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03-23-2007, 04:13 PM
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| Partisan   Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: New Haven, CT Gender:  Posts: 8,726 Country: 
  |  Mississippi Passes What-If Abortion Bill Mississippi Passes What-If Abortion Bill Thu Mar 22, 10:39 PM ET JACKSON, Miss. - The governor signed a bill Thursday that would criminalize abortion in the event that the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the 1973 decision that legalized the procedure. The measure, signed by Gov. Haley Barbour, would ban nearly all abortions in the state if the court were to overturn Roe v. Wade. In that event, anyone performing an illegal abortion in Mississippi would face one to 10 years in prison. The bill also tightens consent laws for minors and requires abortion providers to perform a sonogram and give the pregnant woman an opportunity to listen to a fetal heartbeat. The only exceptions to the state ban would be in cases of rape or if the pregnancy threatened the woman's life. The bill has no exception for pregnancies caused by incest. Proponents of the bill say the ultimate goal is to one day challenge Roe v. Wade. Anti-abortion activists and some lawmakers believe that with the recent appointments of new, conservative justices on the U.S. Supreme Court, Roe v. Wade could be overturned. Mississippi is one of many states revisiting the abortion debate. South Carolina lawmakers are considering a bill that would require women to view ultrasound images of their fetuses. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Conservatism: Self-centered mean-spiritedness fueled by ignorance and misguided self-importance. Bigotry is a social disease. Legalized same-sex marriage almost certainly benefits those same-sex couples who choose to marry, as well as the children being raised in those homes. - David Blankenhorn is president of the New York-based Institute for American Values and the author of "The Future of Marriage." | |||||||||||||||||||||
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03-23-2007, 06:06 PM
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| Council Member   Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: NY Gender:  Posts: 1,359 Country:
 | Hmmm... THAT'S interesting. Making a law just-in-case. I wonder what their state supreme court would say about that. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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03-23-2007, 08:57 PM
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naaaah... too easy  Seriously, though, after the South Dakota precedent, why even bother with this symbolic law? Don't get me wrong, I think the SD abortion ban is idiotic, but why not go whole-hog? Smacks of "pandering to the Religious Right" to me. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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03-23-2007, 09:51 PM
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| In the end, such a law will only affect the poor and disadvantaged. Anyone else will simply drive over the state line and get an abortion. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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04-12-2007, 07:25 PM
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| Block Captain  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Indiana Gender: Posts: 353 Country:
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Abortion is about controlling the womb...if a government can do that, they can control anything else on any human being...even men. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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04-12-2007, 07:29 PM
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And yes this seems to be targeting a certain type of people, those who can will just go to another state to have it done. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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