abortion issues

The Supreme Court of the US has declined to hear an appeal of a May 2013 ruling by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals that stated the Arizona law that restricted abortions to no later than the 20th week is unconstitutional. The issue at hand was apparently that the Arizona law was unnecessarily...

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/10/parental-consent-laws-nebraska-abortion-courts If you have not (and since I have not seen a thread here I assume not) heard about this, it is what I wrote above and this is the details.^^^^^ I begin to be even less fond of primitive ******** existing in...

So a friend of mine found this article after having an already ****** day and is convinced it's real...but while I haven't seen the video in said article, it sounds too absurd to be true, and the website's name seems suspect at best. University Students Sign Petition to Legalize Abortion after...

Link here. Hilarious quote" Funny, coming from the state that has executed more people than any other.

It's live-streaming on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2Q8Hr0O20LY. A heroic woman. ETA: Senator Davis can't sit down. She can't eat. She can't drink. She can't go to the bathroom. She can't even lean on her desk. She has to talk until midnight, with the few...

http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/06/24/19117053-video-in-texas-rape-kits-debate-the-sound-of-abortion-politics?lite WHAT in the ACTUAL ****?!

Yep, those Catholics are mostly right-to-lifers, and prone to argue that even a fetus is a human. Most of the time. But when one of their hospitals are on the wrong end of a wrongful death lawsuit, they are likely to change their tune. What could cause this sudden change in position? Money...

Unless they want to spend three years in jail as a convicted felon, that is. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/24/new-mexico-abortion-bill_n_2541894.html I don't think I even have the words any more...

I was happy to be greeted by some good news this morning. I love the ACLU... Even when they take positions I don't personally agree with (that is not the case here). http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/12/11/choose-life-license-plates-ruled-unconstitutional-in-north-carolina/?hpt=hp_t3

Just when I think the Democrats' "war on women" rhetoric is maybe a little bit over the top, some Republican wises me up by opening his big yap. Joe Walsh: abortions never necessary to save life of mother Chicago Sun Times :|

Funny thing is, wasn't I having a discussion with Avalon about just this type of mindset (in a totally different context mind you)? Disabled kids are god's punishment I don't mind these idiots having these views per se, but when they start making laws that can affect us all, we have a problem...

So I'm in a discussion with someone who is under the impression that Obamacare is evil due to the fact that Catholics will have to pay for abortions. I'm assuming it needs to be twisted some way to actually come to that conclusion, but I'd like some more educated information on it. Is that 100%...

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/todd-akin-legitimate-rape.php What is this I don't even

There was a good article by William Saletan earlier this year about Mitt Romney's changing stories about what he believes about abortion and how he came to those beliefs. It's obvious Romney's position on abortion has changed over the years. But as Saletan points out, it's one thing to change...

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/07/04/new-poll-shows-most-canadians-support-abortion-with-some-restrictions/ Comparable (more or less) US figures here: http://www.pollingreport.com/abortion.htm Canada really is a different country. :w2:

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2012/07/romney-led-bains-investment-firm-disposed-aborted-fetuses/54097/ Will this matter to the abortion fanatics?

Tell me about it. There were 1100 pieces of gun control legislation in 2011 alone. Oh wait, that was legislation to restrict women's access to abortion and contraception. Bad example. Never mind.

He's supposed to be a Libertarian. This would seem to imply no government interference such issues as reproductive choice and availability of birth control technology. However, according to Wikipedia, he's strongly pro-life. At the same time, he favors stem cell research. So, how does he...

I'm at a loss. What is wrong with people?

This kind of stuff seems to be the main thing that Republicans are focused on these days, whether it's defunding Planned Parenthood or putting up hurdles between women and their contraceptives. The morning-after pill is an over-the-counter emergency contraceptive. Proposed Law Assumes Women...

Georgia's house of representatives (or assembly?) has passed HB 954, a strict anti-abortion bill that would, among other things require pregnant women to carry an already dead fetus to term. Here is legislator Terry England's passionate defense of this bill. Oddly enough, the bill does allow an...

The title of this thread is rendered in quotes because I've heard said thus many times by evangelical Christians. Along with this bit dogma is another: "There are no accidents." The ideas that God doesn't make mistakes and that there are no accidents are often used to attack not only abortion...

Quite aside from the ethics of abortion, the "beginning of life" arguments, and all that... I wonder just what the ultimate goal of the pro-life folks might be. What do they expect to happen if, as would seem to be their desire, abortion would be generally outlawed in the US? At present, we are...

http://www.krmg.com/news/news/local/food-containing-fetuses-targeted-under-new-oklaho/nG7P7/ But they're so tasty. :(

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20220121time_works_against_abortion_ruling/ "The family-court judge deciding whether to abort the pregnancy of a schizophrenic woman, who was spared this week from another jurist’s sterilization order, may have little choice but to allow the...

Higher abortion rates where procedure is illegal Confirms my theory that the best way to reduce abortion is for everyone to have access to sex education, family planning and especially contraceptives. I also believe that giving the least developed country aid for family planning and...

A rather interesting and complex topic. In China, because of the strong preference for male children over female children, it is illegal for a doctor to reveal the gender of a child before it is born, in order to prevent deliberate abortion of females. This is a serious problem in countries...

2 Abortion Providers Charged With Murder in Md. It seems that they botched a procedure. That in itself might be medical malpractice, but not murder. But then they searched their clinic and found some late-term fetuses, one possibly at 36 weeks. Still, charging doctors with first-degree...

Over in the politics section, Sarge raised an interesting point. This indeed is an interesting question, and one that I've argued about with my family et. al. (Note: I do not wish to make this thread about the morality of abortion. I would prefer that the assumption is that the laws are...

I can't believe there isn't a thread on this yet. Here is but one CNN article. Basically this amendment to the constitution of Mississippi makes any fertilized human egg completely legally a person. Both governor candidates support it. This would have huge effects on birth control (the...