jimnyc
05-15-2019, 11:55 AM
Alyssa Milano is going to lose her lunch! I'm surprised we have mainly only been hearing about Georgia.
Quite frankly, MY opinion has always been that abortion sucks, unless it's rape, the mother's life is in danger and a few other small reasons. Other than that - it's used as birth control for those with no self responsibility.
But I don't see the law going backwards. Yes, maybe in Alabama's senate, but it will then be pushed to the courts and appeals courts and then the SC. I don't see it living.
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Alabama Abortion Bill Passes Both Houses, Sets Up Challenge to Roe v. Wade
On Tuesday night, Alabama's State Senate passed an extremely strong bill restricting abortion and applying harsh penalties to abortionists who kill unborn babies. The Human Life Protection Act, H.B. 314, will go to the desk of Gov. Kay Ivey (R-Ala.). If signed, it will set up a direct legal challenge to Roe v. Wade (1970), the Supreme Court decision striking down state restrictions on the practice of killing unborn babies in their mothers' wombs.
Liberal media outlets like The New York Times have reported what the bill does: It makes abortion illegal in all cases except: where there is a serious health risk to the life of the mother; an ectopic pregnancy; or if the unborn child has a lethal anomaly. The lack of provisions allowing for abortion in cases of rape and incest is particularly noteworthy. The bill also makes it a felony for an abortionist to kill an unborn baby outside these parameters, and an abortionist may face up to 99 years in prison for the crime. The mother who undergoes abortion may not be charged.
Most media outlets did not delve into the legal defenses for the bill, nor the way in which it threatens Roe v. Wade. Pro-life Americans will likely appreciate the legal arguments defending the life and dignity of unborn babies.
"This state's statute criminalizing abortion ... has never been repealed. It has remained unenforceable as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade ... and its progeny, which struck down as unconstitutional a Texas statute criminalizing abortion and which effectively repealed by implication and made unenforceable all other state statutes criminalizing abortion," the bill begins. It goes on to present legal and medical reasons why Alabama should be allowed to protect human life in the womb.
On November 6, 2018, Alabama approved a constitutional amendment affirming the public policy of the state to recognize and support the sanctity of unborn life and the rights of unborn children. The amendment made it clear that the Constitution of Alabama does not include a right to abortion or require public funding for the practice. Current state law defines a person for homicide purposes to include an unborn child at any stage of development, regardless of viability.
The law cites the Declaration of Independence, which presents the natural law claim that "all men are created equal." The bill argues, "the self-evident truth found in natural law, that all human beings are equal from creation, was at least one of the bases for the anti-slavery movement, the women's suffrage movement, the Nuremberg war crimes trials, and the American civil rights movement. If those movements had not been able to appeal to the truth of universal human equality, they could not have been successful."
The bill faults abortion advocates for speaking "to women's rights" but ignoring "the unborn child, while medical science has increasingly recognized the humanity of the unborn child."
Rest - https://pjmedia.com/trending/alabama-abortion-bill-passes-both-houses-sets-up-challenge-to-roe-v-wade/
Quite frankly, MY opinion has always been that abortion sucks, unless it's rape, the mother's life is in danger and a few other small reasons. Other than that - it's used as birth control for those with no self responsibility.
But I don't see the law going backwards. Yes, maybe in Alabama's senate, but it will then be pushed to the courts and appeals courts and then the SC. I don't see it living.
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Alabama Abortion Bill Passes Both Houses, Sets Up Challenge to Roe v. Wade
On Tuesday night, Alabama's State Senate passed an extremely strong bill restricting abortion and applying harsh penalties to abortionists who kill unborn babies. The Human Life Protection Act, H.B. 314, will go to the desk of Gov. Kay Ivey (R-Ala.). If signed, it will set up a direct legal challenge to Roe v. Wade (1970), the Supreme Court decision striking down state restrictions on the practice of killing unborn babies in their mothers' wombs.
Liberal media outlets like The New York Times have reported what the bill does: It makes abortion illegal in all cases except: where there is a serious health risk to the life of the mother; an ectopic pregnancy; or if the unborn child has a lethal anomaly. The lack of provisions allowing for abortion in cases of rape and incest is particularly noteworthy. The bill also makes it a felony for an abortionist to kill an unborn baby outside these parameters, and an abortionist may face up to 99 years in prison for the crime. The mother who undergoes abortion may not be charged.
Most media outlets did not delve into the legal defenses for the bill, nor the way in which it threatens Roe v. Wade. Pro-life Americans will likely appreciate the legal arguments defending the life and dignity of unborn babies.
"This state's statute criminalizing abortion ... has never been repealed. It has remained unenforceable as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade ... and its progeny, which struck down as unconstitutional a Texas statute criminalizing abortion and which effectively repealed by implication and made unenforceable all other state statutes criminalizing abortion," the bill begins. It goes on to present legal and medical reasons why Alabama should be allowed to protect human life in the womb.
On November 6, 2018, Alabama approved a constitutional amendment affirming the public policy of the state to recognize and support the sanctity of unborn life and the rights of unborn children. The amendment made it clear that the Constitution of Alabama does not include a right to abortion or require public funding for the practice. Current state law defines a person for homicide purposes to include an unborn child at any stage of development, regardless of viability.
The law cites the Declaration of Independence, which presents the natural law claim that "all men are created equal." The bill argues, "the self-evident truth found in natural law, that all human beings are equal from creation, was at least one of the bases for the anti-slavery movement, the women's suffrage movement, the Nuremberg war crimes trials, and the American civil rights movement. If those movements had not been able to appeal to the truth of universal human equality, they could not have been successful."
The bill faults abortion advocates for speaking "to women's rights" but ignoring "the unborn child, while medical science has increasingly recognized the humanity of the unborn child."
Rest - https://pjmedia.com/trending/alabama-abortion-bill-passes-both-houses-sets-up-challenge-to-roe-v-wade/