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Rhiannon12866

(254,969 posts) Sun Mar 22, 2026, 02:49 AM Yesterday

A page out of 'The Handmaid's Tale': Ohio Republicans propose bill to track all pregnancies - Velshi - MS NOW

Author Margaret Atwood insisted her novel, “The Handmaid’s Tale,” was rooted in real history. Now, a new Ohio bill proposed by Republicans to track all pregnancies in the state is drawing disturbing parallels to her work of fiction.

Georgetown law professor Michelle Goodwin warns if the legislation passes, there is a “very real potential and probability of criminal punishments and civil fines and various other horrors.” - Aired on 03/21/2026.

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A page out of 'The Handmaid's Tale': Ohio Republicans propose bill to track all pregnancies - Velshi - MS NOW (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Yesterday OP

The bill was sponsored by a 'woman'. SamKnause Yesterday #1

Perpetuating the Patriarchy Amethyst Ring Yesterday #3

I can see many doctors moving out of multigraincracker Yesterday #2

SamKnause

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1. The bill was sponsored by a 'woman'.

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Sun Mar 22, 2026, 03:26 AM

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This 72 year old woman has a different name she would use to refer to her !!!!!!!!!!

Amethyst Ring

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3. Perpetuating the Patriarchy

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Sun Mar 22, 2026, 08:16 AM

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In many societies, the elderly women are the ones who maintain the strictures that keep young women 'in their place'.

Or she's been in a coma since 1972.

multigraincracker

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2. I can see many doctors moving out of

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Sun Mar 22, 2026, 07:32 AM

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Ohio.

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