Okay, this is going to take some brain wrapping.

Here’s a guy in Tennessee who’s a state representative named Matthew Hill who wanted to make  doctors who perform an abortion file some paperwork.  He would require private information written on forms routinely filed after every abortion to be posted online.

The forms contain the physician’s name, the name and address of the facility where the abortion took place, as well as details about the woman obtaining the abortion, including her age, race, marital status, city of residence and the number of children she currently has.

Critics, including the Tennessee Medical Association, said that information could have intimidated or endangered doctors. The demographic information also could have identified a woman from a small or rural community who had obtained an abortion.

Republican Representative Hill withdrew that portion of his bill.

Representative Hill - He Makes A Large Target

Wanna know why?  Because it was the right thing to do?  Because it would violate the privacy of both doctor and patient?  Because doctors who perform abortions have been killed in this country?

Nope.

He withdrew it because he accused “opponents of spreading lies about it and inciting threats of violence against him.”

Ding!  Ding!  Ding!

Representative Hill, you are the winner of The World’s Most Dangerous Beauty Salon, Inc’s Irony Bigger Than Your Butt Award!

You can pick up your prize at your local League of Women Voters headquarters.  I’m sure they will even gift wrap it for you.

Thanks to Ralph for the heads-up.