A Louisiana mother has a week to make an unthinkable decision — carry her baby to term even though she says doctors tell her it will not survive or find another state where she can have an abortion, WAFB reports. Said the woman: “It was an abnormal ultrasound, and they noticed the top of the baby’s head was missing and the skull was missing, the top of the skull was missing.” She added: “It’s hard knowing that… you know I’m carrying it to bury it.”
A Republican-led House panel advanced a near-total abortion ban — with no exceptions for rape or incest — largely along party lines in a 13-7 vote, the Columbia State reports. The bill also does not include specific language related to fetal anomalies, an exception included in current law.
The optics on this makes the new repub party quite repugnant. More and more of these stories will strain the logic of this new class of sycophants.
they're still peddling the fiction that Roe v. Wade rescission did not make abortions illegal because "states"
Michigan gubernatorial hopeful Tudor Dixon (R) said she opposes abortion in cases of rape – even when the victim is a child – because of the “bond” that the mother and child will eventually enjoy, Mediaite reports. Said Dixon: “I’ve talked to those people who were the child of a rape victim and the bond that those two people made and the fact that out of that tragedy there was healing through that baby.”
Michigan gubernatorial hopeful Tudor Dixon (R) said she opposes abortion in cases of rape – even when the victim is a child – because of the “bond” that the mother and child will eventually enjoy, Mediaite reports. Said Dixon: “I’ve talked to those people who were the child of a rape victim and the bond that those two people made and the fact that out of that tragedy there was healing through that baby.”
The full context of the GOP nominee's comments is amazing... by extension the candidate is basically saying that raping children is OK. Michigan's GOP Nominee for Governor: Giving Birth After Rape Is 'Healing' for a 14-Year-Old "The bond that those two people made and the fact that out of that tragedy there was healing through that baby, it's something we don't think about." https://jezebel.com/michigans-gop-nominee-for-governor-giving-birth-after-1849438097
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) on Monday said Tennessee is focused on implementing its total abortion ban on Thursday, which will prohibit all abortions with no exceptions for rape or incest, the Tennessean reports. The law threatens doctors with criminal charges for any abortion performed, critics say, even when a patient’s life is in danger.