Jodie Laubenberg is a Texas state representative who retired in 2018. In 2013, during debate on an anti-abortion bill she sponsored, she opposed an amendment carving out an exception for rape and incest. She claimed that rape kits cleaned women out and were the equivalent of a D&C. She later claimed her statement was a bit muddled. This was the bill Wendy Davis filibustered.
- PolitiFact: Says a “rape kit” can be used to “clean out” women, “basically like” dilation and curettage.
- The Atlantic: Sponsor of New Texas Anti-Abortion Bill Thinks Rape Kits Are Contraceptives
- Huffington Post: Ten Facts About Rape Kits: True Even in Texas
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Harlingen, Texas · Wednesday, June 26, 2013