{"id":722928,"date":"2021-09-06T09:50:59","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T13:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=722928"},"modified":"2021-09-06T09:51:02","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T13:51:02","slug":"bette-midler-recommends-women-practice-abstinence-to-stick-it-to-pro-lifers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bette-midler-recommends-women-practice-abstinence-to-stick-it-to-pro-lifers\/","title":{"rendered":"Bette Midler Recommends Women Practice Abstinence To Stick It To Pro-Lifers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbette-midler-recommends-women-practice-abstinence-to-stick-it-to-pro-lifers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=722928&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1184733126.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Actress and left-wing mouthpiece Better Midler recommended women practice abstinence as retaliation for pro-life legislation taking effect in Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Midler apparently reasoned that pro-lifers would be so put out by the sex strike they\u2019d eventually \u201cguarantee\u201d women\u2019s \u201cright\u201d to an abortion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI suggest that all women refuse to have sex with men until they are guaranteed the right to choose by Congress,\u201d she posted to Twitter, Thursday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.0377358490566\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I suggest that all women refuse to have sex with men until they are guaranteed the right to choose by Congress.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 bettemidler (@BetteMidler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BetteMidler\/status\/1433626916003586053?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The pro-life law tweaking Midler effectively bans most abortions after six weeks, when an unborn baby\u2019s&nbsp;heartbeat can be detected on an ultrasound.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation took effect Wednesday morning, after both the Supreme Court and a lower federal court of appeals refused to rule on a demand from Texas abortion providers to stay the law pending further litigation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/texas-heartbeat-law-goes-into-effect-after-supreme-court-refuses-to-issue-emergency-stay\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Midler is not the first celebrity to tell women to practice abstinence to stick it to pro-lifers. Back in 2019, abortion advocate and actress Alyssa Milano called for a&nbsp;\u201csex strike\u201d in retaliation for a similar pro-life heartbeat bill in Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur reproductive rights are being erased. Until women have legal control over our own bodies we just cannot risk pregnancy,\u201d Milano <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/alyssa-milano-doubles-down-sex-strike-tells-women-james-barrett\">tweeted<\/a> in May 2019. \u201cJOIN ME by not having sex until we get bodily autonomy back. I\u2019m calling for a #SexStrike. Pass it on.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.76\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our reproductive rights are being erased.<\/p>\n<p>Until women have legal control over our own bodies we just cannot risk pregnancy. <\/p>\n<p>JOIN ME by not having sex until we get bodily autonomy back.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m calling for a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SexStrike?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SexStrike<\/a>. Pass it on. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uOgN4FKwpg\">pic.twitter.com\/uOgN4FKwpg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Alyssa_Milano\/status\/1127040792281767936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cDespite widespread mockery for the ironically pro-chastity\/anti-\u2018women\u2019s liberation\u2019 strike, Milano doubled down by co-authoring an op-ed explaining the rationale behind her latest ill-received protest movement and tweeting out warnings to women about getting \u2018thrown in prison\u2019 because of Republicans,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/alyssa-milano-doubles-down-sex-strike-tells-women-james-barrett\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCalling for a sex strike as a way to protest restrictions on abortion has sparked a powerful response,\u201d read the op-ed Milano co-authored. \u201cSure, it\u2019s been a mixed reaction, but it got the country talking about the GOP\u2019s undeniable war on women. And let\u2019s face it, with so much going on every day in the news, sometimes we need an extreme response to get national attention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Midler was not alone condemning the legislation protecting the unborn. As highlighted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/celebrities-outraged-pro-life-legislation-stands-in-texas-we-will-boycott-you\">The Daily Wire<\/a>, other actresses targeted Texas and publicly supported Planned Parenthood, the nation\u2019s largest abortion mill.<\/p>\n<p>Feminist actress&nbsp;Patricia Arquette warned of a Hollywood \u201cboycott,\u201d for example.&nbsp;\u201cWe will not stop until women have full equal rights in every state in America. We will boycott you. We will out organize you. We will strike you,\u201d she wrote via Twitter.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cBig Little Lies\u201d actress Reese Witherspoon promoted Planned Parenthood in her condemnation of the pro-life legislation. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cThis ban is ridiculous and it\u2019s part of a RECORD number of abortion restrictions passed this year. We\u2019ve declared today a Day of Action \u2014 because it\u2019s on all of us to step up and fight for reproductive freedom. \u2026 <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BansOffOurBodies?src=hashtag_click\">#BansOffOurBodies<\/a>,\u201d wrote Planned Parenthood.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cI stand with the women of Texas who have the Constitutional right to make decisions about their health and their own bodies,\u201d Witherspoon quote-tweeted the post, adding, \u201c<\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BansOffOurBodies?src=hashtag_click\">#BansOffOurBodies<\/a>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/celebrities-outraged-pro-life-legislation-stands-in-texas-we-will-boycott-you\">Celebrities Outraged Pro-Life Legislation Stands In Texas: \u2018We Will Boycott&nbsp;You\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actress and left-wing mouthpiece Better Midler recommended women practice abstinence as retaliation for pro-life legislation taking effect in Texas.Midler apparently reasoned that pro-lifers would be so put out by the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-722928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=722928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=722928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=722928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=722928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}