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First in Arkansas, the legislature voted to restrict abortions to the first 12 weeks of pregnancy - and then overrode the Governor's Veto. This is clearly lined up to go to the Supreme Court.
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Current law holds that a fetus must be viable outside the womb, and no one thinks a 13 week old fetus is viable.
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Next, in Kentucky, the legislature voted to say the government cannot infringe on "any person's
sincerely held religious belief".
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Which I think gives Southern Baptists the right to have slaves (did they ever rescind that, their reason of being in the first place?). It would also protect those people who beat their children according to Biblical validation, it will protect passer-bys from saving anyone who might be an unmarried woman ("harlot") or gay person ("devient") and of course will allow children of Jehovah Witnesses and Christian Scientists to die from lack of a blood transfusion.
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Of course, the real reason is so they don't have to allow faggots inside their business or give whores the morning after pill.
Finally North Dakota was not happy that Arkansas beat it for crazy title and overrode the veto of 3
different abortion bills. The key one is that there will be no abortions after the fetal heartbeat is detectable - about 6 weeks. They will use the Transvagial-Ultrasound device to check on any woman.
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They also said that a clinic that provides emergency pregnancy termination services in any case (including Rape, Incest or the Health of the Mother) cannot operate unless they have hospital admitting rights. This is a clone of a Mississippi law that says the same thing. Both states will close the single state clinics that still provide abortions because the local hospitals will not grant the clinics admitting rights.
One aside....
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In California a bartender can be prosecuted if he serves a pregnant woman - I don't know if they have that law in North Dakota, but if they do ladies, prepare to be wanded every time you want a drink.
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Kathy Hawken who is Pro-Life in the BEST Sense |
She is anti-abortion, but has introduced bills to provide pre-natal care and early child care. She has seen they all go down in defeat. She doesn't understand why the legislature in resource rich North Dakota stops carring for a fetus the minute it is born.
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That is a pro-life position I understand and admire.