Louisiana House Approves Bill Banning Abortions After 20 Weeks

[Hissyspit]

Source: Reuters

Louisiana House approves bill banning abortions after 20 weeks

NEW ORLEANS | Fri Jun 1, 2012 7:50pm EDT

By Kathy Finn

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The Louisiana state House of Representatives on Friday unanimously approved a bill that would prohibit abortion beyond 20 weeks after fertilization unless the mother's life is in danger.

Georgia a month ago became the seventh state to ban most or all abortions after 20 weeks. Alabama, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Nebraska and North Carolina also have such restrictions.

Under the Louisiana measure, doctors who violate the 20-week provision could face up to two years in prison.

Senate President John Alario, who introduced the bill, earlier agreed to an amendment requested by the Louisiana State Medical Society that would absolve physicians from penalties if they perform an abortion to protect the life of a pregnant woman. Otherwise, a violation would subject a doctor to fines and imprisonment.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE8501IE20120601?irpc=932

[MountainLaurel]

1. Sigh

I was at a fundraiser for Planned Parenthood of the Gulf Coast night, oddly enough. We definitely have our work cut out for us here.

[JoePhilly]

2. Jobs Jobs Jobs!!!

[Hulk]

3. Just watch some documentaries on "the South"...you'll understand.

These people are insane. We should have allowed the South to secede. It was a HUGE mistake to continue to include them in the USA. I feel so very sorry for the progressives that have to live in that environment. It must be a living hell.

[AndyTiedye]

4. The South Would Still Have Slavery if they Hadn't Lost the Civil War

These people are insane. We should have allowed the South to secede.

They'd still have slavery.

[0rganism]

14. or at least Jim Crow (n/t)

n/t

[cstanleytech]

10. Well if I could move out of the south I would thats for sure as alot of truly are ignorant hicks.

And by alot I mean the ones who go on with the Republican / Fox News party line about Obama and the democrats in general.

[enlightenment]

11. Nebraska, Kansas, and Idaho

- all listed in that article - are not in "the South".

This is not a regional problem.

[atreides1]

13. No, Lincoln should have executed the entire leadership!

What would have been left, would have been easier to manipulate and likely the Southern States would have become more compliant with the direction the country was headed in.

But, Lincoln did what he thought was best for the country, and paid for it with his life...

[kestrel91316]

5. Unconstitutional on its face. Roe v Wade is settled law and says

they can't do this before 6 months.

[randome]

6. Yet we desperately need tort reform, yes?

Forget about legislators passing bills they know will never see the light of day and tie up the courts with lawsuits.

[uppityperson]

7. k&r. bastards.

[Zoeisright]

8. And so women who will die without an abortion will do what, exactly?

DIE? Those god damned repuke fuckers. They are so incredibly stupid and cruel. This violates the principles of medical ethics, although those assholes wouldn't know ethics if they were bitten in the ass by one.

[SunSeeker]

9. If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament.

But alas, alter boys can't get pregnant, so the Pope has no use for abortion, and very Catholic Louisiana must tow the line.

[BlueIris]

12. Sad, pathetic misogynists.

It sickens me that these freaks enjoy the benefits of public office.