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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLawmaker Wants A Memorial To Aborted Fetuses. And He Wants To Make Planned Parenthood Build It.
Not. The. Onion.
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2015/10/15/3712653/missouri-planned-parenthood-proposal/
As they gear up for their next session, Missouri legislators are currently brainstorming their anti-abortion wish lists. And one lawmaker has a particularly unique proposal for imposing more regulations on Planned Parenthood: Forcing the organization to build a memorial dedicated to aborted fetuses.
During a House committee hearing this week, during which state lawmakers discussed their recommendations for tightening restrictions on abortion providers, State Rep. Rick Brattin (R) suggested Missouri should pass new legislation to ensure that Planned Parenthood is properly honoring fetuses. According to St. Louis Public Radio, Brattin cited 56 million babies that have been lost in the abortion service and industry since Roe v. Wade legalized the procedure in 1973.
I think maybe requiring that Planned Parenthood set up some type of memorial, like a Vietnam Wall type, he said. I know that sounds crazy, but by state law (fetuses are) given human status, so should there be a human memorial attached to that human life?
Brattin is likely referring to the fact that Missouri recognizes fetuses as potential victims under state homicide laws, a statute that allows people to be charged for crimes that harm pregnant women in a way that causes them to suffer a miscarriage.
During a House committee hearing this week, during which state lawmakers discussed their recommendations for tightening restrictions on abortion providers, State Rep. Rick Brattin (R) suggested Missouri should pass new legislation to ensure that Planned Parenthood is properly honoring fetuses. According to St. Louis Public Radio, Brattin cited 56 million babies that have been lost in the abortion service and industry since Roe v. Wade legalized the procedure in 1973.
I think maybe requiring that Planned Parenthood set up some type of memorial, like a Vietnam Wall type, he said. I know that sounds crazy, but by state law (fetuses are) given human status, so should there be a human memorial attached to that human life?
Brattin is likely referring to the fact that Missouri recognizes fetuses as potential victims under state homicide laws, a statute that allows people to be charged for crimes that harm pregnant women in a way that causes them to suffer a miscarriage.
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Lawmaker Wants A Memorial To Aborted Fetuses. And He Wants To Make Planned Parenthood Build It. (Original Post)
KamaAina
Oct 2015
OP
If corporations are people what about this is different than a bill of attainder?
HereSince1628
Oct 2015
#3
Warpy
(111,359 posts)1. Make it life sized
Even in marble, something the size of a cashew nut won't cost much to erect.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)2. Thread win on the first reply!
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)3. If corporations are people what about this is different than a bill of attainder?
Every person in America is according to the US Constitution free from being subjected to bills of attainder.
This bill would presume that PP has done something criminal that requires punishment. Isn't that the basic outline of a bill of attainder?
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)4. Oh SNAP!!
Initech
(100,104 posts)5. Might as well build a border wall and get Mexico to pay for it.