I Went to Sleep in IN and Woke Up in The Handmaid's Tale

I didn't blog about this yesterday because I was hoping that it would just go away. No such luck!

Republican lawmakers are drafting new legislation that will make marriage a requirement for motherhood in the state of Indiana, including specific criminal penalties for unmarried women who do become pregnant "by means other than sexual intercourse."

Only women who are married will be considered for the "gestational certificate" that must be presented to any doctor who facilitates the pregnancy. Further, the "gestational certificate" will only be given to married couples that successfully complete the same screening process currently required by law of adoptive parents.

Now I'm with Lauren when she says I've often thought joked that some people should be tested before giving birth, but this is ridiculous. With stories of "good, married" folk molesting, beating, and killing their children on the news every day these idiots have nothing better to do than to say that queer folks and single women can't use reproductive technologies? It's bad enough that it's already illegal to artificially inseminate at home, but this is completely idiotic.

Let's all come together and thank Sen. Patricia Miller (R)
(317) 232-9400
(800) 382-9467

Read more of her proposal here (PDF)

Via Pandagon: