# Stupid Republican idea of the day **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 26, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897 "2009-03-26T18:48:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2146
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42909 "2019-12-01T16:04:39Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Bill before the Pennsylvania state legislature requiring death certificates for all fertilized eggs that don’t implant in the uterus. Cite, please. Such a law would apparently make every sexually-active woman with an IUD need to save all of her menses and have a lab search through it for the ovum AND test it for fertilized status. It sounds like these Pennsylvanians are trying to outdo the guys in Ohio and see if they can come up with something stupider than recovering and implanting ectopic pregnancies. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2019, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42910 "2019-12-01T16:15:23Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Cite, please. Such a law would apparently make every sexually-active woman with an IUD need to save all of her menses and have a lab search through it for the ovum AND test it for fertilized status. > > It sounds like these Pennsylvanians are trying to outdo the guys in Ohio and see if they can come up with something stupider than recovering and implanting ectopic pregnancies. [Business Insider.](https://www.businessinsider.com/pennsylvania-bill-would-require-death-certificates-for-fertilized-eggs-2019-11?utmSource=twitter&utmContent=referral&utmTerm=topbar&referrer=twitter&utm_source=reddit.com) > [@](#): > > Anti-abortion lawmakers in Pennsylvania want to pass a bill that would require burials and, as a result, death certificates for “fetal remains,” which in their terms includes any fertilized eggs that never implanted in a person’s uterus. > > Women, and even their doctors, usually can’t tell when fertilized eggs don’t implant in the uterus because those eggs typically dissolve in utero and are shed through a woman’s menstrual lining every month, making them undetectable. [Link to the bill itself.](https://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1890&pn=2623) (PDF) This looks to be the crucial point. > [@](#): > > “Unborn child.” An individual organism of the species homosapiens **from fertilization** until expulsion or extraction fromits mother. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42911 "2019-12-01T18:04:16Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [Link to the bill itself.](https://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1890&pn=2623) (PDF) > This looks to be the crucial point. > > > [@](#): > > > > “Unborn child.” An individual organism of the species **homosapiens** from fertilization until expulsion or extraction fromits mother. Kind of enraging that representatives of the species homoigmoraamus get to pass laws that tell homosapiens what to do… ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42912 "2019-12-01T18:48:33Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Sorry, I missed it. It’s Okay – the word needs to be spread. This gives people more chances to read it. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42913 "2019-12-01T19:02:04Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Cite, please. Such a law would apparently make every sexually-active woman with an IUD need to save all of her menses and have a lab search through it for the ovum AND test it for fertilized status. > > It sounds like these Pennsylvanians are trying to outdo the guys in Ohio and see if they can come up with something stupider than recovering and implanting ectopic pregnancies. Sorry, I provided a cite but apparently it didn’t accompany my story. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42914 "2019-12-01T19:03:28Z")
Senator John Kennedy: The President of Ukraine worked for Hillary. > **[Chuck Todd to GOP Senator: You’re Selling the Same Argument as Putin!](https://www.thedailybeast.com/chuck-todd-to-gop-senator-john-kennedy-youre-selling-the-same-argument-as-putin)** > > Chuck Todd was left gobsmacked by Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) when the GOP lawmaker said the ex-Ukrainian president “actively worked” for Hillary Clinton. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42915 "2019-12-01T19:34:05Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > homoigmoraamus That looks like a fine word that bears repeating. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42916 "2019-12-01T20:21:11Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > That looks like a fine word that bears repeating. Perhaps. Certainly it bears spelling the way I intended: **homoignoramus** ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42917 "2019-12-01T20:31:02Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Kind of enraging that representatives of the species homoigmoraamus get to pass laws that tell homosapiens what to do… That’s affirmative action for you. ---
**Author:** ![Anny\_Middon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Anny\_Middon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anny_Middon)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42918 "2019-12-01T20:49:27Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Cite, please. Such a law would apparently make every sexually-active woman with an IUD need to save all of her menses and have a lab search through it for the ovum AND test it for fertilized status. > > It sounds like these Pennsylvanians are trying to outdo the guys in Ohio and see if they can come up with something stupider than recovering and implanting ectopic pregnancies. It seems like many have forgotten [Periods for Pence](https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/08/473518239/periods-as-protest-indiana-women-call-governor-to-talk-about-menstrual-cycles) ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42919 "2019-12-01T22:12:43Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Senator John Kennedy: The President of Ukraine worked for Hillary. > [Chuck Todd to GOP Senator John Kennedy: You’re Selling the Same Argument as Putin!](https://www.thedailybeast.com/chuck-todd-to-gop-senator-john-kennedy-youre-selling-the-same-argument-as-putin) It’s almost as though Republicans are seeking a Kremlin endorsement, which leads me to wonder if there isn’t some sort of pro-Kremlin pool of political dark money, or if there are pro-Kremlin lobbyists who are embedded within the Beltway think tank/PAC/donor ecosystem - and by that I mean on a much wider scale than we’re aware of. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42920 "2019-12-01T22:23:23Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Perhaps. Certainly it bears spelling the way I intended: **homoignoramus** I get that, but it looks better with the typo. Or you could just swap two letters for “_homoigmoranus_” for an even more deprecatory effect. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42921 "2019-12-01T22:32:00Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Bill before the Pennsylvania state legislature requiring death certificates for all fertilized eggs that don’t implant in the uterus. > [@running\_coach](#): > > [Business Insider.](https://www.businessinsider.com/pennsylvania-bill-would-require-death-certificates-for-fertilized-eggs-2019-11?utmSource=twitter&utmContent=referral&utmTerm=topbar&referrer=twitter&utm_source=reddit.com) > [Link to the bill itself.](https://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1890&pn=2623) (PDF) > This looks to be the crucial point. I would never presume too much but, “…anti-abortion legislators” should be read as, “women-hating men.” Though I realize there are many women who are opposed but not usually legislative crusaders. (exceptions in many red states.) ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42922 "2019-12-01T23:43:23Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Senator John Kennedy: The President of Ukraine worked for Hillary. > [Chuck Todd to GOP Senator John Kennedy: You’re Selling the Same Argument as Putin!](https://www.thedailybeast.com/chuck-todd-to-gop-senator-john-kennedy-youre-selling-the-same-argument-as-putin) At what point do these sorts of allegations cross over into libel? Surely the 1st amendment doesn’t cover stuff that is demonstrably, provably false and malicious? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42923 "2019-12-01T23:45:57Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > It’s almost as though Republicans are seeking a Kremlin endorsement, which leads me to wonder if there isn’t some sort of pro-Kremlin pool of political dark money, or if there are pro-Kremlin lobbyists who are embedded within the Beltway think tank/PAC/donor ecosystem - and by that I mean on a much wider scale than we’re aware of. I read somewhere that the Kremlin hacked into the RNC server as well, and found a honeypot of compramat that they have been leveraging since the election. It is not widely known because the useful idiots have been complying with the directions of their handlers, and it hasn’t been necessary to go public with any of the dirt. It would explain a lot, like Lindsey Graham. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42924 "2019-12-02T01:38:00Z")
> [@bengangmo](#): > > At what point do these sorts of allegations cross over into libel? > Surely the 1st amendment doesn’t cover stuff that is demonstrably, provably false and malicious? For libel against public figures, _actual malice_ must be shown. Unlike most defamation, which concerns itself with what a reasonable person might have thought, actual malice requires knowledge of what the offending party actually thought. Which is all but unprovable short of a confession. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42925 "2019-12-02T05:07:12Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I get that, but it looks better with the typo. Or you could just swap two letters for “_homoigmoranus_” for an even more deprecatory effect. homopolyigmoranus: a gentleman possessing more than one moronic property; or with an odder- and larger-than-usual anus. Reversed, it’s **sunaromgiylopomoh** , a good doper userID. But I digress. Has anyone tabulated the count of stupid GOP ideas posted to this thread? Is the rate of increase of stupid GOP ideas measurable, inevitable, frightening? Can we project when the count will reach infinity i.e. be uncountable? Will that be soon? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42926 "2019-12-02T13:10:56Z")
> [@RioRico](#): > > homopolyigmoranus: a gentleman possessing more than one moronic property; or with an odder- and larger-than-usual anus. Reversed, it’s **sunaromgiylopomoh** , a good doper userID. If one says that, will he disappear back into the 5th Dimension for 90 days? ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42927 "2019-12-02T14:19:28Z")
homopolyigmoranusexpialidocious ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42928 "2019-12-02T14:27:58Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > homopolyigmoranusexpialidocious “…even though the sound of it is something quite a **tro** cious!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2145) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2147)