I think religion needs to get the *** out
Believe it or not, politicians represent people's views.
You blame the republicans, but if there weren't TONS of religious nut jobs out there,
they wouldn't be able to be against abortion and come up with crazy laws like this because no one would vote for them.
In 2011 49% of Americans are pro life.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/147734/americans-split-along-pro-choice-pro-life-lines.aspx
The whole pro life and anti birth control movements from religious organizations is a GREAT idea.
My grandma had 13 kids and my aunt had 6 kids and both did that because they were catholic and didn't believe in birth control. More Catholics for the world baby.
So you can get mad at the party representing these people all you want. But the real problem is the people adamant against abortion who encourage these types of bills.
And with 49% of people having the pro-life stance, you can expect this to not go away any time soon.