Scott Walker plans to sign 20-week abortion ban

[Socialist]

Fuck the idiots who support this...

Gov. Scott Walker plans to sign a ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy after Assembly lawmakers on Thursday easily approved the legislation.

The Assembly’s 61-34 approval came after emotional testimony from lawmakers.

Under the bill, doctors who terminate pregnancies after 20 weeks in non-emergency situations could be charged with a felony and face up to three years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

The bill doesn’t provide exceptions for pregnancies conceived from a sexual assault or incest.

The bill was previously passed by the Senate. It now heads to Walker, who is expected to announce his candidacy for president on Monday. Walker spokeswoman Laurel Patrick said Walker plans to sign the bill, but she added she does not yet know when that will be.

Walker has long been a proponent of anti-abortion legislation, but during his re-election campaign last year he expressed support for leaving pregnancy decisions to women and their doctors.

That stance has drawn criticism from religious conservatives in recent months, prompting Walker to request the 20-week abortion ban with no exceptions for rape and incest.

During the debate, Assembly members from both parties detailed personal experiences with lost pregnancies and read letters from constituents with similar stories.

Rep. Joan Ballweg, R-Markesan, told a story about losing a daughter born prematurely — one of three miscarriages she experienced.

“Shouldn’t we defer or fall on the side of preventing a living being from feeling pain?” she said.

Protecting fetuses from pain was the chief aim of the legislation, Republican lawmakers agreed.

“To vote no on this bill is to classify certain children as subhuman,” said the bill’s author, Rep. Jesse Kremer, R-Kewaskum.

But Democratic lawmakers repeatedly argued that the decision should be left to mothers and doctors.

Rep. Terese Berceau, D-Madison, said lawmakers have no business making deeply personal decisions for women.

“Republicans have no business talking about small government when apparently it’s not too small to fit inside a uterus,” she said. “I feel that any woman who votes for this is truly a traitor to your gender.”

The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Journal of the American Medical Association have concluded that evidence shows fetuses begin to feel pain during the third trimester — which begins at 27 weeks.

But the Assembly’s debate hinged mostly on whether the decision should be left to a mother and her doctor instead of lawmakers.

Rep. Chris Taylor, D-Madison, detailed her personal story about having more than one miscarriage.

“I didn’t need you there,” she said. “I needed some great medical care.”

Reps. Lisa Subeck, D-Madison, and Berceau said drawing a line at 20 weeks could force fetuses with significant health problems to be carried to full term.

Referring to a letter from a constituent who had had an abortion, Subeck said, “It was her choice not to put her baby through the pain of being born and suffering, not even able to get oxygen until it died.”

But Rep. Joe Sanfelippo, R-West Allis, said prohibiting fetuses from going through an “extremely excruciating” procedure was paramount.

“The bill protects children from being tortured and feeling pain,” he said. “That’s all this bill does.”

According to the most recent state Department of Health Services information, 89 of nearly 6,500 abortions performed in Wisconsin in 2013, or roughly 1 percent, occurred after the 20-week mark.

Fourteen states have passed abortion bans at 20 weeks or earlier, which depart from the standard established in the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. That ruling established a nationwide right to abortion but allowed states to restrict the procedures after the fetus reaches viability, the point where it could survive outside the womb. The ruling offered no legal definition of viability but said it could range from the 24th to 28th week of pregnancy.

Scott Walker plans to sign 20-week abortion ban Wsj
There are horrific birth defects that cannot even be tested for or detected until past 20 weeks. It is barbaric to force any woman to birth a child she does not want.

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

Scott Walker plans to sign 20-week abortion ban

Excellent. I like him more everyday.

 

[PaintMyHouse]

Fuck the idiots who support this...

Gov. Scott Walker plans to sign a ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy after Assembly lawmakers on Thursday easily approved the legislation.

The Assembly’s 61-34 approval came after emotional testimony from lawmakers.

Under the bill, doctors who terminate pregnancies after 20 weeks in non-emergency situations could be charged with a felony and face up to three years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

The bill doesn’t provide exceptions for pregnancies conceived from a sexual assault or incest.

The bill was previously passed by the Senate. It now heads to Walker, who is expected to announce his candidacy for president on Monday. Walker spokeswoman Laurel Patrick said Walker plans to sign the bill, but she added she does not yet know when that will be.

Walker has long been a proponent of anti-abortion legislation, but during his re-election campaign last year he expressed support for leaving pregnancy decisions to women and their doctors.

That stance has drawn criticism from religious conservatives in recent months, prompting Walker to request the 20-week abortion ban with no exceptions for rape and incest.

During the debate, Assembly members from both parties detailed personal experiences with lost pregnancies and read letters from constituents with similar stories.

Rep. Joan Ballweg, R-Markesan, told a story about losing a daughter born prematurely — one of three miscarriages she experienced.

“Shouldn’t we defer or fall on the side of preventing a living being from feeling pain?” she said.

Protecting fetuses from pain was the chief aim of the legislation, Republican lawmakers agreed.

“To vote no on this bill is to classify certain children as subhuman,” said the bill’s author, Rep. Jesse Kremer, R-Kewaskum.

But Democratic lawmakers repeatedly argued that the decision should be left to mothers and doctors.

Rep. Terese Berceau, D-Madison, said lawmakers have no business making deeply personal decisions for women.

“Republicans have no business talking about small government when apparently it’s not too small to fit inside a uterus,” she said. “I feel that any woman who votes for this is truly a traitor to your gender.”

The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Journal of the American Medical Association have concluded that evidence shows fetuses begin to feel pain during the third trimester — which begins at 27 weeks.

But the Assembly’s debate hinged mostly on whether the decision should be left to a mother and her doctor instead of lawmakers.

Rep. Chris Taylor, D-Madison, detailed her personal story about having more than one miscarriage.

“I didn’t need you there,” she said. “I needed some great medical care.”

Reps. Lisa Subeck, D-Madison, and Berceau said drawing a line at 20 weeks could force fetuses with significant health problems to be carried to full term.

Referring to a letter from a constituent who had had an abortion, Subeck said, “It was her choice not to put her baby through the pain of being born and suffering, not even able to get oxygen until it died.”

But Rep. Joe Sanfelippo, R-West Allis, said prohibiting fetuses from going through an “extremely excruciating” procedure was paramount.

“The bill protects children from being tortured and feeling pain,” he said. “That’s all this bill does.”

According to the most recent state Department of Health Services information, 89 of nearly 6,500 abortions performed in Wisconsin in 2013, or roughly 1 percent, occurred after the 20-week mark.

Fourteen states have passed abortion bans at 20 weeks or earlier, which depart from the standard established in the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. That ruling established a nationwide right to abortion but allowed states to restrict the procedures after the fetus reaches viability, the point where it could survive outside the womb. The ruling offered no legal definition of viability but said it could range from the 24th to 28th week of pregnancy.

Scott Walker plans to sign 20-week abortion ban Wsj
There are horrific birth defects that cannot even be tested for or detected until past 20 weeks. It is barbaric to force any woman to birth a child she does not want.

It won't stand...

 

[Socialist]

Scott Walker plans to sign 20-week abortion ban

Excellent. I like him more everyday.

Nothing like restricting women's rights and destroying worker rights/education.

 

[PaintMyHouse]

Scott Walker plans to sign 20-week abortion ban

Excellent. I like him more everyday.

Nothing like restricting women's rights and destroying worker rights/education.

They long for the Good Old Days, when men died on the job and women were barefoot and pregnant...

 

[Socialist]

Scott Walker plans to sign 20-week abortion ban

Excellent. I like him more everyday.

Nothing like restricting women's rights and destroying worker rights/education.

They long for the Good Old Days, when men died on the job and women were barefoot and pregnant...

I love to tell rwers to show me ONE successful example of their dream world, the best I can find is somalia. It's a right wingers wet dream. It's funny how almost every other industrialized country has high taxes, strong welfare programs, free healthcare, free education.. and yet, right wingers would label them "communist" based on what happened with obamacare. RWERS are loons.

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

I love to tell rwers to show me ONE successful example of their dream world, the best I can find is somalia.

I cannot show you an example of your dreamworld, because they have all failed.

The United States was our example, until you all lost the 2000 election and went mad. It's been in the shit since.

 

[Mr. H.]

Scott Walker plans to sign 20-week abortion ban

Excellent. I like him more everyday.

Nothing like restricting women's rights and destroying worker rights/education.

Nothing like respecting the lives of our progeny. Abortion is not a necessity, it is a commonplace riddance of the nuisance and burden of responsibility and accountability. This is the Liberal/Socialist/Progressive utopian "wet dream".

 

[Socialist]

Scott Walker plans to sign 20-week abortion ban

Excellent. I like him more everyday.

Nothing like restricting women's rights and destroying worker rights/education.

Nothing like respecting the lives of our progeny. Abortion is not a necessity, it is a commonplace riddance of the nuisance and burden of responsibility and accountability. This is the Liberal/Socialist/Progressive utopian "wet dream".

Abortion is a women's rights issue, you have no right to control a women's body, and luckily, you never will

 

[PaintMyHouse]

Abortion is not a necessity...

Yep, you're no OBGYN. Most of of what is created never sees the light of day and that's nature, not our doing. And it's very much necessary, at times.

And should you wish to "respect life", then fucking pay up for you cheap bastards, conception to death...

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Nothing like respecting the lives of our progeny. Abortion is not a necessity, it is a commonplace riddance of the nuisance and burden of responsibility and accountability.

Even if that's true how does that make it the government's business?

 

[Socialist]

I love to tell rwers to show me ONE successful example of their dream world, the best I can find is somalia.

I cannot show you an example of your dreamworld, because they have all failed.

The United States was our example, until you all lost the 2000 election and went mad. It's been in the shit since.

LOL. The 1980's-2000 were a dream world? LOOOOL.

 

[Socialist]

Nothing like respecting the lives of our progeny. Abortion is not a necessity, it is a commonplace riddance of the nuisance and burden of responsibility and accountability.

Even if that's true how does that make it the government's business?

I agree, you always hear right wingers rant and rave about how the government should not be involved in anything, but when it comes to women's rights/lgbt issues...

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

LOL. The 1980's-2000 were a dream world? LOOOOL.

Silly lad. The United States is an idea without time limitations. You people disagree with it, ergo I disagree with you.

 

[Socialist]

LOL. The 1980's-2000 were a dream world? LOOOOL.

Silly lad. The United States is an idea without time limitations. You people disagree with it, ergo I disagree with you.

You want less regulations? No taxes? Free market capitalism? No evil minimum wage? No welfare? Somalia awaits.

 

[PaintMyHouse]

LOL. The 1980's-2000 were a dream world? LOOOOL.

Silly lad. The United States is an idea without time limitations. You people disagree with it, ergo I disagree with you.

You want less regulations? No taxes? Free market capitalism? No evil minimum wage? No welfare? Somalia awaits.

And lots and lots of guns and religion. Heaven on Earth...

 

[Unkotare]

Fuck the idiots who support this......

Fuck you idiots who support killing the unborn.

 

[Socialist]

Fuck the idiots who support this......

Fuck you idiots who support killing the unborn.

I support women's rights, a fetus means nothing to me. Well, actually, this is common sense: Women will get abortion EITHER WAY. You either have free birth control, actual sex education, safe and secure clinics, all which help reduce the abortion rate, or you have abstinence, fights against birth control, and the destruction of women's rights, which actually leads to unsafe, dirty "underground" abortions, like it was in the past.

 

[Unkotare]

Abortion is a women's rights issue...

It's a lot more than that.

 

[PaintMyHouse]

Fuck the idiots who support this......

Fuck you idiots who support killing the unborn.

Nature, or God, mostly takes care of that for us. Are you pissed them, little shit-freak?