Quick Hit: ‘How 173 Congressmen Are Trying to Redefine Rape’

I came across this Huffington Post article just now , it’s ridiculous:

” Going forward, if H.R. 3 becomes law, only incest victims younger than 18 could receive taxpayer funding for an abortion. Similarly, the longstanding exemption for victims of rape would be altered to only apply to cases of “forcible rape.”

What is forcible rape? The short answer is, it’s nothing. As Nick Baumann of Mother Jones notes,  the phrase does not exist in the federal criminal code. Nor is it possible to divine any explicit legislative intent here, as the provision contains no definition of the strange term. The bill’s author’s are drafting based on pure imagination. Until such an act went into affect, it is impossible to divine how precisely such a restriction could be interpreted and implemented. In some states, where no distinction for instances of forcible or violent rape exist, it is feasible that the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act” would deny federal funds to all rape victims.

It seems the 173 co-sponsors are attempting to create a federal hierarchy of rape victimhood. Presumably, a victim still bearing the scars of her attack would be eligible. A woman who was drugged would not. A broken bone may be enough for qualification. A woman with limited mental capacity would be out of luck. Physical trauma, claim those 173 congressmen, is to be given priority over mental trauma.”

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