August 15, 2019 EP 46

Title: INcestry.com

Y’all we’ve been on the Iowa Rep. Steve King beat for a WHILE, that boy lovessss fetuses and HATES everyone else! And he’s in the news AGAIN this week talking about… how rape and incest like… are why we’re here today and look over here as he makes abortion rights DISAPPEAR! What he said was SO extreme that the extremists… woulda prob been fine with it if people hadn’t noticed and got mad. After King we talk about how people are STILL confusing Plan B and medication abortion and CVS’s very bureaucratic, but still crazy-shitty new birth control reimbursement policies! 

GATHERED IN THE SLEEPER CELL

Lizz Winstead

Marie Khan @mjkhhn

Moji Alawode-el @mojilocks

Welcome to the next episode of Feminist Sleeper Cell

Steve King section: 

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2019/08/14/steve-king-abortion-rape-incest-westside-conservative-iowa-representative-birth-iowa-civilization/2007230001/?fbclid=IwAR1fn0jsG8ViQxapMp9pMzB8H9s4BQ-nIuOSwZIFpZ4h_nnBnXm0JPwzXAQ

In talking to the Westside Conservative Club (https://www.facebook.com/Westside-Conservative-Club-105288034391/ which is exactly what it sounds like) this Wednesday, King said: "What if we went back through all the family trees and just pulled those people out that were products of rape and incest? Would there be any population of the world left if we did that?" he said at the event in Urbandale, Iowa. "Considering all the wars and all the rapes and pillages taken place and whatever happened to culture after society? I know I can't certify that I'm not a part of a product of that."

HISTORY OF STEVE KINGS WHITE SUPREMACY

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/15/us/politics/steve-king-offensive-quotes.html

TEXAS Rape Center and Plan B usage: https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/health/Plan-B-Pill-Center-of-Rape-Crisis-Center-Funding-Debate-in-Plano-538489931.html?fbclid=IwAR0ZvooZl1suu5la-bwrqMVLH-l7WLxT_QmdwSpeIrhrRTCH-siPb4qxczo

The city council is debating providing 57k (4% of the clinic’s budget), all bc of the inclusion of the morning-after pill provided to qualifying individuals. The over-the-counter medication is offered to survivors of sexual assault at The Turning Point rape crisis center in Plano within 72 hours of an assault and after a negative pregnancy test

"My conscience will not permit me to support giving funding to any organization that disseminates the Plan B pill, because in some circumstances the Plan B pill destroys a human life," Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Ricciardelli said at the meeting. He added he believed medication that prevents the implantation of a fertilized egg would kill an unborn child.

CVS info: 

Just as a little background, CVS Caremark is planning to reduce the reimbursement rate for birth control for those who have it delivered to their homes. This affects many patients who have disabilities or other hardships or social stigma that makes it hard for them to go to a p...