Anti-Abortion Lawmaker Asks If Women Could Have A Gyno Exam By Swallowing A Tiny Camera

[SilentLoner]

An Idaho lawmaker revealed his confusion about female anatomy during a legislative debate over a proposed abortion bill on Monday.

According to the Associated Press, Idaho Rep. Vito Barbieri ® asked a doctor testifying before the House State Affairs Committee whether a woman could have a remote gynecological exam by swallowing a tiny camera. Dr. Julie Madsen told him no, that’s not possible, because items that are swallowed do not end up in the vagina.

The Idaho legislature is currently considering a bill that would ban telemedicine abortion — emerging technology that allows a doctor to remotely prescribe the abortion pill over a video chat. Telemedicine has the potential to expand accessto reproductive health care among rural women who live far away from the nearest abortion clinic.

The GOP lawmaker, who sits on the board of a right wing “crisis pregnancy center” that works to dissuade women from choosing abortion, added that “this is a proper role of government to protect life.”

 

 

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2015/02/23/3626122/idaho-gyno-exam/

 

[Fweethawt]

That guy needs his head examined...

 

We can accomplish that by sticking a camera up his ass.

[Penguin]

It is not the proper role of government to protect life. Yes, all humans have a right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, but the government's only function in that is to provide the means for us to protect those things ourselves. Of course, one could argue that a fetus is a life at a certain point, but that debate has gone on for years. Still, from their misguided premise comes misguided perceptions. It's frightening, sometimes, the lack of research a politician will do--especially when they have the ability to hire others to do the research for them.

[yunea]

Maybe he has heard and believed the rumour that oral sex can get you pregnant.