to have an abortion in Virginia you must be probed by the government
why?
Maybe the governor is really an alien....
to have an abortion in Virginia you must be probed by the government
why?
This afternoon, the House Judiciary (Non-Civil) Committee will take up HB 954, a measure that would prohibit abortions on women who are more than 20 weeks pregnant. Current law prohibits abortions after the second trimester, or about 24 weeks.
The bill sponsored by Doug McKillip, R-Athens, asserts that 20 weeks is the point at which a fetus can begin to feel pain. The measure also attempts to tighten “life of the mother” exceptions to abortion:
No such condition shall be deemed to exist if it is based on a diagnosis or claim of a mental or emotional condition of the pregnant woman or that the pregnant woman will purposefully engage in conduct which she intends to result in her death or in substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function.
In response, House Democrats have scheduled a 3 p.m. Wednesday hearing at the state Capitol, to propose a bill that would ban Georgia males from seeking vasectomies. From the press release:
“Thousands of children are deprived of birth in this state every year because of the lack of state regulation over vasectomies,” said Rep. Yasmin Neal, author of the bill. “It is patently unfair that men can avoid unwanted fatherhood by presuming that their judgment over such matters is more valid than the judgment of the General Assembly, while women’s ability to decide is constantly up for debate throughout the United States.”
House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams added, “The Republican attack on women’s reproductive rights is unconscionable. What is more deplorable is the hypocrisy of HB 954’s author. If we follow his logic, we believe it is the obligation of this General Assembly to assert an equally invasive state interest in the reproductive habits of men and substitute the will of the government over the will of adult men.”
Our lawmakers are fucking children (not literally...probably)
http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insi...omen-seek-a-state-ban-on-vasectomies-for-men/
Maybe the governor is really an alien....
"State efforts to mandate the HPV vaccine in minors have raised a variety of concerns. The substitution of our judgement for the judgement of parents is exactly the type of government intrusion into healthcare that Americans rejected at the polls last November."
-Virginia Delegate Kathy J. Byron who introduced the bill
In regards to the TSA full body pat downs: "I think that's probably over the line with regard to people's, you know, concerns about privacy and their civil liberties."
-Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell
The FBI's definition of rape includes any kind of penetration against one's will.
The House of Delegates voted Wednesday afternoon to amend the bill to say that no woman will have to undergo a internal ultrasound involuntarily, and that only an external ultrasounds will be required to satisfy the requirements to determine gestational age.
What's wrong with the bill in your opinion?
While I don't believe in abortion in general, I also don't believe that there needs to be a law requiring an internal ultrasound if you're going to have one. External, I can get a little more behind since we're dealing with verifying the age of the fetus when the law places limits on how old the fetus can be when you kill it.