abortion is not murder and it will remain legal regardless of what religious myth believing xians want.
On Thursday, May 19, 2016 at 5:36:46 PM UTC-5, gtheist957 wrote: > > Should be a murder charge. > On May 19, 2016 3:04 PM, "plainolamerican" <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> >> >> Oklahoma's Senate passed a law Thursday that would criminalize abortion, >> an extraordinary measure that clashes sharply with longstanding rulings >> from the nation's highest court. >> >> Physicians who perform an abortion could be charged with a felony and >> stripped of their medical license under the measure, which now goes to >> Gov.Mary >> Fallin. The bill becomes law in five days unless she vetoes it. Fallin >> said she has not decided what she will do. >> >> Republican state Sen. Nathan Dahm wants the measure to become a driving >> force in bringing down Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruling that >> legalized abortion. >> >> GOP state Sen. Ervin Yen, a physician who voted against the >> measure, called it “insane” and said he was sure the bill would face a >> court challenge, the *Tulsa World* >> <http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/capitol_report/oklahoma-senate-passes-bill-to-make-it-a-felony-to/article_2ffd21c9-ce55-50f6-ada1-99c3a8f9bc66.html> >> reported. >> >> National abortion rights groups were quick to express outrage. Jennifer >> Miller, spokeswoman for the Center for Reproductive Rights, said the bill >> is the first of its kind in the nation and called upon Fallin to veto it. >> >> "Since Gov. Fallin took office in 2011, she has signed 18 bills >> restricting access to reproductive health care services," Miller >> said. "Each of these laws has been blocked by courts." >> >> Amanda Allen, lawyer for the center, said the measure represented "a new >> low," and called it "harmful, discriminatory, clearly unconstitutional, and >> insulting to Oklahoma women and their families." >> >> NARAL Pro-Choice America sounded a similar theme. >> >> "Against a backdrop of a presidential nominee threatening to punish women >> for accessing abortion, Oklahoma's new bill criminalizing this vital >> reproductive service is reckless and dangerous," said NARAL President Ilyse >> Hogue. "This bill puts doctors in the cross hairs for providing women with >> the option of exercising our fundamental right to decide how and when to >> start a family." >> >> Donald Trump, the Republican Party's presumptive presidential nominee, >> recently said there "has to be some form of punishment" for women who have >> abortions. He later said he meant that "women punish themselves." >> >> David Gans, civil rights director at the Constitutional Accountability >> Center, said the measure is clearly unconstitutional. >> >> “The Supreme Court has many times said it violates the liberty the 14th >> Amendment guarantees to all persons," Gans said. "It’s sort of flouting >> what the Supreme Court has said is a fundamental right and the law of the >> land.” >> >> -- >> -- >> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >> For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >> >> * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ >> * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. >> * Read the latest breaking news, and more. >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "PoliticalForum" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
