Oh no. A Republican tried to do biology again. This never goes well.
This time it was Idaho state legislator Vito Barbieri, who sits on a committee considering a bill that would ban telemedicine abortions
(where a woman video-chats with a doctor who prescribes medication to
induce an abortion). Barbieri had a question for a doctor testifying
against the ban, and he had some…difficulties…with the basics of female anatomy.
He asked the doctor testifying if a
woman could swallow a pill with a camera so her doctor could conduct a
remote gynecological exam. In her vagina. With a camera. That she
swallowed.
Here’s a (very) rough diagram for Rep.
Barbieri to explain the problem with his plan. I drew it in crayon in
the hopes that it would help him relate.
So unless Barbieri thinks doctors need
to conduct rectal exams before they prescribe abortion medication, his
suggestion is ignorant, offensive, and insane.
Needless to say, the bill still passed the committee, 13-4, because anti-choice Republicans are terrible.
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