POLL -- should FL require ultrasounds of women seeking abortions

[nashville_brook]

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/os-legislature-sine-die-20100430,0,2983703.story

DU with it what you will -- :)

from he story:

Legislative session ends with rancorous debate over ultrasound mandate

The abortion debate Friday was so raw, heated and, at times, graphic that House Republican leaders ordered teenage pages off the floor and cleared the public galleries of children. Two Democrats wept as they spoke against the ultrasound mandate.

The debate was emblematic of a Legislature that is increasingly conservative. After more than three hours, the House approved the measure — on a 76-44 party-line vote — to require ultrasounds for women seeking first-trimester abortions. The measure now goes to Crist, who already is expressing concerns and appears likely to veto it.

[spanone]

k&r

[mcar]

1. Done

Veto this POS too, Charlie!

[spanone]

2. k&r

[nashville_brook]

3. damn! you guys are quick!!

thank you!

[w8liftinglady]

4. done-70% no

[nashville_brook]

6. i had a beloved poly-sci prof in the 80s who thought there was "middle ground"

in the abortion debate...where there could be restrictions that everyone could agree upon. he was wrong, and this is wrong.

[KILL THE WISE ONE]

5. this will be vetoed but oklahoma passed it over governors veto

[nashville_brook]

7. this is another great opportunity for Crist to distance himself from the wacko right...

i feel really bad for women in oklahoma...apartheid is what it is.

[KILL THE WISE ONE]

8. Oklahoma women should go on a sex strike - no one gets laid until law is repealed

well except gay men and lesbians

[nashville_brook]

10. a 21st Century Lysistrata! I LOVE it!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysistrata


Lysistrata (Attic Greek: Λυσιστράτη, "Army-disbander") is one of the few surviving plays written by the master of Old Comedy, Aristophanes. Originally performed in classical Athens in 411 BC, it is a comic account of one woman's extraordinary mission to end The Peloponnesian War. Lysistrata convinces the women of Greece to withhold sexual privileges from their husbands and lovers as a means of forcing the men to negotiate peace, a strategy however that inflames the battle between the sexes. The play is notable for its exposé of sexual relations in a male-dominated society and for its use of both double entendre and explicit obscenities. The dramatic structure represents a shift away from the conventions of Old Comedy, a trend typical of the author's career. It was produced in the same year as Thesmophoriazusae, another play with a focus on gender-based issues, just two years after Athens' catastrophic defeat in the Sicilian Expedition.

[KILL THE WISE ONE]

17. it worked more recently on an east african nation over ending a war

[w8liftinglady]

11. I was thinking a mandatory sperm count prior to intercourse

[Submariner]

9. I thought the right wing-nuts HATED government intrusion

yet they are advocating government intrusion on pregnant women.

Can't republicans make up their minds already? They flip-flop so much is gets quite confusing trying to figure them out.

[nashville_brook]

13. it's Orwellian -- only intrusive if it's intruding on white male privilege - otherwise, it's FREEDOM

[krispos42]

25. Not ON an a pregnant woman... IN a pregnant women!

:grr:

Government stops at the skin!

[warren pease]

12. No, but they should definitely run MRIs/CT scans on the skulls of the FLA legislature...

...to see if there's anything inside but cobwebs and crucifixes.


wp

[nashville_brook]

14. BLAhahahhhaaaa! oh, so true.

[hobbit709]

30. +100

[DesertRat]

15. Done

NO 82%

[iamjoy]

16. Done

really a nasty bill - as bad as Okalahoma

[DirkGently]

18. It's like the FL Republicans were trying to impress the Teabaggers

as much as possible before the end of the session. They're overestimating the power of the flailing anti-Obama backlash, though. Getting smacked down on the teacher tenure bill should have taught them something. The only good here is that they're failing, and everyone sees them failing.

[nashville_brook]

22. many teabaggers in the midst of the FL-GOP rank-and-file...emphasis on "rank"

[jillan]

19. Done! Lets keep this kicked.

[Canuckistanian]

20. 84.9% against.

Good work, DU.

[Demoiselle]

21. Now it's 85% NO.

[crazylikafox]

23. done

[StopTheNeoCons]

24. DONE....86%

[krispos42]

26. 87% no, 107 votes so far n/t

[w8liftinglady]

27. kicking-fr got ahold of this one

[csziggy]

28. Now it is 50% NO! n/t

[Flubadubya]

29. Yep, freeperland is awake and alert...

Morning :kick: