{"id":1293,"date":"2015-05-19T20:24:37","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T00:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/?p=1293"},"modified":"2015-05-19T20:24:37","modified_gmt":"2015-05-20T00:24:37","slug":"new-law-requires-48-hr-waiting-period-before-having-sex-with-rep-desjarlais","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/2015\/05\/19\/new-law-requires-48-hr-waiting-period-before-having-sex-with-rep-desjarlais\/","title":{"rendered":"New law requires 48-hr. waiting period before having sex with Rep. DesJarlais"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_414\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-414\" style=\"width: 199px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ScottDesJarlais.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ScottDesJarlais-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-Tenn.)\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ScottDesJarlais-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ScottDesJarlais.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-414\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-Tenn.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>One day after Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam signed a bill requiring a 48-hour waiting period before a woman can obtain an abortion, state lawmakers passed a piece of legislation that requires women to wait 48 hours before having sex with U.S. Representative Scott DesJarlais.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We just want to make sure women have really thought this through, before they bump uglies with Scott,&#8221; said State House Speaker Beth Harwell. &#8220;They need to really think about the consequences, such as the deep, deep shame. Or, a possible unwanted pregnancy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. DesJarlais, a physician in Jasper, Tenn., received criticism for having multiple affairs with his patients and has been called a hypocrite for maintaining a staunch pro-life stance although previously urging one of his mistresses to seek an abortion and supporting his ex-wife&#8217;s abortions before their 1995 marriage.<\/p>\n<p>Women seeking to have sex with DesJarlais must now first visit a special clinic for in-person counseling with a doctor who will describe what to expect, so that they may make an informed decision about the risks of having sex with DesJarlais.<\/p>\n<p>Physicians are also required to provide a list of public and private agencies to women that are available to assist them with counseling after having intercourse with DesJarlais.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One day after Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam signed a bill requiring a 48-hour waiting period before a woman can obtain an abortion, state lawmakers passed a piece of legislation that requires women to wait 48 hours before having sex with U.S. Representative Scott DesJarlais. &#8220;We just want to make sure women have really thought this through, before they bump uglies with Scott,&#8221; said State House Speaker Beth Harwell. &#8220;They need to really think about the consequences, such as the deep, deep shame. Or, a possible unwanted pregnancy.&#8221; Rep. DesJarlais, a physician in Jasper, Tenn., received criticism for having multiple affairs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1293"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chattanoogabystander.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}