Antiabortion measures flooding state legislatures

[TomCADem]

Source: LA Times

Energized by Republican gains in the last election and still stinging from the passage of President Obama's healthcare overhaul, conservative lawmakers in statehouses around the country have put forward a torrent of measures aimed at restricting abortion.

The measures now under consideration in dozens of states reflect advances in technology and a political cycle that has reempowered a reliably antiabortion bloc — conservative Republicans — on the state and federal levels.

Some proposed laws, drawing upon improvements in medical imaging, seek to shorten the window during which women may have an abortion, though states may not impose restrictions in the first trimester.

Others focus on eliminating federal dollars for abortion providers such as Planned Parenthood. Even though it is illegal to use public funds for most abortions, some conservatives argue that any money given to an organization that provides abortions is subsidizing them, even if the public funds are spent on other services.


Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-abortion-legislation-20110508,0,628983.story

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Where are the jobs?!?!?!

After getting elected based on claims that they would focus on the economy, Republicans are using their election instead as a mandate to curb abortion rights, workers rights, pass anti-immigrantion laws, and push birther legislation.

Yet, the corporate media will generally give them a free pass as they ignore the economy, except to push for tax cuts to the very rich.

[Drale]

1. They know they are not getting reelected and will lose so much in 2012

So they are trying to do as much damage as possible before then.

[derby378]

2. In Texas, women are facing a new sonogram bill

Not the jelly-on-your-belly type of sonogram - the other type of sonogram. Yeah, the Republicans are about to make it mandatory for any woman who wants an abortion. And a minumum 24-hour waiting period after the sonogram applies, too.

If men were threatened with a new law mandating sonograms of every prostate exam they've ever had, we wouldn't be staring down the barrel of such an inane law.

[BlueJazz]

3. If it were up to me, any Woman could have an abortion any time of the night or day for free.

If the Churches want to push these disgusting laws down people's throats...start paying taxes and get off the welfare train.

[Raven]

4. They have produced 0 jobs, they have nothing to run on except

this. Back in 2004 when I was canvassing for Kerry, I talked to a woman and her husband who were very conservative catholics. She told me that her biggest regret in the last election was voting for Bush because of one issue: abortion. She said she realized what a big mistake that had been.

[Downwinder]

5. Better put more money in Medicaid to cover Obstetrics.

[lunatica]

6. I grow mighty weary of the never ending assault on women's rights

Jesus! I wish I could just slap them hard. Get a fucking life and go live it instead of telling others how to live theirs.

[Guilded Lilly]

7. They hope that banning abortions will create more...

Republicans?

Certainly doesn't create...oh, say...JOBS.

Nothing these imbeciles have said or done has anything to do with any campaign bullshit they ran on last year. Same old crap, different mouths spewing it.

It makes absolutely no difference to them if anyone has a job, except themselves.

Republicans hate/fear the old, the young, the middle class and the female.

[BadgerKid]

8. The GOP reminds us how pork legislation works.

any money given to an organization that provides _____ is subsidizing them, even if the public funds are spent on other services.

How about we dig into where the funds contracted out to military operations end up? We might as well say that the financial bailouts subsidized CEO income. How ludicrous!

[Stumbler]

9. If they hope to re-elected,

it seems they're now doubling-down on the equally unlikely hopes that nobody in the US has ever had, nor has ever known anyone to have had an abortion in their lifetimes. And that those Americans are far more concerned with denying a woman's right than with providing actual employment. I hope they will find that, like racism and homophobia, fear of abortion for purely religious advances will likely not work with the mass of the population still wondering where the f%$#ing jobs are, now that the "fiscally responsible" party is back in power...

And for the record: Nobody 'supports' abortion. Some of us simply 'oppose' "antiabortion legislation" (aka, stripping away human rights specifically designated for women).

[givemebackmycountry]

10. Well, at least the Republicans are "Strong On Defense"!

So, they got that going for them.
Right?
Right?

Oh, yeah.
That ship has sailed too.

WHAT FUCKING GOOD ARE THEY?

[LuckyLib]

11. Along with abortion, our state legislature is proposing building casinos, a new

pro football stadium, and keeping gun-rights front and center. Meanwhile, Rome burns. Schools will have huge class sizes, unemployment is high, and programs for the elderly, disabled, and poor are being slashed. But those Republicans do have their priorities . . . now if the voting public can figure it out!

[janet118]

12. They feel that no one will challenge the legality of laws . . .

because pro-choice advocates are scared of pushing a case to Supreme Court in its current, pro-right form.

[McCamy Taylor]

13. This is not a good sign for the GOP. They know they are losing their base.

The average American who is sort of down on abortion (except for their daughters and wives lol) is much more angry about the shitty economy. Now, Right to Life must be showing signs of defecting or (more likely) staying home.

[BlueIris]

14. It is sad they feel entitled to hurt women AND their partners in this way.

Sickos.

[still_one]

15. Women better wake up pretty quick and see what the republican party is doing to their rights by the

next election

Labor was very complacent since reagan, and now they realize that the republicans want to destroy organized labor

Same with a lot of minorities regarding civil rights because they felt so strongly against gay rights, they forgot that their own civil rights might now be jeopardized

Those who once thought social security and medicare was protected should also take note

All the struggles that were gained have a real possibility of being lost because people took these things for granted