Florida Republican Lawmakers Are Trying to Make Abortion a Felony (but, there is NO war on women!!)

(this one is from jezebel, and the comments are well worth the read)

Florida Republican Lawmakers Are Trying to Make Abortion a Felony




The Florida House of Representatives has decided to move forward with several bills that would all but ban abortions in the state, including one that would make performing an abortion a felony.

On Monday afternoon, the House’s Criminal Justice Subcommittee voted 8-3 to move forward with the Florida for Life Act, or HB 865, a bill that would make abortions a first-degree felony offense, according to the Miami Herald. If caught performing or assisting in the performance of an abortion or running an abortion clinic, one could face up to 30 years in prison.

“The bill recognizes that both the mother and the baby are citizens of the state of Florida,” said the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Charles Van Zant (R). “We are therefore compelled to protect their life.” (no, you woman-hating pos, the only thing you care about is controlling women) “The Legislature finds that all human life comes from the Creator, has an inherent value that cannot be quantified by man, and begins at the earliest biological development of a fertilized human egg,” the bill reads. (separation of church and state, you woman-hating assholes???)

“The Legislature finds that the establishment of viability as the point at which the state may restrict abortions, as well as the ‘undue burden’ standard of Planned Parenthood of Southern Pennsylvania v. Casey... is arbitrary and provides inadequate guidance for this state to enact meaningful protections for unborn human life.

The bill would permit abortions under the conditions that two separate doctors confirm in writing that the procedure would be “necessary to save the pregnant woman’s life or avert a serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman other than a psychological condition.”


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http://jezebel.com/florida-republican-lawmakers-are-trying-to-make-abortio-1755195141