GOP senator ridiculed for comparing pregnant women to sea turtles

Daines on Abortion: Why do we have laws in place to protect the eggs of a sea turtle or the eggs of eagles\u2026pic.twitter.com/yr0dM7aaAs

— Acyn (@Acyn) 1652215748

What the fuck is this embarrassing nonsense. Does he not realize women also pay taxes

— Brooke Binkowski (@Brooke Binkowski) 1652219842

IF WE COULD LAY EGGS OUTSIDE OUR BODY, WE WOULDN\u2019T BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION YOU PIECE OF SHIThttps://twitter.com/acyn/status/1524129432213987328\u00a0\u2026

— Kate Harding (@Kate Harding) 1652218116

1. Eggs are laid separately from the mother bird/reptile\n2. Women are not birds/reptiles\n3. Human embryos aren't endangered species

— Dr. Ohm \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\udf0a\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Dr. Ohm \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\udf0a\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1652218026

I have to admit, of all the ways to justify forcing pregnant people to keep a medically and financially detrimental pregnancy, I never had "because we protect fish eggs" on the bingo card.https://twitter.com/TrashTakes270/status/1523076778822037504\u00a0\u2026

— Ives the Mad (@Ives the Mad) 1651967276

So now women are being compared to endangered animals??? If that doesn't sound like they want a BREEDIN PROGRAM instead of just caring about babies I don't what else to say.

— AlleyCatRanch (@AlleyCatRanch) 1652217060

Human reproduction is very different than most animals. Most animals become adults within a couple of years and can take care of themselves. Human children require a second \u201cwomb\u201d after birth and do not develop so they can take care of themselves until at least 13 (by law 18) 1/2

— TheThinker (@TheThinker) 1652219668

It would be great if a fertilized egg could completely develop OUTSIDE of the women\u2019s body, like a turtle\u2019s egg. But it doesn\u2019t, in many cases it is a traumatic experience to your body. Even mortal to many. THAT is the whole point, privacy to govern YOUR body, not an external egg

— analu85 (@analu85) 1652228250

You know he practiced that dozens of times before his mirror at home, and each and every time, he thought it was amazing.

— Katie S. Phang (@Katie S. Phang) 1652219004

We don't FORCE animals to give birth or punish them if they destroy their own eggs. We leave animals to do what they do & the protective laws are there so that their lives are NOT interfered with. In theory, anyway, since obviously we interfere massively & destroy their habitat.

— Jerry Bland (@Jerry Bland) 1652221473

The human race is not endangered, only white Americans are and they know it.\n\nThat's what this is all about.

— Mike Frog (@Mike Frog) 1652222590

How is this person in the US Senate?

— Dana Schenk (@Dana Schenk) 1652233494

Please tell me this is an SNL skit.

— David Weissman (@David Weissman) 1652218172

@SteveDaines since humans aren\u2019t endangered, but have exploded in population, are you proposing a \u201chunting season\u201d to reduce the human population to \u201cmanageable numbers\u201d the way humans do when wildlife populations explode? Is that where your ridiculous analogy is going?

— \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 American Promise \ud83d\udc99 (@\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 American Promise \ud83d\udc99) 1652218882