This hurts my head.

[tashiro]

This... this gives me a migraine. >.< I just want to smack some people upside the head about this. "I'm sorry, since you won't vote the way we want you to, we're just going to force our will on you anyway."  I really feel for these women.  :(

Oklahoma Senate Passes Personhood Act, Effectively Banning All AbortionsThe Republican dominated Oklahoma

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[spross]

I can only say I pray that doctors and the US medical profession chooses to violate the law en mass.

[brother_dour]

So....basically any woman who lives in Oklahoma will just go to an adjoining state to get an abortion. Meanwhile, this law will probably challenged in court. It might even win.

[shadow_weaver]

glad I don't live in oklahoma. Geeze. does it still have to go through a second part of government there? or is it now officially law?

[mirumototsubasa]

Sure...pass that law. So long as they also pass a law giving rapists the death penalty. No appeals.

Careful...

[thraxarious]

That due process thing you're steppin on... its kinda important.

[thraxarious]

This is just plain disgusting. I have to finish writing to some family members I was debating this with.

The current gist I am working on is that pushing for outwright bans means you drive it underground more. We'll see more botched home abortions dropped off at hospitals.

If the conservatives REALLY were compassionate, really wanted abortions to stop, wanted a REAL victory, not just some stupid moral stance, they would work at abortion from the side.

By keeping it safe, yet pushing on prevention and protection, they could work at the needs for abortion and reduce them that way. By educating people and building up awareness, the number of needed abortions could drop. Abstinence training isn't always successful, we know when you repress something it gets stronger.

Instead they want to make it illegal and put anyone who gets unexpectedly pregnant under even more stress. Scared people do stupid things. By closing off avenues of support it actually encourages more bad outcomes.

[brother_dour]

One problem with that: someone will eventually call what you propose, "social engineering" and then watch how fast it loses all political support!

[thraxarious]

I disagree.

Pushing prevention and education is quite noble.

This is just attacking the real problem and not trying to poke at the symptom.