# Apparently Republican women do not want to be kept barefoot and pregnant. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 22, 2015, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-republican-women-do-not-want-to-be-kept-barefoot-and-pregnant/710539 "2015-01-22T01:15:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-republican-women-do-not-want-to-be-kept-barefoot-and-pregnant/710539/1 "2015-01-22T01:15:54Z")
\*\*[This will be in the pit](http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/21/politics/house-gop-abortion-bill/index.html//) very quickly, so I’ll start it here. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-republican-women-do-not-want-to-be-kept-barefoot-and-pregnant/710539/2 "2015-01-22T01:16:36Z")
Linky no worky. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-republican-women-do-not-want-to-be-kept-barefoot-and-pregnant/710539/3 "2015-01-22T01:20:26Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Linky no worky. [Here ya go.](http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/21/politics/house-gop-abortion-bill/index.html/) ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-republican-women-do-not-want-to-be-kept-barefoot-and-pregnant/710539/4 "2015-01-22T01:28:22Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > This will be in the pit very quickly, so I’ll start it here. 🙂 Do you have _anything_ to say about the issue, aside from “I’ll start it here”? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-republican-women-do-not-want-to-be-kept-barefoot-and-pregnant/710539/5 "2015-01-22T01:43:02Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Do you have _anything_ to say about the issue, aside from “I’ll start it here”? I’m very happy that some Republican Congresswomen are supporting Women’s Rights. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-republican-women-do-not-want-to-be-kept-barefoot-and-pregnant/710539/6 "2015-01-22T02:04:34Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > **Apparently Republican women do not want to be kept barefoot and pregnant.** Then why did they join the GOP? Well. Perhaps, as [Log Cabin Republican](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freak_Show_(TV_series)) says, “Like I keep telling you guys, it’s all about economics.” Freak Squad has the **ability!** 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-republican-women-do-not-want-to-be-kept-barefoot-and-pregnant/710539/7 "2015-01-22T02:34:43Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > This will be in the pit very quickly, so I’ll start it here. 🙂 Your well articulated argument has me completely convinced. NOT! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-republican-women-do-not-want-to-be-kept-barefoot-and-pregnant/710539/8 "2015-01-22T02:53:58Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Your well articulated argument has me completely convinced. NOT! Indeed, folks are being very civil. I am pleasantly surprised. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-republican-women-do-not-want-to-be-kept-barefoot-and-pregnant/710539/9 "2015-01-22T05:27:51Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Indeed, folks are being very civil. > I am pleasantly surprised. 🙂 People have been civil because your fucking shitty OP gave us nothing to talk about. When you can do more than post a drive-by OP, maybe you’ll find some discussion ensues. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-republican-women-do-not-want-to-be-kept-barefoot-and-pregnant/710539/10 "2015-01-22T12:39:31Z")
Thanks! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-republican-women-do-not-want-to-be-kept-barefoot-and-pregnant/710539/11 "2015-01-22T13:21:52Z")
After the failure of the “Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act,” GOP hopefuls are hard at work on the “USA Flag Liberty Jesus Saves Babies Act.” ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-republican-women-do-not-want-to-be-kept-barefoot-and-pregnant/710539/12 "2015-01-22T14:40:18Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > People have been civil because your fucking shitty OP gave us nothing to talk about. When you can do more than post a drive-by OP, maybe you’ll find some discussion ensues. This x 1000. Seriously **carnivorousplant** , you know better than to pull that shit. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-republican-women-do-not-want-to-be-kept-barefoot-and-pregnant/710539/13 "2015-01-22T14:46:34Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > This x 1000. > Seriously **carnivorousplant** , you know better than to pull that shit. When you put it that way… ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-republican-women-do-not-want-to-be-kept-barefoot-and-pregnant/710539/14 "2015-01-22T15:20:10Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > “Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act,” … “USA Flag Liberty Jesus Saves Babies Act.” PCUCPA ? USAFLFSBA ? These are both _terrible_ acronymns, and I think we’ve all come to expect better from the GOP. Maybe “Pain Capable Unborn People Protection Act” or “ **PCUPPA** ”? That’d be fun to shove down Liberal’s throats. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-republican-women-do-not-want-to-be-kept-barefoot-and-pregnant/710539/15 "2015-01-22T15:22:50Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Indeed, folks are being very civil. > I am pleasantly surprised. 🙂 Alright, I’ll step forward and un-civil this up for ya. OP FAIL. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-republican-women-do-not-want-to-be-kept-barefoot-and-pregnant/710539/16 "2015-01-22T16:39:11Z")
That’s lazy incivility. I suggest the OP is as starved of context as its writer’s brain is of oxygen. ---
**Author:** ![Hector\_St\_Clare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5ac83/32.png) [@Hector\_St\_Clare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hector_St_Clare)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-republican-women-do-not-want-to-be-kept-barefoot-and-pregnant/710539/17 "2015-01-22T16:46:51Z")
Actually, Republican women are more pro-life than Republican men, and Democratic women are more pro-life then Democratic men. > **[Men have been more pro-choice over the past 30 years](https://www.unz.com/gnxp/men-have-been-more-pro-choice-over-the-past-30-years/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=men-have-been-more-pro-choice-over-the-past-30-years&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter)** > > One of the weird things that annoys me about American politics is the idea that support for abortion rights is particular in some way to women. This is very common on the Left side of the political spectrum, but strangely for the self-described \\ ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-republican-women-do-not-want-to-be-kept-barefoot-and-pregnant/710539/18 "2015-01-22T16:48:06Z")
It was nothing but political theatre from the very beginning. Part of their base wants/needs to think they’ll get this through. The GOP needs to appear to be pursuing that goal. If they can make their token female members appear as ‘strong’ women all the better. Anything to attempt to win women’s votes, even if it means appearing to play both sides of the field. And get it all out of the way, before the real fighting begins with the next election cycle. My bet is they’ll be playing this as not as hardline as previous GOP iterations and capable of comprimise, when, in fact, it’s neither. It’s just theatre. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-republican-women-do-not-want-to-be-kept-barefoot-and-pregnant/710539/19 "2015-01-22T16:59:33Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > PCUCPA ? > USAFLFSBA ? > > These are both _terrible_ acronymns, and I think we’ve all come to expect better from the GOP Nitpick: Those are initialisms, not [**acronyms**](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acronym). ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-republican-women-do-not-want-to-be-kept-barefoot-and-pregnant/710539/20 "2015-01-22T17:02:00Z")
> [@Hector\_St\_Clare](#): > > Actually, Republican women are more pro-life than Republican men, and Democratic women are more pro-life then Democratic men. > > [Men have been more pro-choice over the past 30 years, by Razib Khan - The Unz Review](http://www.unz.com/gnxp/men-have-been-more-pro-choice-over-the-past-30-years/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=men-have-been-more-pro-choice-over-the-past-30-years&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter) That’s only for a slice of ‘pro-choice’ views (whether abortion for any reason should be legal). Further, for the most recent data in the cite, women support the pro-choice view more than men. When different questions are asked (like whether you consider yourself pro-choice or pro-life, or whether abortion should be legal in various circumstances), there are often different results. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-republican-women-do-not-want-to-be-kept-barefoot-and-pregnant/710539.md?page=2)