Comments on: Arizona Legislature Considers Numerous Abortion Restrictions

By: Links for February 25th through March 13th

Links for February 25th through March 13th — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:39:17 +0000

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By: D Sullivan

D Sullivan — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:25:22 +0000

It was bad enough years ago when the “abortion hearings” were going on to decide if the state should fund abortions. But to go into doctor/patient privacy, to encourage those doctors who are against abortion (no matter, a doctor should do what his patient wants!) and to interfere in the lives of women of all classes and ethnic backgrounds. Even minors have no rights if they get their way. I would hope that my daughters would come to me if they became pregnant so that we could figure out what to do. But, if they didn’t I would like to know that the state would respect their decision whatever it may be. Hey…at least this applies to blacks, hispanics and whites & minors equally. If you are a woman in Arizona, you are screwed, period! Never mind that the babies that are unwanted, for whatever reason, will probably have a miserable life in foster care, in the junenile court system, etc. Let’s just ignore the basic human right to be able to make decisions about one’s own body, let’s butt into women’s lives that we have no business even thinking about let alone telling them what they can and cannot do. There is no right to privacy or free will here. That’s Arizona for ya!

By: Anon

Anon — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 22:41:42 +0000

I’m glad to see others are upset as I am. In addition to making an abortion harder- this legislation could also be read to position common contraceptives as abortion-thereby subjection you ability to get an IUD, or even simple BC pills subject to the 24hour waiting period etc. And certainly , any health care worker would have the right to deny the woman access to an abortion, BC pills, IUDs.
What I am saying is that it is important to realize that this bill goes so far beyond abortions-and adopts some of the most extreme positions of the far right.It invades all our rights to reproductive health care.

By: Annie

Annie — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:52:20 +0000

Ashley:

I’m pregnant too and I would be extremely irritated if my doctor insisted on giving me a play by play of exactly what my fetus was up to, every single time I went for an appointment.

It’s like that scene in Juno where the protestor yells, “your baby has fingernails!” The point is to make women feel ashamed of themselves for “murdering babies.”

By: AnthroBabe

AnthroBabe — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:58:10 +0000

The idiots who voted for a mandatory “balanced budget” and the Repugs that campaigned for it are the ones we need to blame for cutting needed services in AZ. I can’t believe that we have to fight anti-abortion forces again and again and again. And it may turn into law here.. Gawd.

By: Ms Anon

Ms Anon — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:22:41 +0000

I’m also annoyed that Janet was taken from us. Brewer is a complete waste of air. She always has been as SOS, and even more so now as Gov.

In addition to the school funding cuts that KarenElyham mentioned, Brewer also cut 20% of CPS’s funding. CPS is Child Protective Services. The folks who are supposed to protect kids from abusive parents and other “bad things”. But now they cant, because they are laying off case workers (who were already over-burdened) and forcing those case workers left behind to take furlough days (unpaid days off).

By: Eric B

Eric B — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:31:21 +0000

All of my legislators are Democrat, and will be voting against. However, are there any concrete actions that you can suggest that will help? I’m afraid I don’t know of any action I can do to help prevent such a horrific bill.

I’m still annoyed that President Obama took Janet from us!

By: Leigh

Leigh — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:25:31 +0000

Oh I’m so glad to see this! I get the feed from Stateline.org, and I was just forwarding along all the state news on abortion fights and victories, hoping they wouldn’t end up in some spam box!

By: Ashley

Ashley — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:58:55 +0000

All the obvious comments apply, but as a pregnant woman, this:

“the probable anatomical and physiological characteristics” of the fetus at her particular stage of pregnancy”

annoys the crap out of me. Doctors don’t do that when you WANT the pregnancy, but have to do that if you don’t?!?!

By: KarenElhyam

KarenElhyam — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:47:51 +0000

What’s also tragic about this in my eyes as a current Arizona citizen is this is happening in the same state that just recently cut drastic amounts of state funding away from public school budgets. In other words, the “unborn child” only matters while it’s unborn. As soon as it is born and needs adequate schooling? Fuck it, that’s not the state’s problem anymore.

I am absolutely bailing from this backwards, podunk state as soon as I graduate.