For the record, I have no problem with waiting periods. It isn't like America is suffering from a overkill of thinking about decisions too much.
I think there is a minority of women who do take that decision lightly enough to get a spur of the moment abortion, but 24 hours wouldn't deter someone in that mindset anyway, so admittedly mine is a moot point.It's really neither here nor there to me. But I also don't see the point. No one is being denied rights, so I won't call my Congressman, but it's pretty pointless. Women do not abort spur of the moment.
I propose that we make everyone wait 24 hours before they can buy fast food. Fast food is unhealthy, and we need a "cool down" period to make sure that everyone has thought it through before making such a purchase. Clearly, you are too emotionally distraught to make such a choice, and the government has a duty to "protect" you by controlling your lifestyle.
That assumes that most if not all women seeking an abortion decided to do so in the blink of an eye. That's rarely if ever the case. Adding an additional 24 hours onto the process is a meaningless gesture at best.
Well if you got rid of all the government programs, rules and taxes that are "a meaningless gesture at best" then we would not have much of a government.
Ok....and the significance of your post is ______________________
So you're saying that murdering a baby is no more of an emotional hurdle than buying a Big Mac.
As seen in AZ:
Gov. Jan Brewer on Monday signed into law tight new restrictions on access to abortion in Arizona, imposing a 24-hour waiting period on women seeking the procedure and requiring that minors first receive written, notarized consent from a parent or guardian.
Does this infringe on the right to have an abortion?
If so, how?
If not, why not?
I have a big problem with requiring written, notarized consent for minors.
Written consent is required for minors to get their ears pierced, not to mention their tongues, noses, eyebrows, axillas, navels, peckers, etc.
Why shouldn't they be required to have parental consent before engaging in a surgery that threatens not only their lives but is guaranteed to kill their baby?
24 hours to consider one of your life's most important questions?
I would say that is prudent.
Because getting your tongue pierced doesn't involve nine months of pregnancy or a painful childbirth, doesn't require an 18-22 year commitment, and doesn't cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Oh, so it's okay to kill a baby
Scarecrow Akhbar said:and risk death because pregnancy is such an awful risky experience and there's absolutely nothing doctors can do to make it safe or comfy.
Scarecrow Akhbar said:And....who ever said the teenage momma had to KEEP the child? You people never heard of the word "adoption"?
Because getting your tongue pierced doesn't involve nine months of pregnancy or a painful childbirth, doesn't require an 18-22 year commitment, and doesn't cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
I do not accept your premise. Next?
Abortion isn't terribly dangerous either, unless you're using a coathanger or something. :roll:
And who is going to pay for the medical bills of the unwanted pregnancy? You?
As seen in AZ:
Governor signs bills on guns, abortion
Does this infringe on the right to have an abortion?
If so, how?
If not, why not?
I do not have the power to halt all human ignorance.
Next?
Scarecrow Akhbar said:It's one of the most incredibly dangerous procedures on record.
How many babies survive the procedure?
Scarecrow Akhbar said:Wellllll.....I guess the little tramp better get back out on the streets and sell what she has while it's still worth something, then.
Next?
Don't ever make the mistake of accusing me of having pity.
Scarecrow Akhbar said:They made the mistake, they can pay for it. Or they can find some nice charitable socialists suffering from white guilt or something. Whatever, ain't my prob.
Sooo... the women have to make an appt for 24 hrs past the day they are calling to make the appt? I really fail to see how that's a big deal.
I don't understand the point of it, but I don't see it as some burden.
Each time my wife had an abortion we had to wait about a week. We did the counseling at a local clinic, and took some kind of 'counseling verification form' to the place where the actual abortion was performed.
I just had to wait long enough so there was an appt slot open. Usually a couple days.
See this makes me think the waiting period was nothing more than some kind of political bone to get the gun part passed.
Of course it was. It's stupid either way. I don't see it as some "undue burden" by any means, but I don't see what the point of it is either. It makes the "pro life" people feel like they "won" something and raises the ire of the pro choice people mainly because it makes the pro life folks happy.
It's just stupid all the way around. Good political ploy though, gotta give the governor that.
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