Apparently, disabled kids are God's punishment for abortion. So says Virginia State Rep Bob Marshall (R)
http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2010/02/22/virginia-delegate-handicapped-children-are-gods-punishment-women
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So the rag Reproductive Health also had this little gem.
There is a debate and for some Religion and Religious values are involved.
Is make the following illegal so bad?
A bill passed by the Utah House and Senate this week and waiting for the governor's signature, will make it a crime for a woman to have a miscarriage, and make induced abortion a crime in some instances.
According Lynn M. Paltrow, executive director of National Advocates for Pregnant Women, what makes Utah's proposed law unique is that it is specifically designed to be punitive toward pregnant women, not those who might assist or cause an illegal abortion or unintended miscarriage.
The bill passed by legislators amends Utah's criminal statute to allow the state to charge a woman with criminal homicide for inducing a miscarriage or obtaining an illegal abortion. The basis for the law was a recent case in which a 17-year-old girl, who was seven months pregnant, paid a man $150 to beat her in an attempt to cause a miscarriage. Although the girl gave birth to a baby later given up for adoption, she was initially charged with attempted murder. However the charges were dropped because, at the time, under Utah state law a woman could not be prosecuted for attempting to arrange an abortion, lawful or unlawful.
It is my view that the base of the Republican Party is radical and completely out of touch with mainstream America. It is far to the right of where the GOP found itself just a generation ago. I post comments like the Virginia and South Carolina Republican officeholders to make my point. It is not a tall task.
With respect to the Utah law, it appears to conform with Roe v Wade. We certainly don't want pregnant women beat up in any event and safe and legal abortions are available in the first two trimesters, which the law apparently recognizes. No problem here.
Unlike NOW and NARAL, I do not take slippery slope positions. I am very comfortable with third trimester prohibitions on abortion, while I fully support choice in the first two trimesters.
In the 3rd trimester if they were over by 10 minutes would that make a difference, or would 1 hour, 3 days, 4 days, a week, 2 weeks - where do you draw the line. And who will be the arbitor.
One minute before third trimester is okay, the moment of third trimester is not. That is the line as drawn my SCOTUS with the (7-2) majority opinion written by lifelong Republican Harry Blackmun.
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