File under duh. A new study says that anti-abortion TRAP laws have no public benefit and only exist to harass clinics and patients. The legislative lizards who pass TRAP laws say “We know, why do you think we write them?” Punishing people is kind of our “thing.” 

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Of course, a study showing that TRAP laws are nothing but turd truffles is the cue for Paleolithic politicians to pass more. So MISSOURI’s cave dweller have stepped right up. Their first hit piece of the new legislative season requires NOT JUST a parent to provide written consent for their child to have an abortion (which they already frickin’ have) BUT ALSO that parent has to write a note to the other parent informing them of the abortion. Would you like some bureaucracy with your parenting?

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Give WYOMING points for extra cruelty. In an attempt to yet again create personhood for a fetus, an all-male batch of lawmakers are pushing death certificates for miscarriages—over the anguished cries of women who have suffered miscarriages. This Rewire piece exposes the nasty reasons behind this truly cruel bill.

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You’re not telling our lie right!! So South Dakota already passed this garbage law that requires doctors to tell patients a series of straight-up lies about the risks associated with having an abortion. Until now, doctors have been able to go around state mandated lies by telling patients, “Politicians in the State FILL IN ONE OF MANY STATES THAT FORCE THEM TO LIE, require us to tell you the following medically inaccurate things.” Because they’re, you know, human beings, medical ethics, and all that… But South Dakota politicians will have none of this and are now trying to pass ANOTHER law to make them stop telling the patients they have been forced to lie!

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Of course the result of this shit is that people who need care are forced to travel to states with reasonably sane laws regarding abortion rights. Great, if you always wanted to see Wrigley Field… or can afford the trip. This piece from the Chicago Tribune shows why more who can are choosing to leave TRAP states just to exercise their rights.