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JDDavis

(725 posts) Mon Feb 23, 2015, 05:25 PM Feb 2015

Idaho lawmaker asks if woman can swallow camera for gynecological exam before medical abortion [View all]

Today's "REPUBLICANS ARE CRAZY IGNORANT PEOPLE" episode is from Idaho.

Idaho lawmaker asks if woman can swallow camera for gynecological exam before medical abortion

BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho lawmaker received a brief lesson on female anatomy after asking if a woman can swallow a small camera for doctors to conduct a remote gynecological exam.

The question Monday from Republican Rep. Vito Barbieri came as the House State Affairs Committee heard nearly three hours of testimony on a bill that would ban doctors from prescribing abortion-inducing medication through telemedicine.

Dr. Julie Madsen was testifying in opposition to the bill when Barbieri asked the question. Madsen replied that would be impossible because swallowed pills do not end up in the vagina.

The committee approved the bill 13-4 on a party-line vote. Barbieri, who sits on the board of a crisis pregnancy center in northern Idaho, voted in favor of the legislation.

http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/health/293718211.html

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Idaho lawmaker asks if woman can swallow camera for gynecological exam before medical abortion [View all] JDDavis Feb 2015 OP

omg Liberal_in_LA Feb 2015 #1

Quick! This guy needs a colonoscopy so we can determine if he has any brain function! iscooterliberally Feb 2015 #2

only if you use a really big camera guillaumeb Feb 2015 #5

Maybe he can swallow a camera for doctors to find his brain there. JDDavis Feb 2015 #10

I did notice that. How awful. And they think they're the good guys. iscooterliberally Feb 2015 #17

they know very well what they are hopemountain Feb 2015 #43

This is pathetic, someone who is supposed to be smart enough to vote on Thinkingabout Feb 2015 #3

We need more men like this deciding what Women can and cant do with their bodies randys1 Feb 2015 #4

2nd that OMG Dont call me Shirley Feb 2015 #6

Thank you. JDDavis Feb 2015 #14

And the gop "geniuses" end up as president. Dont call me Shirley Feb 2015 #18

But telemedicine will prescribe Viagra no doubt riversedge Feb 2015 #7

One can even buy Viagra on-line without a prescription JDDavis Feb 2015 #15

If the avalanche of stupidity, SamKnause Feb 2015 #8

I keep telling Berlin Expat Feb 2015 #11

It's the 'future' bit that doesn't look accurate at the moment (nt) muriel_volestrangler Feb 2015 #47

Need to include 'Republican' or GOP or dimit in the subject line riversedge Feb 2015 #9

Sorry, just copied and pasted the original. JDDavis Feb 2015 #12

I started this thread topic, but I can assure you that... JDDavis Feb 2015 #13

15-20 minutes? CTyankee Feb 2015 #19

LOL AngryDem001 Feb 2015 #27

well, I don't know anything about him.... CTyankee Feb 2015 #30

According to Piper Laurie, AngryDem001 Feb 2015 #31

Oh, thanks. I didn't know about that. How interesting. CTyankee Feb 2015 #36

Your welcome! AngryDem001 Feb 2015 #50

well, as a woman, let me say that "results matter." CTyankee Feb 2015 #58

If it is only lasting that long... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2015 #48

15-20 minutes? I think you are beng very generous there. notadmblnd Feb 2015 #32

They probably think one could get pregnant from oral 47of74 Feb 2015 #44

Uhhh..... progressoid Feb 2015 #57

...sigh.. old guy Feb 2015 #16

Did I miss something? Half-Century Man Feb 2015 #20

You missed the last 35 years JDDavis Feb 2015 #22

Caught that part. Half-Century Man Feb 2015 #25

Didn't you know.... haikugal Feb 2015 #39

"Then GHW Bush, who did nothing at all" jberryhill Feb 2015 #26

A "thousand points of light" you have to give him that! JDDavis Feb 2015 #34

That and Dana Carvey jberryhill Feb 2015 #37

It wasn't originally "a thousand points of light" jmowreader Feb 2015 #59

"crisis pregnancy center" Rob H. Feb 2015 #21

5th grade mehrrh Feb 2015 #23

That "person" is a Republican JDDavis Feb 2015 #24

He thinks babies come out of the butt. :eyesssssssss: nt tridim Feb 2015 #28

What an idiot! Sienna86 Feb 2015 #29

Postink this link in Pro-Choice (& maybe Womens Issues) Panich52 Feb 2015 #33

so how long after the woman swallows watermelon seeds should this procdure be done? azurnoir Feb 2015 #35

Good God. nruthie Feb 2015 #38

They are Republicans.... you should know by now. JDDavis Feb 2015 #40

Disgraceful. SoapBox Feb 2015 #41

Ah, the party of personal freedom. Right. EEO Feb 2015 #42

probably never knew those cameras existed hopemountain Feb 2015 #45

If I met him I'd be so tempted to ask him something. 47of74 Feb 2015 #46

and these people have power. NuttyFluffers Feb 2015 #49

Republicans, power, ignorance.. all part of the package JDDavis Feb 2015 #51

I heard that Rep. Barbieri and his wife gave up on using The Pill because it kept falling out. bulloney Feb 2015 #52

Saint Ronald Reagan would've died of shame if he saw the kind of teabag stoopid getting elected now. 47of74 Feb 2015 #62

These fucking MORONS ARD MAKING MEDICAL DECISIONS Ilsa Feb 2015 #53

When your mommy told you she had a baby in her stomach, . . . tclambert Feb 2015 #54

Surely you can't be serious. iandhr Feb 2015 #55

Gawd - the updates to his Wikipedia page are hysterical ehrnst Feb 2015 #56

the moran's contact info: niyad Feb 2015 #60

Welcome to Idaho democratXX Feb 2015 #61