Gilbert, forcing a woman to undergo a medically unnecessary, invasive procedure is “right and proper” in order to protect her from making a grave mistake for convenience sake. Source: blunt.senate.gov via Hello_Ladies on Pinterest Next, we have Senator Roy Blunt, who wins the award for creating legislation that would allow an employer to exclude any health service from the coverage they provide based on any religious beliefs or moral convictions. Blunt’s amendment is a response to the Obama administration mandate that allows religious-affiliated institutions to opt out of coverage for contraceptives for employees but requires their insurers to offer [...]
