The Ramblings of Miss Pissykitty

1. 6
   Sep
   
   States Pass Staggering Array of Anti-Choice Laws, Policies and Ballot Measures

   Some of the scariest parts of this:

   Oklahoma has seen no less than eight attempts to block women’s access to abortion care in that state during the state’s 2010 legislative session. From a bill that would require physicians to “grill women” by asking them no less than 37 questions, forcing women seeking an abortion “to report their ‘marital status, age, race, education, number of live births, number of miscarriages, number of induced abortions, type of abortion and reason for the abortion,’” to a bill prohibiting any claims for damages “on the basis of wrongful life or wrongful birth,” Oklahoma has been relentless in their quest to criminalize women’s health care. Though Oklahoma’s ultrasound bill has a restraining order against it, in place, until 2011, women face a mountain of challenges when attempting to access abortion in that state still.

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   States from Arizona to Virginia, however, have also enacted abortion restrictions some with far-reaching consequences. In Utah, for example, a law was enacted which “imposes severe criminal penalties on pregnant women who cause the termination of their own pregnancies.” Yes, you read that right. It is now potentially illegal, in that state, for women to miscarry.

   What is wrong with these people?

   WOW, and here I thought the GOP wanted to keep big government OUT of our lives and personal choices and here they are, sticking their nose where they don’t belong! 

   (Source: ryking, via jonathan-cunningham)

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