Abortion Opponents Back Fetal Pain Bill, Doctor Rules
Abortion opponents in Texas championed a string of successful measures in the 2011 Texas legislative session — including a law that requires a physician to perform a sonogram 24 hours in advance of an abortion. For the upcoming 2013 session, they are trying to up the ante.
In addition to an already filed bill that would tighten restrictions on abortion doctors, they are considering other legislation, like a “fetal pain” bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks, and a measure to prevent health providers affiliated with abortion clinics from participating in the state’s Medicaid program.
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Comments (8)
Anya Khan
Killing a child at 20 weeks is the work of evil
Samdavis
Keeping women from affordable health care just to make political points is the ultimate evil. If you don't like abortions, don't get one.
Kathryn Ranieri
These prolife folks are like the ones in Ireland, willing to let women die. Just how can that be prolife? It isn't.
Rudy Gonzales
The fringe extremist currently making laws to govern every Texan have stepped beyond their offices when they effect laws that infringe on another's rights, religious beliefs or position in life. When politicians act on rules laws in Austin, they effect every Texas resident, even those who voted against them. As such, many laws and regulations coming out of Austin have a tendency to infringe on the lives and conditions of those not standing with them. When politicians impose their narrow-minded religious beliefs onto every Texas resident, they have violated the rights of every Texan. When politicians pass legislation governing physicians Hippocratic Oath, the rights of every woman, no matter their station in life, and control over their bodies, they have stepped over their responsibility. There is no justification or substance supporting politicians rulings over medical practices and a woman's rights. Extremist fringe elements like Dan Patrick (TEA party) use the (R) rather than the crimson(T) to garner votes. Legislation compelling physicians to be present or to administer medications to women show his preponderance to step outside of his political office as physicians give orders and Registered Nurses follow directions. Dan Patrick(T) would impose his religious beliefs onto every woman in Texas, even those not of his religion. Past Legislators have Gerrymandered districts to defray actual ethnic make up proportionally for elections of white populations. Such is the case with Dan Patrick.(T) These radical extremes have fought implementation of the PPACA(Health Care Act) even though it passed the Supreme Court. Dan Patrick(T) and others from the TEA party fringe would impose their skewed beliefs onto others by not wanting to implement the PPACA and improve Texas' Medicaid program which funds Planned Parenthood as part of Texas Medicaid. These fringe elements would rather fail those most vulnerable rather than follow federally mandated legislation's.
Anya Khan
I should not have to pay for anyone to slaughter their unborn and INNOCENT child
jpt51
A Catholic priest shared we will never end abortion.
What the country can do is reduce the conditions that lead people to have one. I hope Sen Patrick is willing to at least dedicate $25 million annually for shelters to care for women and children who would otherwise choose an abortion. Texas is about to give billionaiire Red McCombs that much annually - each of the next ten years, for his F1 pet project. Its time Republicans put their money where their mouth is.
Wilkins Micawber
Anya, your hyperbolic language has the effect of rendering you and your opinions as "extreme beyond the reach of reason". I know there is no point in engaging you, but I would like to point out two things:
No one is slaughtering children.
A twenty week old fetus does not posses a bicameral brain or cerebral cortex. How is that a child?
Wilkins Micawber
I'm sorry, what I wrote about fetal brain development at 20 weeks is just plain wrong.