Is There A Doctor in The House? Unfortunately, Yes.

*This post is written upon request from a friend. It happened a couple of weeks ago while I was on my blogging hiatus, but he asked me to blog the s#%* out of this. And it is still so deserving of a rant....

Meet Congressman Michael Burgess:

He is a Republican from Texas. If that alone makes you suspicious of him, good. Your animal insticts would be correct.
In June, during a House Rules Committee debate on the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act -the restrictive abortion bill which would ban procedures nationwide after 20 weeks of pregnancy and effectively dissolve the 23-24 week abortion window provided by Roe v. Wade, he dropped this bomb:

"This is a subject I know something about ... Watch a sonogram of a 15-week baby, and they have movements that are purposeful. They stroke their face. If they’re a male baby, they may have their hand between their legs. If they feel pleasure, why is it so hard to believe that they could feel pain?"

What the what? Yep. That's right-this dude claims that fetuses masturbate. He knows for a fact, that a fetus, at 15 weeks is fondling his tiny 15 week penis for pleasure. Now you may ask, how does this Congressman know this for a fact? Oh, don't worry, you can trust him because he's also a doctor. 25 years as an OB/GYN. 25 years of guiding masturbating babies through women's vajayjays into the world.
Ugh. I just can't believe that his argument for limiting a woman's right to choose is that the little fetus inside you is stroking the salami.
But in case you are thinking that Doctor Burgess could be right,

At 15 weeks, a fetus is the size of a Navel orange.

From www.thebump.com

 

Also, at 15 weeks, a fetus is just starting to develop movement in joints and limbs. So that means that the first thing a fetus does upon being able to move is touch themselves? Maybe they are, but is highly unlikely that it is on purpose and even less likely that it is with the purpose of self-gratification.


Dr. F. Session Cole, a professor of pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine and a neonatologist who cares for newborns born at 22 to 24 weeks, or 16 to 18 weeks before their due dates, told Time Magazine in response to all this that based on the current research, there isn’t enough evidence to suggest a fetus feels sensations such as pleasure when they are as young as 15 weeks old. He said, “My reading of the data concerning human fetal nerve and brain development suggest that fetuses prior to about 24 weeks are not able to feel pain or pleasure. While I certainly respect Representative Dr. Burgess’ remarks concerning his observations about fetuses prior to 20 weeks gestation, I would have a difficult time personally agreeing with them based on my own experience."
Yep. I just (eye roll)......well I suppose I actually prefer Burgess be in politics than be at the end of the stirrups of my gynecologist visit.
And just because this is now playing in my head. Enjoy. And try not to think about masturbating fetuses while rocking out to this great song.

Tweets Are No Turkish Delight

Whether you like what your government is doing or not, being an American is an amazing thing because of the many civil liberties we do have and so often take for granted.
For example, the election earlier this week was documented by people throughout the country on Twitter and other social media sights. But those constant tweets throughout the day expressed disdain, disgust, excitement, confusion, love, and hatred. Love it or leave it, twitter is a new way we are recording history. And as Americans, we can say a lot thanks to the First Amendment. Like Ann Coulter calling the president the "r-word" on twitter during the last debate, there is a no holding us back from stating and sharing our opinions. And while I don't agree with the likes of Ann Coulter and others who abuse that right to say horrible things with their micro-blogging, I am proud we have that right. Because many places in the world, Ann Coulter would be in jail-not that I'd be mad about that.
Turkey is an example of one of those places. Today, the mayor of the capital city Ankara, is suing 600 people for trashing him on Twitter because under Turkey's controversial Article 301, those who insult "the Turkish Nation" can serve up to two years in prison. The mayor İbrahim Melih Gökçek said on a TV interview that they are tracking down the authors of the tweets who will find "themselves in front of prosecutors. But if they apologize publicly, then I say they're young and forgive them." Sounds generous enough of him.
But back in June, Gökçek, who has been mayor since 1994, spoke out in support of banning abortion saying “Women kill their babies born out of adultery. Why do babies die because of these so-called mothers? Let mothers kill themselves." Things are starting to make sense. If I was Turkish and tweeted, I would definitely have not too many sweet tweets for this man.