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niyad

(112,435 posts)
Tue Jan 26, 2016, 03:08 PM Jan 2016

Florida Republican Lawmakers Are Trying to Make Abortion a Felony (but, there is NO war on women!!)

(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 House’s 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 bill’s 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 woman’s 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

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Florida Republican Lawmakers Are Trying to Make Abortion a Felony (but, there is NO war on women!!) (Original Post) niyad Jan 2016 OP
all or nothing extremist thinking like this will lead us to felony for male masturbation librechik Jan 2016 #1
that is coming niyad Jan 2016 #3
Well, the don't want men to have abortions either. Orrex Jan 2016 #2
goodness, how silly of me. niyad Jan 2016 #4
It's a nuanced issue, and it's about time men had some control over their bodies. Orrex Jan 2016 #5
I hope that you were not drinking anything!! niyad Jan 2016 #6
I might need to, after that post Orrex Jan 2016 #13
So what happens if a woman has a miscarriage?? RockaFowler Jan 2016 #7
in some states, she can go to jail like purvi patel. niyad Jan 2016 #8
I feel like crying right now RockaFowler Jan 2016 #10
I know exactly what you mean. these woman-hating, pro-forced birth gestational slavers niyad Jan 2016 #11
here: niyad Jan 2016 #9
All women must mail their tampons and pads to the Florida House REP Jan 2016 #12
absolutely agree. niyad Jan 2016 #15
Eff Them! smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #14

librechik

(30,663 posts)
1. all or nothing extremist thinking like this will lead us to felony for male masturbation
Tue Jan 26, 2016, 03:13 PM
Jan 2016

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.

Orrex

(63,085 posts)
5. It's a nuanced issue, and it's about time men had some control over their bodies.
Tue Jan 26, 2016, 03:39 PM
Jan 2016

Holy shit. Do you know how hard it was to type that with a straight face?

RockaFowler

(7,429 posts)
7. So what happens if a woman has a miscarriage??
Tue Jan 26, 2016, 03:46 PM
Jan 2016

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

RockaFowler

(7,429 posts)
10. I feel like crying right now
Tue Jan 26, 2016, 03:54 PM
Jan 2016

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)
11. I know exactly what you mean. these woman-hating, pro-forced birth gestational slavers
Tue Jan 26, 2016, 03:55 PM
Jan 2016

have got to go.

REP

(21,691 posts)
12. All women must mail their tampons and pads to the Florida House
Tue Jan 26, 2016, 04:12 PM
Jan 2016

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.

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