From Fox News, good news for unborn children in Arizona.
Excerpt:
Gov. Jan Brewer on Thursday signed legislation making Arizona the latest state that generally bans abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
The Republican-sponsored legislation also institutes new disclosure mandates that include requiring the state have a website with images of fetuses at various stages of development for women to view.
The 20-week abortion ban does not apply in medical emergencies, and it would affect a tiny percentage of abortions performed in Arizona.
[…]Brewer signed the bill two days after House approval completed final legislative action.
She said in a statement that the bill “strengthens Arizona’s laws protecting the health and safety of women, and recognizes the precious life of the preborn baby.”
[…]Nebraska enacted a 20-week ban in 2010. It was followed by Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, North Carolina and Oklahoma last year.
The bill signed by Brewer would require the state health department maintain an extensive website that provides information about alternatives to abortion, medical risks and descriptions and images of fetuses at various stages of development.
The proposal increases the current requirement that an ultrasound be performed before an abortion from one hour to 24 hours before. It also requires abortion clinics to post signs providing notice that it’s illegal for anyone to coerce a woman to have an abortion.
Democrats like regulating businesses, so I don’t see how they could complain about this. I think we need to regulate the abortion business more. And let this be a lesson to pro-life voters: Jan Brewer is a Republican governor, and Republicans are pro-life.
That’s great news! Pro-aborts will hate this, of course, because the next logical question is, “Why protect these innocent but unwanted human beings at 20 weeks but not 19?,” followed by, “Why protect these innocent but unwanted human beings at 19 weeks instead of 18?,” and so on.
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“…good news for unborn children born in Arizona.”
Isn’t your editor back yet?
This is wonderful news, anyway. How many states have laws similar to this, do you know?
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NO! I’m going to fix that! :-P
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I’m wondering how this squares w/ Doe v Bolton, which defined “health” so broadly as to include virtually any reason. That decision, combined w/ Roe, made abortion legal through all 9 months for any reason. Wondering how these new laws can get around the combination of those 2 decisions, or if they do at all.
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