Fri Jun 1, 2012, 08:01 PM

Hissyspit (40,059 posts)

Louisiana House Approves Bill Banning Abortions After 20 Weeks

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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

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14 replies	Author	Time	Post
Louisiana House Approves Bill Banning Abortions After 20 Weeks (Original post)	Hissyspit	Jun 2012	OP
Sigh	MountainLaurel	Jun 2012	#1
Jobs Jobs Jobs!!!	JoePhilly	Jun 2012	#2
Just watch some documentaries on "the South"...you'll understand.	Hulk	Jun 2012	#3
The South Would Still Have Slavery if they Hadn't Lost the Civil War	AndyTiedye	Jun 2012	#4
or at least Jim Crow (n/t)	0rganism	Jun 2012	#14
Well if I could move out of the south I would thats for sure as alot of truly are ignorant hicks.	cstanleytech	Jun 2012	#10
Nebraska, Kansas, and Idaho	enlightenment	Jun 2012	#11
No, Lincoln should have executed the entire leadership!	atreides1	Jun 2012	#13
Unconstitutional on its face. Roe v Wade is settled law and says	kestrel91316	Jun 2012	#5
Yet we desperately need tort reform, yes?	randome	Jun 2012	#6
k&r. bastards.	uppityperson	Jun 2012	#7
And so women who will die without an abortion will do what, exactly?	Zoeisright	Jun 2012	#8
If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament.	SunSeeker	Jun 2012	#9
Sad, pathetic misogynists.	BlueIris	Jun 2012	#12

Response to Hissyspit (Original post)

Fri Jun 1, 2012, 08:02 PM

MountainLaurel (10,178 posts)

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.

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Fri Jun 1, 2012, 08:03 PM

JoePhilly (15,990 posts)

2. Jobs Jobs Jobs!!!

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Fri Jun 1, 2012, 08:24 PM

Hulk (3,076 posts)

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.

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Fri Jun 1, 2012, 08:53 PM

AndyTiedye (22,977 posts)

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.

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Sun Jun 3, 2012, 12:18 AM

0rganism (16,926 posts)

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

n/t

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Sat Jun 2, 2012, 02:47 AM

cstanleytech (5,301 posts)

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.

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Sat Jun 2, 2012, 03:44 AM

enlightenment (6,232 posts)

11. Nebraska, Kansas, and Idaho

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

This is not a regional problem.

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Sat Jun 2, 2012, 12:47 PM

atreides1 (10,171 posts)

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...

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Fri Jun 1, 2012, 09:00 PM

kestrel91316 (45,386 posts)

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

they can't do this before 6 months.

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Fri Jun 1, 2012, 10:25 PM

randome (12,660 posts)

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.

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Fri Jun 1, 2012, 10:55 PM

uppityperson (74,143 posts)

7. k&r. bastards.

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Fri Jun 1, 2012, 11:26 PM

Zoeisright (7,828 posts)

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.

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Sat Jun 2, 2012, 02:45 AM

SunSeeker (5,028 posts)

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.

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Sat Jun 2, 2012, 06:00 AM

BlueIris (29,135 posts)

12. Sad, pathetic misogynists.

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

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