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Warpy

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9. Me too

Reply to niyad (Reply #1)

Mon Aug 15, 2016, 03:20 PM

Aug 2016

I'd like to say "only in Texas," but there are other whole states that seem to be stuck on stupid.

The only flushed fetuses are the ones delivered painfully at home with RU-486. Any from clinics are classified medical waste and if the tissue is not used, it is dried and incinerated.

Clearly this poor thing is batshit crazy and the grant should go to providing her with adequate mental health care.

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Texas awards $1.6M health grant to woman fearful she can get HIV from fetuses flushed into sewers [View all] DonViejo Aug 2016 OP

there are words, but they would get me in trouble. niyad Aug 2016 #1

Same here. ananda Aug 2016 #2

You mean white republican men? WhiteTara Aug 2016 #6

Me too Warpy Aug 2016 #9

I just look and wonder. hamsterjill Aug 2016 #3

My wife is an election judge Ezlivin Aug 2016 #4

It's not just Texas Pakid Aug 2016 #19

Texas really has its own brand Skittles Aug 2016 #21

What the serious fuck! Initech Aug 2016 #5

Dafuq? sakabatou Aug 2016 #7

Didn't parts of Texas and the Big Easy get over 2 feet of rain and more in the forecast---------- turbinetree Aug 2016 #8

Wait, I thought they were all sold for "baby parts" Ligyron Aug 2016 #10

And I get accused of hyperbole when discussing the stupidity in Texas.. TwistedTinkerbelle Aug 2016 #11

So Texas leads the way in exploding maternal death rates. Jeez. I guess that's all OK, Judi Lynn Aug 2016 #13

There's a lot more to that whole study thing... TwistedTinkerbelle Aug 2016 #15

welcome in from the cold--we are happy to have you openly here!! since you have niyad Aug 2016 #23

Thank you! TwistedTinkerbelle Aug 2016 #24

forty years in Texas gives me permission to trash this state as I see fit Skittles Aug 2016 #22

Amen to that.. TwistedTinkerbelle Aug 2016 #25

WTF!?! BadGimp Aug 2016 #12

Carol Everett has had three abortions herself and is a former clinic manager. hamsterjill Aug 2016 #14

That's insane. (and that's putting it mildly) Solly Mack Aug 2016 #16

What about HIV from flushed bowel movements? mainer Aug 2016 #17

Brilliant solution! You should ask for money for that idea. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2016 #18

Something horrible would escape if she was flushed down the sewer system jpak Aug 2016 #20

It's all about Christianity, my friends. stopbush Aug 2016 #26