My Zen Arcade

So they’ve been trying to pass a bunch of laws that do things like make it illegal to coerce a woman into having an abortion, which is great, except that if a woman goes to a doctor and it seems like she may have been coerced into getting the abortion, he has to not act.  So, say, a woman’s boyfriend has been aggressively in favor of her getting an abortion, the doctor can’t act.  Now, I understand that there is a line between ‘in favor’ and ‘do it or else’, but this really is something between a doctor and patient (there are actually some good points to the bill, but…).  Also, they want to pass a bill that allows pharmacies to not give the morning after pill.  That, to me, sounds like coercion to get an abortion instead of preventing the pregnancy, but what know we?
But this one is the best.  “Stop being an addict before your child is born!  Or else you go to jail!”
Which, of course, doesn’t work to stop addiction, and sounds an awful lot like coercion to me, again.

Missouri Legislature: Coerced Pregnancy, Fine; Voluntary Abortion, No Way | RHRealityCheck.org

It gets better: anti-choice Senators would also like to pass SB459 and SB 529, which would criminalize a pregnant woman who goes to term with a pregnancy before she is able to overcome her drug or alcohol problem.