abra_sus_ojos (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} abra_sus_ojos) wrote,@ 2006-06-01 08:32:00 |
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This is Ridiculous
(From Planned Parenthood)
Legislators in 12 states — Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, and West Virginia — have introduced bills this year to ban nearly all abortions. Even in the traditionally pro-choice state of Massachusetts, Governor Mitt Romney (R) announced this month that he would sign a bill outlawing most abortions if it ever reached his desk.
The current wave of state abortion bans is a serious, direct threat to our most basic, fundamental rights — one that has severe repercussions for all Americans.
Sadly, the bans are just one part of an ongoing anti-choice, legislative strategy to deny women their right to determine whether and when to have children. State politicians across the country are creating a gauntlet of legislation to restrict abortion — and women are paying the price with their health and safety.
For example, a number of states currently have laws on the books that force women to receive biased, state-mandated lectures before they get an abortion. These so-called "counseling" requirements can force health care providers to dispense medically inaccurate information to women, such as the suggestion of a link between abortion and breast cancer — a link that has been proven false time and again.
At the state level, more than 860 choice-related bills have been introduced or carried over in the first two months of the 2006 legislative session. While some have been proactive efforts to protect reproductive rights, the majority have been attempts to restrict those rights.
Read More: http://www.plannedparenthood.org/pp2/po
(From Planned Parenthood)
Legislators in 12 states — Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, and West Virginia — have introduced bills this year to ban nearly all abortions. Even in the traditionally pro-choice state of Massachusetts, Governor Mitt Romney (R) announced this month that he would sign a bill outlawing most abortions if it ever reached his desk.
The current wave of state abortion bans is a serious, direct threat to our most basic, fundamental rights — one that has severe repercussions for all Americans.
Sadly, the bans are just one part of an ongoing anti-choice, legislative strategy to deny women their right to determine whether and when to have children. State politicians across the country are creating a gauntlet of legislation to restrict abortion — and women are paying the price with their health and safety.
For example, a number of states currently have laws on the books that force women to receive biased, state-mandated lectures before they get an abortion. These so-called "counseling" requirements can force health care providers to dispense medically inaccurate information to women, such as the suggestion of a link between abortion and breast cancer — a link that has been proven false time and again.
At the state level, more than 860 choice-related bills have been introduced or carried over in the first two months of the 2006 legislative session. While some have been proactive efforts to protect reproductive rights, the majority have been attempts to restrict those rights.
Read More: http://www.plannedparenthood.org/pp2/po
