Missouri Governor Vetoes 72-Hour Abortion Waiting Period: ‘This Is Insulting To Women

[TheDemSocialist]

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon (D) rejected a measure on Wednesday that would have required women to wait three full days before being allowed to have an abortion procedure. His veto prevents Missouri from joining Utah and South Dakota, which are the only two states in the nation that currently have a 72-hour abortion waiting period on the books.Reproductive rights advocates have been urging Nixon to veto the proposed waiting period ever since the GOP-controlled legislature sent it to his desk in May. It wasn’t clear exactly how the governor — who has approved some abortion restrictions in the past — would come down on the measure. But on Wednesday, Nixon explained that he couldn’t approve the bill because it’s unnecessary in light of his state’s existing 24-hour waiting period.
“Lengthening the already extensive waiting period serves no demonstrable purpose other than to create emotional and financial hardships for women who have undoubtedly already spent considerable time wrestling with perhaps the most difficult decision they may ever have to make,” the governor said in a statement. “Expanding the mandatory waiting period presupposes that women are unable to make up their own minds without further government intervention. This is insulting to women, particularly in light of what the law already requires.”

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Great move Governor Nixon! If a woman wants an abortion she should be able to receive it upon demand!

 

[Perotista]

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Great move Governor Nixon! If a woman wants an abortion she should be able to receive it upon demand! [/FONT][/COLOR]

I think Governor Nixon was correct, I would have done the same thing.

 

[azgreg]

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I think Governor Nixon was correct, I would have done the same thing.

Alright! Governor Perotista!

 

[TheNextEra]

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I love how the GOP claims to want freedom for people from the tyranny of the government.........unless it deals with things they hate like abortion and then they think we need ALL the government they can throw at it.

 

[Perotista]

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Alright! Governor Perotista!

There are certain things I think government should be involved in and certain things they shouldn't. For the most part, social issues is something government needs to stay out of. Abortion, it should be left entirely up to the woman. Gay marriage, who is government to say who can or can't be married. If two people love each other, what the heck. Its called equal opportunity, now when it comes to divorce, they can suffer like the rest of us.

 

[Thrilla]

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Great move Governor Nixon! If a woman wants an abortion she should be able to receive it upon demand! [/FONT][/COLOR]

she still can't get it "on demand"... there's a 24 hour waiting period.

and IMO, the gov is right, there's really no purpose to extend it to 72 hours.

 

[TheDemSocialist]

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she still can't get it "on demand"... there's a 24 hour waiting period.

That may be true. But the 72 hour waiting period is pointless. Hell IMO the 24 hour waiting period should be done away with as well.

 

[Thrilla]

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There are certain things I think government should be involved in and certain things they shouldn't. For the most part, social issues is something government needs to stay out of. Abortion, it should be left entirely up to the woman. Gay marriage, who is government to say who can or can't be married. If two people love each other, what the heck. Its called equal opportunity, now when it comes to divorce, they can suffer like the rest of us.

overall, I agree.
with the caveat that abortion be regulated by the govt as a medical procedure.....****ty clinics slaughtering fetus' like that dude in philly are not what we need or should want ( should being the operative word)

and wtf is up with the "on demand" crap?... it's not HBO... it's an abortion
goddamn, people are sick sometimes.

 

[Thrilla]

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That may be true. But the 72 hour waiting period is pointless. Hell IMO the 24 hour waiting period should be done away with as well.

I don't share your priorities, sorry.

 

[Perotista]

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overall, I agree.
with the caveat that abortion be regulated by the govt as a medical procedure.....****ty clinics slaughtering fetus' like that dude in philly are not what we need or should want ( should being the operative word)

and wtf is up with the "on demand" crap?... it's not HBO... it's an abortion
goddamn, people are sick sometimes.

I have no problem and agree with abortion being regulated like any other medical procedure. That is common sense.

 

[Thrilla]

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I have no problem and agree with abortion being regulated like any other medical procedure. That is common sense.

it won't be, though....

one side wants to put a lot of obstacles in the way of it... the other wants no obstacles.


somewhere in the middle of those is the area that nearly all medical procedures are regulated at.

 

[Linc]

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This one is mild for this Republican-led Legislature.
They were born one toke over the line and have no need to visit Colorado .

I love how the GOP claims to want freedom for people from the tyranny of the government.........unless it deals with things they hate like abortion and then they think we need ALL the government they can throw at it.

 

[Perotista]

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it won't be, though....

one side wants to put a lot of obstacles in the way of it... the other wants no obstacles.


somewhere in the middle of those is the area that nearly all medical procedures are regulated at.

yeah, like so many other things, common sense flies out the window when it is ones firmly help ideological, political, religious, and a tone of other beliefs. I am with you on this my friend.