“Several national antiabortion groups and their allies in Republican-led state legislatures are advancing plans to stop people in states where abortion is banned from seeking the procedure elsewhere,“ the Washington Post reports. “The idea has gained momentum in some corners of the antiabortion movement in the days since the Supreme Court struck down its 49-year-old precedent protecting abortion rights nationwide, triggering abortion bans across much of the Southeast and Midwest.”
Well maybe the red states need to re-write their laws then.... rather than saying they plan to "selective enforce them". Because as they are written the anti-abortion laws ban IVF. States say abortion bans don't affect IVF. Providers and lawyers are worried anyway. New abortion bans have created confusion and legal questions about the practice of discarding embryos as part of the IVF process. https://www.nbcnews.com/health/heal...-affect-ivf-providers-lawyers-worry-rcna35556
Mississippi House Speaker wants 12 year old rape victims of incest to give birth to their father's children The Mississippi Republican Speaker of the House says there should be no exception to the state's ban on abortion now that the U.S. Supreme Court has struck down the five-decade-old Roe v Wade ruling. Asked specifically about 12-year-old girls who are victims of incest, Speaker Philip Gunn repeatedly stated his "personal belief" is "life begins at conception." “What about the case of a 12-year-old girl who was molested by her father or uncle?” an Associated Press reporter, Emily Wagster Pettus, asked the Speaker on Friday, as the Mississippi Free Press reports. Mississippi's ban on abortion "does not include an exception for incest,” Gunn replied, as the Free Press' Ashton Pittman reports. “I don’t know that that will be changed.” Asked if "the Legislature should revisit" that part of the law, the Speaker responded, “Personally, no. I do not.” “I believe life begins at conception. Every life is valuable. And those are my personal beliefs,” Speaker Gunn insisted. Another reporter pressed Gunn further. “So that 12-year-old child molested by her family members should carry that pregnancy to term?” Daily Journal reporter Taylor Vance asked. “That is my personal belief. I believe life begins at conception,” the Speaker repeated.
I rather doubt that that would pass Constitutional muster due to the Interstate Commerce Clause, but in any event, it's up to the states to handle and that is where abortion rights belong.
Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn (R) was asked about there being no exceptions in his state’s newly-passed abortion ban. REPORTER: So that 12-year-old child molested by her father and uncle should carry that pregnancy to term? GUNN: That is my personal belief. I believe life begins at conception.
Why would he vote against incest when it might be a secret fantasy of that con.... These guys believe all life is precious until it exits the vagina....then this fucktard wont support anything for the young new mother...
That said, it occurs to me that Mississippi was at the core of the recent decision and it was about a ban after 15 weeks no matter what Phillip Gunn said. In any event, this is an issue for each state to decide.