Why isn't this abortion bill being talked about?
In a fashion similar to California's Proposition 73, which went down to defeat last November, Senate Bill S. 403 - which is up for a vote TODAY - would make it impossible for a minor who resides in a state where she can't get an abortion to seek an abortion in another state.
That's just fine with Republicans, evidently.
Let's walk through that one more time:
You're a 13-year-old girls whose abusive father has raped you and made you pregnant. Your concerned grandparents, who have found out about this monstrosity, besides seeking to have your father imprisoned for child molestation, have agreed to help you get an abortion. You live in a state where parental notification is required for an abortion, or where abortion itself is illegal. Your grandparents agree to drive you to a clinic in the next state.
As soon as they cross the state line with you, they are federal criminals.
How fucked up is that?
I don't know about you, but I do not want the possibility that any little girl would have to go through that.
Evidently, it's okay with Republicans.
How fucked up is that?
A friend mentioned that he had heard about the Senate bill this morning on NPR; this was the absolute first I'd heard of it. (Here's an article from today's Houston Chronicle.) I guess it's been kicking around for a while, and passed the House last year as H.R. 748.
I don't even know what to say.
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