Ohio state representative says she would consider banning birth control following abortion outlaw

[fantome profane]

According to the article that's not an actual quote.

"That’s another issue for another day and I’m going to have to listen to both sides of the debate,” she said. “Right now, what I’m concerned about right now is the life of the child and the fact that we have the opportunity in Ohio to protect it from its conception until its natural death.”

The way people are taking is as if she said she's for banning birth control. That's not at all what was said.

Any reasonable person when asked a question like that just says no. “No, or course not. I would never support banning contraception. That is ridiculous”. That is what a reasonable person says.

Let me ask you. Would you like ever vote for banning contraceptives?

 

[SomeRandom]

The argument I hear from anti-abortion types is that
is a de minimis imposition. (Of course, I disagree.)

I agree with your disagreement

The woman has an equal ability
to flee after the baby is born.

True. But it is a bit harder to do, physically speaking. Giving birth is significantly taxing on the body and it takes time to fully recover. Not to mention that if the birth is not at least supervised or checked by a midwife, it might not be very healthy to “flee” anywhere. There could be discharge that needs to be removed or tearing that needs to be repaired immediately. It’s really is not a good idea to give birth without someone supervising. And it’s really not a good idea to run afterwards.
Though I concede that it can very well happen. It just happens a lot later than the man is able to do. Since he can skip the entire pregnancy if he so chooses.

The most significant thing (IMO) about abortion rights
is the legal imposition upon the mother...mental, financial,
& especially physical. Father rights & obligations are
important, but a separable set of issues.

I agree
(Geez. I find myself agreeing with you a lot lately. What’s going on???)