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In reply to the discussion: Breaking: "First Degree Homicide Of The Unborn Child Bill" Passes CO House On Second Reading [View all]Viva
(39 posts)111. Sometimes this happens with a woman even knowing.
It seems the only way this could be enforced would be to send in used tampons and pads for testing.
These laws are stupid and all the lawmakers involved should be fired!
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Breaking: "First Degree Homicide Of The Unborn Child Bill" Passes CO House On Second Reading [View all]
babylonsister
Mar 2012
OP
I want to know who's building the jails and paying the legal fees. This is whacked! nt
babylonsister
Mar 2012
#2
So if a woman has an ectopic pregnancy that can never be viable & could cause serious complications
Pachamama
Mar 2012
#78
Handmaids Tale.....Vessels for their Sperm and religious reasoning indeed....
Pachamama
Mar 2012
#87
And the men who caused the pregnancy should be arrested, also. I feel for the cops of Colorado.
judesedit
Mar 2012
#49
oh no...the men who caused it.....will be entitled to accuse as co-plaintiff with the State
BlancheSplanchnik
Mar 2012
#57
Roe vs Wade is being eroded,yet it still holds. We must make our voices heard and
The Wielding Truth
Mar 2012
#15
Gov might be waiting till many pass. Then after the election? Strike them as unconstitutional
Brettongarcia
Mar 2012
#33
Yes. The anti-abortion strategy is: local, incrementalist saturation. About 145 bills this year?
Brettongarcia
Mar 2012
#100
Many states are passing these regulations so they will take effect immediatly
Arkansas Granny
Mar 2012
#105
Women need to go all Lysistrata until these idiots quit trying to destroy our rights!
pink-o
Mar 2012
#21
I believe that to be a good idea, sane males will abstain voluntarily in solidarity
Dragonfli
Mar 2012
#85
I am sick and tired of religion dictating what should be law in this fucked up country.
L0oniX
Mar 2012
#30
Will they investigate every miscarriage? Women need to send in used tampons/pads to
uppityperson
Mar 2012
#34
Looks like it's balls-out for the rightwing with the next election looming.
AtomicKitten
Mar 2012
#45
Ladies, it's time for a mass exodus OUT of Colorado. Maybe they'll get it when we hit their wallets.
judesedit
Mar 2012
#47
The father of the child should have to sign docs stating he will raise the child if the woman can't
judesedit
Mar 2012
#50
Who's behind all these anti-abortion efforts? In part, "Priests for Life"; "Personhood USA." Etc.?
Brettongarcia
Mar 2012
#116
Found this article on Twitter re: meth lab laws in Alabama being used to prosecute pregnant women
Bolo Boffin
Mar 2012
#117
How many of the legislature's "Yea" voters will be adopting unwanted children?
AlbertCat
Mar 2012
#103
OMG! This just shocked me beyond words. IF this does pass WE Women might as well
Justice wanted
Mar 2012
#106