Current Events > Missouri house pass bill allowing discrimination against women on birth control

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http://www.newsweek.com/womens-rights-birth-control-abortion-missouri-discrimination-628538

Missouri’s Senate is considering legislation that would allow employers and landlords to discriminate against women who use birth control or have had abortions. The bill, which has the support of the state’s governor, Eric Greitens, was approved by the Missouri House Tuesday.

Known as SB 5, the bill was first passed by the Senate on June 14 following a special session called by Greitens. His aim was to overturn an ordinance that prevents employers and housing providers from punishing women for their reproductive health choices, according to a report by Feministing, a feminist website.

The ordinance was passed by the city of St. Louis, and Greitens had said it made the area into “an abortion sanctuary city.” The Senate seemed to agree with him, as did the House, which on Tuesday passed an expanded version of SB 5 that included more anti-abortion restrictions. Given the Senate’s vote on June 14, it it seen as likely to approve the updated version of SB 5. This would mean that landlords could refuse to offer housing to women based on their reproductive health choices, while employers could fire female staff members who were using birth control, or refuse to hire them. And while of course this isn't information most landlords or employers have access to, under SB 5 they could ask women what forms of reproductive health care they are using.

but we have equality now tho
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It's impressive that such a horrible state can get even shittier

CE: "Women in the west have no problems, femminists are just nutbags!"
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"why are all these women protesting?"

"whats the problem with this" - anime sig/mlp avatar
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What is their reasoning here? Why are our politicians such fuckin idiots? Get your religious "morality" out of politics.

This really is ridiculous. It offers basically no economic benefit to businesses as pregnancy and families prevent women from working, so therefore the entire arguments are being made on moral ground most of which comes religious ideals while the US is supposed to be secular.
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.....wtf
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Fair, next
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That would be like refusing someone based on sexuality or religion.
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Yeah, this is bs. I think women do have it easy, but this policy helps no one. It's fucking stupid.
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This is fucking stupid. Anyone who supports this has no business being in politics.
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Howl posted...

Fair, next

Trololololololol.
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bump
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As a woman who lives in Missouri (for now), I'm extremely pissed off.
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UnfairRepresent posted...

CE: "Women in the west have no problems, femminists are just nutbags!"

Broseph_Stalin posted...

"why are all these women protesting?"

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Trumpanzees can't defend this
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Holy fuck leana, I didn't know you lived in the PoS that is MO.
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buttery males

take that liherals

equal rights equal fights
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Blue_Inigo posted...

UnfairRepresent posted...

CE: "Women in the west have no problems, femminists are just nutbags!"

Broseph_Stalin posted...

"why are all these women protesting?"

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Dustin1280 posted...

Holy fuck leana, I didn't know you lived in the PoS that is MO.

Sadly, yes. Born and raised.
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Another move to pander to religious conservatives who want to turn America "back" into a Christian nation while the politicians rob them blind and screw them over.
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remove the midwest
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That's incredibly stupid but realistically how is the fucking landlord going to know what kind of bc a lady is using?
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It takes something really, truly, unbelievably stupid happening here to make me actually wish I still lived in Florida... but my god, shit like this makes me wish I still lived in Florida. This is absolutely moronic on all levels.
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lilORANG posted...

That's incredibly stupid but realistically how is the fucking landlord going to know what kind of bc a lady is using?

And why on Earth would he care?
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You know sometimes I think Indiana is bad but then this and that recent anti-LGBT bill in Mississippi make me realize it can always be worse.
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Frolex posted...

according to a report by Feministing, a feminist website.

That's actually a site: http://feministing.com/

And what a reliable, unbiased one to be citing as the source for this article.

I actually had to go 5 pages deep on Google to find a source reporting on this that wasn't liberal horseshit clickbait.

And guess what? The actual bill says nothing like this:
https://legiscan.com/MO/text/SB5/2017/X2
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Thank you Admiral, that is why I respect you even if we have fairly contrasting opinions sometimes, at least you try to work off of facts.
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Leanaunfurled posted...

Dustin1280 posted...

Holy fuck leana, I didn't know you lived in the PoS that is MO.

Sadly, yes. Born and raised.

At least you're not in Alabama! (me)
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2017 and dumbass fairytales are still influencing legislation.
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There's no chance that would survive a court challenge. That's about the only consolation to get out of it.
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There's a reason why we call it misery, this state sucks.
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Mr Hangman posted...

The article says the bill repeals a state ordinance forbidding firing or housing discrimination on the basis of birth control. The first thing in the bill is a long list of things to be repealed. I don't feel like tracking down what every one of those 31 sections say, but it seems your statement that "the actual bill says nothing like this" isn't immediately verifiable. Seems like it might say that.

You don't have to track down anything. All the new sections that are being amended are in that link. The first sentence of the clickbait article:

Missouri’s Senate is considering legislation that would allow employers and landlords to discriminate against women who use birth control or have had abortions.

Is factually wrong.
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Seriously, fuck red states.
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Disrespector posted...

Trumpanzees can't defend this

they will try to defend any manner of awful politics. they are already trump supporters...it doesnt get worse than that
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wtf?
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Might as well as pass a bill that allows the discrimination against men using condoms.

Fuck Missouri, and fuck it's little government.
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Axiom posted...

It's impressive that such a horrible state can get even shittier

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Sayoria posted...

Seriously, fuck red states.

Missouri isn't a red state but okay
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Dustin1280 posted...

Thank you Admiral, that is why I respect you even if we have fairly contrasting opinions sometimes, at least you try to work off of facts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n5E7feJHw0
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weapon_d00d816 posted...

Sayoria posted...

Seriously, fuck red states.

Missouri isn't a red state but okay

Lol wat

Everything I am looking at on google says otherwise. It's red everywhere.
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I'm getting tired of winning!
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Sayoria posted...

Everything I am looking at on google

LMAO
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Sayoria posted...

weapon_d00d816 posted...

Sayoria posted...

Seriously, fuck red states.

Missouri isn't a red state but okay

Lol wat

Everything I am looking at on google says otherwise. It's red everywhere.

Missouri is like the exact average of the country in terms of politics (as well as racial demographics, fun fact). The state voted for the winning president in all but 2 elections for as long as it has been a state.

The state is just currently Republican controlled so Republicans gonna Republican.
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