Congress Raping The Raped

Abortion has always been a controversial subject amongst Americans. A Republican House bill was proposed which aimed federal funding to be used only for “forcible rapes”, therefore it would not cover all types of rapes. When the government narrows it down to only one kind of rape, they are saying that the other kinds of rapes are not valid. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, they define forcible rape as “ the carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will”. Other kinds of rapes that the bill does not include are date rate, statutory rape, rape of someone who has been drugged, and rape of mentally in component person. By the Republican party even proposing this bill they are trying to redefine rape and say forcible rapes are valid but the others are not. No matter what kind of rape occurred, they should be all considered rape and should be treated the same.

Many people criticized the GOP because of this outrageous bill that was striping rights away from women who have been raped. The bill was struck down by many critics, but the GOP just tried to reorganize the wording of the bill. Terry O'Neil, president of National Organization for Women, said “ That they would actually go back and think about it carefully, and take out the word 'forcible', and yet withhold healthcare from women being subjected to incest. I found that deeply offensive and insulting”. Just proposing a bill controlling which rapes are allowed to have abortions and which are not, is talking a huge step backwards. We are a country that is constantly changing and we want to progress and not make the same mistakes we have made in the past.