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(this one is from jezebel, and the comments are well worth the read)
Florida Republican Lawmakers Are Trying to Make Abortion a Felony
The Florida House of Representatives has decided to move forward with several bills that would all but ban abortions in the state, including one that would make performing an abortion a felony.
On Monday afternoon, the Houses Criminal Justice Subcommittee voted 8-3 to move forward with the Florida for Life Act, or HB 865, a bill that would make abortions a first-degree felony offense, according to the Miami Herald. If caught performing or assisting in the performance of an abortion or running an abortion clinic, one could face up to 30 years in prison.
The bill recognizes that both the mother and the baby are citizens of the state of Florida, said the bills sponsor, Rep. Charles Van Zant (R). We are therefore compelled to protect their life. (no, you woman-hating pos, the only thing you care about is controlling women) The Legislature finds that all human life comes from the Creator, has an inherent value that cannot be quantified by man, and begins at the earliest biological development of a fertilized human egg, the bill reads. (separation of church and state, you woman-hating assholes???)
The Legislature finds that the establishment of viability as the point at which the state may restrict abortions, as well as the undue burden standard of Planned Parenthood of Southern Pennsylvania v. Casey... is arbitrary and provides inadequate guidance for this state to enact meaningful protections for unborn human life.
The bill would permit abortions under the conditions that two separate doctors confirm in writing that the procedure would be necessary to save the pregnant womans life or avert a serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman other than a psychological condition.
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http://jezebel.com/florida-republican-lawmakers-are-trying-to-make-abortio-1755195141
librechik
(30,663 posts)No? Thousands of vital cells DIE every time they spill the seed. Even more cells than a 2 wk old fertilized zygote!!!
PUT THEM IN JAIL!!!
Just kidding--they'll burn women at the stake for abortion before a single man is ever prosecuted.
niyad
(112,435 posts)Orrex
(63,085 posts)See? Equality!
niyad
(112,435 posts)Orrex
(63,085 posts)Holy shit. Do you know how hard it was to type that with a straight face?
niyad
(112,435 posts)Orrex
(63,085 posts)RockaFowler
(7,429 posts)These guys sicken me so much
No-one knows what its like to have to make that decision except the woman who makes it.
There are times when I really hate my state. Today is one of those days
niyad
(112,435 posts)RockaFowler
(7,429 posts)This is what is wrong with this country - Republican Assholes who want to control my body
F-U to all of them
niyad
(112,435 posts)have got to go.
REP
(21,691 posts)Since most women have had or will have an early spontaneous abortion without even knowing it, thinking their period was either late or heavier than usual, they should send their used menstrual products to the men in the House so it can be determined if a Precious Preborn Poppet has been denied its Florida citizenship by its creator or by the evils of a woman's body.
niyad
(112,435 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)K&R